Your Hands

I got some canvases the other night, and just couldn't wait to work with them. They are 12x16, which is bigger than I normally work with. After driving home from my parents the other day, and listening to JJ Hellers CD for about 3 hours straight I knew that this was the first canvas I wanted to complete! I finished it in one night...... thats amazing considering the amount of layering, embossing, glazing, stamping, painting and texturing that went into it.....not that you can really see all of that in the pic :) I don't do enough art that is just for me, so when I do I really pour into it. I have another canvas planned with psalm 31 on it....... just have to find the right paper as the jumping off point. Here's the song that inspired the canvas, hope you are blessed by it. (you can click on the pics to make them bigger)

Not sure yet where I am going to put this canvas, I love how it turned out, but I am not sure if it goes with my house :)

contest sneaky peek

If you are one of my scrappy friends and you are not a member of the Scrapmuse forum...... get in there and check it out! Starting February 1st we will be kicking off a month long "Spread the Love" contest! There will be blog hops, weekly challenges, games and PRIZES! We have lots of fun planned, but you gotta be a member :)

Show the Love

In honor of Valentine's Day right around the corner Everything Scrapp'n thought it would be a great time to do a layout about a loved one. The challenge is titled "Show the Love". It should focus on your relationship with a loved one, or you can showcase a special relationship of a friend or family member. The prize is a $20 gift certificate to the store. Enter your layout by loading your creation in the gallery of our online forum & then link it back to the store blog post by 11:59 PM eastern time on Sunday, February 7th

I have scrapped this pic before but I just love it! this time I went to www.picnik.com and played around with the photo effects, I settled on a old Holga camera effect. The bright papers go great with the dark black and white pic

The other night I was eating some yummy Dagoba Dark Chocolate squares and decided to keep the pretty pieces of gold foil that they were wrapped in..... this one ended up as a scalloped heart rubbed with antique linen distress stickles ;)

and of course, a quick little card for Valentine's Day with my scraps :)

The rest of the design team has some inspiration for you so hop along to their blogs. We're all using Nikki Sivils papers from the Everything Scrapp'n Store. Make sure you visit each of them & leave them some "love".

Michelle


Jana


Tracy


Suz

Thanks for Stopping by :)

Reveal Day!!!

Yay! Today is Reveal day for the ScrapMuse DT!!! This months MegaMuse is full of Webster's Pages and Fancy Pants..... what a fun combination! Everything from soft girlie shabby chic to fun and funky freestyle pages are possible with this kit. And don't forget, Melissa packs these full of awesome embellies! This month we got play with some Tim Holtz' Rock Candy Crackle {I should have my article on this awesome product soon} I still have a big full of embellies to keep creating with. So with out further ado...........

I have really enjoyed working with this months ScrapMuse kit, & I still have lots to work with :) so hopefully there will be some more projects coming from this megamuse!

Everything Scrapping January Blog hop!

Welcome to this months ES bloghop! If you did not get to my blog by way of Tracy (this month's awesome guest designer) then you should head on over to the ES blog and start from the beginning.

http://everythingscrappn.blogspot.com/

Okay, now on to the good stuff :)

this month I am so excited to be working with the "Nook and Pantry" line from Basic Grey. This has become one of my all time faves from BG! And I adore the "woolies" that match the paper...... you will see more of this great line on my blog this month!!!

Now this next line isn't new, but I just love it! "Craft Fair" from American Crafts. Its got everything from saftypins and buttons to cottages and woodgrain. Such a fun and versatile line. & and notice the great bold solids on the backs of the sheets!

to keep on hoppin head over to Suz for the last stop on the hop!

Don't forget to check out all of the designers blogs....you never know where the winner will come from :)

Parisian Nights

Isn't that a great name for a kit???

Okay, so this is a first for me... its only the first week of January and I scrapped a Christmas LO :) woohoo! These Fancy Pants papers from this months scrapmuse make a fun non-traditional Christmas page

I'll post some more sneak peeks soon!

Scrapmuse Sneak Peek

The January Scrapmuse is AMAZING!!! I am having so much fun working with it.... you must get your hands on this kit! I have never seen so many fabulous embellies and papers together in one kit.... trust me, you need one! Oh, and the kit also included a bottle of Tim Holtz "rock candy" clear crackle.... watch for my article on it in this months newsletter. {kits now come with a full color printed version of the monthly newsletter}

A New Year and a Twisted Sketch!

Its the first day of 2010 and the first sketch of the year is up at Twisted Sketches!

Head over to the blog and get your sketch so you can play along...and maybe win a prize to start off the year right :)

http://www.twistedsketches.com/

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