Nestabilites , Nestabilities, Nestabilities--what can I say I LOVE THEM!!

Since we are celebrating one year of the Spellbinders Nestabilities I thought I would share a couple projects I made a while back using the Nestabilities. Both of these projects were made for one of my mom's friends. My mom & her friend had worked together for many years & my mom wanted to make her something really special for her retirement. We made a scrapbook for her, it had a few pictures in it but mostly it was filled with notes from co-workers (past & present). We made cards for them to write on and then my mom made sure everyone got one and wrote a little something. Then we made a scrapbook LO for each of the cards. It turned out really neat and it was fun to read what everyone wrote! I was really proud of my mom, she hasn't ever done any scrapbooking and I know she kept saying she didn't think she was much help but she pretty much showed me what she wanted for all of the LO's and then I put them together. I told her sometimes the hardest part about scrapbooking is coming up with the LO! I know I had a lot of fun with my mom and making the book together!! I think we did close to 30 page in the book.

Here is a picture of the front of the album.I started out with a piece of designer paper from DCWV and I adhered it to a piece of heavy chipboard. Then I added the brads. The center was done using the Classic and Petite Scallop Circle Nestabilites dies (S4-114 & S4-115). I cut out, embossed & air brushed the roses using the Rose Blossom Edgeabilites die (S4-044) and Copic sketch markers. The font that was used for the word friends is called Mystic. To finish it off I added stickles to the designer paper outlining all of the flowers and then also to the roses and around the edge of the scallops.

Here is a picture of the card that I made for my mom's friend. This was a really quick and easy card to make, some beautiful designer paper from Basic Grey (Stella Ruby-I Love this paper!!), a few terrific die cuts from Spellbinders and some ink, ribbon and a brad! The sentiment was cut out using the MegaNestabilities Classic and Scallop Rectangle dies (S4-142 & S4-143). The beautiful butterfly was made using the Butterflies 2 die (S3-146). I did a little bit of air brushing on the sentiment and butterfly using Copic sketch markers. Inked up the edges of the designer paper and added the embellishments. I also brushed over the entire card with gold perfect pearls from Ranger.

Thanks again for stopping by!! I really hope you are enjoying the Nestabilites Celebration and GUESS WHAT? Tomorrow (July 3) is my SNEAK PEEK!!! I can't wait to show you what I have been working on!!

Smiles!
Heidi

Excellent Blogger

Corie-Creations by Corie-nominated me for the Excellent Blogger Award -- a HUGE THANKS to you Corie!!
Now it is my turn to pass it on and nominate other bloggers that inspire me & who have not gotten this award yet. . Here are some ladies that I have been inspired by:

Ema-http://ema-gination.blogspot.com/
Linda-http://lindaduke.typepad.com/lindas_works_of_heart/
Wendy-http://wickedlywonderfulcreations.blogspot.com/
Dana-http://kismetartlife.blogspot.com/
Dawn-http://dailyscrappinspiration.blogspot.com/
Elaine-http://elainescreations.blogspot.com/
Kathy-http://kathatstamps.blogspot.com/
Lynn-http://lwdesigns.blogspot.com/
Maren-http://zanynotcrazy.blogspot.com/
Sue-http://www.stampndaly.com/

All of these ladies do some amazing design work, I hope you will check out their blogs! I am inspired by so many talented people, nature, music, everyday life and my wonderful family!! If you have not been nominated yet consider yourself officially nominated. *wink*

I hope you are having a terrific day and can take a little time to create. Thanks for stopping by!!
Smiles!
Heidi

CHA-W 2008 Art

I am back home from CHA in Anaheim, CA and I can say it was truly an amazing experience!! This was my first CHA so I didn't really have any idea how HUGE it was and what to expect. I went with Spellbinders and several of the ladies from the DT. It was a lot of work, setting up & taking down the booth, helping in a class, doing demos and make-n-takes but it was worth every second!! I met soooo many wonderful, amazing and talented people!! I met some of the "Dirty Dozen" girls from SCS, Ellen Hutson, Tim Holtz and Suze Weinberg just to name a few. I seen tons and tons of beautiful design work, the booths were just unbelievable. But I have to say Spellbinders booth was so Beautiful, Elegant and Magical all wrapped up into one stunning display!!

