Feeling Distressed?

I couldn't wait till tmorrow morning to post this card.  Love the Hero Arts reverse image stamp, the EK border punch, but I really love the Distress Inks!  They are soooo much fun to play with. 

This card only uses two colors (Peeled Paint and Broken China).  Aren't they yummy?  And wait till you see some of the newer colors!

I'm Here

Just a quick note...  I am here, really I am.  Whew!  The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of activity.  I finished the album I was working on for a young lady graduating from West Point, the May 2010 Scrapathon is now behind us, and the Stamp and Scrap Expo has come and gone.  And it seems that summer has arrived, it's been hot and humid here...  I really have to get into the garden this weekend. 

I hate posting without having pictures of projects, but I just had to post a little something.  New things are coming!  I've had a chance to play with baby Isabella (and take some photos for some new pages...) and I started on the cards for our July card marathon (look for some sneak peeks in the next day or two).  And I will be teaching a new class at Legacy, "I'm So Distressed!" with what else?  Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  This class will be jam-packed with techniques to use with these extremely versatile inks. Been having a good time playing with Hero Arts stamps and all the inks for this one. 

In the meantime... here is an older favorite of mine... a card made with leftover pieces of rubons and a stamped image that had been previously stamped but was not used...I just saved it because I liked the colors and it fit just right on this card. 

Hope you are enjoying some sunshine today! 

Scrapathon is coming...

I've been working on an album for a customer that has consumed all of my free time the past couple of weeks.  Today hopefully I will complete that and things will return to "normal" whatever that is!  I have so many things popping about in my head to work on I simply must finish this project today so I can move on! 

Scrapathon is coming up so fast!  This coming Saturday is THE day!  I have things packed up, although I will probably change out some of my page planners since the arrival of baby Isabella.  So if you are one of the 145 participants signed up for Scrapathon, get busy!  Get those page planners filled and pack up your favorite tools to make the most of your day with us. 

Other than that I am wanting to cover a bunch of containers with paint and paper for some pretty storage in my studio.  Pale blue, brown, taupe and antique-y white are my colors I think. 

This is a paper mache purse that I think will nicely hold opened packs of embellishments.  And I love the soft blues combined with the browns.  I refinished a large picture frame; whitewashed it really and then did a couple of small shelves.  So I am making progress.  Still need to paint the room, but that I will wait a while on since I will have to pull stuff away from a wall and paint the room one wall at a time.  But I think the paint needs to be a soft, soft blue.  Storage cubes are white... and more papered boxes and storage containers need to be created like this one.  And so on and so on....