She Is So Green

The challenge was color. What was I to do ? There were so many ideas in my head, I had a difficult time creating art in a single color. Inspired by these ladies found in the pages of a magazine, abridged quotations selected for them and adhered  to some green backgrounds and finished with the barest embellishments.

Just a little "Green Fun".

 

Out of the Envelope

Wednesday was a special day here in the Valley  as we witness a snow flurry!  Usually the common words here are dry and hot, however, a cold wave passed through and created wet and snowy conditions!
Equally surprising was the envelope that was waiting for me when I arrived home, it was a beautifully packaged envelope packed with wonderful Marie ATC's.
It was thrilling to open this package and pull out these precious pieces of art! A sweet new vintage Marie ATC gallery....They are so special I want to share them here and thank everyone whose work I have received. I love each and every card, I hope you do too!

Beautiful floral Marie 

by Pamela

A blue stunner

by Barb

A feminine splendour

by Amanda

A beaded wonder

by Carey

A sweet flower

by Tracie

The Marie that stayed behind

by me 

These cards are so very special. Thank you for taking the time to view this amazing collection. I 

hope you agree with me that Marie never looked so beautiful!

Has anyone seen my hat?

 Pointy hat, that is?

 I feel like the life of the party in my hat.....

 My hat helps me hit those high notes....

You can see the moon and stars in my hat....

To see more Pointy Hat Moo's please visit the Pointed Hat Gallery at Moo-Mania!

Pink Lanterns

It's fun to explore different cultures with my Girl Scouts, they enjoy it so very much. This week, in preparing for the lantern festival, part of the Chinese New Year celebrations, we made paper lanterns. Making paper lanterns had been on my mind for some time, I had wanted to make them with some the little votive lights that can be purchased at the dollar store, of which I had been collecting for such a project, but the lanterns were never made.

 This week I wanted to do something creative with the girls, so the paper lantern project was revisited and the materials used to make them collected and with a little preprep done by my coworker, the project turned out very successful and the girls were happy!

The materials needed for this project are Origami paper, pictured here is a luscious pink with gold, scissors, glue stick, and awl with some string for hanging. The gold paper was cut prior to the event, with the large cutter, so all 36 sheets were cut at once.  About a half inch was cut off twice from the end of gold paper...this made the construction of the project so easy and quick.

Several can be made quickly and strung with a strong thread, measuring the distance between each lantern  and knotting the thread after every lantern, prevents them from sliding. Hanging the paper lanterns gives a room a very festive look.

Completing several lanterns made the girls very happy! Each of the girls took several sheets of paper home  to make more paper lanterns for their rooms.
Creating in pink brings about a great amount of happiness, so for more happiness, please visit Beverly at "How Sweet the Sound" where there is a wonderful community of pink lovers who share their delightful Pink Saturday's on their amazing blogs!

Purple Valentines Blog Hop Giveaway

Thank you all for visiting and posting comments during this wonderful week of love.  I enjoyed reading all the wonderful comments so very much!   

So.......... I offer congratulations to the winner of the Purple Love tags:  Kris Dickinson

Welcome to the "Purple Blog Hop Giveaway". There is so much love all around us and when I was pondering what to create for this giveaway blog hop, I saw some tags for sale at the local scrapbook store, they were so cute, and perfect for the gift to give during this special blog hop, so....I thought I would make some purple love tags to share the love.

These tags were so fun to make. They're constructed out of three great shades of violet-purple. The tags feature a heart cut from embossed paper with a lovely flower on it's side. They express it all with love stamped across the bottom in black ink. To finish the tag a strand of baker's twine was inserted into the top.

Use these tags to send a personal love note, to dress a gift package or make them the start of a cute love banner. The set comes with five 3 inch wide tags. To receive a set of tags, simply leave a comment below this post and share what you would consider as the most romantic gift. Not only will I enjoy reading all your comments, there will be one lucky commenter who will win the set of 5 tags. The winner will be selected at random and posted on this blog February 15th.
If you haven't been to the Dean Designs blog,  please go, it is a lovely destination and it is the originating site for this fabulous blog hop!
Thanks for your visit, have a week filled with chocolate hearts and warm hugs!

Kung-Hsi Fa-Ts'ai

Cleaning house, washing clothes, doing hair, decorating, planning feast, Celebrate.
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, I am busy making the preparations to enjoy many Celebrations.
My first celebration is the Pink Saturday Celebration.
This week in learning & sharing cultures, several groups of Girl Scouts, here in the valley have painted fans for the new year. It was such a fun project, I also participated,  painting mine Pink in honor of this auspicious day!!

