I climbed out from under my rock

Thanks to those of you who have visited me. You've convinced me to post! I guess I've been a bit lazy. Here are the things that I've been working on. I am obsessed with art journaling! I mean truly obsessed! Below are a couple of pages that I've done recently. The boy on the red page is my son Alex. The other pink page with the eye on it is a poem that I have fallen in love with by Bertrand Russell. Enlarge the photo to read the full poem.












This a notebook that I altered for the Shabby Chic Altered Notebook swap that I hosted. I had so much fun making the paper flowers. I book pages I used to make the flowers are in Spanish. I swear I looked high and low for a French book, but no luck.







And finally....just look at this handsome guy. I caught him hanging out in a tree. His colors were so vivid I just couldn't resist.

My 32nd Birthday & a trade

Yay for 32....Not! lol This is what my lovely family bought me! They even got me4 embossing folders, circle and tag die cut sets and a 3 drawer chest for craft supplies. I Am a lucky girl!







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Cherries, Lolli Pops, Ice Cream and Cupcake Trade

I've been seeing tons of cute things featuring cherries, lollies, ice cream and cupcakes. All at a very reasonable price. I guess since the weather is getting a bit warmer, the stores feel they need to rack up in cute girly items. I have no idea but I decided to host a swap with this theme. It went well. This is what I sent.

Mexican Swaps

Mexico Whimsy Jar

I'm currently hosting this swap at swap-bot. (I really feel like I type "Swap-bot" way too many times) I've already finished mine, since it's not profile specific. I had way more fun than I expected to have making this. I really had to be creative though. I think my favorite item is the little skeleton socks. I love em sooooo much that I bought myself a pair too. They're the kind of socks that you're not supposed to see but I would want mine to show. They're too cute to hide.

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Potty Mouth ATC Swap

This one was fun because you actually get to have a potty mouth. And it's all good. I won't type what mine say but I use those 2 words together quite often. I have to be pushed though. he he he

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250 ct Mexican Cultura Matchbox Shrine Swap

I hosted a big matchbox shrine swap at Swap-bot. The theme was "Mexican Cultura". You
got to choose whatever you wanted to base your shrine on, just as long as it had to do with Mexican culture. It was lots of fun even though a lot of people didn't sign-up. 3 people that did sign-up, dropped from the swap. In the end we only had 4 participants. I was kind of bummed but it's their loss because the girls did such a great job.

Sent:

I Chose to base my shrine on Frida Kahlo. Nothing says Mexico more than Frida. Right? I made the little calavera out of clay and beads. My partner was LaTosi at swap-bot. Hope she likes it!

Received:

I received this awesome shine from HoneyBunny over at swap-bot. Her theme was a "Charro", which is a Mexican cowboy. I just love it to death! She did such a great job. This is going in my china cabinet. All the stuff in there is from Mexico. This fits right in.

2 Swaps I Sent Out

This one was sent to Favorite Color Swap:
I sent this pink parcel to ladolcevitacrafts over at swap-bot. The theme was "Favorite Color Swap". She picked P!nk of course.




The theme for this one was "Yummy Cupcake Stuffs". This went out to Cookie Chef at swap-bot. She loved it and I even got a heart. You can't really see but I made some really cute polymer charms for these 2 swaps.

Swaps At Swap-bot and a Contest Entry

Tequila Matchbox Shrine 32 ct

I just finished making this as an example for a "Tequila Matchbox Shrine", I will host at ....you guessed it, swap-bot. The picture really doesn't do it justice. It's way more sparkly in real life. You can really see the glitter or sequins.

Matchbox painting tip: If you're going to paint the original outside of the matchbox, paint a coat of primer on 1st! This will save you many a coat that you'll have to put on.







Self Portrait ATC Swap

My very 1st ATC! Yaya! Now I'm hooked. The theme of this one was "Self Portrait". I'm a photographer so this was perfect for me. I have a gazillion pictures on my computer and this is the most recent one that I took while testing my lights. It was sent to Aislinn who lives in the Philippines.






Flat Rate Envie Of Fun

This is what I sent Adriana over at Swap-bot. She really likes the color orange, Frank Iero (from My Chemical Romance), Vampires and stickers.

The package includes:
Frank Iero bookmark & a ATC
Orange striped notebook
Little deer ATC kit
Cute owl ATC kit
Polymer clay orange tart cell charm
Polymer clay lolli necklace
Trident chicklet
Stickers
2 orange pixie sticks
A mixed CD of the music that inspired Stephanie Meyer as she wrote the Twilight Saga.







Matchbox Shrine

Hello and welcome to my new blog! Okay so here's a Big matchbox (250 ct) shrine that I entered in a "Wish Upon A Star contest here. I'm pleased with the way it turned out. By the time I finished, I had glitter all over my face.






Fairies, Gnomes & Whimsy ATC Swap

Here are 2 ATC's that I sent off for the Fairy, Gnome & Whimsy ATC swap at Swap-bot. I hope they like them as I am still new to the whole ATC thing. I think it's really cool though! You get to turn a 3.5x2.5 card into a little canvas. The skies the limit!






Owl ATC Swap

We had to make 4 Owl ATC's and incorporate some to do with February in there. I incorporated hearts in all of mine. Hearts remind you of February...right?