Lots of pictures!

I'm participating in the mystery envelope swap over at creationsbytee.blogspot.com

And this is what I got from Kim at the gypsy angel! Wow lots and lots of stuff!!!

These are some of the things I made with all these goodies (thanx Kim :)

I think the green piece  that I cut into a heart is encaustic paper.

This one I used the cute stamp of a bird and sing. The bottle cap was in the pkg and I put alchol ink on it. The piece of music is mine.

I put a little glitter glue on the snow- isn't the string cool? She sent me a bunch!

All the paper is from Kim and the little chickie stamp is soo cute! I just added the brads at the top and the be real stamp.

This one is my favorite- I love that photo! I think I'm going to use it as an anniversary card.

You can see the stained doily and the little piece of lace. The heart was a buttton and I cut the shank off the back. I still have lots of stuff to use in my art journaling too. Thanks again Kim!!

Go on over to The Altered Paper (creationsbytee.blogspot.com) and join the fun- swap #4 is coming up :)

trying out new stencils

On this one I tried out my new stencil- zinnia- and used a spray ink. Then I tried out the

harlequin stencil using distress ink and the blender tool also on the dots.

On this one I used a mum stencil with spray in and then I tried out the Ranger pearl mist- kind of hard to see the shimmer, but it's neat.

This I got at Walmart for less than a dollar! I'm going to try carving a stamp and it may even be thick enough to carve one on each side.

No camera

No camera today, so pictures to show  :(  Hopefully tomorrow. I did do some art today- mostly experimenting with stencil, distress inks and masking. Lots of fun!

last 3 pages

Haven't been able to work in studio much- hubby is fixing it up for winter. I only have to bind it together and finish the front cover. Then I think I will try Teesha Moore's amazing 16 pg journal made from 1 piece of watercolor paper- over on youtube. Lots of things to try :)

More pages

Now it's time to bind them- I'm not sure how I'll do it yet.

Guess what I got?

These are some goodies I got in the mail today- I just had to show you!

I already tried out the zinnia stamp- very cool!

The pen is the one Roben Marie  recommends. I tried the spray dye and ir works wonderfully!

This is punchenella(?) I'm very excited to be trying that soon!

And as a nice surprise , she sent me this beautiful postcard of her art work.Can't wait to get back out there and try all the rest!!! I got all these wonderful goodies from the Art Goods Shoppe- check it out!

More flip-flaps

Getting close to finishing the pages. I'm having trouble with my back so it's going a little slower than usual :(

Participating in my first swap- very excited!