Monday, October 24, 2016

31 Days of Halloween...Thank you Martha S. ..and Thank you Liz W.

Hi and welcome to my blog today. Yes I took the weekend off....but not really I had many pressing things happening. We are about to paint the outside of the house..well the men folk meaning my son hahahaha is. This is a big old house to paint when you are putting in 13 to 15 hour days out in the oil field also.
My Dad is having leg surgery soon and he is on a very heavy blood thinner because he has a clot next to his heart that has not dissolved. ..and there was another rattle snake right in the walk way when he got home from church...he might have lived 4 minutes my Dad if bitten..
so we have been talking about senior homes for him and the Fox(my son) and I moving more to a artsy community...city town what ever.
with all this and more going on my fybomyalgia ..I had to step back.

Take a deep breath and load the shot gun again ... unless those snakes were mates and they could have been we have more near by.
ok so what is new in my art word
actually some awesome things...
so most of you know how I love my yahoo group Altered Tattered and Timeworn...   along with Stampers Anonymous we have a sketch challenge once a month and I received mine Thursday from Martha S. oh my gosh they are so beautiful. Thank you so much Martha S.  I love them so very much.
This was the card with a personal note...
How do friends know you so well? Lately I began a private journal for myself based on Paris..yes Paris Vintage goodies and stamps I have started collecting...and this came. (smiling Martha).
Here are the cards she sent me and she only had to make one but look at the FOX and you know I will be framing that one for his wall of Foxes.
There is another beauty




 Yes I love love love this and anyone who knows me knows I love my COFFEE Java Java!!!!
This will be framed and put in my new kitchen !!!!! oh yes it will!

I was so dazzled by this next beauty!




This will be in my Vintage Paris Journal on my Coffee table oh yes ..Thank you so much Martha.
 Oh this made my day I was so dishearten lately and not sure where I want to move in the future...soon future so thank you so much.

Then the next day my sweet little friend in Arizona another member of Altered Tattered and Timeworn gave me another beauty!!!!
this also will go in a frame and on a wall in my new home!
Is this not gorgeous????????OMG I am so thankful and I love this Liz!!!!! Love it!
It will be on a wall in my new home!
Thank you ladies. I do so love you both! you have kept me going through the worst and best of times...HUgs!



SHELLS JOURNAL

yES i HAVE STARTED IT!

I have started the opening secretary.
All tags and pages and tags are coffee stained except the colored ones..yes I added some briefly colored images to this one for our memories sake..we have been DT 's together many many times so I wanted to give her a few memories.
I will just show you what I have done so far. many pages are blank I do not know if I will do anything maybe stamp the borders...and leave much for writing because I did not leave her a lot of writing space in the second one ..here it is so far.
Have a awesome day
Hugs



 
 Needless to say there are many blank pages in between and much more than I have shown to day..

well I am off.
I have my Dad's Birthday on the 26th he will be 83 and stephen's on the 29th...
so glad Max has some time off my other son...hope he rest!

hugs

Friday, October 21, 2016

Day 20 and 21 of the 31 Days of Halloween with friends from Altered Tattered and Timeworn and Vicki's Journal

Good Day to all of you. Day 21 is here...
I wanted to share with you some ACT'S from a fabulous group of friends at Altered Tattered and Timeworn @ yahoo groups.
Recently they had a ACT "WICKED'' swap and I wanted to share mine with you.
you make 6 act's
spelling the word Wicked. So when you get yours you have a set and a act from each of your friends.
This is from Sandy A. our host. Sandy is such a fun loving person and a fabulous artist.
http://alteredartifacts.blogspot.com/

This is Sandy's Blog and you will so enjoy your visit there!
This is from Valerie Pittier
This is my sweet friend's ACT..Vickie aka Okienurse..here is her blog
http://okienurse.blogspot.com/ 
 





This is from Kathy R.
cute yes?
This is from Kamy S.
(I want this stamp)
 
 This is from Kathleen S.

Thank you ladies I loved my swap.
I had posted this and set the timer thing and did something very wrong because it did not post..so now to remember how to do that timer thing.
Thank you Sandy A. you are always such a lovely Hostess.

