I'm Grateful for.....

The most AMAZING little man

my grandson Izaya....

He has stolen my heart....
my house...

and now my creative process!!

If you know my creative style.....
EVERYTHING has a flower....
now I will be creating
"Lil Bug" manly pieces....
what of what shall I do??

Put a flower or two on it anyways!!!

I began with a piece of Canvas Corp Kraft Paper,

made a few water rings using Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist ~ Kraft.

Applied a bit of Tattered Angels ~ Baseboard ~ Soil

through TCW Cubist stencil.
I, then, added a few spritzes of
Tattered Angels ~ Chalkboard ~ Cornflower Daze

here and there.

MY FLOWER......is a spiral flower created from a 

circle cut from a piece of Canvas Corp ~ E Flute ~ Black.

Accented with two Petaloo ~ Burlap Flowers
colored with Tattered Angels ~ Chalkboard ~ Cornflower Daze and a 

diecut of Die~Namites Dies ~ Field Grasses
from a piece of Tattered Angels ~ Mistable Papers ~ Brushed Cotton Cream,

spritzed with Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Mist ~ Kraft
and accented with Cornflower Daze.

....and oh the layers!!

Canvas Corp ~ Canvas Sheet ~ Denim ~ Unsewn

Canvas Corp ~ E Flute ~ Chocolate

Canvas Corp ~ Burlap Sheet ~ Chocolate
Canvas Corp ~ Burlap Sheet 

OH MY!

I hope you have enjoyed my new creative journey....

documenting the life of "my lil bug!"

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I have been experimenting with a few Tattered Angel products....

Here is a project I came up with!

I began with a Canvas Corp ~ 6x6 Stretched Canvas.

I pulled out the Crafter's Workshop ~ Paradise stencil and
smeared some Golden ~ Pearl Mica Flake through it.
While still wet, I sprinkled on some Silver Microbeads
and let dry.

I then applied a bit of
Tattered Angels ~ Plain Jane ~ Simply Sheer ~ Aqua
and
Plain Jane ~ Baseboard ~ Ivory
(can I just say this is my favorite mist of all times)
along with a few spritz of water to blend!

When dry, I placed the Crafter's Workshop ~ Reversed Chicken Wire
stencil on the canvas, and with a sponge dabbed on
TA Glimmer Glaze ~ Blue Oasis.
I added one more texture,
Golden Crackle Paste through
the Crafter's Workshop Brick stencil.
(when totally dry....I brushed on a bit
of TA ~ Plain Jane ~ Simply Sheer Pink
and TA ~ Glimmer Mist ~

While the background was drying....
I spritz my large Petaloo ~ Printed Darjeeling flower
with water and applied
TA ~ Plain Jane ~ Simply Sheer Aqua
to the edges of the petals.
I dried the flower and then
went around the edges of the flower
with TA ~ Glimmer Glaze ~ Blue Oasis.

......this is where I tell on myself.
I was trying to stay monochromatic but
JUST COULDN'T DO IT.
SOOOO.....I added a bit of the
TA ~ Plain Jane ~ Simply Sheer ~ Pink
to the center of the flower!

I then gave the flower an overall spritz

of the TA ~ Simply Jane ~ Baseboard ~ Ivory
and added a touch of Golden Gesso.

LOVE THE LOOK!

I colored some thread with the

TA ~ Plain Jane ~ Simply Sheer ~ Aqua.

Finishing it all off with a vintage earring
and vintage lace!!

I then pulled a few of my stash Vintage Findings

an old metal spoon
some buttons
and a pin....
and built my canvas!

To tell on myself again.....

I had finished my canvas...
photographed it....and even placed the photos
in this blog post....
and TORE IT ALL APART AND
BEGAN AGAIN....
here was the original canvas

think I like the revised version the best!!!

Products Used:
Canvas Corp 
6x6 Stretched Canvas
Tattered Angels
Plain Jane ~ Simply Sheer
Pink & Aqua
Plain Jane ~ Baseboard
Ivory
Glimmer Mist
Twinkle Yellow & English Ivy
Glimmer Glaze
Blue Oasis

Petaloo
Printed Darjeeling
Wild Blossoms Large, Medium and Mini

The Crafters Workshop
Mini Chicken Wire Reversed
Bricks & Paradise

Die~Namites Dies
Leafy Flourish

Ranger
Wendy Vecchi ~ Archival Ink
Cornflower Blue & Watering Can

Golden
Pearl Mica Flake ~ Small
Crackle Paste
Gesso

HAPPY EASTER.....

