The Book Of Fairies

Alpha Stamps is hosting a fun Chipboard fairy book page swap.

You create four pages and swap for four from other artists.

I created an entire

 Book Of Faries.

My cover is filled with flowers,fibers, leaves and everything spring.

Belladonna

"Keeper of the Wands"

Casting Fae magic to nurse the growth until each chooses its Fairie

Iris

"The Flower Tender"

She nourishes and cultivates the Great oaks and flowers and

keeps balance and harmony in nature.

Clouria

"The Giver of Fairie Dust"

With just a sprinkling of this magic dust it can make all things possible.

Vennia

"At First Thought To Be A Butterfly"

The grace she casts on the Fae helps to pollinate the flowers.

Goddess Dana

"The Keeper of The Fairie Rings"

She is unmatched in her beauty and tends to the mushrooms

and moss in the secret garden.

Fairie house door opened.

Flight School

Roe

"The Teacher of Flight"

Instructing all Faries in the proper use of wings.

I hope you enjoyed my little Book Of Faries and

if you'd like to join in the swap fun you can find more information HERE

All collage images, charms, beads, stamps, fibers and ribbons

are from and can be found at

Alpha Stamps

Pay It Forward- Soldered Pendants

Recently I signed up for the Pay it Forward, I was surprised how quickly it filled up

and didn't catch how many had signed up before I had nine already.

Its usually five. So I went to work on creating something I

thought everyone might like. I made everyone these little glass soldered pendants.

They stand about 1 1/2" tall x 1" wide.

I had originally seen something like it in a magazine, but they were

done for a wedding with rings and cakes.

I changed mine up a bit and went with Crosses, Eiffel tower and mini frozen Charlotte dolls.

the bottoms have vintage rhinestones

The tops have filigree pieces. All the soldering is antiqued.

and they all hang from ribbon. (not shown)

I have two extras I will be selling in my Etsy shop soon.

Hope all you ladies like them!!!

For the dogs- Paint Party Friday

Are you a dog Lover? I am. Knowing the dog personally

 made it even easier to capture

her likeness in oil pastels.

The top one is done of Aggie- A bearded collie that belonged to a friend of mine.

Shown in 3 different stages of her life, Puppy to middle age to growing older.

Sadly Aggie passed away a few months ago.

She is missed but will live on forever in her portrait.

This is a very large oil pastel, about 24 x 36 framed

These are my little darlings  spoiled brats. My teacup  Min pins, both about 5 lbs.

Tiffany the mom is on the left and Razzy on the right.

This is also a oil pastel.

Now go hug your dog!!

I'm entering these  at Paint Party Friday

Paris Exposition

Time again for my Artistic Outpost post of the week.

I went back to one of my all time favorite sets.

Paris Exposition. I don't think I will ever get tired of this set!!!

A little stamping here and there, some flowers, lace and ribbon and pretty papers

all make for a easy to create card.

I'm entering this in the challenge GGSC55 at Scrap-Creations 

Where anything goes!!

Tag Tuesday- Surprise

Louise has a two week challenge going on at Kard Krazy . The challenge is to do

a surprise tag. So I gave it some thought???  o.k. not a lot but still it was a challenge!

I know you already figured it out right!!! LOL

Here's the surprise. TA DA!!!

A Fan

The stamps come from Oxford Impressions 

Newest Pride and Prejudice stamp plate.

A bit of lace, some pearls and there's even a tassel hanging from the bottom.

Come join in the fan Fun !!

Thank Yous and my Lil book winner

I had to share a picture of the GORGEOUS wall quilt I won during OWOH.

 It was hand made by Joanne at  Thread Head. Not only is the front beautiful but the back as well.

The pattern on the back is so pretty I just had to show you that too.

It fits perfectly in my home. I need to pick up a couple of dowels to hang it by,

 But I just couldn't wait to see it up. !! Joanne has a tutorial on her blog

about free motion sewing. Fascinating!! Go over and take a peek, Its awesome!

Thank you Joanne. I LOVE it!!!

From my dear friend Terry at Terry's Work In Progress  She sent me Tim's New

Dress Form Die and the most wonderful tag. all because she is just....

A Beautiful person. If you haven't already be sure and stop by Terry's, her Blogaversary is going on right now and she has a Wonderful give away up for grabs!!!

Thank you my Sweet Friend!!!

Is it Spring yet? Not quite!!! This is what I awoke to a few days ago.

Four inches of fresh snow!

Poor little flowers will have a hard time making there way through all of this.

 Not to worry.

It has already melted and the Sun is shinning. YEAH!!!!

On to my little giveaway. You know I couldn't just give the little book away!!

You know me better than that! 

I'll be adding a few things to the pot. Now aren't you sorry you didn't sign up.

I used the Random # generator to pick my winner.  

I had 37 entries and the winning # is

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

13

Timestamp: 2011-03-13 17:05:53 UTC

Diane. 

Congrats Diane, Contact me with your mailing address and I'll get your goodies out.

