We come to another Sunday…..

Hey Everyone….I  trust you’ve all been blessed with a wonderful weekend!!!  My they just seem to go by so quickly don’t they!!!! 

Well….I think I had a productive weekend…..thought I didn’t create any new files in the creation of the following pieces…I did have a lot of fun playing with paper…and hope you’ll still enjoy seeing them even without new files…..It’s been so long since I’ve done this much creating in one weekend!!! LOL

So the first think I needed to work on were some ATC’s for my ATC Swap I host every month in my ARTHaven Creations & Friendships group……this months’ theme was Hearts/Love….so here’s what I came up with……

I really love the softness these seem to have…..with a bit of grungy…..I ‘m quite happy with these…I hope the recipients will be….

So…the next thing I had to work on was a Hangie Dangle swap…..again in my ARTHaven Group…Now before I show you this I’ll go ahead and say I struggled with this….just couldn’t come up with an idea I really liked…..but I ended up with something I like….not love….but like….The flowers you see on this piece I did not create…they were some I’ve had for quite a while and figured I would use them……

The buttons create a heart shape…(this idea I love…)  It was an idea I found off Pinterest!!!  Isn’t that site AMAZING!!! LOL  So many gorgeous gorgeous pieces others create!!!! I think the button heart is my favorite part of this piece!!!

So…..the next thing I worked on is a Tag Swap in the ARTHaven group….This was to be something reflecting Valentine’s day…..I love how it ended……was nothing like I had originally envisioned…LOL.. don’t you just love how that happens!!!   Now I DID create the long stem roses for this piece……I colored them with Jumbo Java Chalk ink on the edges and spritzed with some of my homemade spritzers with Pearl Ex, Pump Hairspray and Worn Lipstick Distress Reinkers…….

The rhinestones were clear….on the ribbon slide and half the rhinestones on the swirles…..I colored them with alcohol markers to match the colored ones I also used…..they turned out perfect….it’s a nice way to be able to custom color things to get the perfect color you need…..Just thought I would throw that out there….

Now I KNOW some of you are going to fall in love with the “torn” notebook paper cut file I’ve made……I can’t take credit for creating this file….Our Paulo made this a while back….it’s it AWESOME!!!!!  If you want the file for yourself…you can find it on his site here…. http://scale-files.blogspot.com/2009/10/nbpaper-piece.html …..Oh yeah…if you’ve not been to his site before….Just let me tell you to be prepared…You are going to be AWED!!!! He’s SO gifted and an amazing person to  boot!!!!

Ok….now I have one more piece to share with you…I needed to make a card/envie for a swap in ARTHaven…..I had drawn a blank when it came to this…LOL…..so I tried to use scrap papers to create this……after playing around I did come up with something I’m quite happy with……

Got a lot of bling going on don’t I!!! LOL  But I just loved it when I did it!!!  Now…I did not make the flower on this piece…but isn’t it AWESOME!!! My very dear friend…Angie Hall Haviland made these…and I just HAD to buy some from her……I LOVE them….You can check out her shop here…. http://www.etsy.com/people/AngieHallHaviland  She is SUCH a gifted ARTist….I just can’t say that enough….

Okie Dokie….That catches me up for the night!!! It felt SO AWESOME to play with paper…..And I can’t THANK YOU all enough for coming by to visit with me to check it out..I really hope you like what I’ve shared…..I also hope you will come by to visit with me again soon…I would like to wish you all a very blessed week!!!! Until next time…

What a 24 Hours!!!!

Hey Everyone…I hope you’re all having wonderful Monday!!!!  What a 24 hours I’ve had….sometime yesterday afternoon I was advised through emails by others that My Free Cut Files that I offer on my Windows Live account were cut off…..they were having some struggles….I thought that it was a bit puzzling….scratching my head no doubt!!!!  I tried to access it with no luck….so I sent an inquiry into Microsoft….they respond back “there’s no issued” things are working fine…..Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh NOT!!!!  So after several emails and finally resolving to the fact my files were lost in a dark dark hole…I am SURPRISED by a very dear friend with a phone call to inform me my files are back on line……..WHAT???????? You’re kidding!!!! 

Well…..she’s RIGHT….apparently whatever Microsoft’s issues were….they’ve resolved them……So I took this opportunity to revamp my blog…….trying out some of the new cutting edge blog layouts Blogger is offering…and have placed the links to My Free Cut Files on the top of my blog…..which I might say is pretty cool!!!! 

So…..I hope you like the new layout….I think I do…seems the page loads A LOT easier!!!!  And you can change to look at what ever format you prefer by clicking on the down arrow on the left top of my blog!!!  Would love to hear what you think!!!

