dreams

dreaming a dream does not make it happen....getting out of your comfort zone and working for it might just make the dream come true. I have decided to get brave and out of my comfort zone and work on my dreams. no more letting life run over my dreams i am letting my dreams run all over my life instead.

exciting things are happening...(one of them has to wait just a bit to be reveled)

so first of all i took fabric design with Carina Gardner and created a nursery line--just a couple of changes to make then i will upload to spoonflower.com  and decorate Luke and Evan's nursery with

second i get to add this badge to my blog 

Susan has been so kind a person to me and when she announced a guest designer call i finally ordered some of her stamps from Unity and got to work (ideas posted in previous post)....then i got brave and actually sent pictures of the ideas to her! the announce is on her blog mysweetearth

and now i am working hard to build my portfolio and am taking the class make art that sells at

why all the doing? because dreaming a dream does not make it happen but working hard towards a dream can make it a reality. 

"if you want something you've never had you've got to do something you've never done..."

one more announcement coming soon....

New projects

Hi Everyone,

thanks for coming by! I love deep etched red rubber stamps to use on projects and Unity stamp co has some great ones. Let me share some by Susan K Weckesser . I know Susan from facebook and love her kind heart....her blog is here. She is a watercolor artist and designer. 

I decided to make a few things with her stamps. (i didn't have any of her paper though) 

I made a charm using Poised and Pretty and added it to a necklace i made...the background paper is by We r Memory keepers 6x6 Anthologie pad. 

Next up are 2 cards and tag.  the red dress card: i stamp one of the Poised and Pretty dresses on WRMemory 6x6 Anthologie papers, stained the silk seam binding with faded jeans stain by tim holtz, made a charm to hang on it, layered flower print from WRMemory 6x6 Anthologie pad and one i designed from my boys to men digital kit.
 the second card uses pattern paper i designed from vintage patterns, a printed image from graphics fairy, and a quote from Dr. suess. I also used some ink from color box {Clearsnap}.

  

for this tag i used an image i printed from the graphic fairy, scrap paper piece i got off the floor (how lucky it matched), tim holtz tissue tape and Susan's stamp set a little bit washi. I added the metal frame (tim holtz) and stained the silk seam binding with walnut stain stain.....

SMILE =0)

on a personal note i am engraving dream big on the back of the charm and have added charms to represent Paris and London...cause i want to go there someday.

you can find another project on moments along the journey blog!

printables and sample

green card from hobby lobby pad of paper, blue card stock American crafts,  jeaniesdesigns printable, silk seam binding, Heidi Swapp flower (michael's),  Mixed Media ink- peridoto and jazmin, green archival ink from clearsnap (no color on it), plum tattered angels mist.  

I used the mixed media ink to go around the edge of the green card and  the green archival ink to go around the girl print. I used plum mist to color flower then add a little Jazmin MM inx....i got mist on the ribbon so just went with it....added just alittle 

items used: white and blue (American crafts) card stock, jeaniesdesigns printable, mess dry wall tape, silk seam binding, Color shine chartreuse spray, exacto knife and mat. 

I spray mess dry wall tape with chartreuse color shine used dry baby wipe to clear excess up and used that to go around the edge of print. cut girls out with scissors then cut small areas (in between arms with exacto knife) used foam tape to raise girls up off of the mess dry wall tape and ribbon then added a bargin flower. 

jeaniesdesigns girl printable coming to my Etsy shop.....you receive both pages in the download print and make cards or put in frames for gifts.....$4.00

my Etsy shop

another idea add to your art journals or mini albums....makes a great accent or mini page.

where have i been......

where have i been....on a special journey that started 3 months ago and will last a lifetime.....Helping with these 2 guys......born premature Feb 5, 2013 .......we are blessed to have their mom (our daughter) and them live with us so we can help. What an adventure 2 babies are twice the joy, worry and work. and when one of them smiles your heart just melts.......

Feb 12

 Luke     April 29            Evan

Luke

we also had Janice and her 3 girls stay with us for 7 weeks so quite a house full....

some more Clearsnap fun

i used ancient page black ink and embossed the simple flowers. then colored with smooch  in siren, gold lame and  sugar berry. then i used each to on the single stamp i made by cutting off the end simple flower molding mat then mounting on cling mount foam and stamped on card to form 1st layer of background.

I used golden fluid acrylic green paint on edges and around flowers below. i used a Christy Tomlinson stencil and log cabin smooch spritz, chestnut roan chalk ink, and sparrow mix'd media inx chox for the browns.
I really meant for it to be just the flowers for a back ground but i just wanted to play with my fun stuff and i love collage.....we will do this as a fun background in my art journal class. 

and the finished card i did add a little white paint but i think i like it better without it....??? bright and happy no matter what!

video using Clearsnap products

Hi i have a video using some fun Clearsnap products i got in

video link to open on youtube (opens in another window a little bigger.

Clearsnap products: simple flower molding mat, magic stamp foam, black, blue & green archival dye Ink (no name on green or blue ink) piridot mixed media inx, brown chalk ink (chestnut), log cabin smooch spray.

other supplies: book pages, tiny attacher, gesso, ribbon, adhesive, heat tool.



I just want to write something on this art journal page.....what to write...any good quotes you want to share? 

art journal class

from THIS 

take it apart 

and create this art journal

in class we will take 4 books apart and create 4 different art journals .......

we will have a private blog classroom, private facebook page. There will be how to videos and pictures. 1 year access. each week for 4 weeks we will make a journal, decorate the outside and create some art journal pages....all for $30.00 on special for a limited time $25.00  come cre8 with me. 

coming soon will be the art journal kits....
kit 1.$35.00 (includes shipping) will be everything but the books mixed media kits with scrapbook paper, hot pressed and cold pressed water color paper, vintage papers, mica powders, binder mechanisms, rings, eyelets, ribbon, and misc items like charms to hang on one album and metal word and saying and leather piece for the others and etc......

kit 2. $16.00 (includes shipping) will just have the hardware parts...so the binder mechanism, rings, eyelets with ribbon, and hot and cold pressed water color paper for pages....you then use from your stash for the rest.

kit 3. is just an add on of the second hand book covers enough to complete all 4 books. 
$15.00 includes shipping (you can find these at thrift shops and garage sales and i will have a video in class to show you how to take them apart.)