September Morn

Good morning everyone!  I have had a busy weekend and didn't get to play in my craft room...at all!  It's OK, I got a lot of things finished and off my To-Do List and enjoyed some welcomed visitors on Sunday.  So this morning all I have to show you is part of the view from my back porch!  I love it when the temps start coming down and the fog lies in the hollows and everything has a quiet peaceful feel to it.  This was taken early one morning last week just after daybreak.  As you can see I live in a rural setting and barns are a regular sight.  The fence in the foreground is the back of my lot and the pile of wood is the way my escape artist gets out and chases varmits!  So we had to fence the fence to keep him in.  Hopefully this wood will be burned this winter!  But we have learned he will get out anyway..two weeks ago he chewed and clawed his way through the chain link between our yard and the neighbors yard.  What kind of dog chews chain link?  A very focused one! 

So there you have it for me this morning.  No card, but hopefully you enjoy this photo as much as I do.  This time of year just speaks to me and even though things are dying, the coolness and beauty just make it a very pleasant time for me. 

I hope you have a good day and remember take a moment and "Breathe"!

Clean and Simple.....

Good morning everyone!  Welcome to my little corner of the world!  Do you ever just want a simple little card to have in your stash just in case?  You know, just in case you need a thank you card, or a thinking of you card.  Well MoJo has taken a road trip and I'm just cooling my heels waiting for her and decided to do just a simple card. 

I used my Pro Markers to color this image and set it up on a white background with a Spellbinders die under that...then a simple purple layer and a white base card.  Next I took the purple marker that I used on the flowers and colored a piece of seam binding, tied a simple bow and that's it!  How easy is that?  I'm forever more needing little thinking of you cards and now I have one more that is all ready to go.  All I have to do is write inside and send it on it's way. 

That's it for me today...if you see MoJo out there, tell her it's time to come home!  Have a wonderful Friday and enjoy your weekend!  I hope you find time to be creative!

WOYWW #172

Each week Julia Dunnit hosts a party on her blog for crafters all over the world.  Just take a picture of your desk and post it to your blog, then you go to her blog Stamping Ground and link back to your blog.  The idea is you can visit all the blogs listed there and see what everyone is doing.  I have been doing this for some time now and have become quite addicted!  I love visiting as many blogs as I can each week to see what everyone has going on in their world.  There are crafters of every degree and every category so you are sure to find something that appeals to you.  So join us; become one of the addicted ones!

I have to tell you I'm pretty impressed at how neat my desk really is today.  I've been doing quite a bit of re-organizing and putting things away and yes.....cleaning.   There were so many dust bunnies running around in there that I was actually beginning to wheeze!

I'm coloring a cute little Magnolia stamp with my Distress re-inkers and I finally found a box to put my Pro-Markers in.  I really need a good storage idea for these markers.  This will do  in a rush, but is not quite what I had in mind.  I'm still learning to color with them so for now it's still my inks and a brush. 

Well that's about it for me this morning.  I'm off to visit as many of you as I can.  I'm afraid I just don't have time to make it to everyone.  I really wish I could manage to do this at least once before my poor fingers give out and my eyes no longer can see all the wonderful goodness you are posting!

Have a great day!

A Christmas Tag.....

Good morning everyone!  Welcome to a rainy Monday here in East Tennessee.  We welcome the rain because we are getting very dry.  This morning I'm here to share with you a Christmas tag I made using my Heartfelt Creations stamps.

 

Pretty neat, huh?  And below is a close up of the flower. If you look very close, you can see the stamping done on the flower.  When I sprayed it with shimmer spray, it sort of covered the stamping.

 

For this tag I used HCPC 3428 Script Christmas Tree PreCut Set and the HCPC 3415 Petite Poinsettia PreCut Set. 

I stamped the images and then cut out.  Once this was done, I shaped the petals and sprayed them with shimmer spray.  When it was dry I glued all the pieces together to make the beautiful flower.  A gold pearl to the center is just the finishing touch.  I cut out a Spellbinders die and ran it through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss dots embossing folder.My ribbon is just some seam binding that I always have on hand.  This tag was  inspired by a tag made by Linda Duke.  I have followed Linda for years; in fact she is one of the first two artists I  began my blogging life with.  The other was Sherry Cheever.  Sherry has always inspired me to add a little grunge to my elegant!

So there you have it.  My new favorite Christmas tag and my two favorite artists.  I hope your Monday is a good one.  What's that old Song...Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down.



My New Favorite Halloween Tag.....

Can you believe that Saturday has rolled around again.  It seems like the weeks are flying by and before you know it, the snow will be flying.  But before we get into the snow, I want to share a tag I made for Halloween.  I just love making tags; they are such little treasures!  There is almost as much  work in them as a card but they are just little works of art.  You can write a message on the back and slip them into a gift bag or they can be the gift itself.  So you see they are very useful!

I used some corner dies I had, painted black and then edged with Rub-N-Buff.  The birds are Tim Holtz and the little owls are from a piece of designer paper I have.  The clock is a Tim Holtz Stamp that I embossed in black and then cut out with a circle die.  Just layer a different color under the clock and it is ready to go.  The flower is some pre-made flowers I have that I spritzed with shimmer sprays.  How's that for quick and easy?

OK I am off to get my day started.  Have a great weekend!

A Holiday Card.....

As you can see, I can't make up my mind if I want to do Christmas or Halloween!  Today it's Christmas and I also have a Halloween Tag I will be sharing next!  So for today ... Christmas.  This is a card I made using Heartfelt Creations stamps.  I love these two sets and use them quite often.  HCPC 3309 Faith Heb. 11:1 PreCut Set and HCPC 3432 Magnificent spruce Trees PreCut Set.  Of course Spellbinders dies and pretty ribbon.  also embossed the large tree for part of the background.  You know, I just noticed, it looks like I might have gotten my background paper upside down!  Wonder if anyone else will notice? 

Well people, we are well on our way to another wonderful weekend.  Do you have amazing plans?  As for me, no plans, just hanging out and maybe a little crafting!  What could be better than that?
Have a great day

WOYWW #171

Each Wednesday Julia Dunnit hosts a party for all us messy crafters out there!  We take a picture of our desk post it to our blog and then link it to Julia's blog.  Then we can all visit each other and take a look at desks all over the world.  Pretty neat huh?  I thought so. 

Last week I posted some pictures of my craft room after I'd been doing some re-arranging.  Everyone wanted me to open the doors on the big door chest and show you my dirty little secret!  Well you asked for it ... you got it!

When I opened these doors to take a photo, I was actually pretty surprised it's not in worse shape than it is.  The top shelf has all kinds of "stuff".  There is wax paper, seran wrap, spray paint, a hammer...every girl needs a hammer, candles, Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel, glitter and the list just goes on and on.  Second shelf has three drawer units with card stock, cutting tools, etc.  The boxes on top house finished cards as well as cards that my crafty friends have sent me.  Also to your far left is a box of ribbon.  It's a shoe box in reality but works nicely for storing ribbon.  Next shelf is more card stock and papers and bottles of color sprays .  The bottom shelf has everything else.  There are some storage boxes with stamps, stuff to be altered, some pearls and goodies in little containers and a whole stack of Cd's, mostly from the programs for my computer and new Cd's to store files onto.

So there you have it...my dirty little secret!  Now show me yours!  OK...now that we have that behind us, I'm going to go visit some of the girls and see what they have going on!