A few CARDS

lately I have been waking up at 4:30 so I have been able to make a few cards ....

Good day of a little art

had some time so I decided to make a few tags ........

these are for using with the Welcome to the Neighborhood stuff

this one is for a Thanks for letting me use your space

Book we made during the Art Retreat ....

ok this is my version of the book we made ...... can you tell it was a Summer theme .... ;-)

front

spine

this page opens from the spine - cool isn't it

fan opening from the front (like a usual book)

first spread

second spread

 

tag front and back for second spread

third spread

 

fourth spread

fifth spread

tag page for things we made while there or things given to us

3 spreads done in my Junk Journal

At the retreat we drew names for people to work in our Junk Journals and these are the 3 people's work that drew my name .....

done by Susan Tidwell

done by Jeri Aaron

done by Jean Bennett

This one I did with things I was given during the retreat and the little watch was a make-n-take

Make-N-Takes for retreat

sorry not very good photo's .... I have made these samples for a couple of make-n-takes for the crowed ....

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 ........

Happy 4th and thanks

to those who keep making it possible for us to celebrate our FREEDOM .....

To those who have sacrificed so much ......

Happy Mother's Day to all ....

Also did these

they are for mingles in online groups I am in ....

These backgrounds are made with Washi tapes ... it's quick easy and I think gives a real bang for the buck ... click photo to enlarge

Finally got to do some art .....

ok I saw a card made like this on another blog Kreativ Scrapping (http://tinyurl.com/ceak968) and just had to try to make one ... click to photo enlarge 

Google Reader News

Google Reader News

Here's a bit of important news regarding Google Reader. They are shutting it down as of July 1, 2013! You can read the announcement on the Google Reader blog here.  What that means to those 122 special people who follow my blog via Google Reader, you will no longer receive my news feed and may lose my blog information. I don't want to lose you!!

I have been hearing lots of good reviews about Bloglovin (and there are many more readers out there if you want to research them). I just signed up for Bloglovin and am impressed at how easy it was. I just created an account (FREE) by filling in a few blanks and I was done. 

The best part of Bloglovin was they imported all the blogs I follow personally by my clicking one button! So very easy. And I like the default format the blog reads appear in - a long list with a photo and a portion of the beginning of the post. You can manage the format as well as how often you want it to be sent to you.

So, be forewarned, as of July 1st you will no longer receive any blog postings of any blogs you follow in Google Reader! Either research the many readers out there or go with Bloglovin. Whatever your choice, I hope you will continue to read and follow my blog!

Happy Easter everyone .........

may the promise of Spring and the wonders of Easter be your today and every day ........ sorry I haven't been able to make anything to wish you Easter but the grand-babies have taken presidents ...

Well our last miracle for 2013 has arrived

miracle number 3 this year and 4 since 2009 ..... yes Baine has arrived a couple of weeks early but all is good with Mom and baby .... he is soooooo sweet and we are so happy ... arrived on 3-19-2013 @ 8:03am ... 20" long, 7lbs, 13 3/4" head ...

we have been taking care of big sister ever since mommy went into the hospital and that is why I am late in getting his photo and stats out to everyone ..... we are NOT use to an active 3 1/2 year old and she has been wearing us out ... today everyone went home so GG and Grandpa are getting some much needed rest ..... lol .... hugs to all from the proud grandparents  

Happy St. Patrick's Day