I will also be celebrating by making a trip to the Chinese market later in the day to pick up a box of fortune cookies and enjoy some Chinese Pancakes,while I am there. Chinese pancakes are wonderful. They are smaller in size and they are stuffed with the most delicious fillings. You may choose, coconut, custard or red bean paste. If you haven't tried them, please do, I highly recommend it.

This evening I will be celebrating among friends and perhaps playing some card games or just enjoying friends in fellowship and meaningful conversations.
Beverly at "How Sweet The Sound" is hosting many more friends celebrating Pink Saturday, so please take some time and visit these more of these wonderful friends as they share their Pink.

  Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful Pink Saturday and Kung Hsi Fa-Ts'ai.

Love is in the Air

Congratulations to the winner of the AR Customer Blog Hop: The blog hop winner came from Lynn's blog:  Jess
Welcome to stop 6 as you hop along this wonderful "Creations by AR" Customer Valentine's Day Blog Hop.

You have just come from a visit from Lynn's blog, so I hope you're having fun hopping along and discovering the fabulous templates that are available to you from Creations By AR. I was so excited that Lisa announced another customer blog hop. The templates are so easy to use and every project looks amazing when completed, I just had to join.

 Love really is in the air! 

When I signed up to participate, I had no idea what I wanted to create, after contemplation with the papers I wanted to use, I selected the the heart shaped box template with the planter template and created a little Valentine's Day treat that is so very sweet!

To make this wonderful Valentine's day favor, I used the small heart template and cut out 2 hearts, these were glues together with the right sides out and a pixie stick was inserted between them before the glue was dry.

Next came the planters, which is really ideal when used with double sided paper. My paper was single sided so I cut out two and then glued the two papers together. This produced a contrasting top for the planter.

This template assembled quickly and easily so I was able to make several favors for my valentine's day guests.

A little cube of floral foam was inserted into the planter to hold the Pixie stick in place and some small conversation hearts were then piled into the planter to hide the foam. A small tag stamped with the word valentine was made and attached to the Pixie stick with a pink gingham ribbon, this gives a little identity to each one of the favor's.

So easy to make and so very sweet to add to your table for this special day of Love!

I do hope you are commenting along the way and letting us know how much fun you're having visiting everyone on this blog hop! When the blog hop is over a winner will be selected from all the comments, so please comment along the way!  The lucky winner will receive a new template from AR! 
If you have been hopping in order, you have one more stop to make at Jennyfer's blog, so enjoy!
If you're a facebook user, please go to Creations By AR and Like her page!

Lisa Eisner - http://craftingwithprincesslisa.blogspot.com/

Diana Auberle - http://kreativfenster.blogspot.com/

Mary Roberson - http://handmadeheartfelt.wordpress.com/

Raissa Spatola - http://www.raissastamps.com/my_weblog/

Lynn - http://heavenlycrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

Gigi Lorenc - http://sunshinelollipopsandbutterflies.blogspot.com/

Jennyfer Leung - http://scrapalajen.blogspot.com/

Please leave a comment, I would love to read it...and remember that  a winner will be selected to receive a brand new template! Many thanks for coming by and good luck!

A Moo Moment

It was time to stop all things and take a few minutes to be creative and participate in the current Moo- Mania moo card challenge. The theme for this challenge is postage stamps, so I quickly found a few images and began creating a little collage. It was so fun I couldn't stop at one!

This moo card was put together using images from the wonderful Artchix studio and Graphics 45. The trim was purchased from the Daiso in San Francisco. It was fun creating this warm vintage card.

Of course. when being creative, why stop...just keep on going? This pretty moo card was created from a Artchix collage sheet, with a  flower and postage stamp that came from a collage element collection from Hot Off the Press. To finish the card a little pink German scrap was glues to each end.

 Of course, I had a creative moment while I was cleaning and organizing papers and created this fun Moo called Magic Slippers. Of course they were Ruby Slippers,weren't they?. I began to by using the back of the paper pad, so wonderful, never have to waste the packaging again! Oh isn't the lion so sweet, who needs courage when you are so darling!
 To participate in this moo challenge head on over to Moo-Mania, while you are there take the time view the large gallery of wonderful Moo Cards and join the fun!

