366 Art Journal/Calendar Feb/Mar

I am on my third month joining Kate and lots of other artists in making a 2012 366 day Art Journal/Calendar.
If you are unfamiliar with my project, see my original post here. If you have time, pop over to Kate's blog and check out the other artists ideas!

Here is my March scrapbook style side:

This layout is based on a sketch by Heather Waldron of Scrappy Sketches found here. I came across her blog the other day while surfing - I'm loving her sketches and am sharing my layout on her site! My layout also meets the criterion for the tic-tac-toe challenge at The Paper Variety (bottom row - stitching, layout, die-cut) so I'm entering there also.

Here is my March calendar side:

and the full March spread:

 

Here is my February calendar completed:

and my full February spread:

Product listing for March spread:
Paper: My Minds Eye Quite Contrary, So Sophie, Penny Lane. Die-cuts: My Minds Eye. Brown scappop Trim: Flair designs. Ranger Distress Inks: Broken china, Forrest moss, Walnut stain, Vintage photo. Letter stickers: Doodlebug Designs Loopy Lou. Journal sheet: Fancy Pants Designs. Rub on numbers: Karen Foster. Rub on Faux stitching, rick-rak, dots, numbers: October Afternoon. Staz-on Inks Azure and Olive. Cream lace trim - unknown. Spellbinders die.

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Valentine from Jacob

My very first piece of refrigerator art as a grandmother is a Valentine from Jacob. (Thank you Robin!) In the pictures Jacob is putting it on the fridge with magnets and showing me how he stamped his feet on the paper with paint.

(His mommy said he did NOT like the paint on his feet at all - he doesn't like his hands to be messy either!)

I used this awesome sketch by Jenny Evans 

and entered my layout at Boys Rule.

Here are some close ups. Sorry they are blurry but I wanted to show you the sparkle on the die cuts.

All of the paper, die cuts, and letter stickers are by Crate Paper from the "Mia" collection. The gems are by Gem Art, I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks in "gathered twigs", "aged mahogany", and "brushed corduroy". The font is Cambria

Frosted Designs Blog Hop Winner!

Well, I could have used the random number generator thingy but decided it would be more fun for baby girl to pick a winner out of the magic hat! There were 37 eligible comments, I printed them out, folded them up, and placed them in the magic hat . . .

. . . Baby girl picked one and unfolded it . . .

. . . and showed it to Mommom (up side down!) . . .

. . . and the winner is:

Snips and Snails said...

Love your layout! I have fond memories of helping my dad with his model trains and the grandkids all love watching the trains run.

February 10, 2012 1:53 PM

Now, wasn't that way more fun than random generator?

So, if you are Snips and Snails please email me (tgfenster@gmail.com) your snail mail address by March15th and I'll get your prize out to you!

Fabulous Friday - Joy Wreath

Greetings! This weeks Fabulous Friday's at Frosted Designs challenge is:

"Shape It Up x 3" - 

Pick a geometric shape and use it three times on your project.

This week it was my turn to do an off the page project and I chose to make this wreath:

Here are some close ups (click to enlarge)

I hope you are inspired to make a layout, card, or off the page project using a geometric shape three times and enter it at Frosted Designs for a chance at a great prize from our sponsor "Buttons Galore and More"!

Thanks for looking at my blog! I truly appreciate your comments

 (and followers!)!

I used a 12" straw wreath from ACMoore, they come wrapped in plastic for just $3.19. Don't take the plastic off if you are going to cover it up - that will save you the mess and odor of the straw!

I wrapped the wreath with 6 1/2 yards of 2 1/2" burlap ribbon - this was free because my  mom gave it to me from her stash! I made the roses using pink Bazzil cardstock (left over from my daughter's wedding in 2007) with the Spellbinder's Rose Creation dies. I rubbed VersaMark dazzle ink on the edges of the individual petals to darken them a bit and make them have a sheen before assembling the roses. The doilies are by Royal Lace and the leaves are by Prima. I inked the leaves with Ranger Forrest Moss Distress Ink. Making Memories Mini Blossoms are mixed in with the roses and are attached using stick pins with pearls on the heads. The banner is made with a base of BoBunny Chiffon Dot paper with Making Memories Je t'Adore on top, both inked with Ranger Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I used Sizzlits "Funky Brush" font for my letters and enameled them with Glossy Accents. The lace is by Wyla purchased at ACMoore. The butterfly is punched from the same patterned paper as the banner using a Martha Stewart punch and inked with Ranger Barn Door Distress Ink.

