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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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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Crafty Gals Corner - Easter Spring Challenge


Time for another great challenge at Crafty Gals Corner this month. 

The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Easter / Spring ~

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 
(listed in alphabetical order)

Colour of Love
Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

This is the card I made for this challenge.

The image is from Polkadoodles collection 
Polkadoodles



 

I used a die cut to ame the card along with some Easter paper I had in my stash. I also made a Easter tag for go along with my gift to my granddaughter. 

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.



Friday, April 7, 2023

Creative Artiste April Challenge - Altered Bottle

 Time for another great challenge over at Creative ArtisteOur theme is always

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

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

This is my project for this month, an altered bottle. 

This is my project.


This is the bottle before I altered it.




Other views





To alter my bottle I coated the bottle with gesso first,

added several different spray inks

various acrylic paints

gemstones

several different beads and laces from the fabric shop

an acrylic flower from a shower hook which I painted

Prima finishing wax

Acrylic clear spray

This was a fun project to make. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.   Hope you will join us this month.

Remember to pop over to Creative Artiste to be inspired by our talented design team. 



Monday, April 3, 2023

A Place to Start - Anything Goes/Optional Twist is Woman of the Year

Time for another great challenge over at A Place to Start  this month.  As always the challenge is anything goes and the twist this month is Woman of the year.

Create a project using your favorite "Girls, Friends, Female:
Digital Image, Stamp, or Die Cut, Etc!"





This is my project for this month, a mixed media art journal page using a digital stamp from Sheepskin Designs called Balance Beam.  





To create my art journal page I used the Balance Beam image, acrylic paints, stencil, Gel print background, Copics and wooden stars.  It is a fun project. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  I hope you will join out challenge this week. 






 

Saturday, April 1, 2023

613 Avenue Create -April Anything Goes/Optional Twist use a stencil

 

Time for another great challenge over at 613 Avenue Create this month.  The theme of  the challenge is as always "anything goes" and our optional twist is use a stencil in your project.

This is my card I made for this project  using a rubber stamp from my stash and stencil from my stash.



The unmounted rubber stamp I used I have had for probably 15 years and I have forgotten the name of the company that made it.  The stencil also does have the company's  name on it. 

To create my card used my gel plate to create the background then I used the stencil with an assortment of Distress Inks to complete the background.  The image was coloured with Copics, pencil crayons, A Wink of Stella, and Nova Dream Drops.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our by our talented design team.  I hope you will join in this challenge.