Paper, Ink and Scissors

2012-02-02T15:28:00.001-05:00

We all had so much FUN making Valentines cards last weekend that I just could not stop! I am making birthday cards for next month. These are cased from some that I found on Pinterest. I LOVE Pinterest and it gives me so many wonderful ideas but it is hard to give credit so my apologizes to the original designers!

2012-01-21T09:23:00.001-05:00

We are meeting this weekend to make cards! I can't wait as I haven't seen the ladies in awhile!

Here is a card that I enjoyed making. I used white paper and Stampin Up stamps for the background then colored various parts of the background with alcohol markers. I liked the background so much that I didn't want to cover it up with a simply stamped image...it had to be special and funky...that lead me to pulling out my felted sweaters and creating the bird (patterned after an SU stamp) sitting in a nest of roses!
Enjoy!!

2012-01-15T12:08:00.001-05:00

Some more new cards. This card I got a link from Pinterest that lead to Joan's blog where I found a similar card. I changed up the sentiments so now it is a sympathy card or Valentine's card.

2012-01-14T00:03:00.001-05:00

This banner is the altered art project for this month! Enjoy...................

2012-01-07T12:18:00.002-05:00

Another new card and a fun felt owl that has been made out of old sweaters!! I will be putting up my class schedule late today or early tomorrow...looking forward to seeing everyone!!

What do you think??

2012-01-04T00:27:00.005-05:00

Day 2 and card 2... The layout of this card was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest. Enjoy!

2011-12-31T22:53:00.001-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

and being proactive... here is my first Valentine's Day card. This is based on a card I saw on Pintrest but it had a Christmas theme....well Christmas is over and Valentine's is coming so here is my card...

2011-12-14T12:53:00.003-05:00

I saw on a blog post today 24 things to do before 25…what a great idea. At my age my compatriots are making bucket lists and I think that is just depressing. I also thing that there is not enough time for me to do 50 something projects in a year so instead I am going to go for 12 projects in 12 months…………..

My list:

1. Find a new job

2. Paint at least once a month

3. Fill an art journal

4. Take an art class

5. Have brunch with my daughter’s once a month

6. Sew a new felted project once every other month

7. Make a quilt for Joanna’s bed

8. Kiss my husband everyday

9. Exercise twice a week

10. Take part in a Bible/Devotional study

11. Learn how to use polymer clay

12. Cook something new

Whew! I am tired looking at it but these are my goals. I am going to start right away, rather than waiting until January and I will see where I am going by this time next year. It would be so lovely and exciting to be heading in a new direction by December 2012!!

A Christmas card just for looking!!

2011-11-18T13:50:00.003-05:00

Here are some of the cards for this weekend's classes. Please come and enjoy!!

Next, I am thankful for my FRIENDS!! Since becoming a Stampin Up Demonstrator I have so enjoyed meeting new people and sharing my passion. I love making ART and I love SHARING ART! Thus, for all my card making friends.....THANK YOU!

2011-11-16T21:35:00.001-05:00

I am thankful today is SLEEP!!! Thank you God for nourishing andrelaxing sleep. I adore it and appreciate when I hit my pillow each night!

2011-11-15T19:09:00.001-05:00

Many moons ago I read a book about Thankfulness...One of the exercises is tolist the things that you are thankful for and spend time thinking about thesethings...Thus I am going to endeavor to list one thing a day that I am thankfulfor and I encourage you to join me...maybe we will great a cosmic consciousnessof gratitude!!!

For me today is about my family. Sometimes times have been hard but all inall I am thankful for each one of them!

Greg, my husband, works and toils to pay the bills and he is a kind andthoughtful man.

Clair, my oldest, is my challenge and there are moments but she is making better decisions and moving forward.

Joanna, is my ballerina who is a responsible and incredible young lady.

Christmas project

2011-11-02T20:40:00.000-04:00

Gosh! I have been gone for awhile...sorry about that!! I am afraid that the stress of my other job just got to me. I have to rethink what I do but for now my better job!!! My new project....

This is an advent calender I made with a Christmas Set from the Holiday Mini Catalog. I am willing to make this into a kit for $15 without the cookie sheet. If you want the cookie set it will just add the price of the cookie set. Please e-mail me to order a kit.

Cards for Saturday and Sunday

2011-09-17T00:00:00.000-04:00

A preview of some cards for this weekend....We will be making one Christmas, one Halloween and one Autumn

Craft Fair season!!

