Dawn- A little of this and a little of that!

WOW Time Flies

2011-11-26T23:28:00.003-05:00

This has been a very hetic time. With work, Assistant Principal at Ocean Bay Elementary, trying to participate in the Apple 12 academy with the State Department of SC, becoming a Thirty-One independent consultant, and playing with my neices and nephews, I havent had a lot of time to post. But hopefully I can get back to it.
Happy Holidays to everyone!
Love,
Dawn

Long time -no post

2010-10-07T22:31:00.003-04:00

WOW, its been a long time since I have posted, so much has happened to me and my family. Paul and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary- I cant believe that it has been a year already! I am now an Assistant Principal at 2 elementary schools in our county, my little sister is pregnant again and Keirsten and I had a table at a local craft fair. Here are some of the items that I sold- altered canvases- i even had 2 people that pre-ordered ones for me to complete and mail to them! Pretty impressive right???

These are some altered dominoes that i colored with alcohol inks and made into necklaces and pins-

This is an altered canvas that i did-and sold at the show

This is another altered canvas that I did, I mailed it to my good friend Fran in VA.

New Art to Share

2010-06-15T21:33:00.018-04:00

I have been working hard on all kinds of new art over the past few months. Loosing my craft room really set me back both in my heart and my creativity, but I have dealt with it and now I am back full force. Here are some pieces that I have created over the long winter months.
This is a piece I created for our EWV- Grungepaper rose swap- I love using Wendy's stamps and making the grunge paper roses.

We had a black and white tag swap on out All Things Tim Group Site and I created a few B&W tags- these were my favorites- 1 was a Johhny Cash tag, one was using Wendy's new clothing stamps and the other was using the new bottle stamp:

Next is a tag that I created for a "bird" swap- I used white paint to stamp the birds and DI's to color the tag:

I was also in a Tin Swap- I decided to create a beachy tin, since I live at the beach and its so much of who I am- I loved making this tin, I used Alcohol Inks to color the tin and Staz-on to stamp some images.

My friend and I went to a stamp show in Columbia in the spring and I wanted a cool bracelet to wear- I have never made any jewlery before- I used all of Tim's ideology pieces to decorate the bracelet- Ted from Stampers Anoyomous loved it!

This is my very first ATC- I was in an ATC swap on the EWV site - I created 6 of these ATC's using Wendy Vecchi's bottle and flower stamps- I stamped the bottle onto acetate and colored it with AI's.

These were 3 of the 9 pennants that I created for the ATT group- we had to create pennants using inspirational words- this was a lot of fun for me beacuse I love to display words like "Dream", "Hope" and "Love" around my room:

And last but not least was the hardest swap that I was ever a part of that was a Circus Book swap- we had to make 17 pages to send in- I never thought I would finish the clown pages, but I am so glad that I did. The book that we got was great and I loved using my Tim circus stamps!

New Monthly Kit Club

2010-02-25T17:42:00.003-05:00

I found this website from a friend's blog. It is really cute. Its called the Snobby Walrus. The kits are really cute and they contain lots of goodies. Go and check it out!
http://www.snobbywalrus.com/blog.html

Thanks, Dawn

MEGA Cool Blog Candy!

2009-12-20T18:20:00.002-05:00

Check out Hels blog she has some mega cool blog candy! I soooo want to win, wish me luck! Here is the link...

http://pinkleart.blogspot.com/

Merry Christmas!

Finished!

2009-12-19T20:08:00.003-05:00

Well I did it, I didnt think I would but I did. I finished all of the 12 Tags of Christmas! I am so proud of myself- and you know what they look pretty darn good too- I think I am getting a hang of this crafting thing. Anyway here is a picture of all 12 tags. Please tell me what you think.
Merry Christmas!

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas 2009

2009-12-03T21:13:00.005-05:00

Well I have drooled over these tags for 2 years now- not feeling at all confident that I could create one, but this year I decided to give it a try. It is day 3 for Tim and day 3 for me, I have completed days 1 and 2. So here is a peek at Mr. Holtz's day 1 tag and my version of it. I didnt have all of the same stamps, ink, tools etc, so I had to improvise, but I think it turned out well! Tell me what you think! Now I'm off to get inky!

Tim's Tag

My Tag

I am a WINNER!

2009-12-01T23:11:00.011-05:00

Well I have known it all along but now someone else knows that I am a winner too! Just kidding! :) A cyber friend of mine Allie has a blog, and on her blog she posted a Sesame Street challenge to create something using Sesame Street as the topic since it was their 40th annv. Now I was/am a huge fan of Sesame Street so I was extremely excited to join in her challenge. I purchased some SS wood stamps at Hobby Lobby last year on sale, and boy am I glad I did, they were great for this challenge. I created a chipboard book using the stamps and the song lyrics for "Won't you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street". Well Allie liked my book and guess what??? I WON the contest, well I tied for the win, Allie liked another entry as well and so we both won, but I am secure enough in my winning to share. I get to be featured on Allie's blog and I get to add the "Croppie" award to my blog. Here is my book, it was so much fun to make.

Thanks for taking a peek, and thanks to Allie for the challenge, I had tons of fun!

Long Time- no news

2009-11-14T11:14:00.009-05:00

Really a lot has gone on since I published last- Since Thanksgiving is just around the corner- I wanted to list a few people that I am thankful for everyday:
I really am a lucky girl to have so many people that love and support me!
I am thankful for my new husband:

This is Paul and I on our wedding day- It was quite an event

I am thankful for my beautiful daughter. Maggie you mean more to me than I could ever express.

Here she is getting ready to play in the CFHS Powder Puff football game- GO SENIORS!

I am thankful for my 2 wonderful nephews. Cutie Pie Noah.

And Cutie Pie Carter!

I am very thankful for my Pretty Princess Niece Teagan. Who I love having at school with me everyday- it is so great seeing her grow and learn in kindergarten.
I am also thankful for the rest of my family as well- Mom and Dad, my sisters and my new family. I love you all- Happy Thanksgiving!

My Senior

2009-09-30T19:32:00.002-04:00

We had to finish Maggie's senior page for her yearbook this year. It was fun choosing the pictures (even though she wouldnt let me help her pick them out), and writing a letter that would be on the page. It was really hard thinking of what I wanted to tell her, I wanted to put something that would make her smile when she reads it the day that she gets her yearbook and 20 years from now when she reads it again. Anyway I hope she liked it, here it is:

Dear Maggie,
A Team- that is what we are and always will be- I can remember how excited I was so long ago waiting for you to arrive. I would talk to you while you were in my tummy and tell you all of my dreams and wishes for you. Now, 17 years later I am sitting here writing you this senior letter telling you how very proud I am of you and all of the accomplishments you have made. Life has not been easy for you, but you made the best of it, always laughed and smiled and always held your head up high. Maggie, you are so much more than I could have ever hoped for in a daughter all those years ago. You have a wonderful future ahead of you, and I know that you will excel at whatever you choose to become. This world, MY world is a better place everyday just because you are in it. I am truly honored and blessed to be your friend,
your team-mate and most importantly your mom.
I love you with all of my heart,
Mom

Win a GYPSY!