I have a few pictures to share with you from Spellbinders Booth, two of my art designs for CHA and a couple of favorites. *wink*

Spellbinders Huge banner above the booth~
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Spellbinders Booth~ It's so beautiful & elegant!!
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The EXCALIBUR!!!~ This little beauty is going to be a MUST have!!!~
Click picture to enlarge~ Just a Note~This is the prototype for the Xcalibur, a motorized (electric) die cutting & embossing machine. It cuts and embosses beautifully with the touch of one button (Yes-Just ONE button!) and it is soooo quiet you can be using it and talking on the phone at the same time! No more ratcheting! The Xcalibur will be great for anyone who may have issues with strength due to carpel tunnel or arthritis or if you are a late night crafter (like myself) & just want a very quiet machine that will do all the work with the touch of a button and not wake up the whole house! While at CHA people had a chance to see demos with the Xcalibur and then Spellbinders asked for their opinion by filling out a survey and in return they were given a Spellbinders T-Shirt. How great is that-a company that cares and wants to make the best machine possible for their customers!! So like I said this is just the prototype and there will be a few changes-the color is going to be a little brighter (wine and black) and it will have black flourishes and swirls. Doesn't that sound pretty? The target price point is around $129.99 -could be a little more or less and it will be available for ordering at the summer CHA. I also wanted to mention because several people have asked, the Xcalibur will not replace the Wizard. I believe that the Wizard will be my go to machine for all of the tougher jobs-smashing bottle caps, charms and setting eyelets. The Wizard is that machine that you can run the kitchen sink through (j/k), it's the machine that will push the limits!!

How about some art? Would you like to see a couple designs that I made for CHA?

Here is my all time favorite piece! Teacup Cafe` Scrapbook LO~
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This is a teacup collection that was my Great Grandma's and now I have it displayed in my home. I will be honest it took awhile to do this LO but it was so much fun and I love the outcome! I wanted the LO to look as if you were outside of the cafe` looking in the window.

Supplies~
Spellbinders Dies-S4 111 Nestabilities Classic Scallop Oval Lg, S4 110 Nestabilities Classic Oval Lg, S4 137 Nestabilities Heart Scallop, L2 10 Mystic (font), S4 118 Coffee & Tea, S3 144 Tea Time, S3 145 Decorative Elements 1, S3 019 Illumination Charm 1
Prism-Prismatics-Tawny Light, Vanilla Cream, Suede Brown Medium, Herbal Garden Medium, Twilight Medium, Majestic Purple Light
Fancy Pants-DP Floral Chic-Fabulous #860, Blue Lace Trim
Copic Markers-Copic Sketch Markers-YR24, E15, V01, B21, B23, E27, E00, G40, G24, R81, Rv17, Airbrush System, Multiliner-Black
Inspired Crafts Products-Paper Glide
Glue Dots-Glue Dots 1/2", 3/16"
Kokuyo-Dot n Roll Adhesive
Creative Impressions-Yellow Brads, Blossoms & Leaves Felt Flowers
ClearSnap-Colorbox Ink-Chestnut Roan, Dark Moss
Ranger-Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Frayed Burlap
Fiskars-Wood Grain Texture Plate
Beacon Adhesives-Fabri-Tac
Other-Elmer's Glue, Foam Tape, Transparency, Red Line Sticky Strip Tape

Here is one of the cards I designed for CHA-Pure Joy~
Click the picture to enlarge~I used Copic markers for coloring in the stamped images. I love being able to blend the colors!! I wish you could see this card IRL, I used the Spica glitter pens and it sparkles!!