2011-09-07T22:50:00.006-04:00

I know, I have been away for awhile...I am getting ready for the craft fair season!!! This month I will be at Eastminister Presbyterian on Saturday, September 24. I have lots of new things...I-phone holders, notebook covers, and of course my cards!!!!

A new hobby!

2011-07-26T23:34:00.003-04:00

Last weekend was so much fun!! We had a roomful of ladies who made Christmas cards all afternoon. The cards were beautiful!! This weekend we will be scrapbooking on Sunday and I can't wait!! Meanwhile, I have another new hobby, quilting. I took a class on Saturday and I made the cute little purse so I thought I would share!

Christmas is July

2011-07-20T12:21:00.003-04:00

Christmas in July is coming up this weekend! We will make 6 cards for $15. Some of the samples above will be included.

PLAY ART!!!

2011-07-12T12:34:00.002-04:00

I have been refurbishing furniture (I hope to post when I finally have a finished pic) and helping my youngest move from one apartment to another. She is going through a tough transition as she is the only one in her group who did not graduate this year. She and her roommate were best friends for four years and she knows that will all change this coming year as Emily finds a job and enters working life and Jo is still finishing up and scheduling auditions as well so that she too will have a job when she graduates!! It is hard to watch her struggle but I am proud of the fact that she is struggling and taking the next steps in life!! Meanwhile she sometimes paints with me as a stress reliever so I am sharing a painting I did with Jo when we were having some down time together!

Cardmaking class this weekend

2011-06-08T14:54:00.002-04:00

Here are some of the cards for this weekends' card classes.

The Folk School

2011-05-23T14:41:00.002-04:00

I use to teach in Dahlonega, GA. When I was there I learned of the John C Campbell Folk School. It was a place to go and take art lessons. It looked beautiful to go and spend a week in the mountains and just make art!! I have dreamed of it ever since. Well, this weekend the dream finally came true. I spent the weekend at the Folk School and took a watercolor class. It has been so L O N G since I had really watercolored and just forever since I had completed a painting. I honestly completed three paintings this weekend with a lot of little things done in between! So while I have one thing off my bucket list I have now added another, a week long class at JCCFS!

2011-05-09T10:36:00.003-04:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful and peaceful Mother's Day! I spent the weekend making the cards for this week's class and I think they are very pretty! I am posting two today and I plan to post more between now and Friday. I hope to make a Father's Day card as well. The SU order will be in Wednesday and we will be using some of the new stamps for our Father's Day card. I also plan to post the jewelry piece I made this weekend. It was intense...I welded! More on that later!

More to see

2011-04-13T22:58:00.003-04:00

Today's card is another Springtime design and one we will make this weekend. Thanks for stopping by to look!

Spring time is here!

2011-04-11T15:12:00.005-04:00

Spring is sprung in Atlanta and the azaleas are beautiful! We just got off Srping Break and it is time to start thinking about Easter so here is an Easter card!!

More FACES painting

2011-03-31T18:41:00.002-04:00

I think I told you about the e-course that I was taking with Sharon Tomlinson about face painting. Here is my next attempt!

A piece of altered art

2011-03-20T22:00:00.002-04:00

I made this piece after being inspired by Whimspirations. It is a fun blog and certainly made me pick up my paint brush!!

1) Make the drawings of your choice on heavy drawing paper with permanent marker

2)I used watercolors to color

3) The flowers in the corner were stamped and then cut out and glued into place

4) The background was painted and then fabric was attached with medium

5) I tried sewing but the needle broke so I only got one side and it didn't show well enough to fool with

6) I used grommets and ribbon to hang

We are going make this in the next altered art class, Friday, April 15th at 7:30pm

Altered Art

2011-03-13T11:36:00.004-04:00

I have been playing with altered art in anticipation of offering and altered art class again. Right now I am into faces. I was inspired by Sharon Tomlinson. I think I have the first altered art project designed and I will post it later today or tomorrow but meanwhile...here is my first FACE.

Scrapping all weekend!

2011-03-09T16:44:00.003-05:00

Here are the scrap pages that I worked on in the classses this weekend. They sure were fun and I just LOVE LOVE LOVE scrapbooking!

The weather in Atlanta is just crazy right now, we had 60 degree weather then it turned cold again as the rain came in and we have had several rounds of severe thunder storms. Spring in the South!! I spent a weekend in New York with my younger daughter going to dance auditions and was so thankful to be back in the South. Looking forward to a quiet weekend creating....how about you?

