OMG- Woooo Hoooooo

I had one of the hardest weeks working this last week. Faux painting till 2 or 3 in the a.m. Every day. But I feel so much better now!! Imagine my Surprise to come home and find this complimentary issue on my table. I still can't believe my little Halloween pendant made it into such an Inspirational Magazine as Somerset Studios GALLERY !!! This is my First for this wonderful publication.It is chock full of Fantastic art by such talented artists. You can find this magazine and other publications at .Stampington
My little piece features images by Artchix Studios

I am Blessed

Isn't it funny how when you do nice things they have a way of coming back to you! I was so lucky to win a beautiful book by Lani Kent. Her blog had a recent giveaway as well and I Won!!!!!!
Lani is extremely talented and her work reflects the deep feeling we all share. You can see her amazing art at Healing Expressions.
Thank you Lani for your Gorgeous book and Atc. You are such a Beautiful Person!

Welcome Door

I used the stamp images from the Snowy Woods from Artistic Outpost and the Watercolor markers technique from
TJ

Blogaversary Winners!!!!!!!

Thank you all for participating in my Blog party! I have visited several of your blogs and am amazed at the talent out in blogland. I will continue to make my rounds as time permits. Thank you all so much!
Well I finally had time to post the winners. Here's how it works. The first # drawn will get to select 1st, the second # drawn selects second, etc. I used the random # Generator to select the #'s.If for some reason I cannot reach any winners or they do not contact me within 72 hours I will redraw #'s

First is my RAK- #104- This will be a surprise gift and it goes to RHONDA- from Lost in Cardland

Prize winners
1St - #31- Katina
2nd - #282 -Paula- Teaberry Cottage
3rd - #302- Kim- Star shine chic
4th - #128 -Bonnie
5th - #111- Sundownbead Designs
6th- #219- Erin glee
7th - #17- Louise- Kard Krazy
8th - #48 - Hels
9th- #41 - Jonni
10th- #240 Gayle Page Robak

Congrats Ladies. Please contact me for information.

Closed!!! Lets Get This Party Started- More Added! This post will remain on top until the 18th Scroll down for newer posts

My final gift - A necklace I made from Watch parts ,etc.
Wow my one year Blogaversary!! It has passed so quickly. I have met so many wonderful people. I can't begin to Thank everyone one for all the encouragement and kind words from the past year. Also those who have followed along and check my blog regularly an Extra big THANK YOU. Well whats a party without presents!!! Some sweet little Fairy earrings?
A little Snow Angel Ornament
How about a fun bracelet with some cool charms?
A wall hanging collage with vintage goodies.
A How about a matchbox shrine pin/pendant?
Some clear stamps from My Sentiments Exactly, Jolees Snowflakes and some trees with bling.
A cold cast metal necklace I made.

Our Family Tree Art Journal
Idaho Archery print "Calm Before The Storm"
"The Ridge"

One of my S/N Limited Edition print. The winner will have their choice from several S/N prints I have available. I will send the winner several images to pick from.

Here's the scoop.
1. Just leave a comment at the end of this post for one entry. Be sure you leave a way for me to contact you.
2 If you'd like to post on your blog and link back here then I'll put your name in twice. Be sure and let me know with another comment.

For every 50 comments I will add more gifts. So spread the word! I figured out by adding a new gift after every 50 comments your odds are 1 in 25. Better than the lottery!!! I also will be sending out a RAK for one of my regular followers.But thats a surprise!! The party will be open till Nov. 18th. midnight MST. The next morning I will post all the winners with the first name drawn gets first choice, second name next and so on.If I am unable to reach any winner I will redraw after 3 days. Good Luck !!

Advent Boxes

I guess I can show these now. I made these advent boxes for two DF of mine. I gave them to them a couple of days ago so they could begin opening them Dec 1st. Of course in each little box is a special wrapped present. You wouldn't believe how hard it was to fill all these spots with things they didn't already have. I so enjoyed making them and the best part is they get to have a surprise every day in December! How fun is that?

Making Smiles on Faces Award

I received this award from Hels. You are to tell 5 facts about yourself before passing it on to 5 more people;

Fact 1 - I Love Art (can you tell?)
Fact 2 - I'm very down to earth, so I've been told!
Fact 3 - I am genuine, honest and a hard worker.
Fact 4 - I Love Mocha's, A little too much!!!
Fact 5 - I could live on Chocolate. not really but I'd like too!