Supples~
Spellbinders-S4 118 Coffee & Tea, S4 121 Doodle Parts, S4 109 Flower Creations 3, S4 123 Shapeabilities Flying Beauties
Fancy Pants-Floral Chic-My Sweetie #861 DP, Simply Stated Stamps #892
Prism-Prismatics Black
Glue Dots-3/16"
Copic-Spica Glitter Pen 10 Black, Sketch Markers-0, BV000, V17, B21, BV04, B23, GB45, Y00, Y19, Yr04, G40, G24, G28, C1, Air Brush System
Neenah-Solar White CS
Tsukineko-Brilliance Graphite Black Ink Pad
Other-Red Line Sticky Strip Adhesive

A couple of my favorite photos~While at CHA I had the pleasure of meeting Ellen Hutson, she is so wonderful, the sweetest lady and very talented!! (L-->R) Donya, Ellen, Me & Wendy It was so mush fun talking with Ellen, be sure to check out her blog.

Pinch me!! I still can't believe this next picture!! Woo-Hoo-the one and only Tim Holtz!! Stacey Caron (owner of Spellbinders) knew that I really wanted to meet Tim, so she introduced us and then my sweet friend Holly (from the DT) took the picture of us. How sweeeeet is that!!!!
Thanks so much for stopping by today and be sure to check back soon, I will be posting more pictures and art from CHA. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!!

Smiles!
Heidi

Copic Markers

I have been having so much fun with my new Copic markers!! I LOVE them!! Oh the possibilities!! This is my first finished piece that I have to share with you. I am working on a few other things but they but they are still in pieces. I hope to get them completed & share them soon. *wink* This is a post it note holder that I made for my Grandma. Her kitchen is decorated with grapes and I thought this would be a nice little added touch.

For the post it note holder i used a 4 x 6 acrylic photo frame turned upside down. These are so fun and quick to make & they make a nice little gift for someone. I haven't used this grape image for some time but after coloring it with the Copic marker I think I might be using it a little more often. I just love how the grapes turned out! I know I have only used my markers a few times & I still have a lot to learn with all of the blending techniques but the markers really are so fun to work with. They are unlike any other marker I have used & I love being able to blend the colors.

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I also used the Copic glitter pens to add touches of sparkle. I was kind of in a hurry when I took the pictures so the glitter didn't show up the best, but IRL it is all sparkles!

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The letters that spell out notes are stone stickers and they are on the outside of the frame. I also used the Copic markers in the letters and added a little purple.
Supplies~
Paper~SU-Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, Always Artichoke, Lovely Lilac
Stamps~Grapes (unknown), Autumn Leaves-flourishes
Ink~SU-Lovely Lilac, Color Box-Black Craft,
Other~Copic Markers, Glitter Pens, 4 x 6 Acrylic Frame, Stone Letter Stickers, SU-Clear EP, Ribbon & Post It Notes

I am leaving on Wednesday to go to Phoenix, AZ for the big Spellbinders Design Team Retreat!! I am soooooo excited--I can hardly wait!!! I will try to get a few more things posted before I leave. Thank you so much for stopping by & I hope you have a GREAT DAY!!!
Smiles!
Heidi

New Year & New Look

2008 ~ Happy New Year!! I want to wish you all the best in the coming year! May all of your hopes & dreams come true and your creative muse be by your side!

With the beginning of a New Year I thought it would be a good time for a New Look. I am not a computer person by any means so I had TONS of help from Eric (my DH) and mean TONS!! Basically I told him I wanted a new look, gave him a few ideas and he did all of the magic! He did everything from the template, HTML codes, colors and my new banner!! For the banner he used a picture I had taken from our first snowfall of the year. I LOVE how it turned out!! Thank you sweetie!! xoxo

I hope to have some new art posted for you very soon! We have been fighting a nasty flu/cold bug for several days here at our house so I haven't had much time or energy to be very creative. But I think I am on the upside of things. *wink*

Thank you all so much for your continued support over the last year and wonderful friendships! Thanks for stopping by!!
Smiles!
Heidi

Merry Christmas!!

