simply me

and how are you today?

just a quick post...

time got the best of me today but check out a scrap happy interview i did with lain!

NSD canadian style...

on the road again to Toronto this weekend to hang out with the peeps from Bizzy B!

been crazy busy getting ready for Tuscany and the downey family european tour.
we will be spending the entire month of june in Europe!
is that not the craziest!!!
we will be teaching and frolicking through Italy, Holland, France, Scotland, England and possibly Germany. i working on some new new classes for Hawaii and some other upcoming events...
and then there is the planning that is shaping up rather nicely for inspired. 2009 that is well under way.
basically the next few months will be crazy!!!
i love crazy!
felt bad for not blogging, so for my as well as your entertainment, i video blogged from the airport this morning!

i think i might like this!!!!

check it out my first fully digital page with "stuff" on it...
i love it!
ashley smith from polka-dot potato emailed me to see if i would be interested in painting some canvas backgrounds for digital paper.
i will admit i was a little nervous.
but last week i finally tried it!
check them out, their called "tattered musings" and they went live today!
i even stole a little time away to play with them and make a layout.
i totally need a digital tutorial because i am so limited by my digital lack of knowledge but i get how this can be addicting!

digital elements used
Tattered Musings Paper Pack by Donna Downey,"photographs" text,  Curled Journal Spots No. 04, Oversize Hipsters Plumes No. 01, GF Halda font

books 4 u!

and the winners are...

Well, I am not #25 but i still think the book would be cool to own! I saw it at Barnes & Noble last weekend. Have a great weekend & just want to say that link to the slideshow of Inspire is wonderful!!!
Laura
Posted by: Laura | April 25, 2008 at 11:17 AM

sounds like fun!
Posted by: kaitlin costa | April 25, 2008 at 11:34 AM

pick me! :)

Posted by: Debbie | April 25, 2008 at 11:54 AM

email me your address and i will get your books out to you this weekend!

crafty-u!

ok really i know i love rosie,
but this book is really fun.
lots of fun stuff to do with the kids over the summer
and most all of which are made from things most of us have lying around the house.
some of my fav's are the holiday crafts.
we love halloween in our house and i am already thinking how fun it is going to be.
my personal favorite however is the "rope-it-in basket"

ok so i have 3 of rosie's books itching to go to a crafty home!
the 25th, 100th and 150th comment received in response to this post today will win the books!

just a quickie!

creative PLAY

i played with stuff this weekend!!

and to tell the truth i was so inspired by the acrylic album that ali made at inspired. and cathy was working on hers all weekend that i simply wanted to play too!

so here she is!

there are so many textures and layers of stuff...acrylic album pages, transparencies, fabrics, Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India Inks , paper, paint, stickers, tags, rub-ons, eyelets (i am having a love affair with eyelets again)...
OH THE JOY!
texture makes me happy

missed a photo here but you get the idea the top right layer is a transparency

then the photo of cole was on an acrylic page, i struggled with, "do i cover the back of the photo?" and then decided, "who cares!"

however i do like how the tabs spell nonsensical words on the reverse...the last page especial when "live" is spelled backwards, LOL! love the irony~

love how this last page turned out.
i laid out some different sized tags and stamped one image.
i adhered them to the page with glue dots so it has a bit of dimension.

Thank you Paolo!!

paolo was such a gift at inspired.
thank you paolo for capturing on film the tone and spirit of the event.
watch his awesome slideshow here!

CHECK IT OUT!!!

my blog is a featured typepad blog today!!
what a great day!
what a great week!

finishing up the last of the orders today...should have them out by this weekend.

played a little last night with the canvas swatches.
i am really enjoying these little pieces of happiness!
i have gotten a bunch of questions asking what i do with them when i am done?
right now stacking them on top of each other and looking through them.
they simply make me smile!

art play for art play's sake, i say.

today i think i am going to work with one of the 6 x 6 acrylic page frame designs albums and play with incorporating some swatches and "stuff". i have never tried working with an acrylic album before...

kinda excited to get started...gotta go play!