2009-09-22T21:59:00.002-04:00

You can enter to win a Gypsy! OH I hope I win!!! They look so cool!

Honor Thy Senior

2009-08-24T22:06:00.004-04:00

Well its offical- Maggie is a SENIOR- and I guess that means I am getting old. I never in a million years thought this day would come as fast as it did. Maggie had her very last first day of school today. It was a day to remember...

I wish you lots of luck this year kiddo! Study hard and and make me proud! I love you!

End of Summer Fun!

2009-08-23T09:40:00.014-04:00

Well unfourtnately its that time again- Summer Vacation is OVER and school is starting back- I love the feeling of a new beginning, but I am dreading going back more than ever this year- I have enjoyed staying home- going to the beach- swimming in the pool and just hanging out in general- We have tried to do a few "touristy" things the last couple of weekends before we go back.

First we went to the ever popular "Build-a-Bear" they are running a special for the month of August- Any bear-any hanging outfit- and any pair of shoes for $30- That is a GREAT deal- so we took Teagan to build her a bear. She decided on the way that she was going to name her bear "Patch"- who knows why or where she got that name- but "Patch" is was going to be.

It didnt take her long to pick out the animal she wanted to build- now it turns out that Patch is not a bear- he is a dog- and of course she picked out the strangest looking dog they had.

Here she is giving Patch to the lady to stuff...

After you stuff him, you have to take him to the tub and wash and brush your pet- This was lots of fun- Teagan made sure that Patch was really clean and fluffy.

Here is Noah wondering when he is going to have his turn at building a bear...

And after looking around the store at all of the outfits- Teagan decided that Patch was definantly princess material- so of course she should dress like a princess- Princess Aurora for that matter- so Princess Patch Aurora it is. And here she is all dressed up and ready to be named. This weeked we had another grand adventure- we went to Freestyle Music Park... Oh Boy what lots of fun we had at Freestyle- They had lots of rides for Maggie and Teagan to rides- and an awesome fireworks show at the end of the night- The Time Machine Roller Coaster was the best - we got to visit the 80's and the 90's for some retro music- we rode and sang the whole ride.

Teagan and Maggie rode all of the spinning rides from the Fairie Boats to the Crazy Taxi Cars. Noah even got in on the action- Maggie took him for a ride on the Merry-Go-Round. Then we headed over to the part of the park called "Kids in America" . Teagan had a great time riding the hang gliders, and pedal planes, bouncy dune buggies, and big rig trucks. All in all we had a great time at Freestyle- we cant wait to go back-

...Wonder what next weekend will bring???

Altered Tins

2009-08-10T17:18:00.006-04:00

I am in a swap with one of my yahoo groups and we had to decorate tins- like altoids boxes-

I was a little bit nervous at first, I didnt really know where to begin-The group is an all things Tim Holtz group so we had to use as many of his products as we could- here they are:

The first tin was decorated with stream/cranberry alcohol ink- after the ink was dry I dabbed silver alcohol ink all over to give it a shiny tint. The flowers on top were made out of the new grunge paper- I traced the flowers and cut them out, then I inked them with faded jeans distress ink, and I sprayed them with copper perfect pearls mixed with water. The penny in the center is a canadian penny that I found in my car.

Other embelishments include- a word tag, brad and game spinner from Tim Holtz, a piece of tulle, and various stickers, rubons and stamped images.

The 2nd tin was inked with alcohol inks as well once dry it was inked with gold alcohol for the shiny effect. The embelishments included are the stamped skull and crossbones on the top. I stamped the image onto grunge paper and cut it out, then I embossed the image with ranger black embossing powder to give it the evil look, I also did the crow the same way.

Other emblishments include- twine, prima silk flowers, stamped images from Tim Holtz, and various stickers and rubons.

Last but not least I did a tiny pill tin- it is so cute- but because it is smaller than the others it was difficult to decorate.

I inked it with alcohol inks as well. The embelishments include a grungeboard tag, and heart that were inked with fired brick and faded jeans distress ink, ribbon, stickers, rubons and a word pin.

I had a lot of fun creating the tins, I cant wait to do some more! Dawn :)

New Digital Stuff...

2009-07-19T22:43:00.004-04:00

I have been working like crazy creating layouts and finishing scrapbooks. I gave my nephew Carter his scrapbook this weekend. Amber didnt know that I was making it- I hope she liked it- that is the main reason that I create- I love to make things for the people I love. :)

This is 1 of a 5 page layout that I created to go with all of our bike week pictures. I made them all in a sequence like they were a court case. It was really cool the way they turned out. If you get down to Murphy's Law South ask Jo to show you the layout hanging on the wall.

Ok well I guess my computer is being really stubborn- I cant get anymore to upload. Ill add more later. Dawn :)

Totally Addicted to Digital Scrappin'

2009-07-16T09:58:00.012-04:00

Ok- I admit it, I am TOTALLY addicted to digital scrapbooking- I spent about 20 hours on Tuesday creating every layout I could think of since my free version of Photoshop was expiring at midnight- here are some LO's that I wanted to share.

This one was created after my very exciting 4th of july- yes we had fireworks and proposals- what really stinks is that Paul didnt wait long enough for Kat to get her camera so we have no pictures of the down on one knee thing... But I did take some pics. of the fireworks.

This is a layout about Noah and me- I wanted him to know how much I wanted to hold him.

Paul and I went to Carolina Beach this past weekend. We had a great time, just playing tourist. This is a page that I did telling him all of the things I enjoyed doing at the beach.

More to come later-
Love Dawn

Awesome site- blog

2009-07-04T11:03:00.001-04:00

Check out this incredible website for an awesome class and some great blog candy!

Happy 4th

Love to all

Dawn

New Layouts- My Summer Creations

2009-07-03T09:50:00.005-04:00

I have been working everynight on a few layouts- I have created several in the past few weeks for Mom and Holly and Myself- I wanted to share a few- I really love summer, it gives me a chance to play- I love staying up late and then sleeping late.

