tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76819245428185829312024-03-05T09:45:21.845-08:00Fleurs De Mon Coeurpaintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-13379314266540318692011-04-21T20:22:00.000-07:002011-04-21T20:31:34.163-07:00New tag<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfugHOehHLD2fiq4qMY9zdcGui8Qv__ElSTCri7N7Ji2Mfzy7oKWJmhHTxQ0uS9j962GXCQCvNSEfl5F-UUD6Jj6OOV6oynogwKCCAoYf5i_nHWX9jHDN0vBevmu7-SrheNzp11bOLmbB/s1600/IMG_1170.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 159px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598244424860110834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfugHOehHLD2fiq4qMY9zdcGui8Qv__ElSTCri7N7Ji2Mfzy7oKWJmhHTxQ0uS9j962GXCQCvNSEfl5F-UUD6Jj6OOV6oynogwKCCAoYf5i_nHWX9jHDN0vBevmu7-SrheNzp11bOLmbB/s200/IMG_1170.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Here is my latest tag. I used beads, distress inks, paper flowers and stamps. The bird is made from a coffee filter, stained with distress ink. I used my gel pens to outline the bird and colour in the flowers and leaves. Still working on my lettering and outlining but guess it'll take practice, practice and more practice. Ah, well. I've got three days off so will try to "create" more stuff this weekend.</div><br /><div>Happy Easter everyone!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-23341004942124651902011-04-21T19:40:00.000-07:002011-04-21T20:13:35.683-07:00Jewellry<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2tE3n5_QdFK9cImQKv07eQdJCylbQUpUz1-9TurQw2-tHflp7ycVOjbE9Ot6NzMlFgxRPV7kPTvxoGiqtcT75gvfhGNGgX8-e6mxJgMMGqBYcafnTGxUhWyweCSRduLxkToBxCxGbYxI/s1600/IMG_1163.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 128px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598234739155769858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2tE3n5_QdFK9cImQKv07eQdJCylbQUpUz1-9TurQw2-tHflp7ycVOjbE9Ot6NzMlFgxRPV7kPTvxoGiqtcT75gvfhGNGgX8-e6mxJgMMGqBYcafnTGxUhWyweCSRduLxkToBxCxGbYxI/s200/IMG_1163.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsbjue1TkxzbbSRt3gNmRbtWZgJwepOHhEh4wAcK9W7BJLZ0cgXe-MDh66AinR0uuwvKIr99sIM-wM2W4QxKKkOXbdvkV9aN86ZT9c9aw7iVBlLXLzg0hn767XZVK3J9Ul5HqeSBPwqD_9/s1600/IMG_1161.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598238648447182978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsbjue1TkxzbbSRt3gNmRbtWZgJwepOHhEh4wAcK9W7BJLZ0cgXe-MDh66AinR0uuwvKIr99sIM-wM2W4QxKKkOXbdvkV9aN86ZT9c9aw7iVBlLXLzg0hn767XZVK3J9Ul5HqeSBPwqD_9/s200/IMG_1161.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I am trying something new for me. I am making charms. Since I am not very profficient at doing jewellry, I'm afraid these may not be what was required for my swap. Not sure of the size. These are about the size of a quarter. I am using paper clay which air drys so I don't have to "cook" anything. I must admit that they were lots of fun and I really liked trying to do all the shapes. Hope someone will give me a yea or nay on whether these are OK.<br /><br /><br /><p>I used some glimmer mist on one or two but I can't see any difference. Oh yes, and just a little sparkle with my red stickles.</p>My next photo is of some hat pins that I made for another swap. They were fun too. I had lots of odds and ends of beads so didn't have to purchase anything in order to take part in this swap. I had been rather reluctant to join any more swaps, feeling a little less than able to create anything but things seemed to be turning around and I am doing more art now. Maybe Spring is really on its way!! Hope I can get all my swaps mailed out in time. Saturday will be post office day and then its on to more projects. Not sure what I will tackle next. I think I will do some more journalling and perhaps get back into ATCs.<br />Cheerio for now....paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-23705717871893109532011-04-03T19:21:00.000-07:002011-04-03T19:49:50.803-07:00<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWrx-aeqgGwe3r2VRuh-P5XfNMTcz6pZowykuBqXK1gZt6M99MfN9R3Ga8cax0MRvbXsdMLLg1mTZBtXI0Tkzi_z38jy-gPnQnHvkhgCQXK5V0o50geZ5yWjBn_HhzlWhrqFKAhLUzR1Oj/s1600/IMG_1110.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591552353573965154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWrx-aeqgGwe3r2VRuh-P5XfNMTcz6pZowykuBqXK1gZt6M99MfN9R3Ga8cax0MRvbXsdMLLg1mTZBtXI0Tkzi_z38jy-gPnQnHvkhgCQXK5V0o50geZ5yWjBn_HhzlWhrqFKAhLUzR1Oj/s200/IMG_1110.JPG" /></a> <br /><div>It's finally Spring!! The weather is becoming warmer and certainly making me feel more like doing art. I spent a good part of my day tidying up my craft room. I found things I had long forgotten about. I created this tag just because. Wasn't sure what direction I was going in. I just let it happen - gotta try that more often.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This fellow and a large group of his friends were enjoying the weather too, in the neighbour's wild cherry tree. A whole flock of cedar waxwings flew in for a quick bite and then were gone.</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpudhytCDS3KixrVfQeCxO38aHNIpNQEI3jl9ssEDVnfplJMFehxDgSySY-yPGJm_YOqNnrXsweY_aZ5h-Jydhyphenhypheng6lsHHkzgxWGnAV8TDpJAaKKxzyvGmci6kHKyKDwScaOE7nPQAm_i8y/s1600/IMG_1079.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 137px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591553093254080674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpudhytCDS3KixrVfQeCxO38aHNIpNQEI3jl9ssEDVnfplJMFehxDgSySY-yPGJm_YOqNnrXsweY_aZ5h-Jydhyphenhypheng6lsHHkzgxWGnAV8TDpJAaKKxzyvGmci6kHKyKDwScaOE7nPQAm_i8y/s200/IMG_1079.JPG" /></a> <br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-22704683886943236812011-03-13T19:49:00.000-07:002011-03-13T20:16:59.968-07:00new photos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1pkpIAcuCKID-9ot9-OMTyPSvgy-HxCMTyWgkteCl26Sx8py5_BpiZR4CR__QOkAq0vDS150CFnNRdwEfTpWSLxrMO5ciNXo_NGCyajb4AMYFkW2xcBOpemtUufF8b-opBwlytxKqJA4/s1600/IMG_2203.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583768466364133378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1pkpIAcuCKID-9ot9-OMTyPSvgy-HxCMTyWgkteCl26Sx8py5_BpiZR4CR__QOkAq0vDS150CFnNRdwEfTpWSLxrMO5ciNXo_NGCyajb4AMYFkW2xcBOpemtUufF8b-opBwlytxKqJA4/s200/IMG_2203.