Good Morning and *+*MERRY CHRISTMAS*+*!! I hope you are all having a wonderful day and you can spend time with your loved ones and I hope Santa is really good to you!! *wink*

Santa left me some really really sweet gifts!! A set of Copic markers and glitter pens!! Woo-hoo!! I will have to tell you more later but I hope you have a really great Christmas Day!!!

Smiles!
Heidi

Angel Snow Globe

So did you all have a nice Thanksgiving & lots of yummy food? I hope it was a wonderful day for all!

How many of you hit the stores for Black Friday? I didn't make it out at all on Friday, our little guy ended up getting sick Thursday evening so we spent most of the weekend at home. But Eric was up early and hit the stores for some good deals. He bought some presents for the boys and a new Christmas tree--a pre-lit one! The tree that we had was still in great shape but it took forever to get it put up and then add all the lights & decorations! This was so slick it was up and fluffed out in about an hour--gotta love that! The ornaments took a little longer but for the most part the tree is decorated but I am still trying to figure out what to do for the top. What does the top of your tree look like? Do you have a star, angel, ribbons or nothing at all? We have been looking for a really pretty star or angel for the last couple of years but just haven't had much luck. It seems like most of the trees that you see all done up in the stores just have ribbons or nothing at all on the top. I would love to hear what you do for your tree top! Once I figure out what we are doing I will take some pictures to share with you.

Have you seen the tutorial on Splitcoaststampers for these adorable little Snow Globes? Vickie Garrett has a wonderful tutorial for the Snow Globes and you can click HERE to check it out! I made one of these a few days ago but I didn't have all of the materials so this is my own little version. *wink*
I have looked at a few different stores here in our town & I haven't been able to find the bigger clear ornaments. I have found a ton of the tiny ones & standard size so I have been thinking & thinking what could I do to alter this a little & still make it work?? If I use the standard size over 1/2 of it ended up in the little can and it just didn't look right. So I got an idea and went with it! What do you think? Instead of using a can I used a clear votive holder.

Here's what I did~
First I lined it with silver paper, filled it with snow and then used clear silicone to adhere the two pieces together (ornament & votive holder). Once it was dry then I brushed crystal effects over the votive holder and sprinkled dazzling diamond glitter over it.

Supplies~
Paper~3M-Transparencies Here's a little tip*If you aren't planning on heat embossing but would like to stamp with a permanent ink and do other techniques with transparencies buy the Write-on Transparency Film. It is a lot less expensive (about $10-$15 for a box of 100).
Stamps~SU-Holy Triptych
Ink~SU-Stazon
Other~SU-Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamond Glitter, WM-Snow, Clear Votive Holder, Sharpie Markers, Jo-Ann's-Clear Glass Ornaments

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you are having a great week and enjoying the beginning of the Holiday Season!

Smiles!
Heidi

Christmas Ornaments

I have been having soooo much fun making these!! SCS has a wonderful tutorial by Vickie Maduzia click HERE to check it out! Thank you Vickie!!

Stamp~PSX (K-2754)

Stamp~Northwoods Rubber Stamps

Stamps~PSX (K-1884)

These Christmas ornaments are very easy & fast to make. They also make wonderful Christmas presents. Only a few supplies are needed to made these. The main things are transparencies, clear ornaments & sharpie markers but for all of the details don't forget to check out the tutorial on SCS. These can be done simple or as fancy as you would like. Be creative!

Here's a tip for you~If you would like to try shading when you are coloring in the image first go over the area with the lightest color. Come back in with the darker color going along the edges or where ever you would like the colors to be darker. Then come back in again with the lighter color and blend. When you do this you have to do a little and then scribble your marker on a piece of scratch paper to clean the tip and then go back and blend some more. HTH!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope that you are having a wonderful day!!

You Make Me SMILE!

