To Live A Creative Life....

Hi everyone! How's it going? I see that you've all been pouring your hearts into your amazing creations, such beautiful work out there. 

I've been trying my hand at mixed media on wooden canvases & paper, these days. Here are som of my latest creations.

My DH helped me out by making me all of the blank, wooden canvases to work on. He did a great job, as always.  

Enjoy!

some of the blank wood canvases my dh made for me :):):)

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You Know What They Say About Curiosity...

Well, thank goodness I'm not a cat or even better that it hasn't killed me yet! 

Here's the deal, my curiosity was killing me about the new Cricut Explore, I held out as long as I could and finally broke down and bought one a week or so ago.  There are a ton of mixed reviews, but so far I think it's pretty nice. I'm impressed with it's precise cuts and ease of use. I do feel that Silhouette Studio Designer Edition has the edge, as far as creative freedom. The main reason, I choose to upgrade, is because I own sooooo many cartridges. So far so good. 

Below are the 1st few things I cut with the Explore

I love both machines :):):)

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Learning Mixed Media & Loving It...

It's been a while, but I'm still here! I've been doing a lot more creating this year and a lot less posting (as if that's actually possible).  I can never seem to find the right balance for the two. So, I've decided to just do what i can do and that's that. How is everyone enjoying this beautiful new year? Every now and then, I do take a quick peek and see all the lovely things you're all creating and wow, just gorgeous!!!

We've been working on a healthy lifestyle in our home, which includes clean eating & a lot more movement... yoga, P90X workouts, walking, running, bicycling, etc. It feels amazing! 

Here are some pic's of what I've been up to this year, which includes learning and trying my hand at some mixed media. Hope you like it, I'm addicted for sure.

My Journal... A page in progress.

You can see some of the TP roll stencils sitting by the drawer here. Just cut them up and shape them, it's that simple!

Practice (stencils here are recycled goods such as; toilet paper rolls & yogurt cups)

Practice

Practice (doodles and stamping)

And more practice (leaves using modeling paste and a stencil)

Another TP roll stencil.

and a mini page made with that TP roll stencil :)

 Happy creating.

Hugs,

Pointsettia Christmas Tag

Hi! I hope everyone is doing well.

Here is a tag I created for my lovely neighbor. 

As always, I'm hoping for more creative time in the New Year :):):)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Front

Back... If you look closely you'll see an angel on this side.

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Jolly Old St Nicholas

Hope everyone enjoyed a very Happy Thanksgiving and stayed away from all the shopping madness the day after ;) 

Here's a stamped, Old Fashioned Santa... Fussy Cut & Copic Colored :)

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Happy Holidays ~ Christmas Tree!

Just a little fun with Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Nastabillities, fancy stitching and such.

Hope all is well!

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Anniversary Card....

Nesties, Cuttlebug, Vintage Seam Binding Ribbon, Metal Heart Charms, Designer and Metallic Paper, Bazzill Card-stock!

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Lovely Little Wedding Card...

Designer papers, card-stock, vellum, lots of layers, stitching, punches (hearts), ribbon, etc. 

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You Are My Sunshine ~ Mini Book...

Hi there!

Just wanted to share a little project I just finished up. It's a mini book made from recycled return envelopes, you know the kind we toss out, that come with our mail almost everyday :):):)

  As you can probably tell, I love recycling things we toss out as trash!!! 

 I painted the envy's with yellow acrylic paint, added spaces & tags to write or attach images to.  Hand bound the book pages with embroidery floss.  Oh and I designed and cut the "You are my sunshine... My only sunshine" with my Silhouette Cameo.

Well that's all for now...  It's pretty straight forward, hope you like it.

Hugs,