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMFGAVER369NVbi1E5lprhoQoNjq2r1-G9jK6ACr2vH1GpE3nbI6RCH8BvYLMgCqCycIe96YcDv3nSIz2kTQJBwYoNfKFpgKWVmkBO9ghEu-sFkgA8BGdyBbKS9g7tp6KaY_7wmPn7HOx/s1600/Father+Goose.altered.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 143px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583768119190283938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMFGAVER369NVbi1E5lprhoQoNjq2r1-G9jK6ACr2vH1GpE3nbI6RCH8BvYLMgCqCycIe96YcDv3nSIz2kTQJBwYoNfKFpgKWVmkBO9ghEu-sFkgA8BGdyBbKS9g7tp6KaY_7wmPn7HOx/s200/Father+Goose.altered.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHjMJD6qc0gu-im3Cl5jJsX6VVk-fLPD6sLwmpPLMy2athXhDYd7EIIx8R8PhM4hGpXW4vzRbqtECtY9cHtzlDicjulD5IxZz2y6W5fiK9FKZeKHP3j4M_96a8Jq_r2ZK6-JArsLucQsP/s1600/eyes.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 144px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583767376076253986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHjMJD6qc0gu-im3Cl5jJsX6VVk-fLPD6sLwmpPLMy2athXhDYd7EIIx8R8PhM4hGpXW4vzRbqtECtY9cHtzlDicjulD5IxZz2y6W5fiK9FKZeKHP3j4M_96a8Jq_r2ZK6-JArsLucQsP/s200/eyes.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQjjwI0kv7n0grazS4GHqYLVX8lvvZtFeU-H_9FpzURHDmqk56Plgxw1SyIEHGyK0IBcSbsoiGvhNSBl3fY5z3AEw9cMw9p8IV5w7Fq2vxstVFL98q6-z1BAR0LmeJa_iay1BiCkJgRbH/s1600/eye_edited-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 198px; HEIGHT: 140px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583767185234555874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQjjwI0kv7n0grazS4GHqYLVX8lvvZtFeU-H_9FpzURHDmqk56Plgxw1SyIEHGyK0IBcSbsoiGvhNSBl3fY5z3AEw9cMw9p8IV5w7Fq2vxstVFL98q6-z1BAR0LmeJa_iay1BiCkJgRbH/s200/eye_edited-1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div></div>Had lots of fun altering some of my photos after taking the Skinny Mini course. The possibilities are endless. Hope to use some "altered" photos in my journals. Once life settles down a little and Spring finally shows herself, maybe my Muse will come back so I can play again.<br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-82641431461671482462011-02-07T18:30:00.001-08:002011-02-07T18:44:21.784-08:00New stuffGot two more journal pages done. Have tried a couple of new-to-me techniques. The first is one I saw on Milliande's site. Now that I've tried it, there are a few things that I would change for next time.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJj0no3HjWXb8KETs1Qy-eP0jUSleMqmuTj8qTgVnTG6JpMLIryaGWVIgs-_uU0IvzxuLMF0xXQD1iXqlLtekYbyhfCyB5csSuVxF9eq5ayXFYQApc0-X_SwrkGD_tPiKFaayInoI03QFZ/s1600/IMG_1063.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571142018761826754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJj0no3HjWXb8KETs1Qy-eP0jUSleMqmuTj8qTgVnTG6JpMLIryaGWVIgs-_uU0IvzxuLMF0xXQD1iXqlLtekYbyhfCyB5csSuVxF9eq5ayXFYQApc0-X_SwrkGD_tPiKFaayInoI03QFZ/s200/IMG_1063.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>The second one is my attempt to create a Claudine Hellmuth style page. Not so successful - hope to be better next time.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUkk0lsyM1l4yep72RZDFX27SMmJWTb94j1w5-xn5HG8ftnaE4ZK0-88VIiXY3p305QREbrIJqyE9Ti1ObcYiY4XL9bzaExkqwxsUf25FABRZt8A8HG9pWP14o6Lf9EAPzvz4n2gFglFV/s1600/IMG_1064.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571141818383739266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUkk0lsyM1l4yep72RZDFX27SMmJWTb94j1w5-xn5HG8ftnaE4ZK0-88VIiXY3p305QREbrIJqyE9Ti1ObcYiY4XL9bzaExkqwxsUf25FABRZt8A8HG9pWP14o6Lf9EAPzvz4n2gFglFV/s200/IMG_1064.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><br />This last one is a card I made for a sick little girl, in the hospital with leukemia. Hope she likes it and she feels better for a moment.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFePdcloAxPe1ndOXCK7uVKQTrpCQzzxmeuXBRsjKNf_Zv1ra1GvghbH2zv1NV7a9mMb6Bs30OOR2fT-l6roHmBltNZgtg94r-lvp8kE5YeoU8wnXU1VatVjrTZtEQZjjwvp10kzMyTUD/s1600/IMG_1065.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571142136055994834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFePdcloAxPe1ndOXCK7uVKQTrpCQzzxmeuXBRsjKNf_Zv1ra1GvghbH2zv1NV7a9mMb6Bs30OOR2fT-l6roHmBltNZgtg94r-lvp8kE5YeoU8wnXU1VatVjrTZtEQZjjwvp10kzMyTUD/s200/IMG_1065.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div>More postings to follow....</div>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-65520832565445639712011-01-19T19:53:00.001-08:002011-01-19T19:56:58.076-08:00Journal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57WfFtGKlCbKl2m5H9jNqiCnAui2v0D5HKfcTvxiX1XEMx1RbHs2rRc40j_DuxyuJnrCbqbTIMr78Ld1tsozk6PZjwaaR1rjN2Y8XB_vnJHjC-LbTGRYsp1w9B9q3SdqIdc2By92S_FfY/s1600/IMG_1012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 138px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564111586384871602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57WfFtGKlCbKl2m5H9jNqiCnAui2v0D5HKfcTvxiX1XEMx1RbHs2rRc40j_DuxyuJnrCbqbTIMr78Ld1tsozk6PZjwaaR1rjN2Y8XB_vnJHjC-LbTGRYsp1w9B9q3SdqIdc2By92S_FfY/s200/IMG_1012.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Finished my second journal page. Now I need to start the next page. I am really unsure of how to proceed. Guess the best thing to do is just sit and see what comes to mind. If you have any good ideas, leave me a comment. </div>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-27992659194332370702011-01-19T19:40:00.000-08:002011-01-19T19:46:34.917-08:00Cinderella shoe<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZcR4ntwq0uiWJBc6lLesEt46YalejhO6FIDNSkbBpjZDwdpNN2bTkDSReRtFUmvAKUcSo6zkC_vqVUzbDq09geW5mv5rr006zyOqwwLAwwLtAHMDfLbD7vYBkI1cSLirchyshb7QZrfC/s1600/IMG_1009.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564108270106277810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZcR4ntwq0uiWJBc6lLesEt46YalejhO6FIDNSkbBpjZDwdpNN2bTkDSReRtFUmvAKUcSo6zkC_vqVUzbDq09geW5mv5rr006zyOqwwLAwwLtAHMDfLbD7vYBkI1cSLirchyshb7QZrfC/s200/IMG_1009.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKAuqgRqjE_pdEARO-boSmN3aOpnILK7bczTxPItMiiV3AKtb1cfeS0JeUZENcSXzjskV2iiRdV5zII84D2qnzpJANa5bKuz_5sgbW6aW14f25z4itNuLekoEI6SqHZ7bmFZlJK0u009P/s1600/IMG_1010.