Cleaning up the scraps form my desk ... again!!!

ok I had way too many scraps again so ... I had watched this video on YouTube and decided to use up some of the scraps and try this ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmsR2ynI5Wg ... they open and you can journal inside ... I thought they were a pretty neat thing to add you a Junk Journal ... oh yes that is embossing on the packaging plastic like the Tim Holtz thing come in ... 

Fronts

Backs

Trying out a Loaded Envelope

An online group I am with wanted to do stuffed envelopes of goodies to send out and we were directed to a YouTube channel ... https://youtu.be/OEBiwR8k6mo ... so I signed up and tried it out, well with a few of my own touches ... it's made from a 12x12 piece of double-sided card stock, I used some G45 card stock I had and loaded it with little goodies I have made ...

Some coffee for AlteredBookLover T for Tuesday

Elizabeth over at AlteredBookLover has a T on Tuesdays and I have been invited to join today ... the one requirement is to post something to do with a drink ... either tea, coffee, or some other drink ... so I decided to post from one of my teaching Altered Books a gesso and melted crayon technique that I decorated the spread with a European Blend coffee ... visit Elizabeth's blog and enjoy her work and T Tuesdays ...

A fun little Embellishment for Junk Journals or whatever ...

take a PostCard or make one then add a coin protector glues only on 2 sides, now add a tea card with a bit of lace or ribbon ... now you have a fun bit to add to a page as a journaling card or ephemera ...

A couple of Junk Journal Pages ...

I am really having fun making these ...

Art Retreat via ZOOM

Well, my annual art retreat got canceled but our leader worked up a ZOOM retreat and it was a success ... we weren't able to hug and laugh like we always do but we did have a good time ... here are a few of the things we did ...

these were called "scrapies" which were just made up of little bits left over from other projects and things left on our tables .... they can be RAK's or ephemera for a junk journal ... just fun to make

Decorated envelopes, first one had to be with a flower as a focal point, the second one had to be recycled from a bill-paying envelope with a window, third was stamped and able to mail something in ...

this was a hanging tag with the images and idea provided to us ...

this is a trading coin with a theme of "Things with Wings"

these were thing from a Scavenger Hunt of our studios/craft rooms

the ZOOM meeting were fun, Bingo was played and plenty of talking was done ... all in all, it was a great substitute for our event being canceled