another good bye (buy)

 well, I had to say good bye to a great buy today.  My Sizzix Sidekick died......

it served me well these past several years and I will replace is asap!

I didn't think I would use it as much as I did.  It is a great tool.

will be leaving this.

and heading to this.  

soon.

a mixed bag of weekend crafting

 

a little slow stitching

a closer view

a bag of pirate stickers

back

inside

belly band removed

birthday card for a Pirate!

how lucky to find a sheet of stickers and one remaining pirate paper from Photo Play papers!

your name is Donovan and you're Irish!

St. Patrick's Day card for a certain little Irish lad....

found the idea on Pinterest....

Got a Heart stamp?  Then you can make a lucky shamrock....just add a stem with a colored pencil!

 

little canvases and a question....

a couple of little (2 x 2") canvases all grunged with paints, inks, stencils and washi tape, distress crayons

added a button flower bouquet.  the "vases" are bolo tie end pieces found at the gem show a few years ago.

then I found a few of these folios stashed away in a storage container.

tried covering the left one with tissue paper but it didn't do too well around the folds.  and neither did the inside liner papers. 

so the question is...how long do you spend trying to fix something before moving on?

oh, the one on the right was colored with oxide distress inks.  it turned out very nice.  I may add a few

black outlined flower stamps.  the inside is colored the same way so I don't have to worry about anything adhering flat.

 I will continue to play with that one.

and a new (one and only) scrapbook store will be opening here in Tucson....soon!!  not sure I mentioned this but I'm getting pretty excited....
 

wish you were here

 I highly recommend this book!

Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult.  That's all I'm gonna say.

Well, that and.....wow!

Also reading The Red Tent by Anita Diamant and The Boy From the Woods by Harlan Coben.

We have watched several of his novels to movies on Netflex - so I needed to see how closely his work influenced the movies...of course this book isn't one yet but it could give me some insight.

working on some art journals, too.  I will post pics soon.

Spring is not too far behind!