~~~ My Ten/Eleven... Favorite LO's of the Year...2011 ~~~

I am going to take a huge leap and send in an application for a Design Team call that Imaginarium Designs has going...I will make it in the nick of time...for I didn't really have the courage to try...But what the heck,why not! I think it is time that I start believing in myself and my art. What started out as a "I will just do a page or two" in 2006 has developed into a love affair with paper and as of this year with chipboard elements!  Here is a collage of ten of my favorite LO's of the year... Unfortunately not done with Imaginarium chippies but with Dusty Attic and our local Enmarc Craft chippies....I love what Imaginarium has to offer though and think I should try and get me some of their chippies as well to play with. I LOVE distressing and feel my page is not complete without some tearing or rolling or just generally messing up a plain piece of paper. The same can be said about the chippies. I treat them as blank canvasses and try to see to what extent I can mess with them! They are usually painted and crackled and layered and... well see for yourself....I am going to add an eleventh project for you have to see how beautiful this card is with a bejeweled Christmas tree...

I was asked to be on Enmarc Crafts DT For 3 months, being May to July... fortunately for me I am still on their team!!! And I will be on Crafti Treasures Panel Team for 3 month, January to March with February being my month to host a challenge.

Here are some of my LO's of the year...

                                        ~  Dusty Attic ~

                                     
                                 
                                          ~ Dusty Attic ~

                                          ~ Dusty Attic ~ October Sketch Challenge Winner

                                           ~ Dusty Attic ~

                                           ~ Dusty Attic ~

                                           ~ Dusty Attic ~

                                       
                                           ~ Dusty Attic ~

~ Dusty Attic ~ May Sketch Challenge Winner ~

                              
                                          ~ Enmarc crafts ~

                                           ~ Enmarc Crafts ~

Don't you think this is just the best dressed Christmas tree?

  

Thank you for taking the time to have a look at me and my work...it is, as always, much appreciated!

~ 15 August Challenge ~ Once Upon A Sketch

I know...I haven't been on my blog for ages!!! Will have to rectify that! I once again made a lay-out for Once Upon a Sketch using a sketch by Nadia Cannizzo! I used an Ornate Gate from Dusty Attic which I painted with green and black Dabbers and dusted some perfect Pearls on.The journal challenge was to write at least two lines from a favorite song...I used Close to You from the Carpenters.I felt that it is quiet fitting to my daughter Chantelle...Thanks for taking the time to have a look!!!

Here is the sketch that I used...

~~~ Gabrielle give away ~~~

Just have a look at all the goodies that are up for grabs over at Gabi's blog!!! Go here http://gabriellepollacco.blogspot.com/ for a look!Also see the beautiful work that she has created as well! Thanks Gabrielle...

*** May Sketch Winner ***

What a wonderful surprise I had on Monday when my Rock On Layout was chosen as the winner of the Dusty Attic monthly sketch challenge!!! I am still on cloud nine about it and I suppose the day that packet arrives at the Post Office I will need a class of some thing to calm me down!!! My poor Pazzles machine is standing idle nowadays because with all the delightful laser cuts from Dusty, Enmarc and Celebr8, I hardly use it at the moment! I am having fun with all the wonderful girls on all the forums...It is so nice and refreshing to get and give feedback and cometary to each other.

*** ROCK ON ! ***

I had so much fun creating this LO to Michelle's sketch at Dusty Attic!!!Thanks again for a great one Michelle.This is my dd Michelle at a Rock concert.I used a section of the Chain Fence DA 0450 and pieces of the Ornate Fence # 2 DA 0441.I cut them and placed them next to each other as a border.The DA's were painted with Black and Terra Cotta Dabber and sprayed with Heirloom Gold Mist.My background paper was masked and misted and a border was stamped.

~~~ Enmarc Crafts Design Team ~~~

Thank you so much Enmarc for inviting me to be on the DT for a very great product! I am so going to enjoy this journey and hope that someone , somewhere can pick up a tip or two from me...just as I do with every layout I see.May we all keep on creating wonderful memories ...

Whow...so this is what it feels like...Great!!! I can just think that it can be fun to receive products and then be asked to design with it! Although it will only be for 3 months, I hope that it might be the first of many to come.Hope that in my little way,I can encourage every one to just go out and play and have fun!!!

September 29

Another LO using Celebr8 diecuts.And I must say I am quiet pleased with the outcome of my chippies! First I covered the chippies with Rangers new Distress Stain - Peeled Paint -.When it dried I sprayed some Dazzles glimmer mist on it. Finally I dry brushed some Espresso Dabber on to them. Once again I layered the flowers...they just look so pretty that way! I also used the frame from an earlier project, stained it as well and embossed it and voila...a frame for my pictures! Clever,don't you think? Thanks again for watching.