AAWA Altered book

the first one is called swim on the right hand side I have tags put into pockets
this one is summer lovin....live laugh love I also put tiny tags tucked into the side

the one below is fun in the sun on the left is a sunny bike ride and the one on the right is so reminding me of the ya ya sisters when they would get in their convertibles and drive off into the sun. Oh and the quote.... got that from www.stampingbella.com love that quote

This is the second book that I am working on for my altered art group. This is Gloria's http://fromtheheartofhanes.blogspot.com/ book called Summer. I am doing four layouts however, it will end up being six. Here are three

My stampinton order came in today

Okay I get this email and it is from http://www.stampington.com/ and they are having a sale on ALL past dated publications. Get this only $2.00 for each magazine. So, I of course order 19 of them. Now mind you shipping was as much as the magazines but for 59.00 bucks you can get all of these. So hurry hurry to see if they have any left. Some really great magazines. I even got one of their very first publications.

A gift from CHER

here is a picture of the tin it came in
all the pretty packages above and all the goodies below

One of my online art groups is celebrating their sixth year birthday and here is a gift I received from one of my fellow artists at AAWA.

THank you cher so much

Wanna see what $23.52 cents buys?

Okay starting left to right the paint set is copper, gold and silver $2.99, the chipboard $1.99, the chipboard $1.99, the shimmer brads .99 the staz on ink pad 3.99 the rubber stamp 5.99, the sanding block .99 and the staples .99 cents and the cuttlebug was $2.49 and the rest was tax.
Walked into A.C.Moore tonight on the way to the grocery store and the entire first two rows of stamping and scrapping were on clearance. WOW. Just had to buy it all.

A gift from Toni

Look how pretty in the way they were sent
BEAUTIFUL TAGS

So , the mailman comes today and look what Toni sent me... THANK YOU SO MUCH

just look at these papers

In between each page she has a sheet of designer paper
and below she sends you a free pack of paper.

Oh my gosh I just got in my order from my favorite seller on ETSY http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5061964

Looking to buy the Sizzix Texturz plates

okay so my blogger friends I need your help.
I am looking to buy number 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and the holiday sizzix template texturz sheets... anyone know of a store that has them for a great price. I checked ebaby found all of them but the seller is crazy for the shipping price. I have the starter kit number one,2, and 3 but would love to have them all. These are so easy to use with the big shot. So any help my blogging friends can give would be greatly appreciated.

UPDATE okay so my sister aka bestest friend Toni is sending me set number 3 woo hoo...yeah baby...thank you so much Toni

Cuttlebug Embossing Templates

Hopefully you will be able to see the embossing. I just had to try these on my sizzix big shot machine and yes they do work. You may have to click on the picture to see it better.

Donna Dewberry if you are reading this (Donna Dewberry Clay Templates)

You really need to put on the outside of your clay templates that you must use Armor All Spray to keep the clay from sticking to the templates. OIY VEY

So, I ruined the template and had to go buy a new one ( Donna email me for my address so you can send me some new stuff lol)

I am going to send this one to Toni and have BB see if he can power wash the clay out of this one so she can have it.

Anyway public service announcement....

USE ARMOUR ALL spray FIRST before using these templates and DON"T use them in your pasta machine roll the clay out on top otherwise well you will have this mess

But hey on the flip side adorable lace clay came out of it.

WOW, A.C. Moore did it again

This time they had their cuttlebug embossing folders on sale. Manager's special

Row Houses

The first one is man of style I wanted to use something different this time. I have this stamp in my etsy store if you like it.
Shoot the flash is hiding the saying. This one is Butterfly house I love that stamp and I also have an extra one of those in my store too.
Library I saw that stamp and it so reminded me of the librarian at school when I was younger. So , thus Library was created. ACK I just noticed how sad and pitiful my finger nails look ...oh well that is what you get when playing in ink all day. Big Daddy if you see this hint hint ... manicure at Aveda would be great!!! hahahaha

I belong to an online art group called An Affair with Art. This month it is row houses, altered books and postage people ATC's for me.

Here are my row houses.

Two great books you must get

The ATC book is awesome. I haven't wanted to

put it down since I got it. Artful Blogging is good this month too. Both are really good reads.