OHMYGOSH!!!! An Award!!!!!

THANK YOU to Marilyn for passing this award to me . . . I've only started this blog this year . . . this is SUCH an honor . . . I could not have done it alone . . . I had some very special internet mixed media buddies helping and encouraging me along the way . . . Now it's my turn to pass this award on to other bloggers . . . it's a tough choice since there are so many AWESOME blogs out there . . . I had to narrow it down . . . my choices were based on contribution to the community in their writing and their art . . . beautiful artwork . . . tutorials to inspire other artists . . .

CONGRATULATIONS to the bloggers listed below who now have the opportunity to pass on this award to their choices . . . Here are some pointers of passing on this award . . .

1. First put the logo on your blog.

2. Link the person who passed on this award to you on your blog.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a comment on the blogs of "peeps" you chose, advising them they have won the award. Here are my picks . . .

1. Annette Husband

2. Cindy Roland

3. Flo Hollingsworth

4. Gayle Page-Robak

5. Jan Hoefler

6. Joe Nathan

7. Leandra of Paper Artsy

8. Lisa Gifford

9. Lori Roberts

10. Tim Holtz

Please visit the blogs of these AWESOME artists and enjoy their wonderful contributions to the art world!

WHAT IS IT!?!?!?!?!?! LOL!!!

Sheesh!!! Some of my Stamping/Mixed-Media Arts Buddies have the most BEAUTIFUL gardens like Gayle Page-Robak and Marilyn Gallas . . . so I threw some seeds in the backyard a few weeks ago . . . Now . . . I have some stuff growing, but I didn't label them and I don't know what some of it is . . . I DO recognize the one sole stalk of corn that survived . . . and some carrots . . . but I have a bunch of others that I can't remember what the heck I planted!!! Sheesh!!! Do you recognize any of these? DUHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!
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What is It? Part 2

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What is It? Part 3

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Lori Roberts' AWESOME Oil Pastel Technique

I was in such AWE of the Oil Pastel Technique by Lori Roberts of Paper Imagery Designs (Altered Arts Expressions Blog). . . I tried it out myself using A Stamp in the Hand images . . . Lori is a talented artist and a good friend . . . what do you think?

Traci Bautista COLLAGE UNLEASHED Experiments

The more I read and experiment with Traci Bautista's COLLAGE UNLEASHED . . . the more thrilling her techniques become . . . I'm not good at following directions nor recipes so these are my INTERPRETATIONS of her techniques . . . Chapter 1 deals with paper towel dying . . . instead of dipping the towels in dye . . . I used my purchased and/or homemade color washes . . . homemade color wash recipe can be found at http://www.fredbmullett.com/ . . . Click on TECHNIQUES . . . Click on ADIRONDACK COLOR WASH SPRAY CHART . . .
Chapter 2 deals with Paint Scraping . . .
Yesterday, my family friend/stamping buddy, Lori Tokita and I experimented with Chapter 3 . . . Crayon Techniques . . . we were amazed at how exciting ordinary crayons could be in an art form . . . my internet stamping buddy, Cathy Yamashita, taught me how to do the spots . . .


I hope you can experience the adventure of this book first hand . . . I'm so glad I heard about it through my internet stamping buddies!!!!