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564108480002225426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKAuqgRqjE_pdEARO-boSmN3aOpnILK7bczTxPItMiiV3AKtb1cfeS0JeUZENcSXzjskV2iiRdV5zII84D2qnzpJANa5bKuz_5sgbW6aW14f25z4itNuLekoEI6SqHZ7bmFZlJK0u009P/s200/IMG_1010.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Finally finished my Cinderella show. Turned out not too bad. I might even try another one. I had to fight with the glue part but eventually figured out the best way to do it. Second time should be better. I'm thinking that it would make a great centerpiece for a little Princess birthday cake. A glass shoe would be better but harder to make. I am going to try to do a shoe in clay to see what I can do with that. Pictures to follow...<br /><br /></div><div></div>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-81130418035417793512011-01-19T19:39:00.001-08:002011-01-19T19:40:46.254-08:00Blog hopI did a little blog hopping tonight and saw some fabulous art. Check it out and you could even win some yummy stuff - <a href="http://poorscrapbooker.blogspot.com/">http://poorscrapbooker.blogspot.com/</a>. Enjoy the tour!!paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-32397840712887195742011-01-09T17:48:00.000-08:002011-01-09T17:51:33.990-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGxDy5BdUwFHdHwICFNiwhlzzhBQlVxSQhSryStcFsYfSeQ5Wgj4_ZZQfCQ2VJg4dm8caG1cBr0nX8gZsiktAQiuQ-NymiR43vmEJwz1fSguodULGEHstP-Wpqes6lU5kYJIs6Ny6wSzfy/s1600/IMG_0987.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560368514064010658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGxDy5BdUwFHdHwICFNiwhlzzhBQlVxSQhSryStcFsYfSeQ5Wgj4_ZZQfCQ2VJg4dm8caG1cBr0nX8gZsiktAQiuQ-NymiR43vmEJwz1fSguodULGEHstP-Wpqes6lU5kYJIs6Ny6wSzfy/s200/IMG_0987.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Woohoo! Got my first journal page done. Its nothing fabulous but its done. Now to work on the rest. Feels more like pulling teeth than free flowing art but guess that will come with practice.</div><div>To be continued.....</div>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-41691518884771033522011-01-08T13:15:00.000-08:002011-01-08T13:55:20.714-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHjy19IwlzidWMTc9CgTiO1fgs6bSdrdY6l_8qZt4-dqdPJ37fTdsi2-Cx6GiEbmphyxZidAoMf0DWdcPhNpDQD2T8rqZsV2pAGPBokK6ctRnx6p21y-Kh9BnXUCTaHg_UPN07lZmwGZH/s1600/IMG_0644.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559934069129162354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHjy19IwlzidWMTc9CgTiO1fgs6bSdrdY6l_8qZt4-dqdPJ37fTdsi2-Cx6GiEbmphyxZidAoMf0DWdcPhNpDQD2T8rqZsV2pAGPBokK6ctRnx6p21y-Kh9BnXUCTaHg_UPN07lZmwGZH/s200/IMG_0644.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCreOvzsdKIt_5Wl91VpHcWlOARCj3cOFjxIoSaO3XpcJs1TGu_YVO_aSd4rC62sU39n3AUuDsrLJrKI1pMYzTD1Otg8uCThDmk3yY1AIAxm9qvqDOtk-244gGvAXhhPTsZZvRFuVwWwib/s1600/IMG_0648.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559932650540953330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCreOvzsdKIt_5Wl91VpHcWlOARCj3cOFjxIoSaO3XpcJs1TGu_YVO_aSd4rC62sU39n3AUuDsrLJrKI1pMYzTD1Otg8uCThDmk3yY1AIAxm9qvqDOtk-244gGvAXhhPTsZZvRFuVwWwib/s200/IMG_0648.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5DhPQojpG47ACARLqgN4jwM-PGAleFgtGKNcg-ERG7va9BiO_1_Fhej_PXhcv0uhtpoX1hkcwWuFOmqb8jYXc4Gnc8Wri3VHSiKJo_IIeBoPzJMUAZNtO1yciR1CDm__dSlMpQrfyAAQ/s1600/IMG_0645.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559928644111835506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5DhPQojpG47ACARLqgN4jwM-PGAleFgtGKNcg-ERG7va9BiO_1_Fhej_PXhcv0uhtpoX1hkcwWuFOmqb8jYXc4Gnc8Wri3VHSiKJo_IIeBoPzJMUAZNtO1yciR1CDm__dSlMpQrfyAAQ/s200/IMG_0645.JPG" /></a><br /><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkjTeUG9qW6KgljUNCg3vILTXKw8HzpJHggi3Hsv2E6gG9y6-OJqNbHGXj7A1ZPOb852ky-jauXgiOUgZXkQkBkorLA6ui3SF7tHOyeUp2ik7_1MGzXY4m4zrT-unJ5QEQITO_X9eMlDt/s1600/IMG_0646.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559928829655211218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkjTeUG9qW6KgljUNCg3vILTXKw8HzpJHggi3Hsv2E6gG9y6-OJqNbHGXj7A1ZPOb852ky-jauXgiOUgZXkQkBkorLA6ui3SF7tHOyeUp2ik7_1MGzXY4m4zrT-unJ5QEQITO_X9eMlDt/s200/IMG_0646.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0OlsqXCDsTK3c1WewOIA2xKICH50laKUmJvvra2Ap2etxPOfVCWakVCwP6HZ_-dFXSvlriHVbNO0T8Y_KUNcGaiX0pQuHFGWh5NyCfWOev9cJqbM8sSbQ6x7LRZu1L0qzJ9wouKZwhuT/s1600/IMG_0647.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559932402293796130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0OlsqXCDsTK3c1WewOIA2xKICH50laKUmJvvra2Ap2etxPOfVCWakVCwP6HZ_-dFXSvlriHVbNO0T8Y_KUNcGaiX0pQuHFGWh5NyCfWOev9cJqbM8sSbQ6x7LRZu1L0qzJ9wouKZwhuT/s200/IMG_0647.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br />I attended a Vision Board workshop and this is the result. It certainly shows that "my" time is at hand. It was very enlightening and the end result was far different that I imagined it would be. The teacher was excellent and had so many ideas for us to use. Here is the link to her site. Enjoy your visit - <a href="http://www.collageyourworld.com/">www.collageyourworld.com</a></div><div><br /> </div></div>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-19249431643129200892011-01-08T11:51:00.000-08:002011-01-08T13:11:20.327-08:00New year, new start<div>Happy 2011!!</div><div> </div><div>I hope this year is an artfilled one for everyone.</div><div> </div><div>I plan to update my blog more often and post more art projects that I complete. This year its all about me and my art and I want to really get into it. I have great plans for new projects and new techniques to try out.</div><div> </div><div>Here are a few projects leftover from December. A couple of scraplings and a calendar page that I traded with my AFTCM group. I am working on my daily journal and will post pictures of the pages as I do them. I did a couple of small cards too but that is not at all what I enjoy. Need more practice.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicR7BXNBTn2EpjSJ2ghNK9ZKGrG4sHDUrrVI5QNL1cEj0BVMc1_KPROxXDiVs-jIQnIGjMQEGjsXY0sTYNrpxRK9w48JShyfSXQ5Fa4BVuxKdpwv0ATsTgrcKHTA776MWP3rLbeglthPw9/s1600/IMG_0965.