Getting ready for the next card class

2011-03-03T16:58:00.003-05:00

Hope the weather is lovely where you are! Joannna, my youngest, and I were in New York last weekend and I am SO GRATEFUL for the South after being in that cold place! The wind was whipping around buildings adn we were close to the water so the breeze off teh water was friged! Here is Atlanat if feels lke Spring has sprung. There will be atleast one more cold snap but it won't hold on much longer here!!

Here are some of the cards that I have designed for the next card class, inspired by the wonderful weather!

Getting ready for a fun weekend!

2011-02-24T23:36:00.004-05:00

I am flying with Joanna to New York where she is going to try out for two professional dance programs. We always enjoy our time together but being from Atlanta, February in New York sounds a bit daunting! Please think positive thoughts for us for a safe journey and for Jo to end up in a professional company!! Meanwhile a card to enjoy!

A sweet little card!

2011-02-10T16:44:00.003-05:00

I am trying to increase my inventory of baby, birthday and thank you cards. Here is my latest!

Just a quick post!

2011-02-02T17:18:00.003-05:00

Another VDay card that I created... I am suppose to be walking out the door to work but had to stop and share...enjoy and please leave a comment!!

Back to normal

2011-01-26T17:02:00.002-05:00

Well, while the rest of the country is still in the deep freeze here in Atlanta things are pretty much back to normal. We were out of school for a week but needless to say that feels like a million years ago now!!

However, as always I find time to create. I have a friend who has a new grandbaby so that inspired some baby cards as well as some Valentines!

Snowey Happenings!!

2011-01-13T13:32:00.002-05:00

My snow covered yard at twilight on Monday.

We have been snowed in here in the Atlanta area since Sunday afternoon!! I did catch up on some quilting and card making though!!

Happy New Year!!

2011-01-05T19:36:00.003-05:00

I know that I have been away and I am sorry but I have had a wonderful time with my family. Clair is home and has moved into a little rental house in Jacksonville, AL where she will be going to school starting tomorrow. Jo is back at school but will be back here next weekend when we are going up to Nashville where she is going to try out for the Nashville Ballet so please be thinking of us next weekend!!

Meanwhile I have put up my classes on the blog today and I want to share my post over at Paper Craft Planet's color challenge. Drop over and join us in the challenge!!! I talked about an article in the January Better Homes and Gardens that discusses decluttering your home which I need to do badly!!!

The card above is my inspiration card at PCP for this week!!

Jewelery

2010-12-24T11:01:00.002-05:00

I saw a necklace in a magazine that remnded me of my oldest daughter....that lead to a new exploration....I quickly learned the basics of beading and stringing and I made each daughter a necklace and earrings....You get to take a peek before they do!!

Whew!!!

2010-12-13T16:42:00.003-05:00

The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas has just flown...and here it is well into December and I haven't posted!! I can't believe I am so behind!! Here are some beauties to inspire. I did close up of the details.

Blessed thanks to all my readers!!

2010-11-24T09:00:00.003-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving sweet readers!!!

I have had a busy couple of weeks, Greg went in the hospital for some minor surgery and Clair, my oldest, has decided that the snow in the Northwest is too much for her and is planning to move closer to home to finish school. (mother on the inside grinning from ear to ear!!!) So I have knitted a scarf sitting at the hospital and driving around Jacksonville, Alabama looking at apartments. We still haven't found the right apartment for Clair in Jacksonville so if you happen to have any knowledge about that area PLEASE leave me a comment!!! Meanwhile, a little holiday inspiration!!!

Mt Zion Craft Show

2010-11-12T22:10:00.002-05:00

This weekend I am at Mt Zion United Methodist Craft Show on Johnsons Ferry Rd in Marietta. If you come by and say hello you get a 10% discount!!

Class Cards

2010-11-03T22:28:00.003-04:00

Here are some of the cards we will be making this weekend. If you live in the metro Atlanta area come join us. If you can't join us you can purchase a card kit for three dollars each plus postage. Just drop me a note and I am happy to send the kits your way!

Holiday cards

2010-10-25T16:52:00.003-04:00

We are just a week away from Halloween but today was a day where I stopped and counted my blessings. I had a moment to reflect on the fact that my beautiful grown daughters are warm and safe and both are in school!! Thank you, O Lord!

These are cards that I made this weekend in anticipation of my upcoming classes!

Scrappin' all weekend!!

2010-10-11T16:45:00.005-04:00

These are all from our summer trip to Portlant, OR. We made a circle between Portland and Seattle. We went through Forks, Wahington where we spent a few days in the beautiful land of "Twilight".

