AOG/AED - Days 9 & 10

What's shakin' friends? I've missed being here! My phone got froze up by a little someone I know using it to text her BFF so I was without for a couple days.....both phone and net. I have to tether my internet through my phone because of living in a dead zone, so it was a little rough. LOL!

I can't wait to see what everyone has been up to!

Attitude of Gratitude

I've been plugging along with my thoughts on gratitude and am making sure I let those I am grateful for know.

On the 9th I was grateful for the strength and energy to get chores done for our kennels. There are so many things to accomplish in order to be set for winter and since we had rain, cold, wind, and blech starting - I needed to get the girls set up. I'm grateful my kiddos had willing hearts to help me finish off what I wanted to get done when they arrived home from school. Don't get me wrong, they had no choice LOL, but they did so willingly.

Yesterday, the 10th, I was grateful for my crock pot and food to fill it with. I had forgotten how lovely crock pot cooking was. I made teriyaki chicken to go along with some sesame ginger noodles. Yum! I decided to play with some lenses and films with my iPhone in Hipstamatic (<----LOVE!) so here's a peek at the chicken cooking:


It made the house smell so, so good! I was grateful for crossing tasks off my lists and adding new ones. I was grateful for my hubbie being able to pick up our DD from basketball practice on his way home from work. I really was dreading having to go back out in the cold. Too bitter for this chickie. I was grateful for finding a couple of books I am ready to dive in to.

Art Every Day

On the creative front, I spent Wednesday and Thursday working away at some projects for upcoming deadlines and chipping away at a sketch. I've been determined to play along with my friend Heidi's sketch site, Sketchy Thursdays, for a LONG time, but always let something take its place of priority. So in celebrating art every day month I decided it was high time I get at one of those sketches in between the artsy tasks I had to get done.

Here's the sketch I used:

to create this LO:


Give Thanks 2 God


Tessa, from Perfectly Precocious, is sponsoring this challenge and in following along with her Attitude of Gratitude project the LOs have to have a theme of thanks in some way. I couldn't think of anything better to scrap than my vow to give thanks to God in the storms and sunny days of life.

Here are a few close-ups for you to enjoy:


I know this one looks almost exactly like the first and it basically is, only cropped to bring the bulk of the page a bit closer for viewing.










I played with papers, mists, paints, gesso, and beeswax to create this page and I love it! Thanks for the fabulous sketch Sketchy Thursday gals and I'm going to triple dip with this one and post it for an MSW challenge and send it off for the Crate Paper monthly color challenge. Fun, fun.

Hope your days have been creative and filled with joy. See you later with today's actual post. ;0) No more catch up, YAY!

Drive-by Post

I'll be back later with my promised tutorial for you all, but I had to pop in to tell you to get your tail feathers on over to Scrapbook News and Review to check out the Rubbernecker stamps event. The stamps are amazing and so are the projects! There's also a $30.00 prize pack up for grabs....wink, wink, nudge, nudge! But seriously there are some really amazing projects, classes, and tutorials all ready for you to enjoy.

Here's a teeny peek at my favorite piece from the event:

Please do head on over and see this in full! If you do, be sure to check out all the other threads, as well as enter yourself to win some fab Rubbernecker stamps of your own.

See you at SNR!

Projects to Share

Hey Blog Friends! Happy Wednesday to you! I never know what to title my posts. Do you ever have that problem? I always try to think of something catchy, but there are more times than not it escapes me, so I went the easy route....projects to share. LOL!

I have a variety for you today, all are projects previously created for and published in Scrapboook News and Review Magazine. My file of things to share from there is unbelievably huge! I'm not sure I'll ever get caught up, but it'll be fun trying. The April issue will be available soon, you should head over to get your subscription!! You won't be disappointed at all.

First up a LO. I'm not sure what call I did this LO for. I have a feeling it was for a sketch call and I changed up the size to make a 6x12. I really like 6x12 LOs and now that I can work the sewing machine, YAY!, I can actually modify my page protectors!!

U and I

This is a picture of my hubbie and I. These pictures are so special because they are few and far between. I wish I had more of us together. I used some cardboard for my base because I knew I was going to be adding some goops to my LO and that makes your pages a bit heavier. All the patterned papers I used are Cosmo Cricket from the Circa line.


In this close up, you can see the texture of the background a bit better. All around the photo and bellies I used some glass bead gel mixed with some metallic paint. I really love not only how this looks, but how it feels. I am such a sensory driven person. I feel the need to touch everything!

This is another shot where you can see the texture of the background. This area really highlights the tissue paper I laid down with some gel medium and then painted over with metallic paint. The frame holding the journaling is from K&Co, I believe, and I went over it with some alcohol inks.

Moving on to a card now.

You Hold the Key


For this card I cut, embossed, tore my patterned papers (Crate Paper), and then wrapped it with the hemp cord. I tied on the key and some little beaded charms I made. I am all about the beads these days! I have a huge stash of them and am having a blast creating all sorts of charms, stick pins, etc.. Next, I adhered my patterned paper to the base of my card. Then I went around the edges with some blended fibers gel. I let the card dry overnight and added some metallic paint to the gel the next day. The heart circle was stamped and then I used some paint markers to color the heart in and write around the edge.

And last for today an ATC

I.R.L.

This ATC was done for a movie themed ATC call. I had to go with Scarlett O'Hara because after all, my full name is Scarlett O'Hara. Yeah, you read it right, LOL! My middle name is O'Hara, my mom totally loved the movie. It seemed appropriate for me to do this ATC sharing with the world I am the in real life Scarlett O'Hara. No big screen for me, just a regular gal living a blessed life.

The base of my ATC is made with beeswax that I colored. I laid the image I pulled from he internet down into it, along with the stars. Then I added a little more wax so I could get the picture of myself on. To finish it off I added some gold mica flakes, my letters, and some bling.

That's it for today, are you still with me?! LOL! This was along one. Thanks for hanging in there with me. I love knowing you stopped by and hope you have a blessed day.