Happy Birthday to You!

Good morning and happy Friday.  I hope that you've had a great week and are ready for the weekend.  I'm actually planning to go to Port Charlotte with my daughter and her family to visit my son and his family.

Here are a couple of colorful birthday layout kits that I designed for Treasured Memories this past weekend.

And here is of our son-in-law George participating in a longstanding (about a year now)  family tradition by wearing this very special birthday hat on his birthday this past Sunday.  The tradition is that whoever is having their birthday must wear the hat during the entire birthday celebration.  Guess what ... I'm next!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day and a safe and restful weekend.

Adora-Bubble

Good morning and happy Thursday!  

Here is a layout that I collaborated on with Janet of Treasured Memories.  She picked out the papers and came up with the title and I laid them out.  I agree with her that this is absolutley adora-bubble!

And here is a recent photo of my adora-bubble-liscious grandson, Landon!  What I smile he's giving us!

Thanks for your visiti to my blog today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Simple Shadow Box

Good morning and happy Wednesday!  I hope that your week is going well so far.

Here is a simple shadow box that I recently made.  What I did was to take a small canvas frame and turn it around.  Using Julie Nutting dolls, different papers, paper flowers and pop dots, I built this wall hanging of my four grandchildren, who I'm going to have all together this weekend.  I can hardly wait!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Snow-Tex

Good morning and happy Tuesday.

Today I want to show you a new use for a product called Snow-Tex made by DecoArt.  Snow-Tex is a texturing medium that is used to to make dimensional effects on most surfaces.  Generally, you would apply it with a stiff brush or a palette knife.  It's very popular at Christmastime for making snow or beards, but it can be tinted as well.

The technique I'm using here is to apply a very thin coating to your work to give it a worn or weathered look.   The best tool that I found for spreading it around thinly was actually my hands.  As you can see here, I actually became part of the work.  Not to worry, it washes off easily with soap and water.

And here is the finished product.  It's great for vintage or shabby chic layouts.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  I look forward to your next visit.  Untila then have a wonderful and blessed day.