We had such a nice weekend this past weekend! The weather was simply beautiful and it made the scrappin lively and relaxing!! Seeing old friends is always such a nice event and then doing my favorite thing in the word, scrapping....could life get any better? Yes...then USC (where my daughter and my money go) beat Alabama!!!

More holiday cards!!!

2010-10-04T17:07:00.002-04:00

This weekend we made more holiday cards!! As always, we have SO much FUN when we are together. I have kits for any of my cards so feel free to drop me an e-mail if you are interested. The kits are $3 each plus shipping and handling. I am planning to do a tutorial for the BOO card later this week.

Cards! Cards! Cards!

2010-09-20T09:18:00.003-04:00

I just love our card making weekends! We have so much fun just being together and we make wonderful things...great friendships and great cards. Stampin Up has a mission statement that they call a statement of the heart. It says:

To love what we do and share what we love as we help others enjoy creativity and worthwhile accomplishments...in this we make a difference!!!

This is what made me decide that SU was the company for me. They get it...as much as I love being creative and papercrafting is certainly my FAVORITE creative outlet, in the end it is not about our creativity or what we make ...it is the process of creating , creating cards, relationships, understanding of ourselves and others.....

THANK YOU to all my customers, fellow bloggers and fellow artists....I appreciate your friendship and creativity!!! I appreciate and validate your process where ever you are in it!!

Enjoy these cards we created this weekend and ENJOY THE PROCESS

Love,

Millie

Playfull!!

2010-09-15T22:50:00.003-04:00

So, let's see what we can find in my stash of photos...

These are two I haven't shown you yet. One is a fun Christmas design and the other was inspired by heading back to school. The inspiration came from a Sizzix die that cut out this little school house. My Christmas card was inspired by the stamp. I have seen it used on lots of cards but I wanted mine to really show off the image as well as be fun and playful!!

2nd weekend scrapping!!

2010-09-11T12:17:00.004-04:00

Well it is scrapbooking weekend at my house and we are all busy scrapping so I have a page to share and I am going to sneak in another Halloween card!!

I love making cards!!!

2010-09-02T12:40:00.003-04:00

These are cards from my latest efforts!! I love creating, I love the cutting and coloring and the picking out of colors. I love playing with the layout and watching designs emerge. This is my passion! ENJOY and I hope for have gotten a little inspiration! I am getting ready for my September card classes and this month we will do a Halloween, Christmas and another design.

Thank you for stopping by!!!

2010-08-25T17:10:00.001-04:00

Just a quickie that I put together for the color challenge over at Paper Craft Planet. Come join us on the planet!!

lots of cards!!!

2010-08-16T16:52:00.003-04:00

We had a wonderful weekend scrapping and I hope to post some pages tomorrow but here are some of the cards we will be making this weekend. I had a request for a male birthday card so the birthday card is particularly aimed toward a male!!

Decor Items

2010-08-10T17:22:00.003-04:00

As many of you may know Stampin Up has come out with Decor items as a new part of the definitely decorative line. I ordered a piece that would be perfect for a little girl's room. I can't wait to show you, so, even though the picture isn't great I am going to go ahead and post. I will replace the picture sometime soon. I painted some scrap wood and distressed the board then added the painting in the corner and then added the Decor item. My husband did the construction and I added a ribbon to hang it with. The ribbon is not seen very easily in this picture but it hangs the artwork from above. When Greg was finished with the construction I added the butterflies that I had made with my Big Shot!

Christmas in July was Wonderful!!

2010-08-01T21:54:00.003-04:00

We all had so much fun making Christmas cards this past weekend that we are thinking about doing it again!!! I have kits for each of these cards so if you would like a kit please e-mail me! The kits are $3 plus shipping and there are five kits.

Christmas in July

2010-07-28T15:31:00.006-04:00

(inside of the card)

A pic of the card and the belly band seperately, in my studio area. If you click the image it will get larger and you can see the embossing on white paper with the Fifth Ave Floral embossing folder (SU) a bit better.

The card in created in two parts and then has a belly band around the middle.

We all had a ball at the card classes this past weekend, we always do!!! Now it is time to think about the next event, Christmas in July, this Saturday!! I have been working hard creating the cards for this once a year event. Today I have a preview of one of our creations! If you like this card Carole Anne has a tutorial to show how to make this or come by on Saturday and make this one and 5 others!!

Cards for this weekend

2010-07-19T00:34:00.005-04:00

This card is cased from Pickled Paper Designs. She is a wonderful designer and one of my favorites!!

