And the winner is...

Kate!
She won the address book I bought in Mexico for the Birthday Giveaway.
Congratulations Kate and a big THANK YOU to all of you that left comments.
That was fun and I'm already thinking about the NEXT one! Stay tuned...

Got some burnin' love going on here!

They are everywhere online it seems! Google 'making singed flowers' and

see what you get- lots! These are fun to make- easy too.

They satisfy on so many levels- they're green, yay for recycling, you can

'play' with fire as you use a candle for some of them, you can watch a

flat circle of fabric transform right before your eyes.

I'm not giving directions for these as there are so many great tutorials already, but I will tell you that a bowl of water close by is a must- anytime you work with an open flame.

Some fabrics will curl nicely with the use of your heat tool- no flame required. Do a test scrap before starting your flower.

Most of the tutorials show the flowers being used for headbands and pins but they are very pretty on cards as well. Just hand deliver them :)

So go back into that box of clothes for the thrift store and pull out some synthetics. I think I'll try some with petal shapes cut into the circles......

Have a great play day!

This entry is 'Late to the Party'

This photo should have been up a week ago- I've had it that long.

This lovely bunch of cookies were made by a dear friend of mine from Pennsylvania.  She sent me a photo of different cookies she'd made one day and asked what  I thought. What I thought was "I must have some of those!"  I immediately ordered some. They are so pretty and they taste great. The 32 is for my 32nd wedding anniversary last month.

My friend J is planning an Etsy store and all of you can have these wonderful cookies too! She has many other designs as well. When she goes live, I will pass it along to you.

Have a sweet creative day!

Embellishment Class Sample Cards

Had a lot of fun with a few terrific paper art friends making embellishments for our cards, scrapbook pages or any projects that need a little creative 'something'.

If you feel inspired by anything you see here-yay!

*click on the photo for a closer view.

An idea to share

This little book is a green and very inexpensive project. The best part is that it serves a great purpose too. The next photo will show it's use.......

It holds my Nestibilities!

Each 'page' is a sheet of magnet bought at the Dollar Store- 2 pages from each magnet sheet. The cover is from the cardboard box some Christmas crackers came in- that's the green (recycle) part. I used my labelmaker to put the name of each nestibilities set on the back of the page. I made a second book for a dear friend and bought the magnet sheet from our local sign store Signs Ink.

The magnet was cut using my Big Shot and the scallop square die. The holes were punched with my crop-a-dile and binder rings keep the whole thing together. They also allow me to add pages. For fun, I added a few bits of broken jewellery to the rings.

I love projects that recycle, use what I have on hand and are useful. Don't you?

Don't forget to leave me a comment so you'll be sure

to be entered for the draw on Saturday.

Mayan Riviera Souvenir- to win!

I am having a birthday soon and I want to celebrate by giving a gift. I am going to give one of you this address book I picked up in Mexico. Cute eh? I bought it with this purpose in mind. It could easily be made into a small photo album.

To have a chance to win this, all you need to do is

leave a comment before May 1, 2010.

You can leave your comment on any of my blog posts and

your name will be entered into the draw. Easy peasy!

From Paradise to Paradise and Back Again

See this beach? We spent two wonderful weeks on this beach.

Everything was perfect!

We came home to more of the same - today is absolutely perfect.
Loved the vacation, but love being home too.

Time to get down to some art- not sure what kind, just ART!

Enjoy this beautiful day.