Embellishment Holder

Well I have to say I love the printer John got, and installed for me. 

The little girl, buttons, and rose background paper were all printed 

on the ink-jet Canon printer. 

I added bits, snippets, and pieces of ephemera. 

Made with a single sheet of 12x12 paper. 

After the folds are made it has four pockets to put this, and 

that in. Haven't decided if I'm going to gift it or put

it in a journal. I'm getting into making journals these days. 

We had a cool weekend temp wise. Got lots of walking in. 

Since it was cooler I did a little baking, and made spaghetti for

Sunday's dinner. Also did a lot of crafting. 

Had to get the vacuum out to find the floor! At 

one point even our cat Cherokee was confused by the mess. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

A Time to Remember Book

This is a book that I made years ago. I'm thinking in the early

2000's. Thought it would be a fun way for my friends to

take and fill up the pages with their artwork. 

The newest entry is from Emily. She

made these wonderful portraits of John, and herself. 

The two page layout also has a spiral heart. 

I tell you her artworks has no bounds. Such a talented girl. 

 

 

Here is an earlier two page layout from Kathy. 

 

Love that she added a photo. 

So what is the remembrance book next stop?

It will be heading out sometime this week to my friend

Kathleen. Still have lots of pages to fill! 

Stamping trails

Karen

Completed Family Art Journal

The art journal I started in September at a class the Brunswick

library offered is completed. Had fun making this and plan to make more. 

Skip even asked me to do one with his family. 

Inside cover. 

Pull out from pocket. 

I got to use my new Tim Hotlz photo wheel. 

Close up view. 

I made two one for the front an back of the pocket. 

I made a black bow to go with the bows that the women are

wearing on there clothing.

The oldest photo I found was of my grandmother, and her sister taken

in 1918.

Inside back cover. 

The next photos will be of the other side of the book. 

One of the neat things about my family.....

Three sisters married three brothers. Not at the same time

of course, but all within a few years of each other. Mom always told

me about her "double 1st cousins" 

Me and my brother got our musical talent from our Uncles. 

I added some of the school photos of my mom's cousins. 

I think the book came out really nice. Going to give it to my daughter either

for Christmas or her birthday in November. Nice keepsake. 

Stamping trails

Karen

More about my Art Journaling Book

I went to another class on art journaling books last evening. 

This is a photo of the lower half of the cover of my book.

The heart frame has a picture of my mom holding my big brother Tony when

he was just a baby. 

A few years ago I went through my jewelry box and took

out things I no longer wore. At first I was going to just throw it all 

out, but then........

The crafter in me said stop are you crazy? You should put all the jewelry in

a container and use it for projects. I'm so glad I listened to my crafter voice

and kept it all. 

This is a beautiful old lidded tin that my mother gave me. 

It belonged to my grandmother. The only thing on the bottom of the tin

reads Made in England. 

I'm using it to keep all my ephemera in. 

Here is one more page from my art book. This is photo of my Aunt Tootsie. 

Her real name was Sarah Catherine. My Sarah is named after her, and (me, and my grandma as

we all had Jane as our middle name).

I was thrilled last night when the class instructor came over and looked at my book. She

asked me if it was okay for her to show the rest of the class. Everyone liked it. 

On the 18th of October we have a show and tell. We will get to show the books and

tell how we came up with the theme. Oh I also started two more books while I was

at class. I've got them folded at least. I'm thinking of doing an elephant book. 

So to my friends out there if you come across any photos of elephants keep them for me. 

These can be from anything. I did find a few in a magazine that I put aside to use. 

Okay this post is getting long! Happy hump day! 

Stamping trails

Karen

Art Journal Page Share

So I took a class at the library last Tuesday. We learned how to 

make art journals. I started working on the journal a few days ago. 

Won't show you everything that I have done so far, but I did want

to share these two pages that I have completed. 

The left side was done with Tim Holtz collage medium and distress

crayons. 

On the right I stamped directly on the paper used on the

accordion folded book. Which was a mistake. The paper

that was provide at the class will not work with the ink I have. 

Won't dry even when I used a heat tool. So....in order to 

save the page I threw some clear embossing powder on it and heated it

again. The embossing powder sealed in the wet ink. YAY the page was 

saved, and I really love how the color pops. Also gives some added texture to the

page. 

The theme of the book is Family of Smiles. I'm using lots of old

black and white photos that were passed down to me from my mother. 

Thought it would make a great keepsake for Sarah. 

 

The photos are of my mom. She made the skirt that she, and her cousin are wearing. 

Yesterday I joined a quick turn around 3 pocket Halloween swap. 

Instead of doing a full pocket letter we had to do 1/3. 

So I whipped this up yesterday afternoon, and its ready to be mailed soon as

I get my partner. I'm having so much fun with these swaps! 

The weather was so nice yesterday me and Skip went to the park and took a 

nice long walk. So great to take the nature trail. Still suppose to be

nice today, so its time to wash my car. 

Stamping trails

Karen