My Newest project picture... my friend Shannon in one of my Gowns....

My newest design... a Prom Dress for my friend Shannon Zaykoski!

Comfortably Creating in Carthage..............

Just here at my friend Kathryn Hancocks house in Carthage... We were creating and i just wanted to post something that i made.... this is using a Heidi Swapp brown Foto Folders. The stamps are NEW Cling mount stamps from Tim Holtz so is the key hole and the Pin at the top. love the cob web ribbon, i used this same ribbon on the last post this time however i just cut it in half length wise and made it narrow. The tablet paper and the words are stamped on Tims Newest product Grunge paper, its thin grungeboard basically.

a blog much needed.............

I have ben quite busy... now that musical and bi-county are over i finally have time to create. The last weekend in March i went to Mass. and took classes at the Sue Gilman tradeshow. I took an awesome class from time holtz and at the end of the class he gave us each a stamp set. from his new collection from Stampers Anonymous. Well you all know me, i cant just own one stamp set from Tim Holtz. So when ABW and I got home, we ordered all but 2 sets. The card above was made, using the following sets: Fairytale Frenzy, Sketch Elements, Urban TApestry, Floral Tattoo, Slight Alterations and School Desk. All of the sets are amazing. I simply stamped all of the images in black or white on 2 diffrent colors of orange and a sheet of blackthen i cut them out, distressed some, ripped the edges of some, layed some on black mirror paper. i then layered, glue and stapled, i applied some black cobweb ribbon from Mayarts and added a date stamp from 7gypsies.

Stress and a cupcake?

Well as many of you know this saturday is the last day that Dragonfly Rubber Stamps and Gifts will be open. This week has ben very difficult and has wiped me out emotionally. so i hope to see as many of you as possible on saturday. i will be looking foward to it.(the seeing you part on closing the store part) As for the rest of things i am so busy working on spring musical that i havent created since i got home but here is a card that i made for my mom n dad on Valentines day. The frame as well as the cupcake are from Bam Pop!!! I love Bam Pop!!! well im off to do homework so i hope to blog soon..

They call this a Vacation.......

For a vacation i certainly haven't had much time to rest. I have been everywhere and anywhere the past few days, while i've been here in Des Moines. I've been shopping, out to eat, to the movies to see "Coraline" in 3D and i've even created a little. The ATC above is an Artist Trading Card that i made for the hostess of my Aunt Alice's ATC swap this month. I love the red stripe across the top and bottom of the gold strip. These great little strips are called German Scrap. They come in all shapes and colors and finishes. I have fallen in love with these things. This whole creating process that i've gone through on this vacation (as they call it) hopefully will get me back into making more ATCs and start to swap some more than i have been. Well i'm off to pack and get ready for my trip to Chicago tomorrow. I'm spending a few days with my cousin Jake who lives in Chicago. So will blog soon. :)

Hello from the Heartland...(and they have polyester)

Okay so i am here in West Des Moines, Iowa. i flew here by myself (but tecnically i was in an airplane but still....) and it was quite an experience. Shopping in Iowa is quite different than shopping in New York. Green Bags are even more popular here than they are on the East Coast. They also call plastic grocery bags "sacks." I went to the most wonderful store today. It is called the "Atomic Garage!" Imagine this: walls of Polyester, shelves of white faux leather Go-Go boots, and a twirling pillar of retro-inspired glasses. It was like heaven. i purchased a Chestnut Brown cardigan with matching suede panels on the front and it is quite amazing if i do say so myself. Well i'm off to dinner at a resturant called "O'Charley's." *Will blog soon*