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 112px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559913381510753842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicR7BXNBTn2EpjSJ2ghNK9ZKGrG4sHDUrrVI5QNL1cEj0BVMc1_KPROxXDiVs-jIQnIGjMQEGjsXY0sTYNrpxRK9w48JShyfSXQ5Fa4BVuxKdpwv0ATsTgrcKHTA776MWP3rLbeglthPw9/s200/IMG_0965.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_4NyQ-ZAAH12VMQ00eL0EhWJJuc0_IPuUMJyfzjFVaWg0_M5A22BjtjDVCkJcdszSBNuAYqjiGPV6LJwOqMTCdMp409tptQNC0OhVsO73fM1BlAIFU6JssWUB8P8gYgVsOqLaQ2jI345/s1600/IMG_0964.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 112px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559914078766348898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_4NyQ-ZAAH12VMQ00eL0EhWJJuc0_IPuUMJyfzjFVaWg0_M5A22BjtjDVCkJcdszSBNuAYqjiGPV6LJwOqMTCdMp409tptQNC0OhVsO73fM1BlAIFU6JssWUB8P8gYgVsOqLaQ2jI345/s200/IMG_0964.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4kZmaMmIGJMuEmfjFnSSjNQepdsSZbEQ0V2TYXEd6azTh60QP-v6wWS3UcdArDFhUni8Df7nibYZ3GtSn5Q0td9CSdk9bXtXebX73MIdcqeqQaKTksZP5zHTIlE8qDuXBT2V-e5B6X1hK/s1600/IMG_0985.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559922856288792594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4kZmaMmIGJMuEmfjFnSSjNQepdsSZbEQ0V2TYXEd6azTh60QP-v6wWS3UcdArDFhUni8Df7nibYZ3GtSn5Q0td9CSdk9bXtXebX73MIdcqeqQaKTksZP5zHTIlE8qDuXBT2V-e5B6X1hK/s200/IMG_0985.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHI9od_ZSXenOki3_jgya3vvD0WmKeRHCpEzAODN14CF8OvqT0EVI9wils3ypOv1Es2MuTYWWL7Xv5vD-__7PbfzNA3JDwRhlgIHxVYaZcBKiz3o5so41ZVoyWhLRy6jsvM5_UI8Yqdm1/s1600/IMG_0963.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 112px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559908725909286082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHI9od_ZSXenOki3_jgya3vvD0WmKeRHCpEzAODN14CF8OvqT0EVI9wils3ypOv1Es2MuTYWWL7Xv5vD-__7PbfzNA3JDwRhlgIHxVYaZcBKiz3o5so41ZVoyWhLRy6jsvM5_UI8Yqdm1/s200/IMG_0963.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikt0-VbPlyWgNqg4ukPPuB2t6HbsZLjBkxsb9Aukl1SCQGKL7OzeSt3jaAbpHzLmzmr-3nGsPToLFnTjggtiObng6uBIDW-rmTO5DNcGINYo9eSFnt1qg7OOdS1sDBluW_9utXB3uCkcT1/s1600/IMG_0978.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559923478600920578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikt0-VbPlyWgNqg4ukPPuB2t6HbsZLjBkxsb9Aukl1SCQGKL7OzeSt3jaAbpHzLmzmr-3nGsPToLFnTjggtiObng6uBIDW-rmTO5DNcGINYo9eSFnt1qg7OOdS1sDBluW_9utXB3uCkcT1/s200/IMG_0978.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-86784915048031010282011-01-08T09:49:00.000-08:002011-01-08T09:55:49.201-08:00<a href="http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/HostedPics/ArtJournalEveryDayLogo-150.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/HostedPics/ArtJournalEveryDayLogo-150.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I'm very excited to start my new journal project. I'll post my process. All I need to do is work in my journal 10 minutes a day. This may be the start of a wonderful art journey.paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-74482259595588143262010-09-06T18:43:00.000-07:002010-09-06T19:27:59.113-07:00New projectsFall is definitely in the air here. The grandkids say it feels like Halloween. At last the really hot muggy weather has disappeared.<br /><br />I finally found some time to spend in my craft room. Since I have started re-organizing it, I had to put everything in boxes to move furniture around to make way for my new storage unit. So far it is great. I would like to get another if I can make room. Now I have to unpack everything and put it away in some kind of logical order (no easy task for me who forgets just about everything). My husband tells everyone that if I put it away its not only in a safe place but filed under forgot. I sure hope this new reorg means that I will finally know where stuff is and not have to spend 3 hours searching for what I want and find it in a very unlikely spot.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEoMEM6a1mKdQVlw5ew78504xqvdAP4Tfz4ANVGcEOBh1Okzd4ohTnFzr4Wg2GhrI5zk3WG7zn_yc7IiMK1MTL_jroJeloDGvjMVYfYXgmvO7ZUUmiWrzfcqnslqwkWEC1Awy_VoRdg2d/s1600/IMG_9984.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEoMEM6a1mKdQVlw5ew78504xqvdAP4Tfz4ANVGcEOBh1Okzd4ohTnFzr4Wg2GhrI5zk3WG7zn_yc7IiMK1MTL_jroJeloDGvjMVYfYXgmvO7ZUUmiWrzfcqnslqwkWEC1Awy_VoRdg2d/s200/IMG_9984.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513989555905125826" border="0" /></a><br /> New storage unit (bins)<br /><br />I am in a domino book swap with my Creative Mind group and actually finished it on time. Not sure if its what is expected but hope my partner is OK with what I did. I also sent my I Hear a Symphony ATC's but forgot to take pics. Hope my partner does so that I can post here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6Hkpjnsy22omtSEvdng0yx2KDIdukDGEMXEXqp_8usLFL6OPkAzZ-QjtYFab1t0MFPmYaUJ3Jh66Js7CE8OhDMHvRQaQPUZCqGdMYxBWuszOUWz1AhZAREZgGDXhtO0sbGbEb6eD5SPv/s1600/IMG_9989.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_6Hkpjnsy22omtSEvdng0yx2KDIdukDGEMXEXqp_8usLFL6OPkAzZ-QjtYFab1t0MFPmYaUJ3Jh66Js7CE8OhDMHvRQaQPUZCqGdMYxBWuszOUWz1AhZAREZgGDXhtO0sbGbEb6eD5SPv/s200/IMG_9989.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513989013230646722" border="0" /></a><br />Ready to mail<br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8vW9q5MhyphenhyphenmWxccicijvSeSVP3szk2nQRGG0ww72WSqiP93G-yzDTb2gf7e5ZKeGHte8u4pyyXiT26KTSxp0MVTgMX9qNjF-vuFPxCJOsRmY7M8XfbEGrHNMAmG9gx15G9WZWHqMdr6uC/s1600/IMG_9990.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8vW9q5MhyphenhyphenmWxccicijvSeSVP3szk2nQRGG0ww72WSqiP93G-yzDTb2gf7e5ZKeGHte8u4pyyXiT26KTSxp0MVTgMX9qNjF-vuFPxCJOsRmY7M8XfbEGrHNMAmG9gx15G9WZWHqMdr6uC/s200/IMG_9990.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513990079943650354" border="0" /></a><br />Closed<br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvFKtZdyvaYj8OlI5RTUro_XAy10x8qHDXolKeyMlcZwI-BgPouwToD0MTNPnMyjQ4UT_cFHFUT5d92ImwzRMO_s3HjwhjeTggx_cjcelLj5MOVTyn-Xj1MjQfKEMCoxe7elutW3K6kQu/s1600/IMG_9993.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvFKtZdyvaYj8OlI5RTUro_XAy10x8qHDXolKeyMlcZwI-BgPouwToD0MTNPnMyjQ4UT_cFHFUT5d92ImwzRMO_s3HjwhjeTggx_cjcelLj5MOVTyn-Xj1MjQfKEMCoxe7elutW3K6kQu/s200/IMG_9993.