Noel

So glad you stopped by today!!

I know that Christmas is a ways off (149 days) however I have been incorporating Christmas cards in some of my card classes lately. 

I thought I'd share this one with you.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Inkadinkado - Angel; Art Impressions - sentiment Paper/Card Stock: Blue CS, White CS, Gold CS,  Ink: Danube Blue, Angel Pink- Memories; VersaMark; Punches/Dies Used: Marvy Accessories: Ribbon, Gold Embossing Powder, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool

I am submitting this card t the following challenges:

• Artbymiran Challenge - No.11 - (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes
• Bloggers -  Christmas in July
• Crafty Catz -  No.241 - Anything Goes
• Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge - - Christmas in July
• Sister Act Card Challenge -  No. 67 - Anything Goes
• Stempelsonnen Challenge - - No.120 - (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments Challenge -  #111 Christmas In July
• Creative Knockouts  #47 Christmas in July

Thanks for stopping in today. Tuesday I will have a post for Craft-Dee BowZ and hope you will stop back for that. It's a masculine card and I think you will like it.

Have a great week

Angels Have Wings

Hi Everyone,
Well today is mid week and I am trying to wrap up things for this month and get rolling on my March projects. I am not getting very far, I seem to get sidetracked...... LOL

Let me share one of my side tracks....

I used a digital image from Shelly's Images and it is free from CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge

This is such a darling digi image and I really love the verse, it goes perfectly with the angel don't you think..

I am entering this in the following challenges:

CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge

City Crafter Challenge

Party Time Tuesdays

Through the Craft Room Door

Vickie's Challenges

Thanks much for stopping in today, see you soon!!

Sympathy

Hi Everyone,
I want to share a card with you that I made for my monthly club meeting this month. The theme this month was to make a sympathy card so using this beautiful angel here is that card that I made.

This stamp is from Stampers Anonymous and is a stamp that I have used so many times, I have lost count. It is a perfect image for sympathy and Christmas and..... I am sure you can think of other occasions you would use this stamp for as well.

It seems that my style for sympathy cards, generally speaking, is a really simple card. Since I didn't photograph the inside (sorry), here is the sentiment I used:

When you awaken in the morning hush,

I am the swift uplifting rush,

Of quiet birds in circled flight, 

I am the soft stars that shine at night,

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there, I did not die.

The sentiment stamp is from the Stamp Barn and there is another sentiment that they offer that is also perfect for a sympathy card.

Those swirly corners I used are from Heartfelt Creations, and are in die set HCD-702 Decorative Butterfly Border Die. 

Well,Thanksgiving is closing in and then Christmas will be here shortly thereafter. Have a great day and I hope you have a great Thanksgiving.

Altered States of Mind Retreat

Altered States of Mind is a club that meets at the store once a month for about 2 hours. A few months ago we all decided to have a retreat and hold it at the store and be together from 9:00 a.m. til 5:00 p.m.The date agreed upon was Saturday Oct. 17.  Carla offered to teach us a few things and we took her up on her offer. It was decided that we would make altered dolls, a water color transfer, and wire beads. So we all brought in the raft of things needed for each of our "classes" and so began our altered day of fun.

 Below are the photos of my dolls. I will post more later on the watercolor transfer and the wire beads.

ALTERED DOLLS

We all started out with wood blocks. I brought in about a dozen that were about 2.5"X3.5" and about 1.5" thick. Another size which was more square and larger was also made available to anyone. I made 2 dolls and used the size mentioned above. We then took porceline dolls purchased at the dollar store, and totally disassembled them and used the limbs and the heads.(To me this seemed so sacrilegious at first, as a child I would never do this to my dolls.) But the end result is so cool. After some paint, doll parts and ribbon and effemera, here are the end results of my creations.  

   

Its amazing how doll parts and various other items can really transform a block of wood. The altered doll on the left still needs a few more things before she is complete and the angel on the right still needs a halo, but this gives you an idea as to what I was up to on Saturday.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon,

Barbara