Mama Mia!!

I really want to see this show. I love the people in it & the music sounds like sooooo much fun!! Anyone else looking forward to this one?

Tim Holtz & CHA...

Just read in another group:

"Back to Tim Holtz stuff. Grungeboard is coming out in a holiday pack and nature pack. Also grungeboard books. The stencils are finally going to be released. Keyholes are coming out in the Ideology line. Tim Holtz fragments are coming out in oval and round shapes plus a set shaped liked tags. The tag shapes are all pretty small and great for ATC's. The crackle paint is coming out in metallic colors and white."

Take a look at his blog for pictures.

Oh wow, I can hardly wait to see the goodies!!

The goddess within & other creations

OK, the quarterly ATC swap at aMUSEme. Two themes. GODDESS - must use your face on the card. I guess I went a little overboard, but is was fun adding all the glitz:



The second theme was UMBRELLAS. At first I was going to do a paper piecing of the Morten's Salt Girl with white micro beads flowing out of the salt box. Too many pieces and I was not happy with the results. Then I saw a lovely stamp online of a beautiful Victorian lady with a parasol over her head. I was going to put lace on the parasol & use Glittering H2Os on it. The stamp came & it was no where near the fine detail as was shown online..poor lady looked like she was possessed. So, I decided to do some more iris folding and got my pattern and folded 16 umbrellas:



No, I didn't put the gold seal & ribbon on mine......the hostess gave me an award for knocking her socks off!! The back of the card reads: The back of the card reads, "Congratulations! Your ATC has been chosen to receive the Hostess Choice Award for the aMUSEme UMBRELLAS ATC swap. This award is given to ONE swap participant for outstanding workmanship. Your ATC is EYE CANDY and knocked my socks off!"

Charming, just charming

I was fascinated with the charms that some ladies brought on the cruise to trade. So, when Jan said she would host a charm swap, I jumped right in..........never had made a charm before in my life, but I do make dangles for my tags. Then, at ScrapGoods, one of our members wanted to host a swap & I suggested... CHARMS!! She took me up on it and so here are the charms I have made for both swaps.

They look alike, but for one swap the wire is gold & for the other swap, the wire is red. I attached lobster clips before I mailed them off. Thank you for looking & enjoy.