This is Teagan doing her favorite thing- eating ice cream at the Water Park

Here she is dancing in the "Balbacano"-

Last but not least we have the Cinco De Mayo layout!

I hope you enjoy!

Dawn :)

Digital Layouts!!!! I figured it out!!! Yeah Me!!!!

2009-06-29T18:49:00.005-04:00

OK I finally figured it out- Thanks to 2 peas in a bucket.com for their awesome tutorials about photoshop and other topics related to crafting.

Anyway here is one of my digital layouts- I am getting better- this was the very first one I did- I love scrapping digitally- not as much as paper and glue- but it is a lot of fun.

This is another layout that I did. It was a lot of fun- I figured out how to use elements like stamps- that is what the black dots on the sides are. There is a whole other world in digital scrapbooking. It's kind of neat!

Hope you enjoy!

Love to all,

Dawn

Awesome Blog Candy

2009-06-21T13:02:00.003-04:00

Check out these blogs they have awesome blog candy to give away-

http://dizzienoodleheartscrafting.blogspot.com/

And this one is tooo fab!

http://mypaperhugs.blogspot.com/

I cant figure out how to put the pictures from 1 blog to another, but trust me they are great!!!

Love to all,

Dawn

Digital Scrapbooking

2009-06-19T10:12:00.004-04:00

Ok so its summer and I am not working that leaves me with some extra time on my hands- I have been reading several blogs lately where the girls are using Adobe Photoshop to create some fantastic scrapbook pages, they look just like the ones that I create with paper and embelishments but they are all done on the computer- Soooo I had to give it a try- now I didnt buy Photoshop (are you kidding me its 100- but costco has a 30 cupon if you are interested) anyway Adobe lets you have a trial version for 30 days so I have been "trying" it out, and I LOVE it- now its not as much fun as the glue and paper and such, but it does give really neat results- I have been trying to upload some of my pages but blogger is being a pain and not uploading them- I will continue to try.
If you want more info about digital scrapbooking contact me and I will share what I know- I have done some digging around and found free papers and embelishments to download.

Happy Happy Birthday!

2009-06-03T22:11:00.011-04:00

We have lots of birthdays in our family: Lets see how they all turned out...

First we celebrated Paul's 36th (my, my he's getting old)- on May 27th- we had dinner with his family and friends at Ichiro's - the dinner was good, seeing the family and friends was great, but the cake was WONDERFUL! Birthday cake is my favorite food!

Teagan told Paul that she was going to have a Hannah Montanna cake because that was her favorite and he could have a Spongebob cake because that was his favorite- well here it is (or was- it was too yummy to last long).

Then we had Carter's 1st birthday in Columbia- we had a great time at the bubble party- Carter didnt know what to think about all of the people there , his cake and the balloons. We all had a great time helping Carter celebrate the big 1.

And last but certainly not least on June 6th we had Teagan's 5th birthday. Teagan had a Hannah Montanna Pool/Slumber Party- She had a Hannah Montanna cake, Hannah Montanna plates, Hannah Montanna Cups, Hannah Montanna "Nakins", Hannah Montanna goody bags- If it had Hannah Montanna on it she had it. She even got a Hannah Montanna bike from MeMe and Papa Red. She had lots of fun swimming in the pool, eating hotdogs and cake and then having 3 little girls and Maggie spend the night for a real Slumber party. Wow it is hard to beleive that Teagan is already 5, seems like yesterday she was celebrating the big 1.

Well all of these parties and not one of them was mine. Oh well mine will be here in 4 months- I am already making my list. I like to celebrate my birth month- not just the day :)

Bikes, Babes, and Waves

2009-05-19T10:07:00.013-04:00

My favorite picture ever!!!

I know I am a slacker when it comes to blogging- I really don't know anyone who reads it besides my family and they know everything anyway- but here goes. I haven't created anything lately- I did do a couple of demos at AC Moore and I am going to teach a class there in July so that is exciting, I haven't taken pictures of my recent tags I will try to post them later. I do have some pictures of the past couple of weeks events that we have been going through.

First there was Cinco De Mayo- now here is a great holiday for us- we get to celebrate the 5th of May, we need to figure out how to have a celebration every month...

Here we are at Murphy's , had a great time with Kat and Dee- and various other regulars.

Then came Bike Week 2009- I think that I have permanent seat marks on my backside from riding so much, (but it was GREAT). Anyway we spent the majority of the week with Paul's friends (and now my friends) from Boston- Manch Vegas Choppers. They were a GREAT bunch of guys who come every year for 10 days. There were 8 in the group, and we did a lot of traveling with them. We rode all over the south end as well as to Pawley's and Georgetown. It was a lot of fun, riding in a large group- some of the guys were a little "different" looking so you can imagine some of the looks that we got- and for most of the time I was the only girl- so it was like I had a posse' with me everywhere I went.

Kat and I are sitting on the swing at Dead Dog in the Inlet.

Paul and I are at Murphy's again- I think that we lived there part of last week. :)

This is Donnie- a.k.a Manch Vegas Chopper- he is the sweetest guy- We had a lot of fun hanging out this week! Donnie was part of the posse' that watched out for me. I never got to far away thats for sure.

And last but not least a day on the beach, catching some rays (me) and waves (Paul). Sundays are becoming our beach days- we have enjoyed playing in the sand with Teagan, fishing with Kat and Dee or surfing with Paul, Tom and his sons.

Here are some pics. of Paul surfing on Sunday:

Ok not really surfing yet- but my camera is crappy and the shots of him in the water are too far away-

That is pretty much it- we have been busy- lots of fun but really busy!

We also had Keirsten's 40th birthday, the Super Suckers Concert and mother's day all in between, more about those later!

Love to all,

Dawn

A couple more pics

2009-04-24T18:04:00.003-04:00

I found these pictures and they amazed me- This is the fire coming up to Hwy 31

This next pic. is of the fire jumping hwy 31- How amazing is that????

Prayers Needed

2009-04-23T22:25:00.004-04:00

I know that I haven't posted in a LONG time, but I am posting now- asking for prayers. We have a MASSIVE wildfire spreading through our county. The fire started yesterday, in a neighborhood that my students live in, about 5 miles from my school. It has now burned more than 15,000 acres, over 60 houses and damaged 100 additional homes. We have students and staff members who have lost homes, been evacuated and some waiting to see if they have to leave their homes.

Please keep our children and their families in your prayers.

Here is the link - the videos and pictures are unreal.

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/story.asp?s=10228981

Maggie and I are very lucky- we get to sleep tonight in our own beds, and not have to worry about waking up in the middle of the night with a fire at our back doors- but we have over 2,000 people that cant say that tonight.

