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Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 7, 2012


The Flip-Pal mobile scanner 2012

Veterans Day / Remembrance Day Sale!

The following promotion codes are valid until
11:59 p.m. Mountain Time, November 14, 2012
when ordered on our shop page.

Save $15 when you purchase a Flip-Pal mobile scanner!
(Regular price $149.99, Sale price $134.99)

Save $40 when you purchase a The Flip-Pal mobile scanner with the Creative Suite Craft Edition DVD and the Flip-Pal mobile scanner Deluxe Carry Case with Pocket Bundle!
(Regular price $229.98, Sale price $189.98)

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012


Here is an offer you should not pass up.....

Save $20 when you purchase a Flip-Pal mobile scanner plus a Deluxe Flip-Pal mobile scanner Carry Case with Pocket!
(Both items must be in your shopping cart!)

Coupon is good from April 18 – 29

Use Coupon Code:  FPDC412A






I use this scanner for my craft projects,

all of my old pictures and scrapbooks

and even old documents for my genealogy.

It is so easy to use!!! And the best about it

is that it is portable.

I highly recommend this product.

Just go directly to their website

CLICK HERE and don't for get about the

Coupon Code.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Paper mache and scrapbook paper

Sorry about the picture, all I had was my phone camera to take the picture. Can you see the Easter basket in the back ground??

This is a quick craft project I made up for my grand daughter using paper-mache letters, scrapbook paper and ribbon and lots of Mod Podge.  As you can see the last two "E's" I was still working on when I took this picture. I used Fabri-Tac to put the ribbon on, holds so good. The front of the letters are metallic paper and the ribbon I used are glittery too. Perfect for a little girls room, don't you think!!!!

Monday, April 2, 2012

Another giveaway!!!



Another American Carpenter's Apron Pocket from my friend Brenda at http://therustythimble.blogspot.com/

Depending on the amount of entries, she
may select a second place winner for a surprise!

Rules to Enter are
*please remember if you do not have a way for her to
contact you to leave that in your comment*

1. This is the only one you have to do, you must be a follower
New Followers are always Welcome!
and you must leave a comment on this post only to be signed up

2. Leave me a comment on The Rusty Thimble Facebook Page

3. Share this giveaway on your blog sidebar

4. Share this giveaway on your Facebook wall

Good luck to all who enter, 
(BUT I AM CROSSING MY FINGERS 
AND TOES TO WIN IT THIS TIME!!! LOL)

Saturday, March 31, 2012

FREE Easter Egg Holder In A Shape Of Rabbit (Easter printable)


Download and print this cute Easter bunny Easter egg holder for the kids to use while decorating their eggs this week.  He is a cute way to display their works of art and he will be a great addition to the kids table at Easter brunch.  Just download and print him and the kids can decorate him too!

Here is the Link: Free Easter egg holder bunny

Thursday, March 8, 2012

March is National Craft Month



    Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores is inspiring consumers with daily new how-to videos, an online craft contest and more at www.joann.com
    And
    Michaels Stores is celebrating with a new web-based craft competition called Craft Masters at www.michaels.com/craftmasters
    Have you made any crafts this month?

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Another Giveaway!!!

Do You love primitives???
One of the blogs that I follow, Brenda from The Rusty Thimble, is doing a March Giveaway...look at this adorable bunny!!!


So hop on over to her blog (click here) and follow the instructions to enter this giveaway. To see more of her wonderful primitives she is selling at her  Etsy store (click here).
And don't forget to follow her blog!!


Saturday, February 11, 2012

Since my mother pasted away

It's been 10 months since my mother pasted away. And with that it seems all my inspiration, imagination, and incentive have past away also. No....I am not depressed....just no ideas come to mind when it comes to painting!

I did do a few projects.

One of them being a Key West Subway Art (or topography) that is going into my living room.
 

Another project was for my grand-daughter for Christmas it was a wood kitchenette that I painted.

Before:                                          After:
 


I guess these are little steps to getting back to my Art.

But I think this just sums it all up, by Ira Grass

"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone had told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get pass this phase; they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know that its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you finish one piece. It’s only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take a while. It’s normal to take a while. You just gotta fight your way through."

JUST DO IT !!!!!

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Monday, November 8, 2010

Brag Monday

It brag Monday on The Graphics Fairy and I went to work trying to find something I could whip up for this Coffee Pot.  I borrowed from the Graphic Fairy this image of the music sheet which says "Around the Christmas Tree".  First I distressed the sides with Distress Ink for Tim Holtz and then used E6000 to glue it on to the pot. I then went scavenging for something else to put on it and found this Santa.  I did the same distress ink and glued it on to the music sheet. Found a few other things and here it is. I won't be making coffee with it but it does make for a nice flower arrangement.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

A Give Away!


I thought I would tell you about a newly discovered blog I found. My friend LuLu is having a great give away at coastalsistersnews.blogspot.com. I've been following her blog for the past month and it is divine! She has the best give aways!!! Go visit her blog now and sign up to follow her.....You will Love it!

Monday, November 23, 2009

Acrylic Abstract

Do you believe in accidents can become art? That is what this is.  I squirted gesso on a canvas and then had a phone call and forgot that I had left it without spreading it out. About 2 hours later I came back and saw the design. To me it look kind of asian or oriental so I colored the lumps in black and loved it. So of course I just went with it and painted the background in a red acrylic. Then I used Tim Holtz distress ink for the edges and painted the sides black. You can buy it framed like the 2nd picture at Redbubble.com. If anyone is interested in the original go to my Etsy store. Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

It is a small world!

