Ike and his windy effects

If you live in the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio area, you are probably aware of the wind that blew through here yesterday. I was in my basement  working on rearranging my stamping area  while the worst of the weather was going on. I had just reconnected the TV and cable by my work area, when the electric died for good. There are so many areas without power they are estimating 4-5 days without power. Lovely!!  On a good note, the power in the store is on and we are open for business. I have spoke to a few people today and everyone is ok but the cleanup will take a while.

 

Take care and thanks for stopping by

See you soon

Barbara

Art on display at Crone Cottage in Bellevue, KY

Some of you may know that an altered arts group (Altered States of Mind also known as ASOM) meets here at the store once a month. One of the members of the altered arts group owns an art gallery in Bellevue Kentucky called Crone Cottage. She has invited the ASOM members to submit artwork for display at her gallery. The gallery has a monthly event on the first Friday of the month in the evening. So on Friday September 5 the ASOM members will have some of their artwork on display at Crone Cottage.The event will be from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m..

On behalf of Beth, the owner of Crone Cottage, and the Altered States of Mind members, you are invited to attend a fun event on Friday September 5 from 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you.

Here are the pieces that I have made and am submitting.

                             

Well that is it for now. Thanks for stopping by.

See you next time.

Barbara

Flourishes

I just haven't had time since getting back from CHA to play or do anything. The other day I was browsing the blogs that I normally review and I saw the cutest Cinderella carriage. And for the life of me I cannot find where I saw it. So I put on my thinking cap and tried to recreate what I saw.

If you like the flourish stamps then you will be able to do this with little problem. The top card was my first venture into this. I stamped flouishes to resemble the base of the carriage and next I used the Nestabilities to cut the scalloped oval. As I positioned the oval my minds eye saw a baby carriage ,so I cut the oval to make the carriage look like the top was up.

 Next I wanted to make the "Cinderella Carriage" I used the flourishes stamps and built the base. Next I cut a circle and an oval using the Nestabilities. Then using a glue pen I traced all the stamped flourishes and added glitter. I added the glitter to the carriage part and wella!!!.....Cinderella's Carriage.

Hope you like these and thanks for stopping in.

See you next time

Barbara

Cards using wallpaper from Joyce D.

Joyce D. stopped in the store with the latest cards she has made. She and I had been talking about the wallpaper that you can paint and she went to Lowe's and bought a roll of the paintable border. This wallpaper works well on cards. You can use acrylic paints, inks or even alcohol inks. This wallpaper has a coating on it so the alcohol ink technique will work exceptionally well.

Joyce used her wallpaper to make the most unique and pretty cards. I hope you agree. You see, we stampers will use anything to make cards, won't we.

    

Well hope you enjoy these and hope they inspire you. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Barbara