Card classes are coming up this weekend. I have a class on Saturday and Sunday and these cards come from both days. There are different cards on Saturday and Sunday.

Computer Blues!!

2010-07-14T09:16:00.004-04:00

Something different about this set of layouts is that rather than journal on the page I decided to do my journaling like an art journal page. I have four pages of journaling interspersed among a lot of traditionally scrapped picture pages. I did add some captions to the scrapped pages as well. I am still in process so I hope to show you the completed project soon!!

Okay, so back from a wonderful vacation and I started scrapping the wonderful adventure and the first issue that arises is that the editing portion of my Photoshop will not respond!! Then a few days later my internet connection goes out!!! Ahh, frustration!! Well the internet router was hit by lightning so a friend helped me yesterday showing me how to plug the modem directly into the computer but the house will not be wireless again until I get a new router, but I am back on-line! The Photoshop problem is still not resolved so I am going to go ahead and post but these are not cropped and edited so the pictures are not the best. I am going to try and retake the pics but until I do ......

Back from VACA!!

2010-07-07T12:27:00.003-04:00

What a fabulous trip we had to the Pacific Northwest!! The land is absolutely the most gorgeous I have ever seen. The air is the most pure I have ever breathed!!! Some pictures for inspiration and then I am headed down to my studio to scrap!!

Some Copics love!!

2010-06-26T08:02:00.001-04:00

These are two cards done with one of my favorite mediums...Copic markers. I love how they blend and combine! If you are like me you have to add a few every month so I do have a limited amount, but obviously pinks! (Mother of girls, here!) I buy mine in sets of 3, light, medium and dark. 7 kids college fund has great copic prices so check them out when you are ready for your addition of copics.

Getting ready for a little vaca!!

2010-06-25T10:22:00.005-04:00

Check out my cut out frame in the picture below, it is a great new technique that I picked up! I use my Nestabilities 2 and cut the frame out of chipboard with the biggest Nestable that is right for the area and then the next size down. Then I roughly paint it with a little white acrylic paint....WaLa!! a scabby chic frame. I get all my Spellbinders over at 7 kids college fund. They have the best prices and having two kids in college I can relate!!!

We are getting ready to head out to the Northwestern coast to be with my oldest daughter for the 4th of July so all is terrifically busy around here at the moment!!! I hope to post some beautiful pictures of the coastline area while we are out. Meanwhile, since the 4th is coming up and I love using the red, white, and blue combo I am going to be posting my collection of Independence Day cards over the next few days!!!

Just a little scrappin' fun!

2010-06-18T20:57:00.003-04:00

Here is a layout I did after, my friend, Judy and I had a brunch together to look at the latest Stampin Up catalog!!

Just a little mojo!

2010-06-17T11:54:00.005-04:00

I needed a little Mojo to get me going this week so I wandered over the the Mojo Monday blog and used their sketch and then stopped by to gander at the SPCC to add in the color and this is what I got!!

Pleasing in Purple

2010-06-16T22:43:00.002-04:00

A fun card that I made with purples!! This my card for the color challenge over at Paper Craft Planet this week!

Scrapbooking Weekend!

2010-06-13T22:14:00.005-04:00

This printed paper is so beautiful!! It is the new Basic Grey which I get over at 7 kids college fund.

Just look what I did!! I am pleased with my work this weekend. I used the sketched from the Scrapper's Challenge at Paper Craft Planet and I made four pages. I am pleased because the highly linear drawings are not my style at all yet I am as happy with those layouts as I am with the more typical, Millie layouts!! That's what a challenge is all about, right?

A color challenge over at scrapmaster's paradise!!

2010-06-09T16:07:00.002-04:00

Today's challenge was from Scrapmaster's Paradise! The colors were chocolate chip, mambo, and only orange. What do you tink?

Card Patterns 66

2010-06-07T16:33:00.002-04:00

I have noticed that I have been going through a "simple period" with my cardmaking and scrapbooking. My designs have toned down and become more simple. I don't know if thatis good or bad..it just is... This card is a card pattern design.

Pretty in Pink cards

2010-06-01T14:47:00.004-04:00

Now that summer has bloomed I have more time to do the things I love. This weekend I did two challenges. I always enjoy doing challenges but during the school year it is enough to keep up with my PCP color challenge and an occasional guest designer spot. This weekend I did a tea card with the sketch from card patterns and the color challenge over at SPC. Please let me know what you think! The flowers in the top card are made from vellum. Would you like a tutorial? The background for the pink flowers is the SU medallion stamp embossed with white on vellum. Thanks to Kim Teasdale for the vellum ideas!