To my staff members and my babies at school- I love you all and will be thinking about you throughout the night. Please be safe.

Much love to all- Dawn

I am Auntie Again!!

2009-01-22T19:59:00.005-05:00

This is my favorite- Noah Gabriel Legg 1/20/09 Look at those cutie pie lips- dont you just want to kiss them.....

Noah and Scott's hands- look how tiny

Noah did not like laying oin his side- his nurse (Brantley- who was fabulous!!) had him on his side with his legs on a little pillow- but he didnt like laying that way, he squirmed and wiggled, she finally turned him over onto his tummy and he loved that.

Here he is on his tummy- snoozing away

Big sister Teagan and Noah- Noah was getting ready to go to Florence, and the nurses brought him into Holly's room to say goodbye. THey opened the doors of his isolette so that Teagan could touch him and tell him bye. It was so sweet. She took this picture to school the next day and wore her big sister shirt, she got to show her picture suring show and tell. She said that everyone wanted to see it 3 times. She is a very proud big sis.

Well who would have thought that we would be looking at Jelly Bean already. My sister Holly who was 31 weeks pregnant had to have an emergency c section on Monday (MLK Day). Her placenta had become 50% detached, so Dr. Price ran (yes ran) from his office to the hospital to deliver Noah (aka Jelly Bean). Noah was born at 4:56 pm. He weighed 4lbs 4oz and was 16 3/4 inches long. Because he was 9 weeks early his lungs were not fully developed, his Dr. thought that it would be better to have him in the NICU unit at McCleod hopsital in Florence. So the NICU unit nurses arrived with their special equipment and packed our little Noah up on Tuesday and headed to McCleod. Scott and I went to Florence, (Holly was still in Conway Hopsital),to check on Noah and being the very overprotective, soft hearted Auntie that I am , I wanted to stay with him. I didnt want him to spend his first night away from us with strangers all by himself. So I stayed, there was no where to sleep, I just sat in a chair beside of him and talked to him throughout the night. I told him about his family, and how much we all already loved him. He would wiggle his nose and scrunch up his face. His eyes were not opened yet, so he couldnt look at me, but I know that he heard me.

Well its day 3 in Florence now, and Noah is doing better, they were able to remove his breathing tube, and IV that was in his umbilical cord. He even opened his eyes today and his mommy got to hold him. So it looks like things are improving for our little Noah.

Sweet little Give-a-way

2009-01-02T17:47:00.001-05:00

I have a blog friend Missy who is having a Vera Bradley give away. Hop on over to her blog and check it out! Happy 2009!

http://missymadeit.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year-2009.html

Rockstars!

2008-12-23T21:18:00.005-05:00

We will, we will ROCK YOU! Teagan and Auntie Dawn had a blast playing Rock Band- Teagan was the drummer and I was the guitar player. After ever song Teagan would shout- "Way to go guitar player..." We had a great time playing rock band, making Christmas crafts

and a "&@** gingerbread house. Lets just say that if Mimi ever buys one of those again, Teagan can can put it together at her house.

2008-12-16T08:27:00.003-05:00

*i am ready for Christmas Vacation!
*i want to find my Fairytale.... (I am beginning to wonder)
*i have a a wonderful family.
*i miss Granny
*i fear being alone.
*i hear Sarah typing on her computer in our office.
*i search for things to make my family smile.
*i wonder what Maggie will be when she grows up.
*i regret making STUPID choices
*i love my family, my friends,
*i forgive myself for letting people walk all over me.
*i ache deep in my heart for loved ones that are no longer with us.
*i always want to be right.
*i try to be the best person that I can be.
*i seem to always doubt myself.
*i know that eventually things will be ok
*i feel anxious when I am excited about something
*i dance when I have had too much to drink.
*i dream of being sucessful one day.
*i give to the American Cancer Society- Through Relay for Life- and tons of time to my school
*i listen to rock music- very loud
*i sing in the car to make Maggie mad!
*i laugh when Teagan says funny things
*i can't believe that my daughter is 17 already
*i write in my journal- somtimes the things I write turn into picture books
*i cry when I know someone is mad or upset with me.
*i sleep whenever I can
*i am excited about Christmas Vacation.
*i see the glass as half empty- not very positive- I know!
*i need to spend more time with my family
*i should try not to worry so much, but it's in my blood. Amen!!!

Ok, Amber I did it- It was kind of hard-
I guess we will see who reads my Blog to find out who wants to be tagged next!
Dawn :)

Beautiful Butterflies

2008-11-24T10:39:00.003-05:00

I was visiting a blog that I watch regularly and noticed that he was making beautiful butterflies, when I looked closer I realized that the butterflies were more than art they were representing all of the children that died during the Holocaust. So being me- I wanted to help and I want to ask anyone else who reads my blog to help- I will be making butterflies and you can too. I am including the link to Dan's blog- http://dan99.blogspot.com/2008/11/butterfly-project-freebie.html on here you can read about The Butterfly Project, download butterfly patterns and see some completed butterflies. I hope that some of you out there will join me. Remember that they will be representing children, so of course children can participate as well. The only regulations are they can't be bigger that 8x10, and they cant have glitter on them. I look forward to hearing about your beautiful butterflies. Here is the link to the company that is collecting them, http://www.hmh.org/minisite/butterfly/index.html. You can visit for more info.

LOVED IT!!!!

2008-11-23T00:45:00.003-05:00

I went to see Twilight today and it was soo much better than I expected- you know when you are reading and you visualize certain parts of a book, well the movie is so much better than what I visualized. I cant wait to see it again. Maybe the girls can go over Thanksgiving break!!!

Soooo Sad.......

2008-11-20T21:09:00.003-05:00

Well here I am at home, lonely, on the computer, all by myself, depressed, blue, sad, and why do you ask???? Because my ROTTEN daughter left me at home so that she can go to the midnight premire of Twilight- with her friends- traded for 16 year old girls how awful is that. Now not only is she going to see the movie before me, she is going to rub it in my face. I cant wait till tomorrow afternoon, I am going to leave her at home and go and see it by myself, wearing my Twilight t-shirt. Yes I bought a movie t-shirt, I know how stupid is that for a 38 year old professional to buy a movie shirt-, but I just couldnt resist. The books are sooo good, and I am totally lost in all of it. I hope you guys have read the books too, and if not get out and buy them, the are fab!