OK....so I will say I cheated a little bit on this project.
A few weeks back I had the opportunity to teach
at a WONDERFUL event for Petaloo.

I had created a Petaloo Flower cluster on a piece
of wire mesh for the above class, but
I ended up not using it....
but it was just so BEAUTIFUL
I saved it knowing
it would get used
SOMEWHERE!!

....and there it is
stapled to a framed chicken wire piece
I had picked up a while back.

Petaloo's Botanica Collection flowers are just
beyond BEAUTIFUL and made creating this
flower cluster.....soo easy!

Botanica Blooms ~ Ivory
Botanica Mini's in
Coral
Pistachio
White
Spring Berry Clusters
OHHHHH MY!!

.....a few Flora Doodles flowers and Leaves
a few Mini Pearl Daisies.

I created my Happy Easter Banner
using Graphic45's Botanical Tea papers,
attached to a bit of Jute and
held on with Mini Clothespins
so the greeting changed out
as needed!

Hope you have enjoyed my creation....
and a
Happy Easter to you and yours!!

Products used:
Petaloo Flowers
Botanica Collection
Blooms x 4 ~Ivory
Mini's ~ White, Coral, Pistachio
Mini Pearl Daisies
Flora Doodles ~ Mixed Blossoms
Flora Doodles ~ Leaves
Burlap Blossoms x 10 Pistachio
Burlap Trim
Fancy Trim ~ Peach

Die~Namites Dies
Leafy Branch
Budding Branch

Graphic45
Botanical Tea Collection

7Gypsies
Clear Stamp Alphabet

Take My Hand.....

....and we will walk this path together!!

Many times I've created because 

of an assigned project or theme....

the other day I needed to create

FOR SANITY SAKE!!

I pulled out my plastic container of
"MISFITS"

and began to paw through

the pile of goodness....

unused BEAUTIES...that just didn't
work on the project they were 

created for....

but not worthy of the trash bag!!

Life has dealt me some SERIOUS BLOWS 

in the last 6 months....the hardest one being....
walking through cancer treatments
with someone
NEAR & DEAR

to my heart....

.....so when I found the Wendy Vecchi ~ Arts Parts hand

I just knew where this creative journey 

was going to take me

A card from the HEART!

I stumbled upon one of Petaloo's Vintage Trinkets

and it fit PERFECT on the hand!!

....there were Petaloo flowers adorned with

Viva Colour Precious Metal Effect Paint!!

I just added a dab of 

TA Red Rock to the center of the large flower

and around the edges of the

Canvas Heart....

for continuity!!!

I chose to die~cut a piece of Vintage Dictionary paper

that was in the box

using Die~Namites Spring Doily!!

And there you have it........

my "MISFIT" card!

(sometimes they turn out the most LOVELY!!)

Ah....and you may notice my 

FAVORITE SAYING 

of all time.....

"We don't remember DAYS....

We remember MOMENTS!!"

by Cesare Pavese

in the background.....

WONDERFUL words to

LIVE BY!!

BTW......WHY DON'T YOU 

pull out some of your

MISFIT pieces parts and

CREATE SOMETHING!!

I will choose a RANDOM winner

for a Prize Package 

from my stash!!!

(I promise it will be awesome!!)

MISFITS...are the pieces parts you have left over when you are done creating (or at least when I am done!!).....a flower you didn't use....journaling card cast aside....a diecut you cut but it didn't fit....Loopy bows tied but never adorning a creation....

Thank You......THANK YOU!

HI PEEPS.....

I had the needed to make a few 

THANK YOU cards....

So, I decided to use this
 The April Sketch Challenge and Die~Namites Dare!!!

Every month a new sketch will be introduced....

the sketch can be interpreted as a card, layout or altered piece!

You need to use at least one Die~Namites Die in your creation.

You have until the last day of the month to post your creation on your blog, 

with mention of the Die~Namites Die used and a link back to the Die~Namites Dies blog. 

Link your blog post, using Inlinkz, to the Die~Namites Die blog.

A random winner will be chosen from eligible participants

for a $25 Gift Certificate to the Die~Namites Dies

Here is my take on the sketch....