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513990086720216578" border="0" /></a><br />Front side of book<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3S8DZlZpgT_7etVtGDsjjL46k7CNTgD2EVNnjbIiHtPZbeBeSDHIxjJDIfotxeqtwg8GhRgwJ_E56F81uC5EVl4S3sCAaRtb0hKfhdtIpwWvTsVU6u2llvqIDzlThR7-LQeZ8Z7Zdwft/s1600/IMG_9995.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3S8DZlZpgT_7etVtGDsjjL46k7CNTgD2EVNnjbIiHtPZbeBeSDHIxjJDIfotxeqtwg8GhRgwJ_E56F81uC5EVl4S3sCAaRtb0hKfhdtIpwWvTsVU6u2llvqIDzlThR7-LQeZ8Z7Zdwft/s200/IMG_9995.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513990999592212978" border="0" /></a><br />Back side of book<br /><br />My next project is two Witchy torso tags. I have some ideas but first need to print off the template. Will post when I get them done.<br /><br />My last big project is a calendar. I have 12 pages of the month of May to do. Lots of ideas rolling around in my noggin but need to get them on paper so that I can firm things up. Hope to be able to post a sample soon. I've got some Christmas projects to do too but can't post until after Christmas because you never know who is being naughty and trying to peek.<br /><br />Got myself some flower dies this weekend and oooh are they fun. I have tried making flowers out of almost everything. Need to pick 8 to send off for a swap so will sign off now and try to post a little more often.paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-27468616802419252912010-06-12T16:13:00.000-07:002010-06-12T16:16:40.321-07:00Queen of the Night<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvmupKBKVP9YK4mFD1d-Ds1pwLwgaDQEyKcSe-shT_cjj0TG11QQ7cUoKe5uUl_GfDBOFN4pJXWTBVE7Y0loS3BNUjPKRLuJW815rgU-6obhPGNuQr2OonLs_utwgXNr-eA8GWb07q7JY/s1600/IMG_9193.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvmupKBKVP9YK4mFD1d-Ds1pwLwgaDQEyKcSe-shT_cjj0TG11QQ7cUoKe5uUl_GfDBOFN4pJXWTBVE7Y0loS3BNUjPKRLuJW815rgU-6obhPGNuQr2OonLs_utwgXNr-eA8GWb07q7JY/s200/IMG_9193.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482030072791819842" border="0" /></a><br />Our Queen of the Night plant finally flowered! It only flowers once and at night. We were able to get a bunch of photos this time. It flowered last year but we missed it. My son (who brought the plant home) was pretty excited. It is a huge flower and very aromatic.paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-835586030770611702010-06-12T16:00:00.000-07:002010-06-12T16:11:19.774-07:00SteampunkTried my hand at some Steampunk. Not really sure what to do but jumped in and tried. We were asked to make a necklace out of a small tin but I am not sure if anyone will want to wear what I did as it seems so large. Had lots of fun looking for old bits and borrowed my son's tin snips to do some parts. I made this into a little memory box - it just felt right! I used crackle and alcohol inks on the front, alcohol inks on the sides and inside. There is also some distress ink smooshed in there in places. I have to send this off in the mail on Monday. Hope my partner is OK with this - I actually like it which is unusual for me. Oh well, off to try a couple of other things to see if I can get the stuff out of my head into some form on my craft table. Not feeling too spectacular today - sinus with a touch of bronchitis. Maybe crafting will make everything feel so much better.<br /><br />Here are a couple of pics of my steampunk project.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnGp7dEU1kJIUvECn1l2gGOHXcQIOU2P2Cn6psz3W4ImnGuKzD8f4_x5GtywFTkvw4wxKZA2wNxEWZuxbg3KmLX752cu1hR4dqpCfdTfNyvi2aR-QqEA4AJ0BsmGj06Yf0oae-KTQ-_03/s1600/IMG_9154.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnGp7dEU1kJIUvECn1l2gGOHXcQIOU2P2Cn6psz3W4ImnGuKzD8f4_x5GtywFTkvw4wxKZA2wNxEWZuxbg3KmLX752cu1hR4dqpCfdTfNyvi2aR-QqEA4AJ0BsmGj06Yf0oae-KTQ-_03/s200/IMG_9154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482028186609798306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCwKq8NZR9XEyFEhEHoC_yKosx1LbzQkl4L7cQeWPr8OgFoO1IpFi7F_sAqQFRsHh-sP8kw4UNJuS_gFyqLTqz-5sqTW-mO8XAJmLSbbJ11o8V3N9j5YVi26u457bBlQGoDphxWkJ6RDE/s1600/IMG_9159.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCwKq8NZR9XEyFEhEHoC_yKosx1LbzQkl4L7cQeWPr8OgFoO1IpFi7F_sAqQFRsHh-sP8kw4UNJuS_gFyqLTqz-5sqTW-mO8XAJmLSbbJ11o8V3N9j5YVi26u457bBlQGoDphxWkJ6RDE/s200/IMG_9159.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482028595647780146" border="0" /></a>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-55583137321084869032010-04-22T20:03:00.000-07:002010-04-22T20:12:59.592-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTHXDr7qOOLKKJObb_RuGyRtFyghjRWpXV6lO4TeC1Wes1W33PFylPKK7XwB-6hLWjShEcF1ugbqXP3u5twbLt98w_Zo02yjvVAITzHVQWuZzyScOgeMu76SQPJX7IiLqGUQHkeQDhFmn/s1600/Turkeys.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTHXDr7qOOLKKJObb_RuGyRtFyghjRWpXV6lO4TeC1Wes1W33PFylPKK7XwB-6hLWjShEcF1ugbqXP3u5twbLt98w_Zo02yjvVAITzHVQWuZzyScOgeMu76SQPJX7IiLqGUQHkeQDhFmn/s200/Turkeys.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463164166614050098" border="0" /></a><br />I have been out trying to get some shots of the wild turkeys and think I finally got one I like. They are had to photograph - they are pretty timid and run away.<br /><br />Spring is here and everything is green and ready to explode with colour.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wBytIhgvMGsg4UQI0ofU6BUYrryt2asOc-Z8azSGAO0TRFzWbEmoEnkHwPj2k2Zt9yCAqi_4ULzzaqucf5D9d1oTjXqJ__-5MZmsH_VG4vBnoEMQlQ_TNr0XVeqO2pwy5Vq7oHiK9eET/s1600/hyacinth.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wBytIhgvMGsg4UQI0ofU6BUYrryt2asOc-Z8azSGAO0TRFzWbEmoEnkHwPj2k2Zt9yCAqi_4ULzzaqucf5D9d1oTjXqJ__-5MZmsH_VG4vBnoEMQlQ_TNr0XVeqO2pwy5Vq7oHiK9eET/s200/hyacinth.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463164182915430642" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsyd7OT1HcO_OUAt_Q-sK3jTFn2Qgu72d9vACxcZPTE8C48suvVLpbwquSw9v4ka7gBECPHq55xreIwavEF8xN4BW9ZZnRrrSTDPJqwuBekVrRAY1joCE8uYX9YETF33yY1-ZQ2HBJIuL/s1600/Tulips.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPdNVQl81WBgu-lVkEDsjULtwo9X2tCvDW-4nsZFJ7eo0TIEIit9GqH9ut2ZIpyeGE__FDThrh9gt9Y-lJYYwFC6dLH-JprcfafoEwdWLbxkefJhKNvocmbVHmLk4g6rMsVeP9XbgDqio/s200/Green+ATC.