June Brides

2010-05-30T23:16:00.003-04:00

I have been inspired by a couple of friends who are getting married or having children who are getting married.

Card sketch cards to share

2010-05-24T13:51:00.004-04:00

Summertime always means that life is easier...so now that it is summer I have time to do things that I gave up when school started...card sketches!! I found this sketch on Card Patterns. My little girl card is cased from one of the Card Pattern designers, Yvonne Yam.

Spring Garden

2010-05-18T21:31:00.004-04:00

I cased these boxes from Sandy over at Late Night Stampers. We made them this weekend at the altered art night. Wouldn't it be neat to make a bunch and line them up across a fireplace to make a spring garden?

Father's Day cards

2010-05-16T23:17:00.003-04:00

This weekend at our monthly card class we made Father's Day Cards! I cased the dragonfly card from Debbie Olson and the blue button card was from Melissa Wooderson. The brown Dad card was out of my very own head!! Have fun and let me know what you think!

Scrapbook weekend!

2010-05-12T23:13:00.004-04:00

I was talking with my daughter this weekend about how I have grown as a scrapbooker. My style use to be a highly complicated, eclectic style with a lot of pictures, patterned paper and embellishments going on. I liked that style very much but I have found that my style has become much more simplified. I think using cardstock had a lot to do with this...I always have loved large blocks of color in my artwork but never really knew how to translate that to scrapping until Stampin Up's cardstock came into my life!

Announcement and Blog Candy!!

2010-05-05T11:03:00.003-04:00

Today I want to show you a card that I made using an image from The Stamping Studio. If you scroll down you will see the coffee shop that I stopped by on my way to visit my daughter that is in the same town as The Stamping Studio and is owned by Melissa's husband. it is a cool little place that has a great cup of coffee. This image, by the way, was created by a local artist, me! I have three little girl images that Melissa is selling so check it out by looking in The Store and then under Rubber Stamps Misc...and please leave me a comment telling me what you think. I will pick a random winner from all the comments and they will receive a Stampin Up marker!

2010-05-01T08:37:00.001-04:00

HAPPY NATIONAL

SCRAPBOOK DAY!!!

Hope to see everybody has a wonderful Saturday and hope to see everybody next week to scrap away!!!

Artwork

2010-04-27T21:59:00.002-04:00

My artwork from my mom and daughter weekend! I sure look forward to the next time!

Weekend Inspiration

2010-04-25T19:29:00.003-04:00

I had a fun weekend! I left Saturday morning to go see my youngest daugheter who I haven't seen in a month. It always makes me antsy to see the kids when it has been awhile. I left at 9 on Saturday morning and made a stop at a small town called Lincolnton along the way. I have a friend who just opened a cafe there and I stopped for coffee. She owns The Stamping Studio.The coffee was wonderful and I found an antique store across the way called the Two Sisters that had lots of depression glass. I bought a little teapot. Then I headed back to the highway and made my way to Columbia, SC where my daughter goes to school. We had a wonderful afternoon checking out local art galleries. The picture below is the doorway to the most interesting gallery....it has a large display area and then practicing artists have studio space around the gallery space so you got to see artist at work! It was very inspiring. So Jo and I headed by the local art store and then headed home we both spent some time creating our own artwork. Mine is not quite finished so I hope to post it in the next day or two! What do you do to get inspired?

Just a tag!!

2010-04-22T11:06:00.003-04:00

It has been awhile since I have made a tag but somehow this color combo called me to make a tag! Here it is, soft and lovely!
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Eggplant, Pale Plum, Orchid and Whisper White
Images: Stampin Up I hand colored the flower with watercolor crayons in the above hues. Then I used my Big Shot to cut a felt, hot pink, flower center and finally I added a little glitter.
Embellishments: lace and purple hued ribbons from my stash

A favorite card

2010-04-20T14:44:00.003-04:00

I love working with paper!! It is just so fun to create! Just like all of you I miss the moments when life backs up and I can't get to my creating spot, physically and mentally! Right now I am working several jobs to pay for all the college and stuff that I am committed to with my daughters. I teach psychology at a local college two evenings a week and then I am in my studio two nights a week. I live for those studio days, they keep me sane.

This card is one of my favorites. I found the color combination in a JCrew catalog and I had a good time playing with the colors and the layout!

Production!!

2010-04-12T16:39:00.004-04:00

Boy, was I productive this weekend! You know how sometimes it just all clicks together and everything works? These layouts were like that and they just took off...I finished 6 layouts and another 2 are sitting in my studio just about to be finished!

