CDA mini house challenge .  5" felt and embroidery thread and golden rhinestone embellishments. Using the template provided by Connie McBride for the event. Had fun picking out the materials for this adventure.

Happy New Year 2017

 Can you believe it we are already to the 5th of this month and I'm just know getting around to posting to my blog...   Connie McBride @ CDA has issued a challenge that will include a blog hop when we complete our assignments/projects/etc...  LOL! anyway I've joined it so will be posting my projects here and it will be a lot of fun.

These are a few of the things that I made for the holiday gifts and I had a lot of fun doing them. I made the Box for my Anne doll from an old USP shipping box to hold her.

A gift for myself a pattern from Gingermelon.  She was very fun to do and I'm going to make a sister for her.

Angela Anderson did a painting class on you tube but I decided to make a colored pencil and Black ink rendition of it using glitter to sparkle the snow and antlers.

More colored pencil drawings for Christmas cards this year.

David found this wonderful brass and beveled glass frame and I made a Lion picture to put in it for my sisters Christmas present.

The snowman the little 4" doll ornament and the 8" doll are original patterns that I made for gifts this year, along with the ornament....

May 5, 2016

Happy Cinco De MayoEveryone!!!!

This is a Mission Inspiration art journal page for April and I enjoyed the challenge of doing it.

 The Salt Cedar or Tamarack as some call it are in bloom as the Mesquite trees are fully leafed out.

 The Mexican Bird of Paradise are blooming as well and the bee's are a buzzing...

Petunias have come up in a pot that I had them in last year they are one of my favorite flowers and remind me of my momma's front porch area where she seemed to always have them aroun

Wow I'm on Instagram now...

DLP2016 April. Having fun with the pocket card ATC sized.

 Month divider page

 Flip side.

Challenge pocket card .

What I've been doing!



2016

Catching up 2015/16

Here we are 2016 this was my first in my journal in a long time.  I had surgery on my Rt. shoulder complete replacement and still not able to lift it or use it even with therapy so had a ct scan last week and will have the results on the 29th of Feb... so we will see...

Feb. 2016 I've signed up for a Patreon accn't for myself, and it is geared towards all artists of all genre.  

Kraaft Shaak. com I signed up on it is a great place to find videos and wonderful artist. Can find it on You Tube too!

2015 Summer

I've been making homemade soaps and gave most away at Christmas along with the Apple and Pear Butters that I put up last year.

Last year (fall 2015) I tried incubating eggs and had only two that hatched one died within a couple of hrs. the other one lived it was a bk. barbed and did really well.

I did some scrapbook and cardmaking and Mixed media play last year and will upload some to this blog when I get on my Computer I'm on my Chrome right now and don't have access to my pictures. Hopefully I won't be so long in adding more to the blog again.

Wow it's Dec. of 2015 almost Christmas and I'm finally back to my blog. Merry Christmas to all of you.  I'm going to sign up for "Creative Everyday and see if I can keep up with it this time. LOL

Paper Doll Challege

Several years ago Sherry Goshon had a challenge to make paper dolls and these are a few of those that I did.

Wow I didn't realize it had been a whole year since I was on here....

Since then Sept 2012 I dislocated my left shoulder and then in Dec I took a bad fall in my kitchen and broke both shoulders at the socket  and dislocated the right shoulder.  Which when all was said and done left my right should damaged...

I gained even more weight and was practically immobile unable to dress or care for myself was not a pretty thing and my health keep deteriorating to the point I couldn't hardly breath walking around my house so I finally went to a new doctor who bless his heart found several things wrong one I needed a full time inhaler not just the emergency kind  he changed out new meds for my thyroid and my heart meds. So now I feeling better starting to lose some of that nasty weight and can breath again...Started with the water therapy for the immovability and it's working already!  

So to the pics: EDM (stands for EveryDayMatters a drawing group on Yahoo) the first, since 2008, one is one that I quickly drew this morning after reading about just doing it pick up a pencil and draw something he suggested a foot so here is my Left Foot (without the whistling It was part of the just do it challenge...)  

The Cally Lille was a class project that I may have already posted but want to get back to doing again it is done on cloth and painted (with fabric paint)....

Happy July Fourth

Sewing, crafting and having fun with my friend and grandchildren.  Tomorrow is the fourth of July and I'm wishing you all a great day!

I have another BOM from Craftsy that is done for the month of June and some other projects that I've finished from a couple of other groups that I belong to.
And I turned another year older and received this beautiful card from my sons family.

Sewing

I've been sewing and reading lately.  My Brother Embroidery machine had a few problems so it's been in the shop being fixed...so I decided to finish a few projects and am glad I did..  Organized my downloaded projects into a folder and now will be able to find them a little easier.

I made two cell phone cases (Windwoman designs) and am happy with them.  Finished my sewing machine matt that I started years ago, and have had a go at learning how to embroider on my Pfaff 7570 machine which I'd really never even used very much.  So these are the designs from the Card #1 which came with the machine....I don't have my cable or the software (which I learned won't work on this newer computer) for downloading designs from the internet.

Catching up 2012

Hello been a long time since I've posted anything I suffered with broken and dislocations of the shoulders and it's been a long time trying to heal....the Rt should still isn't...

Well since I posted last we've had a new addition to the family tree... Kari and Tommy have a beautiful baby boy Isaiah Jordan....They were here helping me through the healing time and just left to go back to Casa Grande AZ I'm already missing those sweet children and their parents.
I've been keeping myself as busy as I could with small sewing projects and reading a lot. I've found a couple of groups that I'm learning more on my embroidery machine and techinques...
ITH thats in the hoop projects here is an example of a couple of them...along with some quilt squares that I'm learning to do from Craftsy online class...

Easter Egg Coasters

Spring Pot holder

string bom

(bk lt.)wonkey pound sign, asktrick,  (ft lt.) chunky chevron, and Balkin Puzzel

working on a cloth doll right now also an ITH just need to put some hair on her and she'll be done.

Wedding Martin-Hillis

Our grandaughter Kari Kay was married in Sept to Tommie Hillis, and what a beautiful bride she made.... Their Son Mikey was their ring bearer.

They're expecting another son in March 2012...