Almost ready for my Summer Art Retreat

I go on an annual Summer Art Retreat with a great group of ladies from an online group I belong to ... this is our 8th year of meeting and having fun ...... This year we each have done our own Beach Junk Journal and during the retreat 3 people will work in our books and I will finish mine .... I will post what the Junk Journal turns out to be after the retreat and share other photo's as well later ...... hope you enjoy, it's been a long dry art spell for me ........

Christmas in July ... ok so it's not July yet

but I am participating in a retreat this July that I have been asked to do a spread for the book that will be done during that retreat ... just thought since I have the spread done I would post it to so I have had a little art time ... click photo to enlarge

Valentine Tag

Well I have been able to have a little art time again and I did this tag for a mingle I am in with an online group .... I wanted to try out this method of making a cardstock flower ... I think I am going to love it so you will be seeing more of these ...... click to enlarge

Flag/Pennant Banner

This was a 5 day challenge from an online group I am in ... we did a step each day so that at the end of 5 days we each had our completed banners .... I used a new Tim Holtz edge die cut on the top and 2 of his new "Spring Sprung" stamps (the bunny and the twigs/leaves) and his Elegant Flourish die for the gold flourish .... the paper flowers are out of scrap paper and tulle on the end flowers, the center one is just paper (you cut/punch out scalloped circles. at least 5, then you punch hole in the center add a brad and scrunch up each of the circles in to balls then unscrunch them one at a time) a friend taught me this ... I kind of cheated and only use 6 or our 9 flags we made because I wanted mine to be for Easter ...... it was fun and now I have another Easter decoration thanks "E" ...... click to enlarge