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463161644712560018" border="0" /></a><br />I received two "Green" ATC's from Val on my Art for the Creative Mind group. Yahoo is not letting me upload to that site so I am displaying my "art gifts" here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSWgtEBhmrS_9cQzuXfe67t2ZG1wQjBYnWx6XVvy6JIPLxh6hVZRSuiXvaR0OdXb5yDv1iYZjgkAfZGUz3ItOPIndT67qhKmym0y4dh1rHvc75GI4_7oJOZaZat4dxBiXxXJZlW4JbJZg/s1600/IMG_8459.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSWgtEBhmrS_9cQzuXfe67t2ZG1wQjBYnWx6XVvy6JIPLxh6hVZRSuiXvaR0OdXb5yDv1iYZjgkAfZGUz3ItOPIndT67qhKmym0y4dh1rHvc75GI4_7oJOZaZat4dxBiXxXJZlW4JbJZg/s200/IMG_8459.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463161652241068210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I also received my first of two altered envelopes. These are my favourite colours and I am not sure if I want to part with this envelope and send it to anyone.paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-42195031641079505612010-04-22T19:30:00.000-07:002010-04-22T19:50:08.143-07:00Collaborated book swap<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVaS4_XI8a0TTubPwiKYlcixKfpEXi5GrMqRhs3zpSTfFiXr1avAN20AkYb2O-a2leWOfenYVlB3Ha7eEQxfH89lWk7VzFxeSTt7ZKU85HLJ-0MARfNY7y1yD5b6NvTxmYuEw7tua8Vpm/s1600/from+Tracey.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVaS4_XI8a0TTubPwiKYlcixKfpEXi5GrMqRhs3zpSTfFiXr1avAN20AkYb2O-a2leWOfenYVlB3Ha7eEQxfH89lWk7VzFxeSTt7ZKU85HLJ-0MARfNY7y1yD5b6NvTxmYuEw7tua8Vpm/s200/from+Tracey.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463156527235980050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzC2dUYFowbcOmQAHtiDGdxZtmRMlc-mtie4_9F_tqCLgm3iJg7HtxtNpbAf8vQtw-eEkiRCLy2jxPIqAQyf2a64weiCfrjaBUgAQ2g0W8wYRp06tv-J6qcCZj9EbvZzrBry6pT8vBoQs1/s1600/from+Cyn.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzC2dUYFowbcOmQAHtiDGdxZtmRMlc-mtie4_9F_tqCLgm3iJg7HtxtNpbAf8vQtw-eEkiRCLy2jxPIqAQyf2a64weiCfrjaBUgAQ2g0W8wYRp06tv-J6qcCZj9EbvZzrBry6pT8vBoQs1/s200/from+Cyn.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463156531695460514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtew2X3OKGEjOZTko6pJnawjZCMlqxIP5PjBHWaUaOptoTfme5C9ZrswVyDHoIdEWN3Ccp2C7CTO5l6OjZ_ZHrR-Gel3_-1fGs_1zxYlWaMyDkmyeYvsJuhRUXf1IJmEM8GiszogDqIy_/s1600/from+Vicki+L.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtew2X3OKGEjOZTko6pJnawjZCMlqxIP5PjBHWaUaOptoTfme5C9ZrswVyDHoIdEWN3Ccp2C7CTO5l6OjZ_ZHrR-Gel3_-1fGs_1zxYlWaMyDkmyeYvsJuhRUXf1IJmEM8GiszogDqIy_/s200/from+Vicki+L.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463156778767838322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGb4Pxj9wpMAFAIAs-yDE9ACWAIPrjGMU4f4a3vpZNugdh4sHb7qhihZT4VYUflnsrZWuKUgdDHfxz78w3iVEqvjqRiBXz7omh_HAiNqz6oRVlblAtWtvs7KGTraATqv8DV7Vh5xGrnLQ5/s1600/from+Vicki+H.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGb4Pxj9wpMAFAIAs-yDE9ACWAIPrjGMU4f4a3vpZNugdh4sHb7qhihZT4VYUflnsrZWuKUgdDHfxz78w3iVEqvjqRiBXz7omh_HAiNqz6oRVlblAtWtvs7KGTraATqv8DV7Vh5xGrnLQ5/s200/from+Vicki+H.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463156534946365026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjo3TcXirE02rEGNIi8BMZaz2ujHGxqA3EiYaJV3oTkl_OumS64OcTPv1vDSl3xZ3E_u7_JJnDqBUesEno02rHYqmu9hkiloMdrqCvFBxuzo5pd3G4rH_Voka3uUx2ecXIpCMkEcELSzvL/s1600/from+Sylvia.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjo3TcXirE02rEGNIi8BMZaz2ujHGxqA3EiYaJV3oTkl_OumS64OcTPv1vDSl3xZ3E_u7_JJnDqBUesEno02rHYqmu9hkiloMdrqCvFBxuzo5pd3G4rH_Voka3uUx2ecXIpCMkEcELSzvL/s200/from+Sylvia.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463155836603700210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I finally got all my pages put together from this latest swap. I got so many great pages from some very talented artists. I was responsible for doing the front and back covers only. Feast your eyes on the wonderful pieces that I received.<br /><br /><br />It was up to me to do the covers and put the book together. Boy oh boy, that was not easy. My book making skills are poor to non-existant.<br />Here are the covers that I did.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfi3BPVDz1hRPAeVpCQllmbRDcBnA4U2egKaInhSdTZnRHv2sURg7x0YHVdXccnF2I4JQum1c2fhTyZARdFLITa7AKDnXu1k2vvCnuVg-M3rzmkfZ3IY7EmaWfEbgCj-jKVAwAoBxP048v/s1600/Front+Cover.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfi3BPVDz1hRPAeVpCQllmbRDcBnA4U2egKaInhSdTZnRHv2sURg7x0YHVdXccnF2I4JQum1c2fhTyZARdFLITa7AKDnXu1k2vvCnuVg-M3rzmkfZ3IY7EmaWfEbgCj-jKVAwAoBxP048v/s200/Front+Cover.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463157777943352450" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X6cSmdmgx6uA8mb6-FzFO3iskEmznAyKWL0YhtdoVjKh1I9lsDu0izjqidQ17K6g3B_sLgMiXVLOmM0_MlULrofGxPZRpuUDPHjBk7HtsQij6rs-xzA3FDO5OwWkKv0tV38L7zu34s9P/s1600/Inside+front+cover.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6t0OKYdioq4rYRrpt6DzRNDsbxtrYLmhwpMI-qS5AWfNVfdR8UMQSOerZFnqC8FIskUfPlB23Ti9V7IJzhOa77izM6wbSS4ulXhJY4Oqh6uxwNoFWQ1y7euDOqGO2V-5cXPlVmAbtPAp/s200/back+inside+cover.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463159279488243074" border="0" /></a>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-53455390119917868262010-04-10T13:32:00.000-07:002010-04-10T13:47:41.724-07:00This and that<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rJDdbyHFiagpFFm-u9B2HBlDwhlsj9cvlkTE9YKeExXAJF8FqfOWFh1TiyX3h1JMEdaKkFE0-RuOLCFtIdh_FnSmEe6ylYBWGwDPMaMqSnD0ZubRKBsjVHdmJpdKTADErwON-M3TIyj3/s1600/IMG_8091.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rJDdbyHFiagpFFm-u9B2HBlDwhlsj9cvlkTE9YKeExXAJF8FqfOWFh1TiyX3h1JMEdaKkFE0-RuOLCFtIdh_FnSmEe6ylYBWGwDPMaMqSnD0ZubRKBsjVHdmJpdKTADErwON-M3TIyj3/s200/IMG_8091.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458613259027012546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUSJugIT6b-R-jPqgpo0cMu4kRQ5Q5o95HGW6aL60ktEngFkoR8PBopBwjcLEK3MIAFYabINnmdwiJawHi5En2u0NwQ8I1Ly89AxnKHKA-DAThDuzHsgL-DJRKhpGvkJEdTJNlcsK_SjI/s1600/butterfly+box.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUSJugIT6b-R-jPqgpo0cMu4kRQ5Q5o95HGW6aL60ktEngFkoR8PBopBwjcLEK3MIAFYabINnmdwiJawHi5En2u0NwQ8I1Ly89AxnKHKA-DAThDuzHsgL-DJRKhpGvkJEdTJNlcsK_SjI/s200/butterfly+box.