Took a quick trip…

Oct 12, 2011

I decided to go to Beau­mont over the week­end for some antique and thrift store shop­ping as well as hit this won­der­ful flea...

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Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers

Feb 11, 2011

I bet you were expect­ing another tag using Per­fect Pearls? Well this one fea­tures Ranger’s Adiron­dack Acrylic Paint...

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Pink Carnations

Feb 9, 2011

This tag uses all four of the new Per­fect Pearl col­ors from Ranger’s new Con­fec­tions Set. I really like Pink Gum­ball as I...

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Noel Tag

Dec 9, 2010

Today, I decided to cre­ate a tag using some of my favorite things. It’s fun gath­er­ing sup­plies when all the while you have...

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And finally we are done…

Aug 18, 2010

Oh I do not miss those stripes and stars for one sec­ond… not a tear was shed when they got cov­ered by this gor­geous color by...

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Scraproom Makeover

Aug 16, 2010

I have not fallen off the face of the earth… just been lost in my scrap­room. Last week­end my friend Lisa E. came over and helped...

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Copic Markers and Silk Flowers

Mar 17, 2010

These two make a won­der­ful com­bi­na­tion. I picked up a bunch of cheap super pale yel­low silk flow­ers at JoAnns sev­eral...

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Favorite Blog Posts of 2009

Dec 31, 2009

Well we are all back home safe and sound. It was nice get­ting to see the fam­ily over the hol­i­days but it sure does feel good...

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Crepe Paper Ornament and Bottle Brush Trees

Dec 5, 2009

Fri­day night I was lucky enough to get to chat online as a guest with a bunch of Fisk-a-teers dur­ing their online crop. I tell ya...

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Let it Snow…

Dec 4, 2009

I gotta say I am impressed with myself today… two big blog posts in one day.… As promised here are the instruc­tions for this...

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Altered Cabinet Card

Nov 2, 2009

My “A Very Vin­tage Christ­mas” work­shop starts today so in its honor I fig­ured I would have a very vin­tage project. I...

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Noel…

Oct 29, 2009

And for you, SURPRISE another Christ­mas project. I have a feel­ing this year Old Fash­ioned Mica Snowflakes are going to be on...

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A Happy Christmas…

Oct 28, 2009

Yes it looks as though I skipped Hal­loween and Thanks­giv­ing all together and went straight to Christ­mas. Hon­estly this was...

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A Little Winter Wonderland…

Oct 21, 2009

Here is another sneak peek of a project I cre­ated for my “A Very Vin­tage Christ­mas”. You all know I love glit­ter. So...

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In Anticipation…

Aug 28, 2009

of my upcom­ing work­shop “All Hallow’s Eve” below is a tuto­r­ial I put together show­ing you how to recre­ate this super...

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My Little Book of Thoughts…

May 12, 2009

I am not much of a jour­nal keeper but I love hav­ing some­thing small to jot down a thought or two or make a note so I don’t...

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Embellish the Embellishment…

Nov 12, 2008

I do this all the time… espe­cially if what I am about to use already has glit­ter such as these cute lit­tle bells. It seems...

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Busy Project Day…

Nov 28, 2007

Alan will be adding items for sale on my blog (including these) several times a week, so if you want original one-of-a-kind items check back and see if I have anything you might like. I painted the entire box and added white boa, glitter tinsel, pink pom pom trim, bottle brush trees, satin seam binding, a ballerina, snowflakes, rhinestones and iridescent fibers.

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Using Crackling Medium

Apr 29, 2007

Pace Supplies Needed: Acrylic Paints, DecoArt Weathered Crackling Medium, Paint Brush and chipboard (example is Maya Road Scroll Corners) I have found that when using crackling medium, foam brushes are not as effective as using a paint brush.

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