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Another great freebie "Countdown"...
6 Mar 2008
...from Lisa Vollrath-Ten Two Studios - this one is through St. Pat's Day to Easter - it starts tomorrow, March 7! Thanks, Lisa!
Where have I been? going crazy- that's where...our house is being renovated entirely upstairs, and a couple walls out, new showers, and new kitchen downstairs. I can't even get into my art studio- it's blocked off! waaaaahhhh!
My asthma has of course kicked up a bit with the dust; though the 'crew' is big on dust control, it's unavoidable. Anyhoo - pics will come, and somehow we'll get through this. I've been a disaster at replying to emails as well - I can't get to the computer as often as I'd like....please- forgive my tardiness....I am scattered, way too scattered, and admit it - but as I gather my wits from here and there, I'll reply-even if I'm way too late! Blessings upon all of you out there, my friends.
Go Fish!
7 Feb 2008
I have yet to upload my beeswax class pictures from last Saturday, Feb. 2, but I do have this fun altered composition book to share. (I'm just now figuring out my Adobe elements 5 program - it's amazing even compared to the Photoshop 7 that I had and lost when my 'puter went kaput. )(I didn't have the disk to reload, alas.)
Anyway....I have fish - not only our dear old koi in our 14 year-old pond, but I have tropical fish and am soon getting a 125 gallon salt water tank setup. This journal is to record the many water tests I will be doing over the first several months, as it sets up and cycles.
The large fish is from a sheet of paper I got when in Florence, Italy last Spring. The smaller fish and woman with fish images are from Ten Two Studios, the April Fish Collage set.
I covered the front with Golden's Fiber paste, covered with cheesecloth. I let that dry after spritzing it with a blue spray wash . I then added the images using Perfect Paper Adhesive. After the adhesive dried, I painted on the white 'coral', and added the chipboard letters before painting the coral. I also added some small clear adhesive circles ("Page Pebbles "by Making Memories) as the air bubbles.
The back cover has part of a sheet of hand-marbled paper I also purchased in Florence last Spring. I overpainted a part of it with blue acrylic paint, and used a fine-tipped black pen to create the scale patterns. I hope you enjoy it!
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My Computer -bah! (and a SPECIAL Valentine's Day Coundown - free!
3 Feb 2008
Well- my computer went to it's cyber-maker this week. (sheesh - I've had that thing for 8 years) - lol - my computer folks saw it and the manager said: " Oh - I remember these!". LOL - makes one feel a tad out-dated - know what I mean?? (Of course, I got to bring the dead parts home- I always retrieve old circuit boards for my art, as in this book sculpture figure. -
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and this -
Well- it's gone for good - so - I got a new computer! Uploading programs and re-doing links is just so darn much fun- NOT!!!! - however- my trusty kewl computer folk here DID retrieve most all of my data and files that were important- and got those integrated onto my new computer - so - I'm sort of back in business- but not catching up very fast.
Now - for the FUN! Be sure to go to Go Make Something at Ten Two Studios to get your FREE Valentine's Day images!
I taught a really fun beeswax collage class again at Scrappy Craft- pictures to come as soon as I reload my camera data and figure out my NEW Photoshop - Adobe Elements 5!
Ciao for now!
Invited to participate in the 2009 CyberFiber Exhibition
22 Jan 2008
I'm thrilled to share that I have been graciously invited to have one of my book art works in the 2009 CyberFiber exhibition in Columbia, South Carolina, Jan. 08-20,2009. Read all about it here. Thank you, Susan Lenz!
A Calendar Shrine..
21 Jan 2008
...with the art nouveau images from the latest collage sheets by Ten Two Studios. I just 'HAD to have these vintage postcard images. :^D)
Instead of using the kewl calendar date pages which go with them (provided in pdf form by Ten Two Studios), I decided to enshrine my cards, so I'll be able to use them year after year. I've had this tin shrine for years, and never did decide what to put in it. (It has a glass door closure - I love it!)
I used remnant stonehenge paper I'd painted for journal pages as the backgrounds for the images of each month's card. I put the current month card in the shrine..thereby holding time captive. (I wish).
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