Miniature Collage

The hot thing now is the Ranger Memory Frames. Very fun, very easy to work with.

This is a collage using some rub ons inside and outside on the glass, and Idea-ology bits to add interest. The frame is upside down and a clip is added to hold the ball chain.

Of course the Paper Imagery Designs image has a bit of Distress Ink on it...of course!

It was a gloomy, overcast day when the picture was take so the key seems darker than it really is.

But you get the idea! A couple of my pieces are up on ScrapScene today, and this is one of them. Very cool site!!!!

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Counting down the days until RANGER U!!!! Got my list of fellow students today from all over the world. Should be VERY exciting!

Create ART.....have a great day!

Heritage Page

I began this whole adventure about 8 years ago when my DIL invited me to a scrapbook party. I had a blast!!! New tools to buy, new ideas for paper...I LOVE paper.

Then a few weeks later, my dear junior high school buddy introduced me to stamps, and ink, and MORE papers. A monster was created!!!!!

BUT, I never found papers I really liked for my old vintage photos I had of life on the farm in the middle of Nebraska. I have some really wonderful photos I received a couple of years ago from my mom, so I decided with my new love of Graphic 45 papers.....get it on! I used Perfect Pearls and Distress re-inkers on the background paper for Family.

This is a combination of all kinds of "had to have" vintage things. Grandma was a one room school teacher and grandpa a Homestead land farmer. Hard times. She saw her piano go out the door during the Depression. But when she got the 2nd one with her money from teaching, she would sit and play and sing. I started piano at 5. Grandpa could play several instruments, although I never heard him. They would both be proud of Jeff...my teacher/band director son.

So here they are. Perhaps I'll follow with some more of children on the farm. She had my mom, the twins, and my youngest uncle within 3 yrs. The story is there was a set of triplets and 2 sets of twins. Only one set of twins survived. They put them in shoe boxes as beds since they were so tiny. And no pampers....whew!

Have a creative day!

One of my Favorite Images

This is another one of my favorite images that I used in my little book that's at CHA without me....lonely I suppose. My friend, and the other part of the newly dubbed "Dynamic Duo" is there to watch over her. I KNOW Wendy is going to have the time of her life!!!!! So well deserved!!!! She works sooooooo hard!

Anyway this was done by using a paint dabber background of white and stamping over with Memories ink. I have never had a problem using this ink on acrylic paint....so that's what I use. There are more of the miniMarks in the background. I love these. The Bloomington Shop, Scrapbook Friend'z, was the 1st place I saw these, but they have no web address on them, so I can't give you a link. Sorry. But they have great designs. Stampers Anonymous, my fav, created the stamp. Isn't she wonderful????? Wordy Woman is what I believe she's called.

That's it for today....too many projects are calling my name and driving me crazy. The sun was shining so nicely this morning it was hard to drag myself out of the sunroom and into the studio to work, so I'll have to burn the midnight oil to get anything accomplished! Me and the owls!

Be good to each other,
L