A Brief Respite....Gone Arting

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Well, this is it! The time has come to bid you a fond farewell for a couple of weeks as I head to the cottage to recharge my batteries and spend the days in leisure pursuits. These photos were taken last year but I expect that I will be in a similar po...

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TGIF - Numbers

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I am very honoured to be the guest host for the TGIF challenge this week. I was assigned the theme "Numbers" and stressed about it for a little while. Then I told myself to relax, that numbers are a huge part of our lives. In the card sample that I crea...

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Theme Thursday - Tags

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These three tags were part of a library pocket tag book that I created for a friend of mine. Being a children's librarian I have access to lots of books that are discarded due to poor condition. I covet the ones with poetry in them as I can use it in m...

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This Thursday is all about....Winged Things

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I don't know about you but I go through phases and presently I am enthralled by altered tin assemblages. I have pillaged my art supplies and encouraged friends and relatives to eat lots of altoids and other candies that come in tins. These two pieces were...

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Naughty AND Nice

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Yesterday I posted my "M" is for "Mannerly" page for the alphabetica round robin journal swap and today I'm showing you my "N" page. As I mentioned yesterday, these pages had to use adjectives to describe our universe. I was particularly enthralled by t...

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Arty Girlz Challenge - Blue

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My task was to create a journal spread using the letter "M" and an adjective that described my "universe". I literally flipped through the dictionary looking for inspiration and landed squarely on the word "Mannerly". My Mom and Dad taught my Sister an...

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Mixed Media Monday - Generations

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Oh how I love Mixed Media Mondays. The themes are always so inspiring and Diane provides the theme for the following week which is so helpful when time is limited. These two canvases represent two generations. The top shows my Grandma, Ila, and the ...

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Think Monday Think ATC - Open Your Eyes

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What a fascinating theme for this week's Think Monday, Think ATC challenge....eyes! I ...

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Arte Y Pico Award

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Whew....I have been one lucky gal lately to be the recipient of so many awards. I am truly honoured and touched that people think of me when passing these awards along on their blogs. This one is from Diane at Diane's Mixed Art. She is such a multitalente...

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Brillante Weblog Award

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I have just recently discovered an amazing blog called Amusing Muses thanks to a comment left on MY blog and I am enchanted. It was such an honour to have a message from these two talented women saying that they had honoured me with this award. Here ar...

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