Back in the card groove

 guess I got into a card making mood today. must be all the inspiration from looking at fellow WOYWW's blogs. I just used scraps I had on hand and some of my new stamps I have picked up at the thrift stores, the circle stamp above and the big fan on the orange and mauve card. The bottom card was made with one of my SU sets. (will add the name later when I look)

HOpe everyone has a wonderful weekend :)

WOYWW

 I just couldn't wait to start altering the covers of the sketchbook I showed yesterday. Gessoed last night, will paint today. My oldest daughter went over by my desk and asked "Mom, why do you have a magazine page of a lady laying on a bed?" lol My answer "just don't ask" lol She thinks I'm a little strange to begin with  and if I try to explain she just wouldn't get it lol.

 swung to the right again. These are my catch all shelves :) The ones I had to rearrange once I got my curtains finished :)

Now, if you want to see everyone elses desks today make sure you pop on over to Miss Julia's Blog and have a looksie. Just be warned though it could take up the better part of your morning :)
The weather here is absolutely gorgeous, in the 60's for the next few days, and I am taking full advantage by getting out and doing some walking. Yesterday, the Goodwill. Today, the Salvation Army, Wednesday's just about everything is 50 % off and I am looking for some new spring dresses and the youngest daughter needs jeans :) and of course, I can't pass up the housewares section where they keep the crafty stuff lol
Have a Happy St. Patty's Day :)

Quick post

 Gift card holder that I mad for Stamp Club on friday :)

 My first attempt as layering a flower and making it pop off the page.

 To show our WOYWW cult leader Julia that yes my hair is really long lol

and my find at the Goodwill today lol There is no date on the bathing suit pattern but the men's clothes patterns are from 1969 and 1972. The sketchbook is going to be taken apart and made into possibly another altered journal lol and I just fell in love with the pompom trim in the little baggie :)
Till tomorrow when I take a pic of my desk (I'm going to do my best to make it messy tonight lol).
Hope everyone has a wonderful evening :)

Finished Art Journal pages

Took me a few days to get them finished but I did it :) And I am very happy with the result. I'm trying to work more out of my comfort zone and try new things. Can't say techniques cause well I am just sitting there and playing with paint and images and stamps.

 See those little birdies at the top right :) Those are part of another set of pages I have started working on. Seems I do more work in my art journal lately than anything else. I still have a card to make for next weeks Stamp Club meeting :) My cousin says I always wait till the last minute but I always come up with something creative. We will see lol

 a close up of the heart I made with the molding paste. I like that I tried something and it came out right :)

Well I am off to enjoy some much needed peace and quiet, only the oldest and I are home and I am thinking of getting us a movie to watch.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend :)
***edited to add new pages***

 Figured my art journal needed a front page :) The polka-dot paper is a piece of an envelope that the oldest got in the mail today.

 2 pages I did today. I have so many odds and ends of stickers, die cuts and such from scrapbooking that I am going to encorporate them in here when I can.

If you open the door it says Home Sweet Home :)
Ok, it is now after 1 am  and I should be sleeping but just can't seem to get myself into my bed lol

WOYWW

Welcome to another WOYWW hosted by our fearless leader Julia over at Stamping Ground. Be sure to pop on over there to be nosey haha and check out everyone elses desks this week. Make sure you have something to eat or drink cause you will be sitting at your computer for a while :) There is actually stuff on my desk this week. Mind you, it didn't get there till yesterday afternoon because well my mojo had left the building and did not see fit to return till yesterday :) The journal page you see is inspired by Miss Donna Downey Simply Me. The link brings you to last weeks Inspiration Wednesday's post. The album I am working in was also inspired by her but I can't find the original to share. But she was using newspaper as her base and going from there :)

 Up above my desk I have a pegboard filled with alot of my stickers (I really need to start using them), misc. foam stamps and such. On the wire shelf I have cute little baskets and such holding all kinds of who knows what (been a while since I looked around in them).

 This will be the right page that goes with the one on top. I made the little heart with molding paste, paint, gems and SU's Crystal Effects. I will be sure to post a pic when it is done.

 Here is the front cover of the album. It is made with canvas that I sewed and painted and added stuff to. The beautiful stamp and the person is from a big Ali Edwards set that I bought a good while back.

 Here is the back cover, kinda plain lol but when I made them I didn't know what I wanted to put on it. Maybe soon I will get an idea lol

Off to mundane household stuff until later :) I have told my oldest daughter that we are walking up to the Salvation Army later today, I'm hoping to find some things to use for my crafting :)
Hope everyone has a wonderful day and thank you to my new followers for the comments and also all the other comments :)

WOYWW

Well here is my desk for yet another edition of WOYWW. Be sure to click on the picture to the right to go to Miss Julia (our fearless leader)'s page and check out all of the desks :) Not much going on mine today, yet. Spent this am paying bills YUCK!!

 Also included is the under right hand of my desk. This is storage for my SU stamps, markers and down bottom is miscellaneous tools like punches, my labeler, dremel etc. Oh and you can also see the corner of my very first issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. Loving it so much I treated myself to a subscription.

 And here is another art journalling page. I used my stash of MM scrapbooking paints and on the right page I painted with my fingers lol.

That's about it for today. Gloomy here in New England, woke up to more snow, wth, I want spring.
Have a good day all :)

The ugliest teddy bear lol

I'm so embarrassed to post this picture lol What started out as a good idea turned into the ugliest teddy bear I have ever seen. Now that I have made this for the grandbaby, my youngest wants me to make him one with flames on it, ummm really now haha. I'm gonna give it another try and hope it comes out better. I don't know how this one came out so misshapen when before it was sewn it look perfect lol
Off to undertake the huge task of cleaning up the basement so I can clean out the storage area I have been using since April of 2006 (I'm tired of paying them so much money to hold my stuff--I want my stuff lol).
Have a good one all.