I wish I could send something to everyone. Someday when I win the lottery. LOL

On another note those of you who signed up for the PIF . I finished your gifts. I think you will be pleasantly surprised!!!

I will show a picture of what I made after everyone has received there gift.

I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise!!

Have a Wonderful Sunday bloggers!!

Faux Friday- Cinderella's bedroom

Gosh are the weeks flying by or what? I can't believe its time for another Faux Friday.

Today I'm sharing one of the kids rooms I did. I Love doing kids rooms.

Especially when its a Princesses room. Complete with castle and clouds on the ceiling!!

This was a room for a parade home I did.

Can you imagine being the little girl who wakes up to this every morning!

Can't forget the coach who will take her to the Ball.

Oh to be a kid again!

Have a Wonderful weekend my friends!!!!

Pay it Forward

above image from The Graphics Fairy

Wow you ladies are quick! I'm so glad so many of you would like to Pay it Forward.

I forgot I had preposted this ,so in the spirit of what it is intended  I will

send all nine of you something!!!! But you still only need to do your five!

What a Lovely idea!!!!

Just read about this over at Art Joy Stuff.

The first 5 visitors who leave a comment on this post will receive a gift handmade by me especially for you.

Here's the catch (but the best part):

FIRST you must create a post on your blog explaining Pay It Forward 2011.

Create and send a handmade gift to the first 5 visitors to comment on your post &

 who agree to do the same.

No pressure, you do not have to make and send your gifties today, or even tomorrow.

Remember it is a gift from the heart, which takes a little time.

This is all about friendship and sharing.

 Blessings, Lynn

Mini book- school days

I Love finding different things to alter. In this case a mini composition book.

Stamped the image from Artistic Outpost on tissue paper

then used multi medium to collage the background papers, some of Tim's tissue tape.

Then added a metal corner and a vintage pen nib. Easy Peasy!

Leave a comment if you would like this little book and I'll

draw a # on Sunday and send it to someone!

CCC Finale

I can't believe this is the last challenge for CCC.

Over at Studio L 3. the Grand finale challenge is for Design Details.

I thought the stitching would be perfect for my collage of

images from Oxford Impressions Dress forms stamps.

I did add the little brads at the top but they are hard to see

up against the embossed metal.

I know Linda has something special planned to keep us going!!!

hummmm... Wonder what it is???

Faux Friday and Some Thank You's

Time to share another one of my murals. I hope your all not getting tired of these yet?

This is Atlantis Dental. So of course the theme had to be water.

This is a round wall where the reception desk is.

Far side of round wall. lots of fun fish and sea creatures!

Of course we needed a whale. LOL

I did all the beams and pillars to look like marble.

The sky has lots of soft clouds with touches of pinks.

You can see just a bit of the pillars and the wall on top is rounded

and lite up. Its really pretty with the lights on it.

Next some THANK YOUS

Last night I went to dinner with my dear friends Debbie and Mindi.

At the end of the evening Debbie surprised us both with these gorgeous boxes.

Look at that ribbon rose pin she made for the top. Isn't it just beautiful!!!

and I can wear it too.!!!

When I got home I opened it up and look what was inside.

Gorgeous laces and pearls. She knows me soooo well!! Swoon!!!

and this darling tag she made. We were supposed to get together at Christmas

but was a crazy time of year for all of us. and one of Tim's awesome stamps!!

But check this out!!! Who signed the back of the tag?

TIM himself!!!! Debbie met him earlier last year,

 Don't know how she kept this a secret for so long!!

Thank you my dear friend, You are such an amazing lady and I'm so lucky to

have you and Mindi in my life!!!!

From OWOH

I received all these sweet charms in the mail from Cindy at Everyones Charming

She has wonderful charms for great prices.

 So if your in need of some bling stop on by!

Love those sea horses!!!!

She also sent me these handmade charms. I adore the bird one, its on a scrabble tile.

Thank you so much Cindy. It will all go to good use!

Oh to be a Queen!!

I have to tell you I have been holding back. I made this crown and doll

last summer and had grand illusions I was going to submit it for possible

publication, Well I still haven't gotten around to it. So when I saw

the challenge on Gingersnap Creations Was crowns I knew it was time to share

my Marie Antoinette Crown I made.

Last summer I had purchased a poor little vintage doll at an estate sale. 

Who's legs and arms were broken, Her skirt had been home to a spiders nest. I knew she was in bad need of a makeover.

I striped her down and found a bird cage for her skirt. made her clothes and adorned her with the jewels a proper Queen would wear.

For her crowning touch a nest from a handmade flower ,pearl eggs and a bird with a long feather tail.

Inside holds a bouquet of the same handmade flowers and a sweet bird making

her skirt a Home sweet Home!

Oh to be a Queen!!!!

Also entering this in the anything but a card challenge at Cheerful Stamp Pad.

Anyone for Hot Cocoa?

I know most of us are anxiously waiting for spring. But until it gets here. How about

a cup of Hot Cocoa? I thought it would be fun to incorporate the challenge #34 at

Studio L 3  Dimensional collage fragments with 

the stamps are from Artistic Outpost New Think and Wonder plate.