Stories in Hand

2008-11-10T23:32:00.002-05:00

Ok, I stumbled across this on-line class a couple of weeks ago. It is being offered by Jessica Sprague, and it deals with journaling and writing your memoirs. Now most of you who know me, know that I enjoy writing, but when I am scrapping i find myself always saying the same thing over and over again on each page. So I thought this class would help me to add more voice and expand my writing. Tonight was the first class and we had to create our book that will house all of our writings and journal prompts. It was fun creating the book, tomorrow we will begin with the writing part. If you are interested, I dont think its too late to sign up. I think there were 6,000 enrolled in the class. Click here for the link to register for the class. Here is my journal that I created tonight. I cant wait to fill it with wonderful stories.

I hope to see some of you in class with me tomorrow. Happy crafting! Dawn :)

Roadtrip and the world's best Scrapbook Store

2008-11-08T23:27:00.002-05:00

I had to make a trip to Savannah today and while I was there I just had to visit Linda at my FAVORITE Scrapbook store. Linda has it all decorated for Christmas. It is so pretty with the white tree, and all of the newest Christmas papers and embellishments all around the front. Thanks Linda for believing in me and my craft. Dawn :)
If you are in or around the Savannah, GA area make sure that you stop and check out A Scrapbook Boutique, when you are there tell Linda hi for me.
Happy Crafting.

Root Canals Stink

2008-11-06T21:09:00.001-05:00

And that is all I have to say about that....

I hope to never as long as I live have to have another root canal.

Dawn :(

Making Tags and Staying Busy

2008-11-04T11:46:00.004-05:00

I made some tags to display and promote the AC Moore scrap night on the 16th, and here they are. Please let me know what you think of them. Peggy from AC Moore said that we would be making Autumn/Thanksgiving/Christmas/Winter tags at the event. I hope you enjoy!

These are the autumn tags. I used regular paper tags and embossed them with the Cuttlebug. The new autumn folders are awesome (thanks Melanie). After embossing I inked with distress ink- Vintage Photo and Spiced Marmalade. Gratitude and Fall is in the air, are stamped and raised with pop dots. Additional embellishments are buttons, brads, stickers and ribbon.

This tag was also embossed with a new Cuttlebug folder-Ornaments- It was also inked with distress ink- Fired Brick and Vintage Photo- The ornament stickers are coated with a film of Ranger's Glossy Accents to make them look like epoxy. Other embellishments include Stickles, 3-d stars, Gelly roll glitter pen and ribbon.

Brr! It's Cold Outside! These snow tags were embossed as well- (Can you tell I had a great time playing with Melanie's embossing folders). The Paisley tag is pretty simple, it has white buttons, a snowflake brad, sticker letters, and a raised paisley winter embellishment.

The snowman tag, was inked with Vibrance baby blue ink, the snowman was stamped with Versamark ink and then double embossed with clear embossing powder, after the clear powder was set, I re inked the outline with a Versamark pen and embossed the image again with Ranger cobalt blue embossing powder. I then attached him to the tag using pop dots. Other embellishments include, ribbon, ribbon slider jeweled brads, snowflake brad, ribbon, stamped image Brr! and stamped snowflake on a separate tag.

The Santa tag was created using a rounded tag cut with the Cricut. I then attached the sleigh, presents, Santa sticker and Santa label. Around the bottom of the sleigh I added Stickles glitter glue to look like snow. The entire tag was inked with Vibrance- Christmas Tree Green Ink.

The snowflake tag was a white core blue paper tag, that I embossed and then sanded to reveal the white core. Additional embellishments include silver sparkle ribbon, 2 snowflake brads, large snowflake glitter sticker, and a snow sticker that was placed on a round metal tag, that was attached with pop dots.

And last but not least- I told you I was staying busy :)- I made the tree tag and the gingerbread boy tag. These were probably the funniest to make because they are inked, distresses, wrinkled and worn. The images were stamped and then stamped again and attached with pop dots. They were also colored using Prisma colored pencils and Gamsol. After coloring I used Candy Cane Stickles to embellish the tree ornaments and the holly berries on the gingerbread boy. The tags themselves were inked with: Shabby Shutters and Vintage Photo for the Tree tag, and Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo for the Gingerbread boy- He looks much more worn because after inking the first time I wet the tag with a mini mister and re inked. Additional embellishments include, ribbon pieces, star stickers coated with Glossy Accents, chipboard and "real" buttons sewn on with thread, Gelly roll glitter pen for accent, Merry Christmas stickers outlined with Candy Cane Stickles, and red and brown ribbon for ties.

I hope you enjoy the tags. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Like I said please let me know what you think!

Happy Crafting and Love to all, Dawn

Sunday Night Scrap Event

2008-11-02T19:05:00.003-05:00

Went to AC Moore yesterday and saw the crafts lady Peggy, She was so excited, said they were planning another Sunday night scrap event . She told me that several people have commented about the Scrap Pink Event and the tags that we made, and guess what she asked me to do it again!!! Yeah!!! So now I am making Thanksgiving and Christmas tags to display in the store for the event. So if you love to scrap please plan on joining us on Sunday November 16th from 6-10pm. The cost is $10, and an unwrapped toy that will be given to "Toys for Tots" for Christmas. I'll see you there.

Happy Halloween

2008-10-31T21:55:00.004-04:00

Maggie and Teagan had a great time Trick-or-Treating. It takes a lot of work to become a beautiful mermaid. We started by putting on the dress and then spray painting the hair.

Here is Auntie Dawn and Teagan spray painting the Mermaid hair.

The finished red headed mermaid.

Then we moved inside for makeup and nails.
The beautiful Mermaid!Then it was Maggie's turn-

Maggie decided she was going to be a Hippie Chick complete with a Fro'

Here she is before the Fro'

And here she is after the Fro'- Lookin' Good Maggie!

Strike a pose-

We had a great time , Teagan was a little slow at first , but once she got the hang of it, she was running to the doors shouting "Trick-or-Treat"!

Next year we are going to have to find a neighborhood that has lots of houses with their lights on! Happy Halloween to all!

Love, Dawn

I'm a Winner!!!!

2008-10-30T23:11:00.002-04:00

Happy Birthday to me!

Well I guess that this is my lucky birth month. I am the winner of a great owl punch. I have never had any punches like this one so I am very excited to have won. Thank you Missy!!!
Please hop on over to Missy's blog, she has some great ideas and beautiful paper piecing's.
Thanks again Missy!

Monday, October 27, 2008

Whooooo Is The Winner?
Whoo ... Whooo ....Whoooooooo is the winner of the Martha Stewart Owl Punch???Congratulations to DAWN you are the proud new owner!Please email me (mgmh@aol.com) with your full name and mailing address and I will get your Martha Stewart Owl Punch mailed to you!Thank you to everyone that played along!

http://missymadeit.blogspot.com/

Hangin' Out With Carter

2008-10-29T19:21:00.003-04:00

I spent the night with the Rankin's on Sunday. Carter was very excited to see his Auntie Dawn!