Wow!! What a fun award!! I have to say a special THANK YOU to my newest bloggin' buddy Corie, she nominated me for the You Make Me Smile Award!! Corie makes me smile too!! You have to check out her blog--she does some amazing design work!!
So now it's time for me to nominate 5 ladies that make me SMILE! The first lady I am going to nominate is Ema, she makes me laugh & smile all the time! Ema & I met a little over a year ago when we were on a Design Team together & we have been great friends ever since. She just recently started her blog. You have to check it out! She has some really funny post & wonderful design work--check out the post about the can opener!! LOL!! *wink* Next is another very sweet friend Renee we met on a MB some time ago and have become really great friends. You'll have to check out her blog, she makes wonderful PBA's!! Do you like Photography? If so you will have to check out Deb's Blog! Deb also just recently started her blog and has been busy posting her beautiful photography. Jessica is another wonderful artist! I say artist because Jessica is so creative & loves all forms of art. She is stamper, bead maker & loves photography just to name a few! Sue makes me smile! I love looking at her blog! She is always busy creating wonderful designs!

I hope all of you ladies will play along! Now it's your turn to nominate 5 ladies that make you smile!

Thanks so much for stopping by & checking out my blog! I hope all of know how much I appreciate your wonderful comments & I also love checking out all of your blogs!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Smiles!
Heidi

Email--UGH!!

Sorry but this is going to be a little vent!

Last night I received an email from one of my customers and she had some questions & said she hadn't heard from me in a while. I thought this was a little strange since I had sent her a few emails in the past several days & some of the questions she had I had already answered in previous emails. So instead of starting a new message I just replied to hers & it went through, she received it in just a few minutes. I started thinking about it & realized I had only heard from just a few people, so I was wondering if other people hadn't received the emails I was sending out. It was getting kind of late but I quickly sent out a few emails to ask some of the ladies if they had received any emails from me in the past few days.

This morning I checked my email & I heard back from a few of the ladies. Some said yes they had received it but just hadn't replied back yet & the others said NO, but when they went & looked in their junk mail and there it was!! For some reason the past few times I have sent out mass emails about SU classes & workshops some of the computers are filtering them out as JUNK mail!!!

The worst part is I am having a make-n-take here at my home on Saturday for the World Card Making Day and now hardly any of the email flyers were received!! So this morning I will be spending my time sending out individual emails to everyone & make several phone calls. Not what I had planned for the day!! :(

Anyways--thanks for listening to me vent! I guess I have to look on the upside & hope for the best!

It's Wednesday & the sun is shinning!! We have been having RAIN RAIN RAIN so it is nice to see the sun!! I hope you all have a WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY!!!

Smiles!
Heidi

My Weekend

Saturday was so much fun!! One of my friends (Peggy) who is a CTMH consultant had a stamp & scrap camp. It was such a nice and relaxing day with a lot of fun! It was really nice to be on the other side of things and just be able to go and enjoy myself. No prep work-lol!! Don't get me wrong I love doing classes but it is nice to get a break too. She had some make-n-takes and then we each had our own table to be able to work on our own stuff. She made a great lunch and we had snacks too. I even won some goodies! I was going to post a couple of pictures of cards I made but the batteries from the camera needed to charge--I will have to add the pictures in the morning. *The batteries are charged and ready to go!*

Here are two of the cards that we did for the make-n-takes.This was a fun card to make! Peggy showed us how you can use a scoring blade with your cutter to make a grid on your CS. Then you sand the paper so the white core shows through. I love the CS with the white core!! This is a great birthday card for the fall.Here is the 2nd card that we made. I love the simplicity of this card! It is so crisp looking.
All supplies and materials for the above cards~CTMH

Here are a couple of cards that I worked on.For the most part I like this card but I still think it needs a little something. Maybe a sentiment on the front? I don't know what do you think? For the flower sprig I colored the rubber on the stamp with markers and then lightly misted the stamp with water, stamped off and then stamped onto the CS. I think it gives it a nice watercolor look. My Mom had asked me to do some sympathy cards and I was thinking if I move the flower to the left and then stamp With Sympathy in the lower right corner these would make a nice sympathy card for a woman. Maybe add some brads too. I guess I'll have to play around with it a little more. *wink*
Supplies~
CS~Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant (SU)
Stamp~Garden Silhouettes (SU)
Ink~Versa Mark (SU)
Markers~Lovely Lilac, Ballet Blue, Garden Green (SU)
Other~White EP (SU)