Nothing new - just - I Love U !

Happy Valentines Day to all of my lovely blog readers!

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge and Blog Hop!

Woo Hoo! Blog Hop day is here! The team at Frosted Designs has an awesome blog hop line-up for you with lots of prizes along the way, you have until Thursday Feb 16th at noon central to complete the hop!
If you arrived from Angela's blog, you are in the right place ~ if you stopped by to visit me (or if you're completely lost) and would like to start at the beginning of the hop - click here!

The Fabulous Friday Challenge this week is to use the word "Love" on your project - how easy is that!


It looks like my grandson Jacob is going to join the generations of my husband's family of "Boys Who Love Trains" and we couldn't be more thrilled!

My layout is based on this awesome sketch by Jenny Evans who is on the team at Boys Rule Kits as well as the Frosted Designs team. 
Boys Rule Kits is the sponsor of the Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge this week!

Product credits:

Lionel Paper and Stickers: Creative Imaginations

Patterned Papers: Basic Grey Boxer

Felt Train: Queen & Company

Black Letters: Reminisce

Tiny Type Sticker Letters: Cosmo Cricket

Distress Ink: Ranger

          Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot, Fired Brick

Spellbinders Die: Labels 17

Martha Stewart Punch: Iron Gate

Brads, Eyelets, Thread: unknown from stash

So I guess you're wondering what words you need from me in order to complete your sentence for the blog hop - they are "it be". After you have visited all the blogs on the hop and have the complete mystery sentence, e-mail it to danica4us@yahoo.com.

I know you want to get on with the hop, so I'm not going to ask for anything more than a comment to be entered for the prize on my blog, but I would sure love it if you'd become a follower here and stop back some time and visit me again! One name will be randomly drawn from the comments to win this prize from me:

I hope you will make a project using the word "LOVE" and link it up at Frosted Designs this week! FD is an awesome challenge blog that gives special recognition to three projects every week and also gives a prize to one random draw winner EVERY week!

Your next stop is Erin's blog - happy hopping!

Pretty Valentine Tag

Here is a little tag I made just for fun:

I am entering it at Creative Inspirations challenge 148 - make a tag!
and at Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge 125 - love.

366 Art Journal/Calendar - Jan/Feb

YAY! I kept up with the January calendar every day and my February page is ready to go! If you are unfamiliar with this project, see my original post here.

So here is the January calendar completed:

The full January spread:

Here is February scrapbook side:

February calendar side:

and the full February spread:

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Fabulous Friday at Frosted Designs

This week at Frosted Designs we have a recipe challenge for you!

3 patterned papers
2 buttons
1 word title

Here is my layout:

One of the purposes at Frosted Designs is to use your stash, well, I can certainly say that I rarely buy any new product and this layout is proof positive - the paper is Scenic Route Loveland collection from at least 3 years ago, probably more like 4 or 5. It is really pretty paper though, the colors are very rich. The buttons I used are vintage, picked up from the button bin at the thrift store. Felt flowers are Queen & Co, other flowers and leaves are Prima, pearls are Basic Grey, distress ink is Ranger, and heart trim is from Michaels.

This page will be the left side of my February calendar. I will post the right side and my completed January calendar next week. You can see the original post about this calendar here.


I hope you are inspired to make a layout or other project using the recipe and link it up at Frosted Designs for the chance to win! The prize this week is THREE paper packs by Graphic 45 = holy wow!

Thanks for looking! I appreciate your comments!

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Scrabble Tile Shadowbox

I did not create this awesomeness - my daughter Sandy did and I didn't want my followers to miss out on it!
It was a gift for my mom and is the surname of my parents, their children and grandchildren. If you leave lovely comments for Sandy, I will pass them on! Thanks for looking!

Frosted Designs DT call!

Hey all you fabulous papercraftin' friends!

Frosted Designs is having a Design Team call!

I am staying on the team for the next 6 month term but some of the girls are stepping down so there are open slots!

It's an awesome team to be on 
so give it a whirl!!
Applications are being accepted 
until February 10th.

Here are the details: Frosted Designs DT Call

Scrabble tiles

 ok, I admit it, 

I drank the Scrabble Tile Kool-aid !!!!!

 Whoever started this craze is right, they're so cute and fun to play with! I WILL be using them in my projects, I promise. In the meantime they are fun to collect and decorate!

