French clam bake

I printed stamp # 11 on last months Clam Bake from the By the Shore collection.  I printed stamp #12 on white paper, colored it in with alcohol markers, cut it out and adorned with some ribbons.  I attached it to the Clam Bake page, and mounted a photo of a beautiful flower just opening on it.  I did add alcohol ink to the Clam Bake to take away a lot of the white.  As you may know, I love dress forms and so this was right up my love alley!
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Pelican on the waves

 Pelican on the Crashing Waves with geckogalz products

 

 

 

I just love the July paper, BY THE SHORE and this piece CRASHING WAVES inspired me to create.It is just too pretty to cut, so I am using it as a picture itself.  I mounted a picture of a pelican using  American Crafts peach colored paper, and just gave it a faint black edge with black cardstock.  I mounted CRASHING WAVES with a faint black cardstock.  It is so vivid, yet to me it needed that little black.  I used the PARADISE ephemera piece from TRAVEL #1.  I mounted it on a scrap I had that had some undertones of blues on a manila type page.  I added a flower just faintly edged in teal, and used an off colored orange as the center (brad).  Using my Cricut I cut a 10 in Pelican from life is a Beach in a teal cardstock...it was sitting here for years and also had some tonal effects to it.  I edged him with some alcohol markers, gave him a google eye and mounted everything on a light blue paper, also just out of my stash...it looks a little beachy to me.  I am going to frame this and use it as a piece of art.

 

Get ready for July 04

 

 

 If you are interested in how to make these pennants using Gecko galz products, leave me a comment!

Happy July 04, and great summer,,,,,,,,,,

 

 

 

 

Intoduction to Crimping, Michaels class

Just finished a new design to show as a sample for our new crimping classes.  I can't wait to wear it...made earrings to match, of course!  Bracelet will be next project, working on some orders right now


Please check the Michaels web and look at the new classes, call me any time with questions

Sherri

 

Who is more DEERING

Just a little Mothers Day treat for all my friends

WHO IS MORE DEERING


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Circle of Beauty

Gecko galz beautiful ladies wreath collage

Circle of Beauty

My plan was to make a simple frames using the Beautiful ladies dominos, but it mushroomed to something bigger than I imagined.

I cut out cardstock flowers in 3 sizes and 4 colors.  Then I decided to wet emboss them with pigment ink and used some Utee.

So now I cut tags in some heavy weight cardstock and us Tim Holtz inks and techniques to color the tags.

I even cut a few tags from C'ordinations and dry embossed them.   I pulled out flowers, gems, lace, ink and what not and start putting the pieces together.  They are all cool on their own but what should I do with them.  They are already overpowering for a frame! 

I cut my Dominoes apart and ink the edges and start getting to know them better.   

So now my little sections are coming together, and it seems I can only make it into a collage, Now I buy pre-made   big circle of chipboard, cover it with paper, and start arranging my ladies in a pleasing pattern.  I use a combination of double sides tape and hot glue to arrive at my Circle of Beauty...so now I can get my inspiration from looking at my beautiful ladies sitting on my desk!

Bluebonnets.com

Robert and I started a tradition when we started dating in 2000 to always go visit the bluebonnets...so our first visit was actually 2001, we have gone every year, except last year for some reason.  We have taken some of the most memorable pictures and it is just something we look forward to.  This is the first year Cutter didn't cry, and he even took several really good pictures by himself using my camera.

The bluebonnets

 don't last that long so take a ride really soon...we went to Brenham this year

I added some old pictures from previous years...hope you enjoy...cn not wait to scrap my 112 pictures this year!

Luv ya,
Sherri