Carter and I spent sometime together, playing on the computer, hanging out in his room playing toys and reading books. Here are some of the pictures that I took playing in his room. Just laying around on the Jungle mat.

He really loves his chewy toys.

Thanks Amber, Scott and Carter for letting me spend the night. I had a great time. And a big thanks to you Amber for my delicious, birthday cake. It was YUMMY!~

Autumn Tag

2008-10-24T20:43:00.003-04:00

I decided while I was adding posts I would add 1 more. This is a tag that I created for a group that I belong too. The backgound tag is photo paper, that I colored with Alcohol inks and distress inks. The embleshiments are: grunge board scroll that was inked with vintage photo distress ink, a cloth house that is outlined with a glitter pen, an epoxy title "Home", an inked leaf ribbon, a stamped leaf image that is distressed, inked and outlined with a glitter pen, and a ceramic title "Autumn". I think the alcohol inked background adds a lot of autumn colors that makes the tag look warm and cozy.

Happy Crafting!

Dawn :)

New Layouts- More Halloween :)

2008-10-24T20:33:00.005-04:00

Well I guess that I am still in the mood to scrap Halloween, I think that I have almost finished Maggie's Halloween pages. In this LO Maggie was in the 4th grade (you think I'm just a little behind???)It looks really neat, I went to moms last night and got my granny's sewing machine. I have read about sewing on pages and I finally tried it. I added a zigzag stitch on the title border. It just adds a little bit of Oomph. As you can see I haven't done a lot yet, but it's a start.

This layout, for some reason did not scan well at all. But nevertheless its Teagan at the Pumpkin Patch last October. She loved going and picking out her own pumpkin and then carving it at Auntie Dawn's. I think this year she has 7 or 8 pumpkins. Oh well I guess I have been traded in for a new pumpkin picker. :)

Happy Halloween and Happy Crafting! Love to all, Dawn

JessicaSprague.com. Grow Your Skills.

2008-10-24T19:44:00.001-04:00

This looks and sounds like a lot of fun. I hope that some of you will join me :) Love, Dawn

Alright, the day we've been waiting for is here!
Here are the instructions to register for the FREE Stories in Hand class!
Log in to your jessicasprague.com account. You must have an account and be logged in to continue to the next step.
Go to the Access Codes page here at JessicaSprague.com
Enter the Access Code: SIHFreeNov2008
After you enter the access code, click on the My Classes link to make sure that Stories in Hand is listed in your Class list.
Make sure to visit the Stories in Hand class after you register to check out the supply list and what to expect from the class! (oh, and a fun surprise!)
Registration will stay open until November 8!
Class size is unlimited.
You do NOT need to be a scrapbooker, just a person with stories to tell. :D
Spread the word! If you're looking for the backstory for this class, check out my blog entry from

Tagged!

2008-10-16T20:57:00.002-04:00

Ok I have been tagged by my little sister Amber, so here goes...

8 Things About Me.....

8 Favorite TV shows: In no particular order- Not really a tv fan but here goes...
1. Deadliest Catch
2. QVC
3. Jon and Kate plus 8
4.Americas Top Model
5. VH1's shows like top 100 80's moments etc.
6. Miami Ink
7.????
8.?????

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1.Outback
2.Chick-fil-a
3.Bojangles
4.The Stadium Club
5. Starbucks- does this count as a resturant???? (Coffee is a food group you know)
6.Max and Erma's
7. McDonalds
8. Creek Ratz

8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Went to school
2.Taught a lesson in kindergarten :)
3.Had pumpkin Spice Coffee
4. Picked up my favorite neice and best friend Teagan at school- Sorry Auntie Amber she is MY BFF
5.Went to Granny's house and held the baby kittens
6.Went to CFHS and watched Maggie play PowderPuff Football- Go Juniors!
7. Took Teagan on the bouncy things at the football game.
8.Read a magazine before falling asleep

8 things to look forward to:
1. THE WEEKEND!
2.Finding out in 2 weeks if we are having a new neice or a nephew.
3.Enjoying Halloween with Teagan and Maggie
4.Mine and Mom's Birthday- only 12 more days
5.Seeing Carter in 11 days
6.Becoming an Assistant Principal
7.Watching Maggie everyday
8.Enjoying lifes small moments, as well as the big ones.

8 things I love about fall:
1.Mine and Mom's Birthday :)
2. Halloween
3.Cool nights and warm days
4.Warm colors
5.Apple Cider
6. The holidays- spending time with family
7.The festivals that are around every weekend
8.Pumpkins

8 Things on My Wish List:
1.A happy healthy future
2.Healthy parents
3.Maggie to be sucessful at whatever she chooses to do
4.Healthy new baby
5.A wonderful future full of love and happiness for Maggie, Teagan and Carter
6.To be able to scrapbook fulltime
7.To own a scrap/stamp store
8.????

8 people I am tagging...
I have no clue??????
1.Sarah
2.Maggie

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Scrap Pink Night

2008-09-28T23:15:00.003-04:00

We had a great time at AC Moore tonight at the Scrap Pink Event. I demonstrated tag making, embossing, inking and distressing. It was soo much fun. The ladies that attended had a great time and I think that by the end of the night at least 3 of the ladies bought embossing guns and all of the equipment. I guess I am going to have to get a job at AC Moore, I think it would be a blast. They are already planning another event in November and after Christmas. We had a great time and raised some money for breast cancer research, so it was a good night for all. The only thing I hate is that I took my camera and forgot to take pictures. Oh Well.

Happy Crafting to all!

Dawn

Halloween Highlights

2008-09-15T21:00:00.003-04:00

I know, you guys are sick of looking at Halloween pages, but I am having so much FUN, reliving those Trick or Treat days. I miss Maggie being this little. It seems like it was yesterday. Anyway, this LO is Maggie in kindergarten dressed as a CHS cheerleader and the other picture is Maggie, Hannah and Susannah. The big girls were in the 2nd grade and Susannah was 6 months old. Of course I added a tag, and then I made an envelope and added some journaling in the pocket, with a ribbon pull tab. Happy Halloween everyone!

I also promised my sweet, nephew Carter that I would make him a bookmark. Actually, I promised his Mommy. She said that some of his books were long, and they needed a bookmark. So I have made Carter 2 bookmarks, so he won't loose his place while reading. I imagine he is the only 3 1/2 month old with their very own handmade bookmarks. Your bookmarks are in the mail Carter- look for a letter from Auntie Dawn. I love you!

