Me and My Big Bright Ideas

Paper Trey Ink make such fun stamps.  This stamp set is – Take Note, which is great for embellishing well…   Note Pads, which is exactly what I did.    This one happens to be a tall skinny note pad. 

 

Products used:  PTI – Take Note.  Background – Petal Power. CTMH- Vineyard Berry.  Paper- My Minds Eye.  Stickles.  Ribbon. Journaling pen. Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Vintage Photo.

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Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner!

Well...
Not that exciting! I'm not going to cook you Chicken dinner, although My Mama's fried chicken sounds delish right now!

I Drew a name for the photo editing winner and Cynthia over at

Creative Chaos is the winner!

Please send me an email - Subject Blog winner and I'll tell you what I need from you :) To the right... click on the Contact Me button under my photo.

Thanks again and Congratulations Cynthia!!

Early Morning Snow

I grabbed my camera Sunday Morning and headed out the back door to take a few shots of the early morning snow.  I love the images of it in the tree branches.  So pretty!




This one was taken a little later in the morning after the sun came up.    I added a pretty little frosty texture.


Last one!! I created a duplicate layer of my photo and adjusted it to hard light mix. Love the effect. I can see fun cartoony images for scrap pages in the future!

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Because It Has A Song

Monday’s are Mojo Monday’s!    Do you have Mojo?    I don’t do very many challenges…  Well…   simply because I don’t have enough time in the day.    It seems like I’m always behind on everything I want to accomplish.     Go check out Julee’s  Mojo Monday blog..  and see what everyone has created.   You can create your own Mojo and link to Mr Linky.   A new card sketch is posted every Monday. 

I used Verve’s stamp – Swan Song.   It finally got to soak up some ink!
 
Products used:   Verve- Swan Song. CTMH – X7198 – Veranda.  Colonial White, Juniper, Goldrush. Shimmerz- Gold Glimmer.  Robins Nest baubles.  Stickles.  Tim Holtz Distress ink – Vintage photo.

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Operation Smile

Close To My Heart gives a large donation each year to Operation Smile.    They are having a special promotion for the month of February.  For every  12x12 textured cardstock combo back you purchase,  you will get one package free.   CTMH will donate $2 for every purchase to Operation Smile – Haiti.    What a great deal..  buy 1 get 1 free!   No limits!  Click on the link  on my side bar to the right….  or you can click HERE to order.
Eligible packs are

• X5747 Basic
• X5681 Spring Harmony
• X5745 Summer Celebration
• X5669 Autumn Harvest
• X5670 Winter Cozy

And…  You can purchase the February stamp of the month at a discount when you order.


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Let me Count the Ways

It’s not often that I make paper scrapbook pages.   Digital is much quicker…  but on occasion it happens.     Craft warehouse had 12x12 scrap page frames on sale during the Christmas season.  I bought a few because they’re a great way to display pages.    
Since Valentines day is nearing..  I decided to create a page about My Handyman; and I just bought the new stamp set, Top Ten from Paper Trey Ink.  

I painted Maya Road chipboard with Distress crackle paint – Shabby Shutters and Tattered Rose.  Then sponged the edges with Tim Holtz –Vintage photo distress ink.

I cut a bunch of strips and stamped various words on them, then inked the edges.


Products used:   My Minds Eye papers.  CTMH – Cranberry Red, Colonial white.  Buttons, twine, Maya Road chipboard, HP presentation paper, Tim Holtz distress ink,  CTMH ink – Cranberry Red, Topiary.  Scallop oval punch. Oval punch. Scallop heart punch. Dimensional foam tape. Mono adhesive. CTMH – Bonding memories.

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