Oooh my friends I am super sad that I missed CHA. You see, I had planned to go but ya know life happens. Blah blah blah. BUT I did get to create with the new glitz lines! OOOOO let me tell you I had a blast. They are simply fabulous! I love them all! I didn't have a lot of time to create the 10 pages... I would've liked to add more details but it is what it is. I also was not able to take any pictures! BOOO! Hopefully at some point someone will have a few I can share.
For now here is some of my favorite bits from the new Glitz lines.
OH MY GOODNESS! Swoon worthy
So my friends I took vacation days for CHA but, well, ya know. So I did a bit of destashing, cleaning, and I found a page. This page. It wasn't technically finished. Or so I felt. But when I found it I thought to myself, looks done to me. SO, here ya go.
Lastly I have a page I did for whisker Graphics. I adore this company. The best twine and bitty bags around. I used twine, glassine bag and the new circle stickers.
I gesso'd the circles to mute the colors a bit. I worked with the Basic Grey Mint Julep line. I had been waiting to get my hands on that. SO much mint, navy, and pink. YUM!
SO I had 4 days off and I camped out with the kids in our backyard. Now for those who have been my friends for a while, you know all about this, but for those who are new let me enlighten you. Every year there is a national camp out in your backyard day. Everyone should participate! LOL! I try to every year. So this year it snuck up on me. Good thing is you dont have to do it on the specific day although it would be nice. Anyway this year we did it in July (it is usually June).
Kids had a smashing time. Even tho I ask myself a million times through the whole ordeal "why I do this?" I end the night with a full heart and a smile on my face.
More summer fun to come!
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The next installment in the lost art of blogging. Haha! Dying with so many social media outlets. I mean they are instant gratification, wouldn't you say? It is so much easier to share things without having to actually SHARE things. I am seriously the queen. I do not write handwritten letters, nor email. I hate talking on the phone anymore. Please just text me. Yeah I am one of THOSE. I will try harder. To share. To have a real voice. I love my phone. I need to learn to put it down and do something that I wouldn't normally do. Maybe just one day a week. I will try. Whittle my social networking down. Or manage my time better. Yes THAT really needs to happen. HAHA!
Anyway have many many pages to share with you! I am sure if you follow me anywhere else (there is that social media thing again) you have seen these. Maybe you dont. For that reason, here we go.
Beware it is a lot of eye candy! Haha!
First up is the page I did for the Pop Off The Page 2 class. Challenge. I lifted JJ. I really love her style. She has been inspiring me since the sis days. Yeah I have been doing this a LONG time. HA!
My beautiful daughter Raven. My daughter raven. She is 17. She sometimes feels life is hard, unfair, maybe it's not worth it. Teens go through this. She is beautiful to me. I tell her it isn't as bad as it seems. Life is beautiful even with all the heartache and sadness. She will be 18 in a few months. It's been a long (seemed short) journey to this chapter, but it's been worth every bump. She is my first born. I am looking forward to what life brings us next.
Me and the girls at cha. This is for the scrapjacked that went up last month. You still have till the 15th to play. Why not do so?!
Used lots of Whisker Graphics for this page. It is for the DT. I love those glassine bags. I layered bags on top of bags. Divine twine was used to stitch the tag.
All these next ones are made with the March Studio Calico kits. That whole lot inspired me. I love the Neverland kit.
So many different techniques. This one I cut my quote with my cameo. Layed down washi tape, misted then pulled up my washi tape. Laid down my quote and traced it with my gold pen. Viola. Title created. This was quite by accident. Haha!
For this one I cut that file (one of my fav) and I really wanted to make it pretty but subtle. I layered my washi tape sticky side up. Different colors. I then sprinkled it with glitter. Bam. Instant sparkle. Of course I used a transparent glitter so my washi would show through.
Have I mentioned how much I LOVE my cameo? Well I do. This one has a few cut files on it. The title, the frame, the butterflies. LOVE! I also like to cut my files a head of time so I usually do so in a nuteral cardstock. This one was a shimmery white, it didn't match the colors and I wanted it to pop. I misted it with the mister huey and now it looks awesome. Haha! I love how it turned out.
Last one for now. I misted a few doilies and then cut them up. I put them together with some staples and made my own pie chart. I also made my own frame for this page by cutting some cardstock by hand. Lastly I used glue and glitter on my clothes pins, spots and heart.
That is all for now. Today is NSD and I actually have it off. Not going to go anywhere. Sit at home and make something pretty. How bout you?
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Been keeping busy, Instagram, valentines day, WORK. That 4 letter word is the sucker of all my time and energy. I am thankful I have a job, I need a job, but ya know, just wish I was doing what I truly love 9 hours a day. Sucking saliva and cleaning teeth aren't really inspiring creatively. Lol! Again super grateful I have said job.
On to the stuff I love. Creating. I have been almost creating everyday. Be it something small or something big. It helps to do so, keeps that creativity flowing and that fire burning. So here is a few of those bits.
Must say this fox mini book was inspired by my meeting with "dear lizzy" at cha. I love foxes and so does she. Blah blah blah... This came out of that meeting.
His name is Cash & I think I love him. He needs a girlfriend. Yes, I'll get right on that.
A mini book using a lot of whisker graphics bitty bags and twine.
Next is a few pages I've done. Just for kicks. Those are the best. No stress, no deadlines...
Lastly some pics of my life in Instagram. I love that darn app. For more reasons then I can confess.
I had a wonderful valentines day...Come back if you'd like to see! I would love to share.
Till next time!
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I am back! So the holidays are here. Is it crazy hectic for you too? I have a child who's bday falls in every holiday month. It makes it sooo crazy right now.
I have had some set backs this month but I'm not gonna let it bring me down. I've gotten through so much. I can get through this. As I drove to work today I just thanked The Lord for my life. The life that I love no matter how much goes wrong. I have a family who loves me. That's all I need. The rest is small.
Ok so I know I sound like a broken record but sometimes I need to say it out loud...or type it out loud lol! On to artsy artsy stuff.
Made this for the whisker graphics dt. Me being silly at the pumpkin patch.
These ones were just for fun.
Believe it or not I have more to share! Happy holidays!
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