New card for a new season!

2010-04-07T16:53:00.003-04:00

I spent the last week flying around the country getting my daughter settled. She is now settled in Oregon but not before the snowiest Easter season I have ever experienced! Thank you Lord, for the south and our warm weather! I am glad to be home and creating again! Here is my first card since returning, a fresh and orangey color palate to welcome in spring!

Added comment: Beverly asked where I got this stamp. It is from Stampin Up. It is a level 2 hostess gift. I am a Stampin Up demo so if you need help ordering just let me know!

Catch up scrapping!

2010-03-29T16:48:00.003-04:00

To show how behind I am... I finished a scrapbook page about last Halloween this weekend!! However, the scrapping weekend was a wonderful time and lots of work to show. I am going to be gone for about a week, week and a half so more coming but it will not be for a bit!

Getting ready for a scrappin' weekend!

2010-03-26T12:34:00.004-04:00

What do you do to get ready for a fast paced and wonderful weekend full of scrapping?
Well, scrap of course!

Easter

2010-03-21T23:15:00.001-04:00

Thanks to all my great customers and friends for a super weekend of cardmaking! we all had great fun and here are some of the fruits of our labor as we all get ready for Easter!!

Lazy Day

2010-03-14T10:17:00.003-04:00

Just a few cards from a lazy Sunday morning...will spring ever arrive in Georgia? It isstill chilly here!

A Sunny Card!

2010-03-10T16:22:00.004-05:00

I am so tired of cold and snow! Finally on Monday and Tuesday we had spring like weather here in Atlanta. It was sunny and warm and I was so inspired that I made a sunny yellow card!! Wednesday dawns with gray rainy clouds but I understand that Saturday will bring back the sun!

Where have I been?

2010-03-03T08:27:00.003-05:00

I know, I know...I have been getting read for a BIG show out of state!! I am excited as this is my first large vendor show with other stampers and scrapbookers. I am going to be in Columbia, SC for Scrap for a Cause. Anyone who stops by and says that they have looked at my blog gets a little prize!

Meanwhile, a some cute little ladies!! Imade these using stamps, punches and cardstock!!

What did you do all weekend?

2010-02-15T23:00:00.003-05:00

Well, scrapped and made cards of course! It was a snowy weekend in Georgia so my hubby threw wood on the fire and we had a grand time!!

2010-02-15T22:59:00.001-05:00

Laissez le bon rouleau de temps!

2010-02-10T16:52:00.002-05:00

Which means let the good times roll!

I grew up in Mobile, AL. The site of the first Mardi Gras celebration in the US. I grew up in Mobile so I have wonderful memories of running around barefoot and wild. I remember standing on Government Street and catching beads thrown from the float and when I was a young adult dressing up in beautiful gowns to go to Mardi Gras dances. Gosh, wonderful memories!

Happy belated Fat Tuesday and let the good times roll!

A Weekend of Work

2010-02-08T16:49:00.008-05:00

This is a close up of one of the ATCs. I am having to fight with the computer today so this entry is messy. I am going to leave the monster alone for awhile and see if I can edit this later after it has rested a bit!

For those who just can't get into ATCs we also made some cute tags!

I all-ready showed you the altered art piece that was part of this wekend's classes, now I have some ATC's to show you. In the technique classes we do three techniques each week. We each have a 1/2 piece of white paper that we use for making technique on. Then we cut out the card sized ATCs. Then we decorate our ATCs!

Love is in the air

2010-02-03T16:45:00.002-05:00

This little cutie is something we are going to do at the next altered art night. It was fun to do!

Scrapping Weekend

2010-01-26T18:59:00.004-05:00

We had a ball scrapping the weekend away. My goal was to have finished three layouts (one for each day). Check it out...

Valentines

2010-01-20T16:35:00.002-05:00

This is one of my favorite cards! I found the vintage image on-line and used all the different Stampin Up pinks to make the rest of the card!!

ATC

2010-01-17T00:44:00.003-05:00

Here are the fruits of the ATC technique class. I made these for my oldest daughter who is leaving to go hiking in Utah for a month tomorrow. These are for her to remember to come home!!

Getting ready for Valentine's

2010-01-13T22:56:00.004-05:00

These are from a new SU die, the mini-milk carton. They are done in all SU's various shades of pink and Real Red

Some of my first Valentines!! I love kraft, it is such a versatile color, so down to earth. I also used turquoise and cocoa cardstock and ink. The ribbon is bashful blue!

