Historic Williamsburg

Saturday morning

We got up early to head to Jamestown Settlement....or are we? We saw this really cool farmers market and thought why not? so we stopped and found out not only was there a farmers market but also a William and Mary football game.

So after the farmers market we just stayed in williamsburg and went to historic williamsburg.... shopping oh yes!

A wonderful weekend

oiy all the photos are out of place okay so here are the smores we had in the garden listening to scary stories at the crowne plaza williamsburg va you will have to click on the pictures to see the story teller. the camera didn't do well with lights in front of me...or was it me not doing it right?

photos are all out of order so I will do my best with what happened...

First after we checked in I saw this poster in the lobby for Friday nights fun. We both decided that after dinner we would make sure we were back in time to see this.

When we got to the garden in back of the hotel it was COLD...but not to worry...we had coats

here we are in the hotel

oops pics out of order....both of us out in the garden waiting on the story teller

rick has to have his pillow everywhere we go.

October is Breast Cancer Month

Patty over at www.lisasalteredart.com has this sheet for a dollar this week. I printed it out and made this little ATC. When you order your digi sheet from her this week she will also add a free sheet with ATC backgrounds for breast cancer. Thanks Patty
and don't forget the TA TA's

A few Halloween ATC's

Rick had taken a picture of house in Alaska that was abandoned. I loved that picture so I printed out two. Cut the window pane out and used pop dots and acetate to give it the feeling of a real window. I then added the scary little guy between the two and there you have it. A ghost looking out of a window.

Here is my submission for the ATC challenge at www.cropstop.com. Our challenge was to use metal as the base. I used a gold metal looking paper an embossed it with my Tim Holtz texture folder for Halloween.

Breast Cancer Digi sheet for mixed media art

Okay here is the most amazing sheet that Patty has ever done and it is only one dollar.
Think of the ATC's you can make with this. I am going to send to everyone woman I know a card with one of these on them and a reminder that this is the month to get them checked. So, go and get this sheet NOW.
www.lisasalteredart.com

Even more pictures of Europe

fun day in estonia

at the hermitage in russia

denmark was beautiful

Pictures of my Darling Husband and I on vacation in Europe

Russia Estonia

Germany

London

Getting ready for the flight to Heathrow from New York

This was the vacation of a lifetime ( we thought) for us. Turns out Rick has Northern Europe planned next for us. Norway, Iceland, Scottland, Ireland, England, Paris France and one other place.

He surprised me by throwing this vacation on the books. I knew Italy in 2012 but not this one.

I can't wait. We have so much to celebrate knowing that the bone cancer scare was just that only a scare as it was his mast cell. So, now I have many many many years left with this amazing man.

My soulmate and best friend

Europe here we come

CropStsop's Around the world card making blog hop

CropStop's "Around the World" Card Making Blog Hop!

Yes, we are doing it again!

In honor of World Card Making day, CropStop is hosting a progressive blog hop! Starting with the Cropstop Blog, you will visit each of the Cropstop Crew Member Blogs listed below and leave a comment on their creative project. Then, you will have one week to complete a project of your own, using one or more of the products featured in the CropStop Crew Member Blogs and link it in a reply box on the Cropstop Blog. Show us how you can mix and match the products the team is using in your project and if you don't have an item then show us your inventive side with a smart substitution. You do not have to use all the items the ladies are using but show us how creative you can be.
Deadline for linking to the CropStop's "Around the World" Card Making Blog Hop POST is Saturday, October 9th, at midnight Eastern time.

Winner will be chosen by random draw of all that participate and link to the CropStop Blog.
First prize is a $25.00 Gift Certificate to the CropStop Store.
Second and Third prizes will be a $10.00 Gift Certificate to the CropStop Store.

1. CropStop Blog - rules and guidelines http://cropstop.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE!
2. Veronica/Tattered Angels http://artbyveronica.blogspot.com/
3. Dalis/Cricut http://www.stampergirl.com/
4. Lori/Sizzix http://frugalscrapper.blogspot.com/
5. Gloria/Tim Holtz http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/
6. Lisa/Quickutz http://pop-dot-porcupine.blogspot.com/
7. Anneliese/ Cuttlebug http://www.queen-of-the-crop.blogspot.com/
8. Vicki/Spellbinder http://validationofvicki.blogspot.com/


WORLD CARD MAKING DAY...

World Card Making Day began in 2006 as National Card Making Day. Founded by Paper Crafts magazine to bring card makers together at the beginning of the busiest card-making season of the year, it was first held on October 7, 2006. The initial celebration involved the Paper Crafts magazine audience only; however, due to the positive response it received and the worldwide popularity of card making, the holiday became known as World Card Making Day from then on.

Celebrating its fifth year in 2010, World Card Making Day is celebrated annually on the first Saturday in October. It's a day for the card-making community -- hobbyists, retailers, and manufacturers -- to unite and celebrate the connection and creativity that is the heart of card making.

Make sure that you are part of this "Around the World" card making day by taking part in our CropStop, "Around the World" Blog Hop!!
Leave a comment for a chance to win blog candy. I am giving away a bottle of Tattered Angels glimmer mist and a Martha Stewart unmounted stamp set

Using Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

For this ATC I used Glimmer mists Garden set. the gate is a mask from Tattered Angels. for the background I used Candlelight Glimmer mist and for the Cat I used Raven by Glimmer mist.

This tag I used tiger lilly glimmer mist and then used dazzling Diamonds Glimmer mist on the flower by prima. One of my favorites is using Tattered angels masks. This is from the garden set as well. I used Robins egg blue for the background. On the flowers I used Dazzling Diamonds

One of my favorites. This I used lemon zest glimmer mist and then over the top a coat of Dazzling Diamonds

They only get better

Now is the time if you have never stopped over to Patty's place. This is Lisa's altered Art and not my friend Patty that I talked about in a previous post. Patty has http://www.lisasalteredart.com/ which is a wonderful place where you can find digital art. Lisa is her daughter.

Just take a look at this one...and you will never belive the cost.... she has an amazing sale going on now... one dollar for a ton of ATC sheets and a sale where you can get ten sheets for only 13.00 of all her sheets. So, stop on over and get this amazing deal

A new camera is on the way

http://store.kodak.com/store/ekconsus/en_US/pd/productID.169771600

my everyday camera that I take pictures of my art with died tonight so Rick went online and bought me a new one. YAY thanks honey