Inspired by Paper Fairytale

Debrina Pratt is Paper Fairytale and she does such lovely things ... the idea of using some of my extra wooden blocks on their side and making them look like to Vintage pull toys was just so exciting to me I had to do some ... I sure had fun making these .... click image to enlarge

so for my DD I did this one



for my DDIL I did this one



for myself I did this one

Got a couple of things done today

working on catching up on some mingle commitments ... next will be doing some 7 swans a swimming ...

OMG ... we have more baby news

Our Daughter and Son-in-law just found out they are having a little boy in the spring .... it's going to be raining babies for this GG and Grandpa .... 3 little blessings in 2013 how lucky are we ....

Getting my Halloween on ....

well I got a couple of things done towards my Halloween decorations ... what do you think ......

Twin news

got a phone call late yesterday from our CA kids and the twins are growing at a good rate and looking super ... it also (not 100%) looks like we will be having a boy and a girl .... is that not perfect ... with a father that is 6'6" and a mother that's 5'2" wonder what the outcome will be ...... it really doesn't matter cause they will be prefect no matter what .... one happy GG

In Memory of the victims of 9-11

to me the waterfall fountains symbolize the many tears shed on this day, the park of green trees that life will go on, and the underground museum so we will never forget the ones that die that day ........

STAMPtember with Tim

I was doing a little playing and decided to work with Tim's stuff on STAMPtember ... it's been fun and I like doing some of this stuff just most of the time I want to "get her done" so I don't take the time to go thru all these steps ...... go on over and watch his video then have fun ..... the metallic doesn't shine like it does in real life but you can see it there it just look white ...

"Olde Curiosity Shoppe" journal

This is what I have been working on for several weeks, not that it's that complicated to make just that life kept happening and wouldn't let me work as often as I wanted to .... I will use this as a photo/journal of some future event, therefore so many blank spots and mats/tags to add things to .... I enjoyed using the G45 metal butterflies by embossing them and using the Vintaj Patina system to color and age them ... of course Tim Holtz dies makes it easy to cut interesting things on the edges of pockets to add lots of visual interest ....  if you like the construction of this book you can easily make one just follow this link to my online classes for full instructions ... http://lindamanningfindley.blogspot.com/2015/06/i-have-had-request.html  .... hope you enjoy

GREAT news!!!!

our California kids are expecting TWINS .... they are due end of Feb. to mid March 2013 ... so you may be seeing some baby art ... I know for sure I am going to have to get busy making burp clothes and such ... we are so excited 2 little blessing at one time, just wish they were going to be closer to us but totally understand their parents have to be where the work is ... after all my DH and I took our kids half way around the world when they were little because that is where the work was .... this is their close up ... ;-)

LIFE ...

yep it's kind of getting in the way of art again but I am working on something ever so often that hopefully I will be able to finish and post soon .... hope everyone else is having lots of art fun ... later Linda

Christmas in July - nothing like it

Came back from a super art retreat where we made this Christmas book ... had such a great time, laughed so much my side still hurt and I have been home 2 days .......

Click to enlarge .... hope you enjoy

I spent a few hours

making more cards ... I know seems like that about all I do these days ... maybe there will be something bigger on the way .... I hope .... click to enlarge

Last 2 days have been cards

making some more cards for my stock pile ... some are from scraps of other projects and some aren't .... see if you can guess ...

 

Play Day

ok it's getting close to July 4th so play day was a door hanger or bottle hanger .... oops almost forgot my Banner ...

Patrotic Banners

made some banners for our kid's houses ... mine will be next .... ;-) in case you can't make out the letters they spell "Freedom" ... our most precious commodity ...

To our Veterans past and present

                                        MEMORIAL DAY                                                                                                                   

It is the VETERAN, not the preacher,

who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer,

who has given us freedom to assemble.

It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer,

who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the VETERAN, not the politician,

Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the VETERAN who salutes the Flag,

It is the VETERAN who serves under the Flag.

O LORD GRANT THEM ETERNAL REST, AND LET 

PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.

Patchwork ...

that's what I call this kind of background ... there was only enough art time to do the one card but it gave me pleasure ...

It was a scrap day today

In between washing clothes and other chores I made cards from the Fairies and Olde Curiosity Shoppe paper scraps I had left from other projects ...  click to enlarge

"G" is for Glitter & Gold

but not all that Glitters is Gold .... the right page says "there are faerie wings, snow, crystals, diamonds, Children's Eyes and dew drops on flowers ... you only have to open your eyes to see what is Precious ...

I wanted to get his posted so not all the glitter is dry so please forgive me ... click to enlarge

More of my "ABC" art journal

"F" is for Fairies ... they appreciate the "Little Things" ... click to enlarge

G45 paper and time

So I have had several postcards sent to me form different artist swaps and I decided it was time to give them a better home than just stacked on my shelf ... so I made this little card keeper and now my postcards have a lovely home that sits on my shelf ....

Well I joined ...

the world of i-Pad .... went and bought the new one at Best Buy the other day but decided to take my sons advice and get the warranty thru Square Trade instead of Best Buy .... turns out it is a better deal, in case you are in the market ....

Happy Mother's Day to all

First time to play with dylusions sprays

Ranger came out with these spray colors called Dylusions ... they are very vibrant and produce wonderful colors on the card stock and canvas (this is 6"x8" canvas) I tried today .... click to enlarge