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

Happy St. Patty's Day

May you always have wall for the winds,
a roof for the rain,
Tea beside the fire,
Laughter to cheer you,
Those you love near you,
and all your heart might desire!

I'm back ....

Been out of town for 14 days but I am back now ... need to get caught up on all the stuff that has piled up then I can get back to creating ... hope everyone has a great weekend

Congrats to the 30 first round winners

in the G45 Design Team competition ... and good luck to each of you on the finial round ... have fun

Circus mini book with Graphic 45 paper

My granddaughter is 2 1/2 and it was her first Circus so of course I had to make a book just for the occasion ... enjoy

Fairy Garden Mini Book with G45 paper

I love this little book it will be great to put grand-kids photo's in ... each page is a pocket that can hold 2 photo's and each outer pocket has little pocket stubs to put things in also ... right now it holds the Fairy postcards that can hold photo and journaling on the back ...

Graphic 45 Design Team 2012 Audition

Graphic 45 papers are the bomb and I love working with them, they have asked that we show them at least 6 projects that reflect our work so these are mine ... as you can tell not all projects were using G45 papers but that's ok they don't mind ... I am head over heels about Altered Books but I do love working with paper in many forms ....

Sample of an Altered Book that I taught as a 4 day retreat workshop ...

 

 

Hinged paper collage on canvas

Spackle texture background

Garden stake place holder

Vintage fold up frame

Stencil and color mist on silk

collage, my original paper design

This is for my 2 1/2 year old granddaughter so it doesn't have lots of the extra detail I like to add ... enjoy

A little baby stuff

I love working with stuff for BABY .... G45 just made it easier everything is so soft and sweet ... anyway these are a couple of things I worked but for a friend ..... that's having 2 ... how luck is she .... click to enlarge

Time for the BIG reveal ....

today my new online Altered Arts Workshops site went live ... just click http://abonlineclasses.blogspot.com ... under the tab "Lite Workshops" you will find "RAKS/Cards" and there you will find the tutorial on how to make my latest cardstock flower ... please have a look around and let me know what you think ... I will be adding many more workshops but they will take a little time to get them done and up and running ... so far there are 4 workshops for you to have fun with .... thanks Linda

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

Got some "little art" done

So I figured out a couple of things on blogger and am happier with the birds and I am using the "Read More" option of blogger now so if you want to see more of the photo's just click the "READ MORE" at then end of a post ... I also had to much coffee and couldn't sleep the other night so I got these "little things" done ... click on the photo to enlarge

Blogger and I aren't seeing eye to eye ...

when I posted my New Years wish for everyone I saw the background had been messed up so I tried to fix it and all that happened is a different messed up background ... so in a few days I will be redesigning my blog ... I DIDN'T HAVE TO, my genius son fixed the really messed up part and I am clicking along again ..... Linda

Happy 2012 ...

I so hope 2012 brings each of you a wonderful, healthy, happy year .... I hope to do better about getting back to my art, making time for my genealogy, and enjoying family and friends ..... Linda

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas around the world ...

Afrikaner (Afrikaans) ~ "Geseënde Kersfees"
Argentine ~ "Felices Pascuas"
Bohemian ~ "Vesele Vanoce"
Brazilian ~ "Boas Festas"
Chinese (Cantonese) ~ "Saint Dan Fai Lok"
Danish ~ "Glædelig Jul"
Dutch ~ "Vrolijk Kerstfeest"
English ~ "Merry Christmas"
Filipino ~ "Maligayang Pasko"
Finnish ~ "Hyvaa Joulua"
French ~ "Joyeux Noël"
German ~ "Froehliche Weihnachten"
Greek ~ "Kala Christouyenna"
Hawaiian ~ "Mele Kalikimaka"
Hebrew ~ "Mo'adim Lesimkha"
Icelandic ~ "Gledileg Jol"
Indonesian ~ "Selamat Hari Natal"
Irish ~ "Nollaig Shona Dhuit"
Italian ~ "Buone Feste Natalizie"
Japanese ~ "Kurisumasu Omedeto"
Korean ~ "Sung Tan Chuk Ha"
Lithuanian ~ "Linksmu Kaledu"
Malay ~ "Selamat Hari Natal"
Maori ~ "Meri Kirihimete"
Norwegian ~ "God Jul"
Romanian ~ "Craciun Fericit"
Peruvian ~ "Felices Fiestas"
Portugese ~ "Boas Festas"
Slovakian ~ "Vesele Vianoce"
Spanish ~ "Feliz Navidad"
Swedish ~ "God Jul"
Welsh ~ "Nadolig Llawen"

Thank each and everyone of you ...

To all our Veterans far and wide, young and old; I salute you and thank you for your service and sacrifices ....

Cards for Fall

well I have done a little this last couple of weeks ... still can't do cutting out but can do die cuts ... I am so excited that I can do a little creating ...... click to enlarge

News on the home front ...

 our son will be doing an online class at www.creatureworkshops.com

.... this is what Jason says about it, "i'll be breaking down one of the weekly sculpts cesar is doing, for the class, into a game-ready "hero" model and explaining the why's and how's of it."   .... if you want to get into the business you should do this class ........ yes I am a very proud Momma, he is helping others learn to do what he loves, maybe it's genetic .... ;-)

Halloween is just around the corner

My arm/wrist/hand is getting much better and in a month I should be able to really start arting again ... but since I haven't been able to do anything for so long I thought I would share photo's of my little Halloween project that got canceled due to health reasons with you ...

REMEMBERING 9-11

My heart is heavy with the loss and devastation this day brings to mind but I want all people to remember ...

(image from 911memorial.org)

(image from Focus Georgetown Magazine)