Tim's tags

While I was at the art retreat last weekend several of us did Tim Holtz tags ... we had such a good time making these ... and you know me I can't follow the instructions exactly I have to "Make it My Own" ... anyway you will see that several are very similar to his and then there are some not like his at all ....... click to enlarge

Today's offering

I have been working most of the day getting stuff ready for a 4 day "Do Your Own Thing" art retreat I leave tomorrow .... but this just keep at me till I gave up ...... you know how some days YOU get to create and some days the ART creates itself ........ well today this stamp (from Character Construction) keep screaming at me, so I said ok since you won't let me do anything else .... this card just kept putting it's self together ...... now I am pretty pleased with it and it seems to be happy also ..... click to enlarge

Susan G.Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Remember I did the Altered Dress form for the silent auction well the bidding has begun ..... click on this link - http://www.stampsaladotexas.com/Special_Events/Charity_Event.htm - and you can see all the wonderful Dress forms and place a bid .... remember it's for an awesome cause ...... incase you want to see mine again click on this link - http://tinyurl.com/59naoa -

Time to Share again

P is for Papillon (butterfly) and Pie, Pig, Pigeon .... enjoy ... click to enlarge

Let Us Remember

911 ... it's been 7 years .... just doesn't seem that long ago ... Thank you to all who helped or tried to ... prayers for all who died ... sympathy to all that lost loved ones and friends

RR pages

This ones theme was do Poppets like Claudia Hellmuth ........ well as you can see I am NO Claudia Hellmuth nor am I very good at Poppets but it doesn't have to please me it just has to please her and she is being sweet and saying they are great ... it says "It's all about the Hat" ... click to enlarge

Girls Night Out

Ok that is the lottery theme and I think having a Girl's Night Out makes me feel like I am being treated like a Queen ... oh yes the base of this piece is the front hard cover of a Readers Digest book .... click to enlarge

Row Houses for Netherlands

These are for a friend in the Netherlands ... it's the second ones I have sent I didn't take photo's of the first because I wanted them to be a surprise; but it's been a month and she still hasn't received them so I am sending these in hopes they will make it .... click to enlarge

Yep I am messing around with my blog

I will settle back down in a couple of days so just be patient ....... thinking about a new banner also ... thanks Linda

Fred Mullett Class

I took a class from Fred this weekend and lets just say I am NOT much good at doing Fred's style of things but I had a BLAST in the classes and really enjoyed his teaching style ... these are some of my attempts .... if you want to see the real thing go to his website ..... Fred Mullett .... then click classes on the left side and see Stamp Salado and the classes were Dancing Rubber Fish and Spritz Me Baby ...... and by now lots of you know me and I always try to "make it my own" and that is what happened to the black back ground one .... click to enlarge

Thanks to all

So many of you have written such great comments and kudos on my work .... I really would love to thank each of you personally but most of the time the emails come in with a no-reply on the address .... so I can't send you a personal thank you ... so this is to all of you .... Thanks so much Linda

A little Play Day today

just did fun stuff and made this wooden box assemblage ...... you can buy the wooden shadow box at From the Heart of Hanes ....... sure was fun to play ...... click to enlarge

Altered Cabinet Cards

Well I am slow but I do get around to doing some things and it's time for altering cabinet cards ... I am in an online swap of 6 for 6 and these are 2 of mine .... one is done with a gesso application then stencil/ink work and one is just altered straight to the card .... click to enlarge

RR pages

another month and more pages for this Round Robin ...... this artist theme was birds and the color choices were the artist that make the pages ... I chose lime, aqua and sepia then I threw in some metallic just for good measure ....... there are 5 of these left so keep watching to see them all ....... click to enlarge

Close up details of Mother Nature

These are close ups of the bird on the shoulder, the Châtelaine (which has the book of Mother Nature, a bead symbolizing the earth, a key that unlocks the beauty of the nature), the nest and bustle ... scroll down to see the complete dress form ..... it's for a silent auction for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation ...... click to enlarge these photo and the ones of the complete dress form ...... thanks for your support ..... Linda

Mother Nature - for Breast Cancer Fundraiser

I was asked to alter a wire dress form for a fund-raiser for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and I happily took the challenge ...... this is a disease that has touched many of our lives in someway and is such a worthy cause ...... there will be a silent auction at Stamp Salado and the winners will be notifyed on Sept. 28, 2008 .... there will be refreshments from 3pm - 6pm .... if you wish to bid on my dress form or any of the other artist that are participating please contact Sandra Shaw by clicking on the link which will take you to her website and you can get all of the detail ... I believe she might be willing to take call in bids with credit card numbers if you are unable to attend ...... The dress is made from handmade paper, ribbon, fibers and embossed velvet ribbon then trimmed with ribbon flowers, bird nest with eggs, and a lovely little bird, miniature tags, a handmade châtelaine complete with a little book of Mother Nature and a bustle that has been attached with a swatch of raw silk ... thanks for your support ...... Linda

Still working in Studio - More Sharing

I am still going thru stuff and rearranging and culling ...... lord but I have tons of stuff .... here is another image that you might be able to use in your art ........ click to enlarge .... Linda

Sharing images

Well I am doing a little art but mostly trying to get some clutter out of the studio ..... so for the next couple of months there may not be much art posted but I will try to share some images for you to use in your art ..... be sure to click to enlarge .... enjoy Linda

Another AG Project

The hanger art was a project Autumn brought for all of us to do ....... love the look and working on canvas it just like working on paper so no problems ....... the boot was a project Cher brought and the tin was a project from Susan ....... then we did Liane's project of a New Mexico house with 3-D ephemera it's so cool, lots used it in their book also ..... the boot and tin were used in my book also .... we had such a great time .... click to enlarge

AG fun 2008

We had so much fun .... my tag project went over well and as you can see we used it in our books we created this year .... the theme of the book and the type of book is always decided on by the AG leader Jeri Aaron and as always she did a SUPER job again this year ....... click on the button that says "View all images" if you want to see them in photo form instead of slide show .... oops I forgot to mention that the views of the hanging things in the window next to the Indian page doesn't have a white background but that was the only way I could get the hanging things to show - it is really an open window where they hang free ...... enjoy