Last Altered Project for 2010

I made this little mini album while cropping at Posh Scraps in Palm Harbor Florida with some dear friends. I made the album for display for the store. One of my pals, Jackie, loved the little album so I surprised her with it for our gift exchange. It went to a wonderful home.

Happy Holidays to you all.

SP6 Gingersnaps Once in a Blue Moon challenges for Dec.

SP6: Once in a Blue Moon: Ginspiration

With 5 Wednesdays in December, it's time for our Once in a Blue Moon Challenge again!

For this extra special challenge, we've asked the Gingers, our Design Team, to give you lots of options for this challenge! So get ready for some

Ginspiration

to get those creative juices bubbling! Each participating Ginger has picked out their very own challenge topic for you! You get to pick which one suits you!

When the challenge closes on January 25, 2011, we will pick 10 Ginger Gems - fabulous creations that we feel really exemplify that challenge's objective. The Ginger Gems will appear in our wrap-up post and in a slide show in the blog bar for an entire week and their creators will have the honor of displaying our Ginger Gems blog badge.

For your chance to be eligible as a Ginger Gem or as a Home Page Artist, just follow the simple guidelines below:

1) Make a paper crafting or mixed media creation using one of the Ginger's challenges as your theme or inspiration;

2) Post your creation to your blog or online gallery with a mention and link to this post. Don't forget to mention which of the challenges you are completing; and

3) Come back to this post and leave a comment including a DIRECT link to your creation or use the linky application below. Remember to make it a link to the specific post or picture and not just a general link to your blog or gallery. We need to be able to find your art!

For more information on our challenges and directions on linking, please check out our FAQ page.

One random winner and ten Ginger Gems will be announced from the qualifying submissions on January 27, 2011. You have until January 25, 2011 to enter!

Posh Scraps in Palm Harbor Holiday Open House

Michele, owner of Posh Scraps has asked some of us to do some fun make n takes and here is mine. We'll stamp, emboss, paint, stipple chalk ink, glitter and flock all in about ten minutes flat for a cute Santa tag, book mark or even a card. I know the others have been creating some great things too...bundle up, come on out, get some holiday spirit and join us at 6pm-8. Oh, and did I mention that there are refreshments and 25% off your entire purchase!

Gingersnaps Challenge : Glitter

GC82: Spicy Supply Challenge - Glitter
Welcome to another Spicy Supply Challenge! Our theme is month is the Great White North and we're celebrating winter and snow elements. So what better supply to challenge you with than...


When the challenge closes on January 9, 2011 we will pick 7 Ginger Gems - fabulous creations that we feel really exemplify that challenge's objective. The Ginger Gems will appear in our wrap-up post and in a slide show in the blog bar for an entire week and their creators will have the honor of displaying our Ginger Gems blog badge. In addition, we will pick one random winner, whose work will be featured on the Yahoo Group homepage and in the blog's sidebar.

For your chance to be eligible as a Ginger Gem or as a Home Page Artist, just follow the simple guidelines below:

1) Make a paper crafting or mixed media creation using white glitter;

2) Post your creation to your blog or online gallery with a mention and link to this post; and
3) Come back to this post and post your creation or use the linky application below. Remember to make it a link to the specific post or picture and not just a general link to your blog or gallery. We need to be able to find your art!

For more information on our challenges and directions on linking, please check out our FAQ page.

One random winner and seven Ginger Gems will be announced from the qualifying submissions on January 11, 2011. You have until January 9, 2011 to enter!

Barcleona part of Cruise album almost done

I've been working diligently on our cruise album while the wonderful memories are fresh in my mind. The first one is my favorite of the 3 I put the finishing touches on this morning before I head out to the Posh Scraps Black Friday crop. This is my oldest friend...we've known each other since we were 14. This whole idea for going on a curise together with our husbands started over our dinner table way last January and by June 6, there we were having tapas together in Barcelona! We did it Jo! and most of the planning was done by Jo who even flew down here for four days to confirm all our side trips. What a friend.






Thanks for looking. I usually put my layouts on my other blog but it pretty full of our grandsons' first Thanksgiving!

Gingersnaps Creations tutorial: stamping and stitching

For the complete step by step directions on making this canvas stamped and easy stitched holiday tag or bookmark, check out Gingersnaps Creations blog.

Many thanks for looking!

Gingersnaps Creations Random Redhead Challenge 79

GC79: Random Redhead Challenge - Stitching

As we continue our love affair with all things fashion and fabric, we know that you will all have this latest challenge all sewn up! For this month's Random Redhead Challenge, we are daring you to incorporate

in your creation! You can use real stitching, faux stitching or stamped stitching! What about some lovely needlework details? As long as it's stitched, it's perfect for this challenge!

When the challenge closes on December 12, 2010, we will pick 7 Ginger Gems - fabulous creations that we feel really exemplify that challenge's objective. The Ginger Gems will appear in our wrap-up post and in a slide show in the blog bar for an entire week and their creators will have the honor of displaying our Ginger Gems blog badge.

For your chance to be eligible as a Ginger Gem or as a Home Page Artist, just follow the simple guidelines below:

1) Make a paper crafting or mixed media creation using some form of stitching in your creation;

2) Post your creation to your blog or online gallery with a mention and link to this post; and

3) Come back to this post and leave a comment including a DIRECT link to your creation or use the linky application below. Remember to make it a link to the specific post or picture and not just a general link to your blog or gallery. We need to be able to find your art!

For more information on our challenges and directions on linking, please check out our FAQ page.

One random winner and seven Ginger Gems will be announced from the qualifying submissions on December 14, 2010. You have until December 12, 2010 to enter

Please check out the other lovely samples from some of the other members of the design team here.


I have a few of my hand dyed totes and banners for sale on my other blog,
Posting from Paradise. I am doing a trial run to see if I am to open an Etsy shop or not. Any input is appreciated!