Theme Thursday - Celebrate Girls

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Ah, the joys of being a girl! For the most part, I'm very happy to be one! "Celebrate Girls" is the theme for this week's Theme Thursday challenge and this is my creation!...

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Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog - In the Garden

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The gardens are certainly shaping up with the warmer weather, the rain and the disappearance of the snow. I am particularly excited about the lilacs. These are round robin pages that I created for a book with a theme "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary". They are ...

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Step Outside Your Box Saturday - Assemblage

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I have always been fascinated by assemblage and have purchased a few pieces by amazing artists so that I could study them and gain courage to attempt to create my own. I participated in an altered cigar box swap which really forced me to take the plunge a...

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Crazy Amigo Challenge - Wings

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The addition of wings to humans, especially children, gives them such an ethereal and magical appearance. Dragonfly wings are especially delicate and lovely. These two atcs are my submission for this week's Crazy Amigo Challenge with the theme of "win...

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Mixed Media Monday - Transparencies

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I had the honour of being asked to particicpate in a row houses swap with many talented artists in blogland. We could make the houses tall and skinny, short and squat or whatever shape took our fancy. I used a template from the cover of a chipboard book b...

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Gothic Arches - Viva la France

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"France" is always such a rich theme for any challenge. This country inspires and delights with its history, culture and romance. "Viva la France" has been chosen by the very talented Frieda Oxenham for this week's Gothic Arch Challenge and this is my sub...

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Sunday Stampers - Cool for Cats

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I've just stumbled into another great challenge blog in my travels. It is called Sunday Stampers and the posted theme this week is "Cats". I had a wonderful sheet of cat stickers from Club Stamp and combined them with these sweet stamps from Pink Cat Stud...

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Theme Thursday - Coffee or Tea

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This little darling sitting in a tea cup is a collage image from the wonderful Retro Cafe and suits perfectly the Theme Thursday challenge this week...to create art with a coffee or tea theme....

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Wednesday Stamper - Diva

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This is a tribute to the inner diva in all of us! "Diva" is the theme for this week's Wednesday Stamper....

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Crazy Amigo Challenge - Birds

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This spread was created for a round robin with a "Forest Fairy" theme. I wanted to evoke a natural feel to the pages by using handmade paper and tearing instead of cutting it. I created my "forest" this way then added pressed autumn leaves and fairies inc...

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