I am passing this award on to:

Kim
Shar
Louise
Rhonda
Nancy Maxwell James

Thanks

Christmas Past

I used the beautiful stamps from Snowy Woods available atArtistic Outpost for my Christmas card.

Old Time Christmas

I had so much fun making this little Christmas card.
I used the Santa collage from I Brake for Stamps and the collage image is from
Collagevisions I added some distress rock candy and Stickles.

New Releases -IBFS

I Brake For Stamps has just come out with some of the most Gorgeous new stamps. Here's a little sample of a few I did using the new Flower collages.
Using the Burnished background technique from TJ

Using the watercolor Markers technique fromTJ

Using the Sepia Tutorial from TJ and the gorgeous Antique Gold Bronze paper from Paper Temptress they are the sponsors this month at Gingersnap Creations Right now there is a challenge going on where you can win an entire package of the Gorgeous papers. So be sure to check out Gingersnap Creations to get in on the fun!

If you order any of the new Stamps from I Brake For Stamps and use code SAVE10LYNN at checkout you can save 10% on your order!

Tag Tuesday- Photo

At Kard Krazy this week the theme is to use a photo. I followed Louise's lead by using a family photo and Christmas theme The photos are my brother and myself with Santa. The funny thing is we both had black eyes at that time.I wish it showed better in the pictures but there too small. I always wondered what Santa thought when he saw our black eyes? The stamps are from Stampers Anonymous and Inka Stamps.

Snowman Art

Well Hels at Ink On My Fingers has a fun challenge going on this week. to include a little Frosty on your art. here's my card using the new glossy black paper I received from
Paper Temptress this months sponsor at Gingersnap Creations I did the starched smoosh from
TJ and I can scratch off another from my Christmas card list!

Artistic Outpost- Christmas tin

I was playing around yesterday with a stash of tins. (my DH loves kipper snacks) you should see the stack it just keep growing. So I figured I had better start using some. So I started with the gorgeous paper from Paper Temptress for my background. It reminds me of swirling snowflakes. My Stamps are from Artistic Outpost. One down a ton more to go!

Tag Tuesday-No Paper

Boy did Louise from Kard Krazy throw a wrench in this week. Your challenge was to create a tag using no paper- Nada!!!! O.k. the next best thing? Plastic!!!! Here's my plastic tag done with alcohol inks and the Deer collage stamp from I Brake For Stamps. I even added Plastic leaves. hows that for improvising?

Gothic Arches

Gothic Arches this week has a challenge with using images from Lord Fredrick Leighton. Heres mine. Stamps by Inka Stamps. Butterfly by Artchix Studios. See all the amazing work at Gothic Arches

The Holidays are upon us.

With my first card for November I thought I'd kick it off with a Christmas card. I'm really pleased with how this came out. The stamp is from I Brake For Stamps The new Snowflake collage. The technique is from TJ the splatter technique from the June 09 issue and the papers are from the new sponsor this month atGingersnap Creations
Paper Temptress Her papers are so yummy. The Lustre Vintage Silver Lustre was perfect for the background of my snowflakes ,it looks as if they are swirling about. I also used the Retro Black Glossy Lustre to frame it all. Be sure and check out all those gorgeous papers.

Changing things up a bit -Blogaversary in Three Days!!!

So I am trying to find a suitable blog background with a new header. I was thinking a winter look with birds ,maybe some evergreens a few snowflakes. I can picture this in my mind but haven't found anything close to what I'm looking for. If I had photo shop and knew how to use it(lol) I could create my own. I could paint my own but winter would be over before I got it done. So this will have to do until I find something more to my liking!
My one year blogaversary is in 3 days. Lots of goodies to share with you all!

TGIF and Sunflower and Dragonflies -Artistic Outpost

Trick or Treat. I used the stamp images from Artistic Outpost Halloween plate and the faux wood tech from
TJ for my background fence. Happy Halloween everyone!
There is two little Halloween challenge going on at Sunflower and Dragonflies andTGIF
so I thought I should enter too! Its SB challenge 14

Tag Tuesday-Paper Piecing

On Tag Tuesday at Kard Krazy
this week its paper piecing, Louise just returned from her Cruise with Tim. She has chosen paper piecing this week for her challenge. I used the Butterfly collage from I Brake For Stamps all done in fall colors . I added a little glimmer with powered pearls.