I've been watching some of the Prima Live videos lately and really love Marion Smith's projects. She made a couple of altered art journals lately and I was inspired to make my own.

The cover made with canvas art board.  The entire journal is bound using my bind it all.


PhizzyChick inspired page


Tag with Tim Holtz stamps




The quote  "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song" - lori holtz


There are more details on my blog. I'll also be posting more pages there as I finish them.

Wednesday I received a wonderful package from plaidpineapple.


A ton of fantastically funky fibers...just what I was hoping to get

And a bunch of other scrapbooking embellishments including rubber letters and frames, a mini scrapbook, bookplate tags and rubon letters


Yesterday I received my package from Tree27

Some great scrap papers, stickers, embellishments AND some vintage silk embroidery thread. I LOVE the thread. I'm kind of afraid to use it, it is so lovely.


Lots of papers and some tags.  Some of the paper is even adhesive backed. I haven't seen that before

She also sent along a beautiful bird ATC


Thank you both for the wonderful packages!!

I created a little ATC minibook for a challenge.  It was really quick and easy to make. Usually I sit and think about the things that I want to make before starting, but this time I just went with it. I'm pleased with the result.  I should have scanned them before they were bound. The photos aren't the best.  There are more details on my blog.

I received a wonderful owl themed matchbox from Woobie last week.




Everything spread out. I got several charms, some stuff to make scrabble tile pendants, some beads and a few extra this-and-thats

She also sent me a tin full of extras + a piece of fabric and felt (love the owl bead in this one too)


Thank you woobie!

I received a lovely Spring themed ATC from curiousfae today in the mail.  Thank you!

Here are the most recent cards I've received. I love them both!  Sorry for the poor picture quality. I think my camera may be on its last leg. It sure sounds like it's dying when I turn it on and off.

First, for my sea creature theme...ENGRbyDAY made me a Fabulous Seahorse.  She also made me a sculpin (a fish) inchie, but I didn't get a photo of it.


And mandykaye made me a lovely horse and friend card


Thank you both for the beautiful cards!

I got a really nice owl card from Eveamlizya today.  The little leaves are textured and stick out a bit from the card.

Thank you!

I got a great can full of things from PurplePaisley over the weekend.

First, the amazing can...so creative! I couldn't figure out how to take the lid off at first.


If you look closely at the hat, you can see the beautiful bracelet she made for me.

Next, and adorable cupcake pincushion/stuffie.


Two adorable ornaments that are residing on my new christmas tree


Finally, an awesome apron.  If you look closely you can see that the batik pattern is christmas trees!  I love it!

(Pardon the crafty mess)

Thank you PurplePaisley!

I received my wonderful package from trix_ska over the weekend. She sent me lots of lovely things.

A really neat crocheted pinup box, a lip balm cozie, toy cozie, lip balm, hand cream, 4 erotic books, and a blue feather boa that isn't pictured because my cats started attacking it the minute it was out of the box.  It's hiding in the closet. 

Everything (but the boa) and one of my curious kitties.


The lip balm cozie


The toy cozie with a cute little kitty face


Thank you trix_ska!!!

I received the most amazing ATCs from raeraethejetplane.  They're more like ATC books full of even more ATCs.  There are lots of pictures below and even a couple that are NSFW.  She made them all books because one of my themes was books.  

It's dark here and my lighting is bad so some of the colors in the photos are washed out. I'm leaving for the weekend and really wanted to get these posted tonight so they get the attention they deserve.  I also didn't post all the images in each book. There were way too many and some of them were pretty similar (like the quotes).

Book 1 - Paintings of Aquatic Life - the watercolors are beautiful.


Book 2 - How to Fold an Origami Crane - She included some little squares to practice with and even put the actual folds in the little book for each step


Book 3 - 17 Cat Facts - I love the cat in the Abe Lincoln hat


Book 4 - untitled - Pop-up fishies!  


Book 5 - untitled pressed flower book - Beautful! There were some other pages in there two, but I think this one is my favorite page.


Book 6 - Major Kingdoms of Plantae and Animalia - made with a real twig and bark The watercolors are beautiful. You really can't tell how wonderful from the photos.  


Book 7 - Books - A Collection of Quotations - a book of book quotes


Book 8 - untitled broken heart book - Back story: I originally had 'love' listed as a theme. Shortly after we received partners for this swap, my boyfriend broke up with me. I PMed RaeRae and said that she could switch "love sucks" for love if she hadn't started on the cards yet and wanted to do the theme. So this is the result and I love it! (ps. the boyfriend and I are back together now too ) The flaps open up then the cards flip up.



Book 9 - Va Va Voom - for my pinup theme.  It's a vintage pinup magazine
 
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