Enio Bonchev - 2012 Rose oil production.avi

Bulgarian Rose is such a wonderful aroma. A truly enchanting scent. A marvelous ingredient in your Perfume, your lotion or even in your cup of tea. It is extremely feminine and the scent lingers and becomes very memorable.
It takes a great deal of rose petals to get oil and the process for harvesting is amazing. It is perfect to share on this Pink Saturday! For more wonderful pretty pink roses please visit Beverly at "How Sweet the Sound".
Thank you for sharing a wonderful moment with me this Pink Saturday!

Sweet Pink

It's been a wonderful week, with so many great events happening.
It's been raining here in the desert, which, when it does brings great joy to those who live here. When the rain occurs on the weekend it's very tempting to snuggle in a warm bed and sleep in, but not this girl, I was up and about.
Today was the day packages went out. Two wonderful visitors, who left comments, will receive envelopes with substrates and some collage elements to to create with! One Package to Ellen and one package to Birgit. I want to thank everyone who posted a comment on my last giveaway. An attempt to contact everyone was made to send a package to you, however there were several that did not respond or their link did not work.
Today, as a special event for Pink Saturday, I want to share a tiny china basket. This is so cute and petit, perfect to hold a special trinket, The basket is small and one one side features a tiny pink rose, with a tiny blue rose on the other side.

Pink Rose

Blue Rose

If you would like this small decoration, which would look lovely in a romantic vintage decorated room, please leave a comment on this post. I will pick a winner and announce it on next weeks Pink Saturday post!
Visiting others who participate in Pink Saturday is wonderful, so please visit Beverly, at How Sweet The Sound, who is sharing a vintage photo of herself and the real Beatrice, as well as many other beautiful bloggers!
Have a happy Pink Saturday!

The sweet side of swapping

Creating ATC's for a swap event is so enjoyable. From forming an idea, collecting the materials, and then building the card. It brings about a great feeling of accomplishment. Going to the event or receiving cards from a swap, however, is the most exciting part. It's like opening a box of chocolates! Each has it's own flavor! This months trade is no exception.
Now on to the cards.......

A wonderful card to share the love, wonderful embossing and UTEE! Covered in paint and ink. A true valentine!

 

This  fun card features a beautiful coy, dressed in a collage and coated in wax at it's best.

I love sassy girls and this one is a true party girl. When she arrived at the table the party really did start!

And to complete the set my own contribution.This chocolate and lime concoction, finished with a bow.
We did have fun and each of us left with a  great set of cards and a new challenge for next month!

It's A Pink Paper Doll Saturday!

It's no secret, I  have always enjoyed paper dolls. Whether they were babies, girls and boys, fashion dolls or home made, it didn't matter. Whenever there was an opportunity to create a paper doll, that opportunity had to be taken!
I am equally excited and jump at the opportunity to participate in paper doll swaps.
One of my favorites to swap, as I have posted, are the Artchix paper doll swaps. I love Helga's selection of paper dolls. They are so much fun to put together and alter. They are also a great way to to begin with paper dolls if you haven't created one yet and are looking for a fun first project.
If you already enjoy creating and altering paper dolls , to play with or to use in an altered project, there is a vast selection from which to choose.

Paper Thin Personas have 312 pages of printable paper dolls. There are several dolls in several series here.

They are charming. They are both in color and as line drawings, so they can be colored or altered.
There are also the brad jointed dolls jointed that can be put together and played with or they can be magnificently altered. This is a fine example from  Evelyn's Blog. There are some wonderful images of vintage articulated paper dolls to enjoy.

Feeling like creating a jointed paper doll for a trade. There is a wonderful selection of templates at the Enchanted Gallery. I really enjoy these, as they are larger to work with and you can get really collage crazy with these!
If you are looking for a little Pink and red Valentine's Day fun, Tipjunkie has an adorable collection of paper dolls that can be cut and created very quickly! “Little Lisha” from Tricia Rennea.

Today I have made some mini darlings with a pink wardrobe to celebrate this wonderful Pink Saturday! I began with a small paper doll template created by American Girl, which is no longer available. I added the charming faces from a Hero Arts Stamp, "Faces of Friendship"
I used the clothes page from the American Girl template as the patterns and cut out some simple pink clothes for these dollies to wear! They are so fun to make and create! They each have a little pink stand too!

Thank you for coming by this Pink Saturday to share in the wonderful Pink celebration.I hope you catch the paper doll fever!  Please take some time and go to Beverly's How Sweet The Sound, to see and enjoy the many other wonderful Pink Saturday posts.