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458612164695260642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeao1rE4wZj4qJTZajU2VbbktJGLiiMRAeOxcPgdm6idgCz38u6dSET08IglOKG8b2olztFj7-zD4j6qsuC82TUhC-oSDRTaldnXSugAZYHjCtxFj8u9kpJfyNVMILdHsJbfGx2zF0w4P/s1600/IMG_8082.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeao1rE4wZj4qJTZajU2VbbktJGLiiMRAeOxcPgdm6idgCz38u6dSET08IglOKG8b2olztFj7-zD4j6qsuC82TUhC-oSDRTaldnXSugAZYHjCtxFj8u9kpJfyNVMILdHsJbfGx2zF0w4P/s200/IMG_8082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458611352650226706" border="0" /></a><br />Spring has finally arrived!! Its cold and windy here today but the flowers are starting to bloom so I know things are going to improve. Just had a look at a friend's etsy shop and since I am not too savvy on how to link it properly, I'll link it here http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44430185&fref=fb_itemlist<br />She does fabulous jewellery amongst other artistic endeavours. She was my tole teacher and still critiques my stuff and offers me support if I am a little hesitant about the quality of a particular piece. I know that I have to step up to the plate a little more often and post my creations here. Now that summer is here I hope to take more time for me and my art.<br /><br />I am still a beginner trying to do some jewellery type crafting. Here is my first attempt. I have a very long way to go.<br /><br />I am not the only one that wants to get out and enjoy the spring weather.paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-63752436366026676412010-03-02T19:52:00.000-08:002010-03-02T20:04:00.220-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoT2pyWdqlwcTaBTdN2fsK5B6-P6mCQO6XNpkCZ5UW3jhBYpr35LA0BAcplENUGBMvq3nNwTbxOMNrrKFZjJ67s77AbxyBE5lEOJdFF7kXw2AzK67d7LPXGwazxq8jdcW6X0I5jW0bgSZs/s1600-h/Cupcake.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoT2pyWdqlwcTaBTdN2fsK5B6-P6mCQO6XNpkCZ5UW3jhBYpr35LA0BAcplENUGBMvq3nNwTbxOMNrrKFZjJ67s77AbxyBE5lEOJdFF7kXw2AzK67d7LPXGwazxq8jdcW6X0I5jW0bgSZs/s200/Cupcake.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444251683763384258" border="0" /></a>This is Cupcake, my very first art doll. It was lots of fun and I got to use some everyday items in an unusual way. Her stocking were made with mesh (from a potato bag) and brushed on distress ink. Used my Big Shot (which I totally love) on some wrapping paper to make her skirt. Of course a cutout from a magazine of her cupcake hat.<br /><br />I have pages for a journal swap which I'll post in a few days. I have a couple of other pieces that I've done and hope to work on a few more and post this weekend.<br /><br />The weather is getting more spring-like and I'm hoping Spring is soon to follow.<br /><br />My head is almost bursting with ideas and I will have to take a moment to try and get the ideas on paper. It never ceases to amaze me that most of the ideas happen at night, just before I fall asleep.<br /><br />Got to go now - Happy crafting!paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-32286383120418253882009-11-11T19:17:00.000-08:002009-11-11T19:28:05.617-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYxVxj4c7ZEtKcPMZChF-e7237ieNxf5AvZFynf95ctpVQChPaPrWBz9LPiwTJuBiBCGNVkmA9ySUtAAKVmjXK3JEwrdCAud2vkyOKLNS8q7pZYvO8x2PEClCI7_dofPBsuePccV20A-B/s1600-h/IMG_7440.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYxVxj4c7ZEtKcPMZChF-e7237ieNxf5AvZFynf95ctpVQChPaPrWBz9LPiwTJuBiBCGNVkmA9ySUtAAKVmjXK3JEwrdCAud2vkyOKLNS8q7pZYvO8x2PEClCI7_dofPBsuePccV20A-B/s320/IMG_7440.1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403051515587338418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiM6Y56ggNI5z85GIX1RvF_7LYVthtk7nEf7ev1LICLNL4j39RkhpZdLZDAzMEJ8uf5il8Ne1mOCXaaoqtnnRlGI8Lkcw19AF3lOVNBxP3Pj2shxeeX8yICwOBRq8cgteu-Old09Kv8Mkw/s1600-h/IMG_7435.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiM6Y56ggNI5z85GIX1RvF_7LYVthtk7nEf7ev1LICLNL4j39RkhpZdLZDAzMEJ8uf5il8Ne1mOCXaaoqtnnRlGI8Lkcw19AF3lOVNBxP3Pj2shxeeX8yICwOBRq8cgteu-Old09Kv8Mkw/s320/IMG_7435.1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403051423989873330" border="0" /></a><br />Here is my Halloween box done for a swap. It was lots of fun, combining painting and paper. My hubby liked the cat so much that he wants me to do one for home.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I also have done some Christmas tags. One is finished except for the string. The other I'm not<br /><div style="text-align: left;">sure if I'm done or not. Will post once I make up my mind.<br /></div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimE8JZ1Oth-wFMLjN_GAEQ7Z_a_inZRE6T8wRfocitAQHf2nj7cIt4k7PKHTSbK5MjBa-IFK4SulXQcVoDlQVEXj-SaIlVur2ds6xOelTRGZ5Veq-BCIRBag_jZF7i-7t3ZaeO9aQbe5uM/s1600-h/IMG_7448.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimE8JZ1Oth-wFMLjN_GAEQ7Z_a_inZRE6T8wRfocitAQHf2nj7cIt4k7PKHTSbK5MjBa-IFK4SulXQcVoDlQVEXj-SaIlVur2ds6xOelTRGZ5Veq-BCIRBag_jZF7i-7t3ZaeO9aQbe5uM/s320/IMG_7448.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403052029934130098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This last ATC is one that I was just playing with to pass some time. It has no title but was interesting as I changed my mind a couple of times on how to actually do it. I will be convalesing in January after gallbladder surgery so hope to be able to sit and sketch out some ideas that are floating around in my head. I'm sure that I will have succumbed and joined a few more swaps.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJncmsbyiPIR2lvxl7SzGkXTlcO7N9NMCQAjSycJv-Rcv05ZfRmjKMs9vW0zN2FVS3AYVhD_pxa0Ekxo6iWc-xSX64xryHzztC-JsupbHSYq2P4CEraYfnTgigGwvSl6gXUt5GwbzjbIcb/s1600-h/IMG_7449.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJncmsbyiPIR2lvxl7SzGkXTlcO7N9NMCQAjSycJv-Rcv05ZfRmjKMs9vW0zN2FVS3AYVhD_pxa0Ekxo6iWc-xSX64xryHzztC-JsupbHSYq2P4CEraYfnTgigGwvSl6gXUt5GwbzjbIcb/s320/IMG_7449.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403052754149100034" border="0" /></a></div>paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-92216412797389389982009-11-11T19:11:00.000-08:002009-11-11T19:17:11.893-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9v_yAABGC1uAzGV3qZvfdSpRTlLjWC43V-JWe20dtLYl5yv7PwOh9nIWLnJZX1WOOjP8rfBLNUCbyWU6qImbGEuy8eZgNeXHtZMWSnGnt7eek-ilHnAT171gT2JHH9pxjwacQQ5fl25FX/s1600-h/IMG_7452.