Love to all, Dawn

Imagine Tag- Bandana Technique

2008-09-13T10:10:00.004-04:00

All over the web people have really taken off creating the "Bandana Technique". When one of the groups that I am in posted it as a challenge/technique, I decided to give it a try. It was fun because you got to really play with inks. Mine did not turn out great, but it looks kinda neat. I have no ideas why it looks like water was on my scanner?????

Halloween Punkin' Page and a Fall one too!

2008-09-12T17:42:00.003-04:00

I had such a great time making the Halloween tags for my demo, that I wanted to keep going so I dragged out every Halloween picture that I could find and I started scrappin' them. The Halloween page is made with the Coordniations paper. The outside is black and the core is a different color. You can sand it, tear it, distress it, etc. and it all looks great. I had a great time tearing and inking.

The second LO is a Fall Fest layout. Nothing fancy, I used pop dots to make the letters really stand out, and I tried to distress emboss a stamped leaf- not real crafty with the embossing gun yet, but I am getting the hang of it.

Spoooky Tags

2008-09-06T23:45:00.003-04:00

I have been busy making tags for my demo during our Scrap Pink event. These tags are Halloween and Fall. Halloween is my most favoritest holiday, (perhaps my birthday 3 days before has something to do with it). Anyway, I love creating Halloween goodies, here are a few tags that I wanted to share. Happy crafting!

This is a spooky tag created by wetting the cardstock, and then crinkling. I did that twice and then inked it with Distress Black Soot ink. The letters are Daisy D's rub ons, and the stamped image is raised with a pop dot to make the skeleton head pop off of the tag.

This scary Haunted House tag is created on a manila tag, that I inked. The Haunted House is an acrylic stamped image that I colored in with Gamsol and prisma colored pencils. I love the way that the Gamsol gives the appearance of watercolors. Also attached to the tag are Halloween spangles and the foam word "Boo" and a foam ghost.

I love this Fall tag. I painted a large white cardstock tag with brown acrylic paint. I used a pattern to piece together the pumpkins and the vine. After creating the pumpkins I used clear embossing powder to enhace the outside lines of the pumpkins, the vines and the sticker letters. I think the embossing gives it that little extra "ooomph".

Love to all,

Dawn

Scrap Pink

2008-09-06T04:49:00.003-04:00

I was browsing around AC MOORE the other day and the scrapbooking dept. lady approached me about the Scrap Pink event, she asked me if I would like to have a demo at the event for a make and take. Of course I told her yes very calmy, (while I was screaming YEAH!!! inside). she asked me what I wanted to do, well since I am sort of in the tag mood, I am going to be demoing (is that a word??) tags. If you are in MB on Sunday Sept. 28th please come to AC Moore from 6-10 pm for their Scrap Pink event. I will be there with tags on.... Here are a few I made to demo.

Love to all,

Dawn :)

Waiting for Hanna

2008-09-05T23:20:00.002-04:00

We are stuck at home waiting for Tropical Storm Hanna- I hope everyone is safe.
Love to all,
Dawn

I am working on some new pieces. I will post them soon :)

Weekend making "Stuff"

2008-09-01T09:18:00.002-04:00

I have been busy making tags and cards this weekend. Unfourtnately my computer crashed last week and I have a loaner from school that is OLD,OLD, OLD and I cant get my printer/scanner to load so I will add the pictures of stuff next week. I hope everyone has a great holiday!
Love to all,
Dawn

Ok... New Work Take 2

2008-08-25T19:16:00.006-04:00

I love this LO, the statement "Little Things" and the star, heart and arrow are cut from patterned paper and stuck with pop dots. I think it gives it such a pop. I love, love, love the Ranger whit inkessentials pen, it is the smoothest writing white pen i have ever had.

This LO is a letter written to my nephew the day before he was born. I used the Bazzil stitching paper, I have never tried it before, but I love the look. I also "inked" around the edges with acrylic paint.

I came home Friday night after open house at school and began working on a few layouts, I had such a good time that I stayed in my PJ's all weekend (i did take a shower and put clean ones on everyday). I was so tired from being back at work. Today was our first day and it went great. I hope this means we are going to have a good year. I hope you enjoy the layouts.

Love to all,

Dawn

Finally New Work!

2008-08-25T19:16:00.001-04:00

Sorry :(

2008-08-19T14:58:00.002-04:00

Haven't had time to create or post. School starts in a few days and I am frantically trying to get my teachers ready. So I have been working on powerpoint presentations, attending staff development sessions, and planning lessons. Hopefully things will calm down and I can begin creating again really soon. I hope everyone is enjoying their lazy summer days.

Love to all,

Dawn :)

Layouts using the "Masking" technique.

2008-08-01T01:32:00.003-04:00

Maggie's Layout

Sorry Jamie, I had to copy painting on the paper with acyrlics and masking, so that is 2 techniques that I tried, do I get extra credit????

This is Teagan's Layout. (I had to make one for each of them)

Ok, I rarely ever copy or "scraplift" a layout, but this one looked so cute and fun, that I had to try it. It was demonstrated by Jamie Danford on her blog,http://savannahscrapbooking.typepad.com/savannah_scrapbooking/ . She has a great feature called "Try it Tuesday", where she is trying new techniques. After watching her video and laughing hysterically, I had to "Try It!" So here are the finished products. Thanks Jamie, I had a great time! Make sure that you check out Jamie's blog, she is soooo smart and funny, it's hard to believe that a person can be both at the same time! :)

Have a great weekend, and Happy Scrappin'

Dawn :)

New Layouts- Relaxing 3 days

2008-07-29T21:18:00.003-04:00

Teagan and Lilly at Myrtle Waves 2007
Beach Babe
Googley Eyed Cousins
Watchin' the Wind Blow By

We had a blast at Carolina Beach. We played in the waves, played old timey ski ball, (and won 3 Chinese handcuffs , 2 pieces of gum and a tootsie roll), ate hot home made donuts from Britt's on the boardwalk and even got squiggled. It was a fun filled 3 days but the best part was staying up until 4 am every night scrapbooking. I was afraid that my Aunt would get a little upset, because it looked like Michael's' threw up in her dining room, but she was easy going and loved every minute of it. I can defiantly say that when I retire (13 years and counting), that Carolina Beach is the place that I want to retire too, easy laid back and quiet. Quite a change from Myrtle Beach!

Here are the layouts that I made, I know I should have gotten a lot more done, but what can I say I am anal and slooooowwwww!