I pulled out a few pieces of patterned paper from

 Marion Smith's  ~ Motley and Never Grow Up Collections.

I began with the Self Portrait as the card base.

I placed the Crafter's Workshop stencil ~ Cityscape
and applied Picked Raspberry ~ Distress Stain

through the stencil.

I then pulled out Mini Ledger Stencil

and applied Golden ~ Molding Paste

and dried it.

I applied Peeled Paint ~ Distress Stain 

through the Paradise Stencil.

(I loved that it bled under the stencil!!)

Using various Marion Smith papers

I die~cut several

Nana's Flowers

I colored one of "Nana's Flowers" with

Picked Strawberries ~ Distress Stain and
Peeled Paint ~ Distress Stain and then

spritzed it with a Gold Mist.

I used the second die~cut of Nana's Flowers
to fill in the die~cut areas of the painted die~cut.

I then colored a few Petaloo ~ Mini Pearl Daisies
with a smidge of Picked Raspberry ~ Distress Stain

and applied them to the die~cut Nana's Flowers.

I had also cut out 

Beautiful Flowers

which I ended up not using it on my "sketch" card

but created a second card with the

left~over pieces parts....

I used the "left~over" Nana's Flowers

as the backdrop for

the colored Beautiful Flowers.

I just LOVE how the patterned paper mixes so well

with the Picked Raspberries ~ Distress Stain.

I DO hope you will pull out a few of your
Die~Namites Dies and Play ALONG with US!

COLOR MY WORLD.......

I am not a huge fan of drama.....

I JUST LOVE TO CREATE!!

and my creative world was placed on tilt

recently and it left me in a TOTAL creative panic!

So....when things like this happen...

YOU REGROUP

RE~EVALUATE

and BEGIN AGAIN!

That is just what I did yesterday....

I dusted off my stash of

Tattered Angels..

created a new color bible...

and began to play

having ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA

where I was headed

just reacquainting myself with 

how the products worked.

I began with a 6x6 stretched Canvas by Canvas Corp.

Pulled out a bit of
Tissuestock ~ Kraft
Printed Canvas ~ Black French Script

Printed Burlap ~ Tile

I collaged the textures randomly 

onto my canvas

using Ranger ~ Multi Medium.

Then I let the experimentation begin!!

I sprayed....

I painted....

I spritzed with water...

I used the Peacock Stencil by The Crafter's Workshop
with a bit of Golden Molding Paste

and Sprayed more...

until I achieved the background I was looking for.

I then pulled out the new Textured Elements by Petaloo ~ Ivory
which I proceeded to color

with Plain Jane Baseboard ~ Red Rocks

and accented it with 

Glam ~ Just Peachy

OHHHH THE LOVE!

See the Mini Pearl Daisy I accented with the Red Rocks??!??!

The were originally teal....just PERFECT!

Using Canvas Corp Handmade Paper....
I diecut Field Grasses from a piece of

Flocked Ivory Damask

and 

I diecut 2 ~ Leafy Flourish from 

Mistable Papers ~ Linen White.

I colored all of the diecuts

with various combinations of

Glimmer Mist:

Blarney

English Ivy

Kraft

to accent my newly colored Textured Element Flower...

and then I put it ALL TOGETHER

with my all time favorite Multi Medium by Ranger

with the following quote...

"If you find a path with no obstacles....

it probably doesn't lead anywhere"

Frank A. Clark

thank you for joining me as I 

continue on my path...

clearing this last obstacle!!

Product Used:

Canvas Corp

6x6 Stretched Canvas
Handmade Paper ~ Flocked Ivory Damask

Burlap Fringe

Tissuestock ~ Kraft

Printed Burlap ~ Tile

Printed Canvas ~ Black French Script

Tattered Angels

Mistable Paper ~ Linen White

Glimmer Mist ~

English Ivy

Blarney

Kraft

Corn Bread

Plain Jane ~ Baseboard ~ Red Rocks

Chalkboard ~ Apricot Nectar

Glam ~ Just Peachy

Petaloo
Textured Elements ~ Burlap Blossoms ~ Ivory
Mini Pearl Daisies ~ Blue/Greens
Penny Lane ~ Forget me Nots ~ Antique Gold

The Crafter's Workshop
Peacock Stencil