worthy blogs

the only way i will look at a blog is through email or some other message-sender that ends up in my mail box, so i need to keep important places more handy.

http://a-bird-in-the-hand.blogspot.com/ gentle and cozy; artsy

http://www.agardentoremember.blogspot.com/ antiquing; vintage; flea market

http://a-rbnsnest.blogspot.com/ free images; artsy

http://terisplace.wordpress.com/ fresh, clean cards...minimal elements, elegant results

http://www.wendysueanderson.blogspot.com/

free images

http://www.thevintagemoth.blogspot.com/










http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/

challenge

this is a challenge for the cardpatterns blog: http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2009/09/welcome-september.html

killing one bird with two stones...or something like that....

i made this one card for two challenges. the one on the left is for http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2009/08/goodbye-august.html, and the one on the right is for http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2009/09/color-throwdown-58.html. i am not sure about this color combination.

again, this image is scanned and although it is not the best picture, it will stay. the nest is popped out, and i have had the miniature eggs for awhile.

sketch challenge:stamping 411

forgive the picture...my camera is out of town, so i had to rely on the scanner.... with 3-d elements! i guess it turned out ok. you get the idea.

http://stamping411.blogspot.com/

i have also shared this with "flourishes": http://flourishesnewsletter.blogspot.com/ the challenge requires that images are not to be colored in, but beyond that, anything goes!

i'm old...

of course, i have a birthday every year around this time. so, happy birthday to me! (and, happy birthday to my brother, aaron, who is 14 years younger than i. can you imagine being 14 and getting a new baby brother. i didn't get my birthday cake iced that year. the cake was butter brickle, and the icing was supposed to match. i don't remember eating it. i think it dried up, and someone threw it out. i just wish that i was equally as important at the time. aaron is a super good brother, so i am glad to have him.)

no matter what the date says above, it is august 19th in greenville, nc...all the way up into columbus, ohio, where my brother lives........................

verve challenge: avs201

verve challenge: avs202

verve challenge: avs203

verve challenge: avs204

verve challenge: avs205

beat it to death! card-making at it's finest

there are plenty more cards made with this stampin' up! "bella rose" dsp. see previous posts. the pink paper is from a different su! set.

all from stampin' up, except pink eyelets.

notice the cut-out flower and leaves.

paper flower tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK7yYeNavGw&feature=player_embedded

vsjun01

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1394475

vsjun02

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1394476

vsjun03

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1394477

vsjun04

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1394478

verve challenge vsjun05

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1394479

twinkling h2o's

from greg smallwood at marco's paper: "And a note for those of you mourning the passing of Twinkling H2Os -- LuminArte announced about ten days ago that they have decided to stay in business. So the pipeline should be open again within a month."

visit marco's: http://www.marcopaper.com or visit: 14 Marco Lane
Centerville, OH 45458 (near dayton/springfield ohio)

showin' off with stampin' up

cleaning and organizing

i am cleaning out. sometimes it is agony to go through stuffs and decide what needs to go. sometimes i am ok with it. the best part is when i go to the studio in the morning and admire what i have accomplished. there are more empty spaces. however, the next room over is getting all of the boxes of stuff. ebay and my snagging stampers trading group are on the list of dumb junk i gotta do.

mother's day cards

the first one went to my daughter, jawnna, who is the mother of 7. the second went to my mom, who is the biological mother of 5, "mom-cat" to 1 and "cathy" to so many others.

i used stampin' up's designer paper "le jardin", retired from the spring/summer '08 catalogue.

i CAN make frillie if i have to!

ugly paper

sometimes i get a paper pack, and some of them are just plain fugly. you might still be able to use it.

i got a paper pack from stampin' up! called "raspberry tart". thank goodness it is double-sided! there are 3 sides that i just hate. the good thing is that i can use one side of one paper. the good/bad thing is that the other two are on the same paper. with this one, i found a way to use one side of the paper. i use it for the color!

the double-sided one i hate is the top right. the paper on the left side we have lovingly called "whore house wallpaper". the other side is useless. the single side i hate is the bottom middle...the one on the left. i like the other side, so it is a keeper.

cuttlebug embossing folders

cuttlebug embossing folders are reasonably priced; the machine is expensive.

i just found a tutorial about using cuttlebug embossing folders without the machine. use a rolling pin!

see the tutorial here:

http://www.allthatscraps.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=17&chapter=0

ltl blonde's flicker site

dolls, atc's, 4 x 6, shadow boxes and other art pieces...

paper, sequins, glitter, vintage images and other luscious embellishments...

enjoy the eye candy... gorgeous work...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ltlblonde/