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 I shared this post at Life Made Lovely Monday - check it out!

Thank you for looking at my blog today! I truly appreciate your comments!

Fabulous Friday at Frosted Designs

This week's Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs is to use paint. Here is a page from my art journal on which I've experimented with paints called "Pan Pastels".  The flowers and leaves are done using Pan Pastels, the black highlighting is done with Copic marker. The paint is creamy and lovely to work with and the colors are amazing! Imagine my delight when I discovered that the Staz-On ink I pounced through punchenella is exactly the same colors! The image transfer in the upper left corner and the tag in the lower right corner are by KandCo. The base is an old map and the alphabet stamp is by The Stamps of Life. Rub-ons and brad from my stash.
I hope you are inspired to try using paint on a project and share it with us at Frosted Designs!

 

Thanks for looking! I appreciate your comments!

366 Art Journal/Calendar - January

I think that I am basically a generous, thankful, creative person and these things run as part of my base personality all the time. However, I decided that this year I need to bring these things to the forefront and consciously make sure that every day I am purposefully generous, thankful, and creative. I found the perfect vehicle to help me with this quest - I am joining Kate at The Kathryn Wheel this year for her 2012 366 challenge.

This book will be a year in the making and will be 

a hybrid Scrapbook/Art Journal/Calendar. 

My theme for this year is 

"Be Generous, Thankful, and Creative Every Day"

Here is my cover:

My book is 9"x12" and really is rectangular - the pictures look all wonky because when you add layers and layers of paint, paper, and decoupage medium the paper no longer lies flat!  Each month will have a calendar page on the right and a scrapbook style page on the left. The calendar page will have a box for each day to write something in for that day. At the beginning of the month the blank calendar page will be posted and at the end of the month the completed page is posted along with the blank for next month. These all get linked up at Kate's site, there are already 96 people participating this year! Hopefully we will all get to visit a few of each others blogs for inspiration and to leave encouragement.

The left side of my January page is not really scrapbook style, the idea hadn't really gelled in my head yet, but it's really pretty! It contains definitions cut from an antique dictionary of my three key words.

My other month's I do intend to do the left side scrapbook style.

So here is the left side of January:

And the right side of January:

And the spread together:

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Christmas page in art journal

Oh my, it's taken me so long to post!  I lost my camera sometime between Christmas and New Years Day. Fortunately, I had moved the pictures from Christmas day on to my computer so at least they are not lost. I realized on New Years Day that the camera was missing and I have been searching for it with no success. I found an old camera so was able to get a few pics to share with you.
Today, before Christmas is long forgotten, I want to share this page I made in my art journal.

Later in the week I will share a new project I've started!
Thanks for looking! I appreciate your comments!

Frosted Designs - something new

The Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs this week is to try something new. My friend Cindy pinned a really cool cut and folded star made by Krista on Pinterest and I just had to make one myself. Krista's tutorial is here. 

I used my very most favoritist seasonal paper of all time "Laurel Leaves" from the Basic Grey Wassail line. I used 4" squares of paper so my star is quite large (about 11 inches tall and 2 inches deep). I think it would be really cool to make it much smaller and more intricate. We'll see if I ever get around to that! 

Anyway, here it is, and we'd love it if you try something new and link it up over at Frosted Designs this week!

Gift Tags

Here are some of the gift tags I made this year.
The fronts are the snowman faces and the backs have the names.

I am using wrapping paper that is royal blue background with light blue and white snowflakes and my tags look super cute on it.

"Oh Holy Night" Tag

Just for fun and pretty!

Fabulous Friday at Frosted Designs!

The prompt for the Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs this week is "Music/Song". As a member of the design team, it was my turn to create a project other than a layout or a card for the prompt this week.
I chose to make a Christmas Ornament decoupaged with sheets of vintage music paper. I originally saw this idea by the very talented artist Julia Stainton here.

This ornament was fun and easy to make ~ be sure to check out my tutorial here. I hope you will join us in making a project, layout, or card with the theme "Music/Song" and link it up on the Frosted Designs blog. Our sponsor this week is JoysLife and the prize is a cute set of stamps!

I also shared this project at Life Made Lovely Mondays

Quinn's 2nd year mini

Well, baby girl had her second birthday last Saturday so I finished up her second year mini album. Here are the last few pages:

The rest of the album can be seen here.

Scrabble Tiles

I scored a set of Scrabble tiles in the cranberry color at a thrift shop for $3.50, then crafted them a happy new home!