Paper Craft Planet

2010-01-03T16:27:00.003-05:00

This is a fun card that I plan to use for a color challenge on PCP next week so if you are stopping by and are a PCP color challenge gal you have a head start! The layout comes from a sketch challenge over at The Sweetest Thing

Cardstock: SU Cocoa, Natural White, Tempting Turquoise, Bashful Blue

Ribbon: SU Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie

Images: SU background stamp, Boho Blossom

Papertrey Ink: Teapot, Flourishes: Coffee Cups

Embellishments: Spellbinders

Scrapbook page

2010-01-02T04:01:00.004-05:00

A scrapbook page for this year's Thanksgiving!

Cardstock: SU Kraft, Pumpkin, Rust, Chocolate Chip

Printed Paper: Handmade with Su stamps and inks

Images: SU Autumn Splendor and Itty Bitty Backgrounds

Inks: Pumpkin, Rust, Mustard, Olive, Chocolate Chip

Embellishments: Spellbinders, Sharpie and Black Crayon

Happy New Year!!

2009-12-30T08:27:00.002-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my friends!!

First Tutorial!!

2009-12-23T14:07:00.004-05:00

A card designed for a color challenge on a friend's blog. She decided not to publish the last two weeks of challenges but I am going to share a tutorial that I created for this card!

The tutorial demonstrates how to make printed paper with specific colors.

The colors for this challenge are Melon Mambo, Brilliant Blue, Rose Red, and Lavender.

Step One: You need to pick out your colors and your stamps. Generally, I use a medium to large stamp for my dominate pattern then add the other colors in smaller stamps. However, experiment with size and see what pleases your eye!

Step two: Pick your background paper. Generally the lighter colors work better because they allow the ink to show in true colors which is why we are making custom paper in the first place! I used Whisper White for this project but Naturals Ivory or White, Very Vanilla are just some of the other choices.

Step three: Stamp away! Remember to stamp on the edges and have partial images rather than just whole images.

Finally, you have your own custom designed printed paper!! I have a side strip that shows the order that I designed this paper. Remember that you can make any image larger by clicking on the image. Enjoy and let me know how you liked my FIRST tutorial!!!

Scrapping!!

2009-12-20T17:33:00.004-05:00

Christmas shopping is done and decorations are up. This weekend is the breather before the week begins so of course I papercrafted! Here is a scrap page that I did about Jo's last performance for the semester.

Something special that I did to this layout is to created my own printed paper. I used a piece of Whisper White paper and laid down a snowflake mask. Then I sprayed the paper with ink and then did another layer with gold ink. I used my heat gun to dry the paper then lifted the masks. Then I sprayed the whole paper with a pearlized spray.

My SPCC card will be up in a few days and I used a created printed paper so I made a tutorial to show you the basics of making your own design paper. Stay tuned!!

Headlong into Christmas!!

2009-12-16T09:02:00.004-05:00

Here are cards that I shared with PaperCraft Planet. They are made with Couture Cardstock, a new company with beautiful heavy duty cardstock. If you are interested in some PCP blog candy click on over and check out the contest!!

The top card was inspired by day one of Tim Holtz 12 days of Christmas tags.

Hope everyone is having a Merry and Bright Christmas!!

Scrapmaster's Paradise

2009-12-08T23:37:00.003-05:00

This is a card I created becase I am a guest designer on Scrapmaster's Paradise Color Challenge.

Enjoy and hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!!!

3 cards for Christmas

2009-12-05T23:30:00.003-05:00

I saw this basic idea on another blog and if anybody knows who let me know and I will give credit. However, the idea is to take three colors and change them around to make 3 cards. I used, old olive, bashful blue, and real red. I also added accents of gold and whisper white!! I believe these three are the cards we will make for December!

A sketch challenge

2009-11-29T21:36:00.004-05:00

Well, I have been off work all week , wrapped up all the family projects for the week and finished all my shows for the season thus I had time to do a little something that I love to do...a sketch challenge! this sketch is from i{heat}2stamp. Go check it out and play along too!!

Thanksgiving weekend projects!!

2009-11-28T22:28:00.004-05:00

FIRST:

If you haven't been to http://www.stampinup.com/ then you need to go NOW!! They are having a bungle sale that is great and the last day to participate is Monday. If you chose me as your demonstrator I would appreciate it and I would be honored but I am listed as Millie Hardy (rather than Millie Dawson-Hardy).

SECOND:

Some of my Thanksgiving creativity!