If you’re wanting to follow my  blog there is an RSS Feed link in the very top right…..it’s not very prominent………Hopefully they will improve on that very soon!!!!!  I’ve heard from several it’s loading MUCH faster which is a GREAT thing!!!!!!  Also for any interested….IF you are interested you can click on the Google+ below and follow me on Google+….as I’ve cancelled my Facebook account and have removed all my information from there…it’s just a personal choice I’ve made for myself….I never really visited Facebook and as time went on began losing more and more interest for it….To me…Google+ offers more direction for those of us who share the common ART passion…..

THANK YOU so much for your patience, knowledge love and support to this trying issue!!! I pray you are all having a very blessed day!!!!

Another Sunday Rolls Around….

Hey Everyone!!! I hope you’re all enjoying a WONDERFUL weekend!!!!  So much snow for so many around I hope you all are staying safe!!!  For me it’s been a bit of rain and rather gloomy….but I’m happy to report NO snow!!   Not very nice was it!!! LOL

So…….I can actually say I’ve had a productive weekend!!!  I created a card with scraps and things I had left over in my ARTHaven Spot with a sprinkle of a couple of different things….It was fun challenging myself…..Over at my ARTHaven Creations & Friendship group one of our AMAZING ladies…Diann challenged us to send little “thinking of you” notes to people that come to our thoughts….I LOVE this idea and am determined to do some of this myself….so I sat down yesterday determined to create something…..it’s nothing fancy but I rather like it and wanted to share it with you……

Yeah…I know….kinda used a hodge podge of flowers didn’t I!!!   the 2 blue creations I combined a few paper flowers you can purchase at the craft stores with a die I created and rolled into the flower and added the beads in the middle…..I think they turned out kind of cute….Of course the brown rose is one of my handmade grungy roses as well as the hydrangia and butterflies and ivy….the yellow roses are some paper roses I had purchased eons ago…..so proud of myself for actually USING them!!!  

Now the “Just Thinking of You” graphic….I’m really liking this…..the graphic I downloaded from this AMAZING lady’s blog that creates digital ART…I LOVE her taste in style…..

She has such elegance!!!!!  I took the image and brought it into Corel Draw…..made a shadow layer so I could do the Print and Cut Technique then made another shadow layer and used one of my other background graphics and did the Print and Cut Technique with it as well……Did the very same for the “Friends” tab I made……Using these graphics is so making me love love love my Kitty “Sable” even more because it does SUCH a beautiful job with the Print & Cut……

This card will be finding it’s way to someone very near and dear to me tomorrow….I really hope she likes it…….

So…..Now I thought I would let you all know that I’ve FINALLY  gotten around to getting the things listed on my ETSY store that I’m purging out of my ARTHaven since I’ve moved my ARTHaven from a room to half of my living room!!! LOL  It’s still amazing how much “goodies” I’ve been able to “tweek” into my area now!!! LOL  But I did find some “treasures” to remove and list……

Here’s a sneak peak to see if there’s something you might be interested in…..NO PRESSURE!!!!!

If you’re interested you may either click on the image or go to MY ETSY Store to check out more detail…….

Now…..I wanted to share one more thing with you……The other day I switched back to a desktop computer…..It’s just ME…I LOVE my desktop….just can’t get into a laptop…especially since I have my amazing Lenovo Tablet that is awesome….But anyway…back to my point!! LOL   Sorry…I get distracted easily!!!

While loading all my programs into my new desktop I realized I no longer had my registration code for my Mystic Thumbs program so I took a chance and emailed them sharing what bit of info I had confirming my purchase back in September….within an hour I had received a response and was able to get my program up and going again…..This person is totally amazing!!!

So I thought I would take this chance to give a shout out about this program for them…Mind you I’m NOT getting ANY kickback from them…It’s just a program that is FANTASTIC and the word needs to be spread about it….

You know how so many of us WANT to be able to see our SVG files BEFORE we open them as we are trying to find the perfect file to use in our project….but get so aggravated when we can’t see them….We all USED to be able to use Adobe SVG Viewer or Rensis for years….but now since Windows 7 came out we don’t have that luxury any longer…UNTIL NOW!!!!  That’s EXACTLY what Mystic Thumbs does…….check this out…..

This is a screen print of one of MY folders on my computer…and what you are seeing are SVG FILES!!!!  Looks AWESOME doesn’t it…and I can see them BECAUSE OF the Mystic Thumbs program……

Now the program is not free…BUT…It is VERY VERY reasonably priced……and well worth every “penny” (NO pun inteneded!!! LOL)   You don’t have to believe me either….you can check it out for yourself…because they allow you to download it and try it out before you buy it to verify it works on your system……If you’re interested in it I would highly recommend check it out here…..

Okie Dokie….I “think” that catches me up for today!!!! Now that I have all this updated I get to go PLAY WITH PAPER!!!   Yeah ME!!! I want to THANK YOU all for stopping by to visit with me….it means more then I can EVER express!!!  I pray you all have a very blessed day and will come by to visit with me again!!! Until next time….