I can not believe how small this world is really getting thanks to the internet, blogs, and Facebook. I have taken a few class on the internet and found so many friends, then you see them on a blog you are following and now it seems I am finding them on Facebook. But here is the thing, so many of them know *my friends* as we are being inter-twined through our interest in the art world.  Take a look at my the blogs I am following and see who you know, it really is amazing.

I just finished another art piece from a class I have mentioned before, Suzi Blu - Les Petit Dolls.  If you have not visited her site, I highly recommend you check it out. There is a variety of classes and all of them are great. I am so hooked. I have dolls coming out of my ears now. As I get them done I put them aside for projects I can do at a later date. This is my latest project I just finished and I am sure there will be many more to come and will be selling them on Etsy soon. Hope you stop by to see them.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Friday, October 23, 2009

Autumn, Change of Seasons


I think I am catching on to this new technique I have learned. This is on wood, then painted, collage, then painted again, stamped, paint, glued, added buttons, waxed, and another coat of paint. So many layers....and much love put into it. This was another fun project. I have 2 more projects going and will post them as I get them done. The biggest problem is I ran out of wax!! Left one is the finished piece with the wax finish.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Art and Soul Retreat

I just signed up for the "Art and Soul Retreat" for May 2010, that will be held in Hampton, Virgina. You might think this is crazy to sign up now but this retreat is huge. Some classes sell out in the first 24 hr after they post that registration is open. Well, registration is now open! It is so much fun and you learn so much and I think the best thing is that you are surrounded by other artist and crafters.  If you are interested this is what it is all about:

Art & Soul is a paper, fabric, jewelry and fiber arts art retreat taught by internationally recognized instructors. We are thrilled to bring such a wide variety of skills and artistic talent together for a 6th year!

Choose from dozens of mixed media workshops taught by internationally recognized instructors—designed to energize your creative spirit and reveal the secrets of your soul.

Work and play with a multitude of media—from thrift store finds to
tempered glass, vintage photos to polymer clay, beeswax to horsehair, fabrics to water colors and more….


Crackle, quilt, bead, chart, fold, mold, carve, paint, collage, weave, sew and more….
Create a tiara, a shrine, a journal, a vision, a necklace, a masterpiece, a pillow, a shadow box, a memory, a quest and more….


2010 Events
   Las Vegas !!    February 21-24, 2010
Registration is now open

Hampton, VA  -  May 20-24, 2010
Registration begins September 13, 2009



Check it out now....sign up now!!!

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Work in progress

It's the Labor Day weekend so I sat down this evening and painted something that was a little different. I sketched this out but my hand at the top end of the pencil like a child might do. Then I painted gesso over it to make it a little scary looking. Now I am putting color in so I have some definition and hollow the eyes out a little more.  I am not sure how this is going to finish out, scary or just different. Stay tune to see the out come.
                                                             #1 - The beginning
#2 - Just a little different. Changed the shape of her face and put more color in.













#3 - Is she done????
       Anyone have some feedback????


Well, I have decided I like her so much that I am going to use some techniques that I have learned from my journal group, SoulJournaling which is a yahoo group. Sarah Whitmire teaches this group and has a few classes you can do for free. Sarah has been published several times in the Somerset Magazines. I have learned so much from this group. Please stop by and see what we are doing in this group....you will love it.
Visit us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoulJournaling/


So stay tune with this project. It is going from a thin piece of paper that I was just playing around on to a cool picture that will be put on board next.  Stay tune.......


Sunday, August 23, 2009

Little Red Tin

Trash to Treasure, Recycle, Re-use.











I love tins. This was a tin that I spray painted, put a drawer handle with washers, then decorated with a piece of metal and a key. Thought it turned out pretty darn cute! I hope my friend likes it!! If you like crafts go to my other blogs: http://artsandcraftsintampa.blogspot.com/ and http://artintampa.blogspot.com/

Monday, August 3, 2009

Vacation time

It was a time of rest and relaxation. I went with my husband to one of his training classes and it rained off and on. I enjoyed my morning walks but after lunch here came the rain. So I took out my watercolor crayons and started playing. If you have never played around with this, it is easy to use and


perfect to carry on your vacation. This was a box of 12, and 2 brushes and 5x7 watercolor paper. You color just like it is a crayon, then wet your brush and and start moving the watercolor around....instant watercolor.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Max says "Happy Birthday"


"Max wishes you Happy Birthday!"
I belong to another yahoo group "Paper Imagery Designs" .
This is a contest that is going on right now. You download the picture and alter it. They said it was Lori's birthday so I figured Max needed to wish her a happy birthday!

I started with my journal book. This is an old book that I altered for all my journals. I painted a light coat of gesso so the words could show through for the background. I cut the head out of the picture PID provided. I found the body, cake, balloons and hat in old magazines. I think think the head and body goes together nicely but I had to make copies on my printer in black and white and reduced the body and enlarged the head to match. I colored with crayolas, markers and ink. This type of art journaling is fun and fast. Who knows I might win the contest and get a prize!!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Just started my art jounaling


This is my art journal were I play... scribble, learn new techniques, put my favorite quotes, say what is on my mind....you get the idea. I can be as messy as I want. I found an old book. Glued some pages together to make it strong enough to paint on. You can see the print in the background. Then I claimed this book as mine and I can not be critical about any of it. I even put my soul of armor on the second page to remind me that this book is protected. I can have courage just to let go and experiment.



The next picture is a celebration and to thank all our Troops for our Independence. I found a few definitions from an old dictionary and glued them and then wrote a quote from Thomas Payne. Then I played with my new painters pens and made fireworks.

If you are interested in learning how to make your own art journal we have a group you can join on Yahoo - Soul Journaling by Sarah Whitmire. Come learn with us.