the Librarian

Our librarian at school is retiring this year. 

We all made a page for a scrapbook for her. 

This is my page. I used October Afternoon Public Library. It was perfect for this!

The top "library card" pulls out with a message from me to her.

I used Tim Holtz's Butterfly Die Cut with Embossing Folder. to make the butterflies.

I love how it turned out!

Happy Mother's Day

Here is the card I made for my mom for Mothers Day!

I used BoBunny paper on the bottom. Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock on top I embossed with Tim's Flourish Embossing Folder. 

I die cut the Tim Holtz Baroque and then handcut from green BoBunny paper another Baroque slightly larger than the die cut. I edged the white paper with Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

I sprayed seam binding with Dylusion spray in Pure Sunshine and then Turquoise (turned more green than I wanted... I was trying for yellow with blue ....didn't quite work but the green is close to the green on the paper although it's hard to tell in the picture)

I hand wrote the message and added a few blings. Made the bow and stamped LOVE inside. 

Done.

Happy Mother's Day to all mother's everywhere!

Zentangle experiments.....

More doodling.....

I like the top and right side. Bottom needs something else and the left is okay 

but needs more practice!

I was practicing draping and making "bubbles" I saw in a Zentangle book.

I get all my Zentangle books off of Amazon. 

More Zentangles......

More ATC doodling...

I was using a Zentangle book trying to teach myself some new tangles.

Ignore the top left... it didn't work and then I smeared it! blah....

I like the right 2 sides the most... I will use them again.

Little Owl

Here is another ATC I made. I drew the owl and then added Zentangles. I added white highlights and some shading with a pencil. I used Salty Ocean Distress Marker to add a border around the owl

Isn't he cute? This is one of those...... 

"I meant it to look different, but really like how it turned out and can't believe it's as cute as it is!"

Pray

 I started with an ATC card.  I made the bubble letters. Then did Zentangles in each one. Then I used Picked Raspberry Tim Holtz Distress Marker to make swirls in the background. I used it to make a heart in the PRA. I also drew a Broken China border. 

I was thinking of this verse when I made this....

Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks........

I have it up on my mirror in my bedroom so I can look at it everyday.

Happy Birthday Mom

I found old slides my grandpa had and made a dvd so I could make prints.

I decided to pick some prints of my mom as a girl and make her a birthday book.

She cried.......

I guess she liked it! I went with a blue and yellow theme. Two of my mom's favorite colors. I used old papers that were in the same blue and yellow tones--- but I only know what a few of the companies! I used papers left over from several different paper lines.......

some Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye, BoBunny......

I covered the front in the top corner with the yellow gingham. Then tore the blue and covered the bottom right and top left corners. The buttons are BoBunny chipboard embellishments. I made the roses and greenery from Tim Holtz die cuts.

The ribbon is stained with yellow, blue and a little green...... and some lacy self-stick ribbon.....

Her name is cut from Tim Holtz die cut... typewriter font.

I sprayed some white prima flowers with Dylusions lemon yellow and used them throughout the book. I used some yellow self-stick lacy ribbon, blue rhinestones, yellow button, more BoBunny buttons and a Tim Holtz file folder clip. I also used a Tim Holtz flourish stamp in Broken China.

 

I have a Prima doily die cut. It is only partially cut out. All the center cuts didn't come out and I left them in. I liked it this way. The big yellow flower is a Tim Holtz die cut flower with a Prima button in the middle. The C is a wood block C from Tim Holtz paper stash. I cut it out and used Glossy Accents to add a Tim Holtz fragment. Then a Basic Grey button.

I used October Afternoon Birthday embellishments on this page.

I used the Deco Cropper to cut all the corners.

I wanted it finished to give to her. I am going to make journal cards for her to make comments on each page which I will stick between each page. I wanted to emphasize the photos.