Here is another card that I made. I wish I could get a better picture of it! I used perfect pearls on it and I'm not sure how many pictures I took but it just wasn't showing up! To achieve the background I used several different colors of ink for the watercolor.
Supplies~
CS~Only Orange, Water Color Paper (SU)
Stamps~Sentiment (CTMH), Maple Leaf Lg, Face of Uncle Enos SM (River City Rubber Works)
Inks~Black Stazon, Versa Mark, Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranate, Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Always Artichoke (SU)
Marker~Chocolate Chip (SU)
Other~Mat Pack and Piercing Tool (SU), Perfect Pearls Copper (Ranger), Brads (CTMH), Fiber (My Stash)

Today wasn't the greatest, I spent most of the day in bed. I woke up with a migraine and it just wouldn't go away!! I got up and started getting ready for church but it just kept getting worse. So Eric took the boys to church and I went back to bed. I couldn't believe it when I woke up I thought maybe it was around noon, it was almost 4 o'clock!! I couldn't believe I slept that long!!! Even though I slept that long the migraine was still hanging on!! It wasn't until about 8-8:30 it went away. I haven't had one that bad in a long time.

Other than that not too much has been going on around here. Just getting ready to start another week. Both of the boys had a really great 1st week of school!

Hope you all have a really great week and thanks so much for stopping by!
Smiles~
Heidi

Tiger Tote

Busy Busy!! Today is one of those days where every second counts!! I have a class tonight that I am getting ready for and I wanted to make a quick post to share with you what we will be making.

We will be making this little Tiger Tote along with four matching cards and envies. I just adore this little tote!! These are so fun to make and you can fill them up with all kinds of little goodies or a matching set of cards. Sorry I don't have a picture available for the cards (I haven't taken pictures of them yet).

Supplies~
Card Stock~SU-Apricot Appeal & Only Orange, Black Texture
Stamp~Tiger Print Background (sorry the company is no longer in business but you would be able to use just about any kind of tiger print for the background).
Ink~SU-Black StazOn, SU-More Mustard & Pumpkin Pie
Other~SU-Stipple Brushes, Metal Tag, Jo-Ann's-Faux Leather or Velvet & Faux Fur, SU-Spring Flower Bouquet Punch, SU-Silver or Gold Cord, Gems, SU-Crystal Effects, Black Sharpie Marker

I hope you all have a wonderful day!
Smiles~
Heidi

Vintage Style Box

Do you ever design something and you get so excited about the outcome, because you know it is turning out even better than the vision you had in your head or your sketch? Well for me this was one of those times!! *wink* I am in love with this little gift box!! Plus--BIG BONUS--it is soooo easy to make!! The box itself is made using 2-8-1/2 x 11 sheets of CS. I will try and get the instructions posted for it really soon, but for now I just had to post a few pictures.

I started out with Very Vanilla CS and used three colors of ink--Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa and River Rock to achieve the look I wanted. For the bottom piece I randomly stippled using Chocolate Chip and River Rock inks. Then I stamped 2 different Flourishes & Swirls (Autumn Leaves-Rhonna Farrer) . One was done with Close to Cocoa and for the other one I used River Rock. After that I used the Spritz Tool from SU along with a Close to Cocoa marker. Once the piece was put together I use the Chocolate Chip ink pad along all of the edges to distress it. For the Top piece I folded the sides in and then ran it through the Wizard using the Cuttlebug Textile embossing folder. Then I did all of the same steps as above except for the stamping. I also made a slider for the box using Chocolate Chip CS and Brocade Background (SU- Designer Series Paper). Then I embellished it with a piece of green velvet ribbon, petals from a hydrangea with a button in the center and some swarovski crystals & ivory pearls.

Side view~Top of the box~
Front of box~I hope you enjoy! Thanks for stopping by & hope you have a great week!!

Vacation!!

