Project with Art Parts (Class with Wendy Vecchi)

So here are the awesome project we did in Wendy Vecchi's class Friday night. I had such a great time and was really inspired to go home and pull out some of the art pieces I have collected ......

Wendy and the Niche girls

I did not take the tag class Saturday, but attended the advanced stamping class Saturday night

I gave up my seat for a customer, but was able to play along on the sideline (Thanks for sharing Lyn) I made these ATC's using the new Ranger specialty stamping paper and Distress inks. The new paper are totally awesome to work with

Happy New Year

WoW it is 2010 already, where did 2009, 2008 and more go
We had a nice and quiet Christmas and New year week, celebrating with family and friends
I got my Maya Road calendar started. It is only the 5th and I already have January finished :lol: I have used Maya Road chipboard and acrylic calendar, Heartwarming Vintage calender cutouts, papers from 7 Gypsies, stamps from 7 gypsies and Tim Holtz, Grungeboard swirl, crackle accents and paint and distressing ink. The snowflakes are from a garland I had on one of my mini Christmas trees.

Yes I know... I love the new papers from 7 Gypsies, I also used them here on this LO I made for the January challenge at Scrapbook Express. It is my inspiration using something recycled on the page. The flowers are made out of old bookpages and the title and swirls are cut out of the back of a sketch pad. This is also my January class at The Paper Niche =)

This ATC I made for a swap at Scrapbook Express in December, using stamps ehhh again 7 Gypsies papers, stamps and tape. Tim Holtz stamps and distressing ink.I have also used Claudine Hellmuth paint LOVE to work with these. We carry them and her mediums at the Paper Niche. It was a grunge swap and all the ATC's I got back was totally awesome. Ill post a picture of them all later

A new LO and an ATC

The challenge this month at ScrapbookExpress is to do a monochromatic cluster page where art and culture in in center. This is what I did for inspiration. I have used papers from Websters, Thickers, Prima flowers (colored with glimmermist) and lots of Tim Holtz yummy's (Cracklepaint, Distressing ink, filmstrip and stamps)

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This ATC is done for a swap hosted by Fairyrocks at Paper passion. Got to use some of my favorite stamps (Tim Holtz and Crafty secrets) and my angel wing punch from McGills, Rock candy crackle paint and tokens from the candybar at The Paper Niche...Fun fun fun =)

Just have to show you

What my daughter Amanda (10) was up to yesterday while I was working on a page for the store. We watched a YouTube video of Tim Holtz using his refillable alcohol ink pen.She is just now learning how to do a little stamping. I handed her my re-inkers, water bottle, alcohol inks, blending solution and my pen. This is what she made. Even the bling got colored. WTG girl =)

Just a few days now until Orlando and CHA..It's going to be so much fun and I'm so excited about the Graphic45/TatteredAngels class. Promise to post lots of pictures. Amanda will have to part with her laptop while I'm up there :lol: Tomorrow we're having a crop at PaperNiche.. Caribbean night, Yummy.. LOVE Island food and the girls there are really fun to crop with, a perfect combo =)

ATC album

Made this album for my ATC cards. Well I only have one to go in this one yet...
I want to make some cards reflecting my favorite things.. Coffee had to be the first one

My Coffee ATC card

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ATC card

Did my first ATC card for a challenge at ScrapbookExpress. The challenge was a fall ATC card. It was fun working with this and i will definitively make more. I also want to make an ATC album

Fall ATC card

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Got some shopping time in yesterday. I went up to Scrapbook Central for some new yummy papers from Sassafras, Creative Imagination, Luxe and Kimberly Poloson... I know... I need new papers like I need a hole in my head... I also picked up some new SeeD's stamps..Those I needed...I guess not but they where too yummy to resist. Tim Holtz new grunge boards and new elements and and and and ....... After Central I stopped by Niche for some Jenny Bowlen stuff and also found some awesome Webster's pages papers... NO MORE shopping for this girl for a while