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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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Saturday, February 28, 2015

If Pigs Could Fly

 This is my project for March at Altered Eclectics. 


This is how it looked before I altered the pig and box.  I purchased the little pig at a yard sale for 50 cents a long time ago.  The box was from my stash. 


I coloured my pig and box with acrylic paint and then added some findings to the pig and coloured then with violet Inka Gold.  I had fun adding the details to the box and pig. I doodled on the pig and the word "Fly". The wings were silver angel wings that I added some brown acrylic paint and Inka Gold to the wings.  I cut the wings apart, added some wire so they would bend and attached them to the pig.

The gears on the box were die cuts that I also coloured with the violet Inka Gold. I glittered the edge of the box in a similar colour and added 4 large wooden beads for the legs in the box. 

Here are a couple of different views.





Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Do not forget to stop by Altered Eclectics to see the creations of the rest of the design team created to inspire you. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:


Art-Journal-Journey -Birds, Beast and Humans
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes
The Outlawz - Twisted Thursday

Emboss It Challenge


Come and Get It Challenges this week has an emboss It challenge. Meljen`s Designs is one of the sponsors and I fell in love with image this  Birthday Cake Mouse.

I coloured my image with my copic markers and glitter pen and added some doodling around the outside of the image.  The background paper was embossed with my big shot and then to complete my card  I added a die cut sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you pop over to the Come and Get It Challenges blog to see the cards the other designers created to inspire you. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Di's Digis Designs - Birthdays  
Send a Smile for Kids - Punches/ die cuts 
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack -  Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts - Lot's Of Layers

Gone Shopping for You


I made this cute card for a friend's birthday.  The little girl digital image is by Sherri Baldy.  I think she is so cute.  I coloured he with Copic Markers and a gell pen.  The flowers are a punch by Martha Stewart.  I layered my card on several different layers of coordinating paper. and added a sentiment and pearls to complete the card.  

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.  Have a creative day.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:  


Di's Digis Designs - birthdays  
Send a Smile for Kids - punches/ die cuts 
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack -  Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts - Lot's Of Layers
Outlawz Twisted Thursday - Anything Goes 


Saturday, February 21, 2015

Lots of Layers Challenge


Hi fellow crafters, this is  my card for the Lots of Layers challenge at Come and Get It Challenges.  
I used an image from one of our sponsors, Odd Ball Art called  Big Eye Skater Girl Blake Loves to Draw Pictures in the Sand. I think it is such a cute image. 

I used a step die cut for the base of the card then added many layers of pattern paper from my stash along with some die cut stars. The image was coloured with watercolour crayons and PanPastels. Thank you for stopping to take a look and I hope you have a creative day. Come join us at Come and Get It, just create your layered card and enter it here

Monday, February 16, 2015

Have a Creative Time

Thank you for stopping by, these are my projects for this weeks Not Just Cards anything goes challenge.  Lots of great sponsor this week with a lot of great prizes for the winners.


Duck Gift Box and Gift Card



My first project I created was this fun gift box with gift card.  This cute image is by Imagine That and contains so many different pieces to the set. This digital image is called  Gertie Goose.  You can check it out here. It is such a great set: three versions of Gertie and lots of  sentiments to go with the her.

I cut out this box I used from a die cut at my local scrapbooking store and added my Copic coloured Gertie and then made a small gift card to go with my box.   It was a quick simply project but I think it is a cheery little gift assemble.


Art Journal Page



My second project, art journal page was made with an image from another one of our great sponsors, Rick St. Dennis Digital Stamps  called Sadie.   I coloured the image with my watercolour crayons and charcoal pencil, and then used PanPastels and a couple of stencils for the background.


Remember to pop over the Not Just Cards Blog to see the projects of the other design team members.  Hope you will join us this week.  Have a creative day.

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Celestial Goddess



This was my completed Project for this weeks challenge at Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-Invent. 


This is what I started with for my project although I did end up needing more cardboard.



I used one of CS Designs' digital stamps from the Celestial design stamps series called Celestial Goddess Montage Square.  I fell in love with this image.  I used this woven tray I had that was a tray that held a sliver plate and large candle. I thought it made a nice frame for the goddess. I covered that frame with some black and silver napkins I had and glues them down with gel medium.  The stars were cut out of the boxes I had then painted with silver paint. To give the stars more life I added some doodling. 



The background of the image was coloured with Copic Markers and glitter. I cut out a second image of the face and layered it over the original image and coloured it with PanPastels.

The sentiment is also from CS Designs and is from the Stars and Celestial Sentiment digital collection. I think it is a very beautiful saying. 


Thank you for stopping by to take a look and I hope you join us this week at  Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-Invent.    Remember - We always allow Anything Goes but any project entered must still include recycling, or be re-purposed ot re-invented.

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Rhedd's Creative Spirit: February - Anything Goes
Sisters Of Craft - Anything Goes
A Girl Who Crafts Challenge - Anything Goes


Saturday, February 14, 2015

It's a Birthday Card Challenge


It is a birthday card challenge at Come and Get It Challenges this week and I made this colourful card with an image from one of our sponsors, Karleigh Sue`s Designs called Topsy Turvy Cake.   I wanted my cake to have the intense colur that my papers I chose for the back ground so I used Ink Intense pencil to colour the image.  Once I had my card coloured I added a Happy Birthday metal finding and ribbon to complete it.  
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us this week for this birthday card challenge, just create your card and enter it here