We are leaving this morning for our vacation!! The boys are soooooo excited!! We're going to Jellystone for a week. We went there last year and had a BLAST!! They have indoor and outdoor water parks, huge skate park, paddle boats, fishing, mini golf, play parks, huge game room, kids craft room and all kinds of activities going on. They also have a theme each week and this week is chocolate lovers-gotta love that!! At night they play movies and also sometimes have a band. There is so much to do at Jellystone maybe we will be lucky and not have to hear "I'm board" for a whole week-lol! *wink*

Since we will be gone I won't be posting anything for a few days. Sorry I haven't been able to post much lately, life has just been busy. I have been working on my ATC's for this month--what a challenge!! This month our theme was to make an ATC all about yourself. I have to say I spent some time thinking about this one! I have never done any SB LO's or anything like that where it's all about me so this was really a challenge for sure!! But I think I'm happy with the outcome.
I used a picture that I took of myself and desaturated it (made it B&W) and then used a filter called photocopy which made it into like an outline. Then I colored it in with chalks. The top piece is transparency and I wrote different words on it (with a sharpie marker) about me and then on the back side I added glitter around the edges. I also stamped, chalked, glittered and cut out a fairy (CTMH) and two butterflies (stamp craft) and glued them on the front of the transparency and then put crystal effects over them.

Quick Hello!

Hello everyone! Sorry it's been a few days since my last post! The last few days have been b-u-s-y. My Mom's birthday was last week and we got together with my Mom and Dad on Sunday to celebrate Mom's Bday, and then this past week I have been working on some orders that I have, making gifts for Evan's preschool teachers, working on a project to present to the youth group leaders of our church for a fund raiser, working on getting packets together for this weeks stamping class and also working on projects that I am going to be teaching at an upcoming class at the LSS
(The Stamp Studio). Oh yeah and planting some flowers in between all of that. *whew* I'm ready for a nap! LOL! One more thing before I forget--I'VE BEEN TAGGED! My great friend Dana tagged me. You have to check out her blog!! Just click on her name and *crosses fingers* it should take you to her blog. She does AWESOME design work and she is the one who designed my blog banner!! We met a couple of years ago on a message board that we both belonged to. Since I've been tagged I've been instructed to list 7 weird things or facts about myself. Hmmmm....
what to say? Well here goes----

1. Fact: I love trees, even the old dead ones that don't have leaves anymore. I love to look at all the twists and turns in the branches. My Grandpa tells me that I get that from my Grandma, Joann, he said she loved trees and loved to look at them and would always comment on the trees whenever they would be driving somewhere. The trees kind of remind me of people, they are all unique in their own way.

2. Weird: When I was little I secretly wanted to be a mermaid! I love the movie Peter Pan and I had the Gigantic Golden Book of Peter Pan and I always loved the Mermaids of Mermaid Laguna.

3. Weird: Whenever I eat a candy bar with chocolate I almost always eat all of the chocolate off of the candy bar and then eat the rest. Except for if I'm around someone who doesn't really know me, they might think it's just a little strange--ya know--lol!

4. Fact: By Best Friend's Name is Virginia and we have been friends since we were five years old. That is 30+ years!! We are more like sisters than friends. Love ya sweetie! *wink*

5. Weird: I hoard my embellishments. I'm always saving them for just the right project and love to sit and look at them and dream up different designs that I will "someday" do--LOL!! then I think to myself--how Crazy is that-use them already!! I am getting better, but still have a few I just can't part with!

6. Fact: I have a son and a stepson that both have the same 1st name, Dustin. They also have the same initials all the way through their names, DCB. It can get a little confusing-lol! So when they are together one goes by his first name and the other one goes by his middle name.

7. Weird: When I was younger I was so obsessed with having my penmanship perfect that if I was writing a paper or note or anything for that matter and I messed something up I would crumple it all up and start over. Now that's crazy!!

Ok, that's my seven things. Now who do I tag?? I don't really know that many people with blogs so I guess I will just wait to tag someone and in the meantime maybe some of you that read my blog want to leave me a comment and tell a fact about yourself or something weird. How does that sound? Come on and play along! :)