Love to all,

Dawn :)

Off to relax

2008-07-22T19:56:00.001-04:00

Hi guys,
I am leaving in the am for Wilmington, NC. I am headed out to scrap, shop, lay on the beach and hopefully relax before heading back to work next week. Can you believe it, it's almost time for school to start back, YUCK! I will have new stuff to post when I return.
Thanks for stopping by. Leave me a comment, when you check out my blog. I would love to know who is out there.
Dawn :)

New Stamp Shelf!

2008-07-15T20:03:00.002-04:00

I went to AC Moore today and they have totally revamped the scrapbooking/rubberstamping dept. They did away with the large green wooden shelves that housed the rubber stamps and replaced them with acrylic, I asked the manager what he did with the cabinets, and he sold me one!!!! Yeah! So for $20 a little goo-gone and elbow grease I am now the proud owner of a stamp shelf! All of the AC Moore's are redoing their shelves, ask if they are selling them. I know the one here in MB did and the one in Savannah changed to acrylic.

Have a great day!

Dawn :)

4th of July- My Very First Digital Page!!

2008-07-09T01:28:00.003-04:00

Digital Page
12x12 paper page

OK, I did it, I actually did a digital page. And you know what it kind of looks good. I printed the page and then added a few embellishments, (you know me I got to add something ). Anyway, I am adding a digital 8 1/2 by 11 page and of course a regular 12x12 page. These are both of Teagan and her "boyfriends" playing at Market Common after our movie last week. Enjoy ! Dawn :)

Girlfriends Altered Tag

2008-07-09T01:11:00.003-04:00

Hi Everyone, I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. We just played it quite and stayed close to home. I am adding a new tag that I made using Claudine Hellmuth's torn paper background. I am including the link to her website, she has a video clip of the directions for the background. It was really fun to do using a tag, glue, copy paper, masking tape and inks. Good luck and happy crafting! Hugs to all, Dawn :)

http://claudinehellmuth.blogspot.com/

Pages from the Heart

2008-07-01T22:52:00.005-04:00

Hi everyone,

I am submitting my work to a design company. I had to send photos of my layouts, I had some trouble photographing the 12x12 layouts. Next time I am going to have to take them to Kinko's to be scanned, I guess. If anyone has any good suggestions for submitting pictures of 12x12 layouts, please share! Hope you enjoy the pages, as much as I enjoyed creating them.

Dawn :)

Altered Art Tags

2008-06-28T21:37:00.004-04:00

"Time" Tag, white card stock tag cut out using the cricut, stamped cart. I painted the tag with the distressed paint-tea dye. Then using a versa mark pad I stamped "time" and the clock. I embossed both using the distressed embossing powder-black soot. I inked around the edges with the distressed ink -black soot. I finished the tag with a brass antique brad, and twine.

"Breathe"- This tag was created by painting a Manila card stock tag with Distressed crackle paint-Broken China. I painted the tag, heated to dry with a heat gun and then added a second layer of Tea Dye paint randomly to the tag. I stamped "Breathe" on a second piece of white card stock, distressed the edges, and the front with -Walnut Stain,distressing ink. Then I used an embossing pen and outlined the details in the stamped image. I embossed the image with UTEE. I added stamped hearts to the tag as well as 2 small screw brads, 1 loopy brad with twine, and a ghost flower that I inked with Wild Plum alcohol ink, I finished the tag by inking the edges with Walnut stain and tying an inked ribbon to the top. "Little Prince"- This again was a Manila tag. I stamped the little prince image, inked the entire tag with distressed ink-Black Soot and Vintage Photo. I embossed the crown using an embossing pen and gold embossing powder. The frame is a stamped image with the middle removed. I inked the frame both on top and the edges, using the same inks. I added 2 small vintage buttons, several stamped crowns, and an inked flower with a center brad. I finished the tag with an inked beige ribbon.
"Dream"- Was created on a manila tag, I painted the tag with the distressed crackle paint in Worn Lipstick. I stamped dream on a second piece of card stock and cut using a 2in. circle punch. I inked the stamped image and embossed using clear embossing powder. I mounted the image to the tag using foam dots, to give the image some dimension. Other embellishments include: a clock face stamp, music wings stamp, flourish design stamp, inked Scrabble letter, inked Ric-Rac card stock scrap, 3 buttons with embroidery floss, and a scrap of lace ribbon. I finished the tag by inking the edges with Black Soot and tying an inked beige ribbon to the top.

Hi everyone, I had such a good time yesterday at my local stamping store, we had a blast playing with the distressed crackle paints and the distressed embossing powder. I love the way that these tags turned out. When I left the store I was covered in ink, and smiling all the way to the car. Dawn :)

Journey Card

2008-06-24T22:59:00.000-04:00

I made this card using glossy photo paper and alcohol ink.

1- White pre-scored card, inked with Distress Ink in Black Soot

2-Take 4x6 glossy photo paper and ink using alcohol inks- I used Butterscotch, Wild Plum and Stream. Distress edges of photo paper, and ink with Distress Ink-Black Soot

3-Stamp "Journey", swirls, key, postage and clock scene randomly onto photo paper.

4-Adhere photo paper to front of card.

5- Inside of card- I stamped Life quote and swirls using Colorbox Frost White Ink.

6-All swirls are outlined with Gelly Roll glitter pen.

7-Handwrite message using Gelly Roll White pen.

Always Enjoy your Journeys!

Dawn :)

"Water Baby"- Mini Beach Chipboard Book

2008-06-24T17:51:00.000-04:00

I am posting a mini chipboard album that I completed. It is bound with 3 O-rings, with ribbons.

The chipboard was cut on the cricut- My Community Cartridge- 3 ring notebook page 6x4-
The mermaid and clam on the front cover were made with the paperdolls cricut cart.

I painted the chipboard using acrylic craft paint in turquoise and inked around the edges of the chipboard pieces using Distress Ink in black Soot. Once dry pictures were matted on orange cardstock and brushed slightly around the edges using the Distress Ink in Black Soot. Handwriting using the Gelly Roll white pen around the edges of the pictures gives it the personal touch that I wanted my niece to feel from her book. Embellishments and letter stickers were from various companies. I hope you enjoy my little Water Baby book, as much as my niece is going to enjoy looking at it. Happy Crafting- Dawn :)

Thanks Linda

2008-06-19T20:07:00.000-04:00

Thank you Linda at A Scrapbook Boutique for your kind words and encouragement. :)

Welcome to my blog

2008-06-19T20:05:00.000-04:00

I am totally new at this, but here goes. I am so excited to start my blog. I want to showcase some of the creative memory pieces that I have made for my family and loved ones. I will be uploading layouts and creative art pieces frequently. Hope to see you back again soon.