heartfelt and paper doll clothes (WHERE is my camera??)

(Where is my camera??)
Four inch heart, with the Gingersnap Creations
GC56 Ivory, Burgundy, and Black Color Challenge
in mind. This will go off for an Art42 swap.



Kelly's new outfit; for the Traveling Me Paper
Doll round robin at swap-bot.
Okay, fine, I used cloth, but it's adhered to
paper. That still counts, right?

Has anyone found my camera yet?

Hey, I thought it was funny!

It's pretty common knowledge amongst my friends,
both real and imaginary, that I'm not really a
card maker. It's not that I don't like making
cards, it's just that, when trying to make a
card, my brain rebels, freezes up, cuts off the
blood flow to anything remotely resembling
creative, and the results are (ahem) less than
satisfactory.

Unless I'm at Rhonda's, and she's very patiently
explaining what to do next, I pretty much avoid
the whole card thing.

But last year (seriously, it was a long time ago),
I made a card for a challenge. It looked pretty
good, for me, I thought, so I stuck it on the art
room wall.


See? Not so bad, right?

Then another friend told me about a magazine
where she routinely submits her cards for
publication, and I figured, "Why not?"



You can even see the corner of my card
on the cover pic! And in the inside, on
the flyleaf, AND in the Thank You card section.
I'd never seen an issue of Just Cards before--
it's got a good variety of styles.

Anyway, I thought the whole thing was pretty
funny, and a nice surprise.

(Julie, don't even pretend you aren't reading
this--D and Karen are in here, too. How funny
is that??)

altered book tip-in pages

For a Lisa Vollrath swap, summer themed, at Art42.

Scanned instead of photographed--you can tell by
the funny "shadow" in the corner, and from the
random spots!! Here's a piece of "duh" advice:

If you're going to scan your artwork, make sure to
clean the scanner bed first! AND if you're going
to go the effort of making a bunch of pages, make
sure to send them in EARLY. I thought I mailed these
with plenty of time for them to make it to the
hostess by the deadline, but haven't heard that
they arrived. Not cool. *sigh*

do you go saleing?

We go saleing, usually on Friday mornings--you
know, saleing. Estate sales, garage sales,
yard sales. We don't get up at the crack of
dawn, or travel a zillion miles away, so I
guess we're casual salers.

Today, at the first estate sale, I found a
roll of craft aluminum, and this, brand new,
in the box, cord still wrapped with the little
twisty tie:



I said "Thank you very much."
It never hurts to have a back-up heat gun, right?

BUT then, there was a box of "stuff." Lots of
stuff, stuff I like.

"How much is this box of stuff?"

"$5.00."


Well, "Thank you very much," again!

This isn't all of it--there is a stack of Bible lesson
cards from 1885 through the early 1900's with striking
lithographs, various cards, postcards, and graduation
announcements from the early 1900's. One piece was a
grade school graduation program; there were only five
students in the entire class!

I like stuff.

Have you been saleing lately? Find anything fun?

gorgeous day!

The sun is shining,
the garden is growing,
school is out,
and I'm with my sweetie!

What can be better than this???


(No, seriously, what? WHAT?!)

tell me a story.

I'm kind of bleah today.

Not cranky, not sad, just

bleah.

Tell me a story? One with a happy ending, please.

-----------------------------

Bleah Day Update:

Here is a happy-ending-story for YOU:

I found cheesecake in the deep freeze.

Fin.

(Actually, that's more of a happy ending
for ME! :)

we have a winner!

Della Luna, you are the
happy (I hope!) recipient of the Big Envelope Full of Art Stuff.

Will contact you via e-mail for your addy . . .

I'm still cleaning out the art room, people, so
will probably host a share party again SOON.
Thank you to all who played along; I'll be
stopping by for a visit, so watch for me!

:)

still time! and some mini atcs

There is still time to sign up for the
blog giveaway and free collage sheet--
scroll down a couple posts and check it
out . . .

Here are three mini atcs I made for a
swap-bot group swap, using handmade
backgrounds and Altered Pages images
and some rub-ons:




THEN I re-read the swap info, and whaddya know?
It had a shoe theme. (Glad that happened BEFORE
sending out.) So, here are the Shoe mini atcs:




Handmade backgrounds, random collage images,
rub-ons. Susan has some netting and glitter
glaze, as well.

dancing with the stars? (ATCs)

First, if you're looking for the freebies, it's
the post below this one. Have at it.

This was a fun batch of atcs to make--I really
like the quotes. The first one is probably my
favorite:






Here's a little update:
You can pick up a kit for these at Altered Pages.
It includes the quotes, images, patterned paper,
netting, star sequins, and punchenella, PLUS
it's 30% off at the moment!
:)

sorting through the art room (giveaway!)

Oh, yes, there may be enough ephemera here to
collage the entire world! So, it's definitely time
to share, right? Right!

BUT I'm not the only one feeling shareful--
check out this beautiful collage sheet:

Like it?

Want it?

You can have this collage sheet for freebie,
just by signing up for the Altered Pages newsletter, or by
e-mailing the lovely Jackie at
Altered Pages.
The first 100 people to respond will receive the Serendipity
sheet to print via e-mail. PLUS, if you feel like shopping
a little while you're there, here's a $5.00 coupon code
good for ANYTHING, digi or otherwise (except shipping):
ALTERED

That's a coupon code that makes sense! Heck, $5.00
off, no minimum, that's pretty sweet. ALTERED.
Feel free to pass that around, it's good for this
week only.

My personal bloggy type giveaway is for a packet
of ephemera and ribbons and lace and fibers--
pretty much anything I can fit into a manila
envelope, one of those that hold 8 1/2 by 11ish.
So, if you're into any paper arts (collage,
ATCs, inchies, handmade cards, scrapbooking),
and would love a fun pack of goodies to spring
inspire you, just leave me a (kind) comment.
For an extra entry, you can follow this blog,
and leave an extra comment saying you already do,
or that you are a new follower. If you contacted
Altered Pages for the Serendipity page, you can
leave another comment for a third entry!

Bloggers all over the whole wide world are welcome
to participate, but please leave a valid e-mail
address, so I can easily contact you if you win.

No picture (yet) of the goodies, but so far the packet
contains:
a couple packages of new rub-ons
vintage textbook pages
vintage book pages
vintage postage stamps
shimmery light blue cardstock
ribbons, lace, trim, fibers
random collage images
some gorgeous textured cardstock
an unmounted rubber stamp

AND I'll keep adding until the envie is as full
as it can possibly be! Sign-ups end midnight,
Sunday the 9th, and I'll contact the winner
Monday. I'll eventually visit everybody,
because I'm just such a blog snoop! So, be
expecting me to stop by and leave a comment
or two . . .

Sharing is good.

Happy Spring!