THE JOURNAL

This is Vicki's Journal..yes it is almost finished and today I will be working on Shell"s final secretary.

so I went back and finished making many many tags of all sizes.
This is from Smeared Ink's "Quote the Raven " set
This image is from Oddball Art...and I want to remind you the about challenge 

The ruffles are on and fibers..
so now to add Glimmer mist black and purple and .....see you tomorrow
Hugs
Susan S
 
 
 

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

31 Days of Halloween Journals and Desert Island Crafters Oddball art By Lizzy Love

Greetings.
I have just loved experimenting with junk journals and I thank Shell and Vicki for being my lab rats :). 
Some one asked me why they call the (sections) secretaries. I have been looking at that..and no one has answered my question on that either. So I went to many sources The one factor I kept being linked to was documents Government documents.When rules or laws were written..entire sections were written maybe on one particular law..and thus called a secretary.Just google it and dive in.
Well I had some excitement here last night..maybe the hobgoblins were mad I got internet again hahahaha so I am stepping outside to have my evening coffee and smoke and greeted with a rattlesnake.
The only good rattle snake is a dead one in my book of shadows so here is a good one :)
Yeah...may those little hob-goblins enjoy the laugh back at them :)

JOURNALS

I have a lot more to add to the pages I am showing you I always do go back and add a little more..stamped or lace or something...but here are a few more pages.
This is Vicki's Journal....sharing a few more pages.
A page for journal-ling two tucks for two different size tags.
This middle is for things you want to keep. small things. There are two small tags up in the top tuck and 2 medium tags in the little black sacks.. I will be adding some surprise dies in them for her to do with as she chooses.

 This is a large pocket and plenty of room for a brief journal above it and more to the right. I do not know where I purchased the flying steampunk man.If you know where it comes from please let me know in the comments.

The following page is the same 2 pages for journal-ling. and a tag coffee stained and distressed ink is vintage photo.The wing stamp is Tim Holtz and the Pillar or column Smeared Ink red Rubber.

The next page more writing space  and a tuck spot.
The next page  on the left a small tuck and black sack for more goodies a spot to write behind it and leaves to the right water colored.

 The next page a water colored leaves and witch hat...and on the right the other half of the Canvas Corp Paper.

DESERT iSLAND cRAFTERS and Lizzy Love's Oddball Art

What can I say ...no internet to post my DT piece..so here it is...a cigar box turned to a candy goodie box.

 
Please come join in on the fun at Desert Island Crafters Challenge.

Thanks for stopping in. I am blog hopping today again catching up..but so loving all the fabulous art and writing.
Hugs
 

 
 

Monday, October 17, 2016

Day 14 through 18 of the 31 Days of Halloween Vicki Ross's Halloween Journal

Hi everyone..It is so nice to be back!
Ok so I am so behind in posting...How to get it all done...well let's get started.
I met Vicki Ross in the Google Plus community. I felt so privileged to get to know this fabulous lady.
I will be posting a link to her video channel on you tube so you can get to know her also. You will so love her. Not only is she a fun loving person..she takes the time to remind everyone how human we all are and how important it is to need and have one another. Then she simply just blows you away with her art.
She is fabulous and so talented!
Recently she had major surgery and I will also put a link to her facebook group regarding this event..she is reaching out to help others  who might be having a hard time with their health as well.

THE JOURNAL

I have not finished the front..infact i am fishing around trying to decide what I want to do.

INSIDE COVER

I was showing you the inside cover when we lost internet.
This is the page beside it.
I love this thick paper from Canvas Corp Brands
A embossed tuck with a adorable image from the Canvas Corp 12x12 paper
There is a medium size coffee stained tag and a piece of cut paper from this collection.
The next page is a plain white paper I coffee stained and stamped leaves and usied my water color crayons to paint with.
The little witch hat came in a set from Michaels.
This is on the left side.

This is the next page on the left
A fun little card to journal in
Here she can stash any papers or what ever she wants to.
There is a stamped and decorated tag tuck in the back
The next page....
Has a tuck with black coffee stained tag and a journal spot

The right side...
The journal page in the back has two side tucks for two different size coffee stained tags.
 
The next page is similar  again two tuck spots and two different size tags.
I have left them blank I am sure she has a plan for them.

Thanks for stopping in I will post the remainder of the project tonight along with some Oddball art :)
Have a wonderful evening