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9v_yAABGC1uAzGV3qZvfdSpRTlLjWC43V-JWe20dtLYl5yv7PwOh9nIWLnJZX1WOOjP8rfBLNUCbyWU6qImbGEuy8eZgNeXHtZMWSnGnt7eek-ilHnAT171gT2JHH9pxjwacQQ5fl25FX/s320/IMG_7452.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403050114657003874" border="0" /></a><br />I have joined a small g<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZxXVelvCZxdVGhJBYVE_JQLE5q5tucyo9TWEajaz4M_xrKvQJDtFZhD1OFCGva3WX92gB4Xdtwl6c62CAuM8MIVOlIcbShQeN2f4pErbZg6bAuHlz3o9Ho1rxyhue8Rv5plsdoO0f4Qi/s1600-h/IMG_7451.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZxXVelvCZxdVGhJBYVE_JQLE5q5tucyo9TWEajaz4M_xrKvQJDtFZhD1OFCGva3WX92gB4Xdtwl6c62CAuM8MIVOlIcbShQeN2f4pErbZg6bAuHlz3o9Ho1rxyhue8Rv5plsdoO0f4Qi/s320/IMG_7451.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403050551062273218" border="0" /></a>roup doing Journal/Book pages. We swap books once a month and do something on a page then swap again. Here is my first attempt. I finished off something that one of the others had started.<br /><br />I also tried a journal page for myself to get a little more comfortable with it. I am relatively happy with it for now. Need to work on a second one and see where that takes me.paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-11270398735739017952009-09-19T20:46:00.000-07:002009-09-19T20:59:55.705-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7P0jlae2AN2UJXwfZ8fF_f-DI8POz1-aOFrn1hatF2Jhi2KzQRN4EFEkbKEH6QuJiZBno5fixOG237Sn49d8QyYaw71y482GwzRiLChok2csrrPAyBhZKDcvryN3EzL1rSrOHr2BlzgE/s1600-h/Card.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7P0jlae2AN2UJXwfZ8fF_f-DI8POz1-aOFrn1hatF2Jhi2KzQRN4EFEkbKEH6QuJiZBno5fixOG237Sn49d8QyYaw71y482GwzRiLChok2csrrPAyBhZKDcvryN3EzL1rSrOHr2BlzgE/s320/Card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383394385927668338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdO7oHFlQK-ywwTNsut9ZEyU_F85KcuusuAJ-5_S3KzHbE44Hjk47ENTxhZYf8xnMLDPghMegccgT56th0RTx7u0LCunj8tkerWu7V5FFlIdZmtbFFhZV2daLTeZoxKSpnnWlzgTzwVsv/s1600-h/dominoes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdO7oHFlQK-ywwTNsut9ZEyU_F85KcuusuAJ-5_S3KzHbE44Hjk47ENTxhZYf8xnMLDPghMegccgT56th0RTx7u0LCunj8tkerWu7V5FFlIdZmtbFFhZV2daLTeZoxKSpnnWlzgTzwVsv/s320/dominoes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383393061017677378" border="0" /></a><br />Trying something new for me again. Here is my first greeting card and some domino jewellery. Used an napkin for the card pic and the dominoes are alcohol inked and beaded. I really enjoyed the jewellery and plan to take some classes to make a better finished piece for next time. Not so sure about the cards - Its not really my thing but was fun to try. Must go to finish up a gothic arch for a trade. Will post when done. There is just so much out there to try, it's hard to sit still and finish one piece without wanting to dive right in and do something completely different next. Ah well, there's always tomorrow....paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-30149900204581095042009-08-12T19:38:00.000-07:002009-08-12T19:43:46.768-07:00Fav photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnEDoqVg8BMxO4y907o3GZ0LnS9P4dpa2n3wgLaos02fsxZCF8TbjDXjDFUn94_mecMu6DBmbzOpWH-dSDu_USj1Lo2KrFF-zNPvtlLj7nZlR7WTiIqwyqcfncHXt-JF7VSZdeD4siuZu/s1600-h/IMG_6283.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnEDoqVg8BMxO4y907o3GZ0LnS9P4dpa2n3wgLaos02fsxZCF8TbjDXjDFUn94_mecMu6DBmbzOpWH-dSDu_USj1Lo2KrFF-zNPvtlLj7nZlR7WTiIqwyqcfncHXt-JF7VSZdeD4siuZu/s200/IMG_6283.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369273217403726450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvktv4hwcruzje0KpUZRYFZH87_WhkFF5BxMaUfGbiQrCYztojRy5hQdlSY6Uw8WM5ZR972NXSOIUnAbCG896ED_38luajL5572gr8X3TM4P8ogMBWLnFy8zXBI_hdq1-WYQEr6ydORSb7/s1600-h/IMG_6064.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvktv4hwcruzje0KpUZRYFZH87_WhkFF5BxMaUfGbiQrCYztojRy5hQdlSY6Uw8WM5ZR972NXSOIUnAbCG896ED_38luajL5572gr8X3TM4P8ogMBWLnFy8zXBI_hdq1-WYQEr6ydORSb7/s200/IMG_6064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369273207652761522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqF2gUxUCEbTOAER_NEhEEmCt8XN0rNqfbTlQW6j4p421vgJELRQ3fXChLh6eURjURLj4LPPd0g6DH6WSI4DrQ3sT81o7xo248bnxbcSARxh9x47Ztg4nJ9wDRWewx34PcApuqBWSXCGLO/s1600-h/IMG_0163.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqF2gUxUCEbTOAER_NEhEEmCt8XN0rNqfbTlQW6j4p421vgJELRQ3fXChLh6eURjURLj4LPPd0g6DH6WSI4DrQ3sT81o7xo248bnxbcSARxh9x47Ztg4nJ9wDRWewx34PcApuqBWSXCGLO/s200/IMG_0163.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369273197147526338" border="0" /></a><br />Here are a few photos taken last year and this summer that turned out quite well.paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681924542818582931.post-59844906781463887872009-08-12T18:17:00.000-07:002009-08-12T19:07:50.143-07:00Outside my box Painting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUV_XfAEWew9-icy8SLrp0PmarmtHd4lSUP0Ki4_AiJRc2hJohYQtaClYR0mN4Z1CKx8FvC-yUp-fg15q6zqicEX2JkwVt54TQOnn5BkmF3b_HACHSqGv0jXjk-NMu13ESnBLSYF9r7s2V/s1600-h/IMG_6821.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUV_XfAEWew9-icy8SLrp0PmarmtHd4lSUP0Ki4_AiJRc2hJohYQtaClYR0mN4Z1CKx8FvC-yUp-fg15q6zqicEX2JkwVt54TQOnn5BkmF3b_HACHSqGv0jXjk-NMu13ESnBLSYF9r7s2V/s320/IMG_6821.1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369262950634729010" border="0" /></a><br />This is my attempt at a new style of painting. I saw iton YouTube and had to try it. Mine didn't turn out half as nice as the one online but I had a lot of fun trying. Guess it wasn't too bad because now my daughter is trying one. I am going to try another in a week or so. Its done using joint compound, acrylic tube paints and liquitex gloss. Look for BozzoArt and you will see how he does his stuff. This is a real dive off the deep end for me as I am really used to tole painting. I will have to plan the next one a little more carefully and use a smaller canvas (actually its masonite - 1/4"). Stay tuned for more offbeat efforts!paintnputterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928006139587736988noreply@blogger.com2