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Okanagan, BC, Canada
Welcome to my crafting blog. After retirement, my husband and I moved to a beautiful location in the Okanagan area of British Columbia. I love all paper crafts including mixed media, journaling and cards. I also dabble in papermaking, photography, fibre art, and altered books. I am an active member of several card and mixed media groups and on the design team of several challenge blog. I love the world of blogging, it has opened many doors for me. My favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side. Thanks for stopping by!

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Monday, August 31, 2020

Celebrate Life! Enjoy Your Day.

 


Time for another great challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers this week.  The theme of this weeks challenge is "Things with Wings". 

I have used some designer paper that I altered for the background of my card. I stamped my moon with a stoneware texture stamp and the sentiment is an old Inkadinkado stamp. I also used several colours of Distress Inks.  The hawk is one of my favourite stamps by Sue Coccia Animal Spirit Stamp that I coloured with a gel pen and copics. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Hope you will join us in this Things with wings challenge. Just create your project and enter it here

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Creepy Cute Cafe


Time for another great challenge over at Through the Craftroom Door. 

As always, the theme is 

Anything Goes

Our fabulous sponsor this week is …..is Oddball Art


Prize is $10 voucher for their online store


I have used this cute Halloween image for my card called Creepy Cute Cafe


Another view


The card was coloured with Copics, Pentart glitter pen, black sharpie.  I also add die cuts to the card to add  more interest, grave stone. bat and a Happy Halloween sentiment. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our creative design team. 
 

Monday, August 17, 2020

Lots of Layers Challenge


Time for another great challenge at Crafty Cardmakers. The theme of the challenge is lots and lots of layers. 
For my lots of card I  have made a 65th wedding anniversary card for a friend.



I have used several different whites and cream paper along with some pink.  The card was created by using 3 different die cuts, Wink of Stella highlights, ribbon and gems. 

Hope you will join us this week. Just create your card and enter it here

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Sending Oceans of Love

Time for another great challenge at Crafty Gals Corner

The theme of this weeks challenge is Summer Time Fun.

Here are our 3 great sponsors in alphabetical order for this challenge.



Prize ~ 2 Digital Images


Stamper's Delights
Prize ~ 3 Single Digital Images




Twinkle Lane Designs
Prize: Two Digital Images
 & Two Coordinating Digital Paper Sets 


I have used Twinkle Lane Designs digital image



I love the digital paper that you get with this set, they perfectly match the mermaid image. 

The card was coloured with Copics, pencil crayon and Wink of Stella. I added one of the great sentiments that also come with the set.

Another view



Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team.

Remember also to check out the great digital images of our generous sponsors. 

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Lots and Lots of Balloons

  Welcome to a new challenge at Through the Craft Room Door. 
As always, the theme is 
Anything Goes


Our fabulous sponsor this week is …..

Doctor Digi


This is my card for this challenge is made from their fabulous selection od digital images. He is called Bob's Balloons


I love this old guy and his birthday balloons.  Great birthday card for the old men in my life. 

This was a simple card was coloured in copics, Wink of Stella and a white gel pen.  I added the pattern paper from my stash and a Happy Birthday die cut which I added some white dots to. 

I would like to remind everyone that we are having a 
DT Call
If you would like to join our friendly, fun team check out the tab at the top of the blog, or click here to find out more information.  
We are looking forward to welcoming addictive crafters like ourselves who enjoy working with digital images from a range of fantastic sponsors.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. 

Friday, August 7, 2020

Mixed Media Altered ATC Box

Time for another great challenge at Creative Artist this month. As always our theme for the challenge is Anything Goes Mixed media.

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your  projects.
Please respect that we do not accept Instagram entries. Only blog entries please.

This is my project for this month, an altered mixed media box I made to hold my ATC cards.




This is the curling iron box before I altered it.


I coated my box with gesso and used molding paste and a brick stencil for the background of my box.  The metal pieces are from metal scraps from my stash, mainly old metal belt pieces and some odds and ends. I coated the metal parts with acrylic paint in rusty metal colours  which I added some glass beads to give the pieces a rusty texture. 

I used an antiquing gel mixed with acrylic brown paint to give the box more of an aged look and I also sprayed the box with Tim Holtz's Walnut Ink Antiquing spray. 

Here  are some closer views.








Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to pop over to our challenge blog, Creative Artiste to be inspired by our creative design team.  Hope you will join us this month.