Just some more pics of my babies

It's a sad day for me...

As most of you know, I have 2 cats - Sophie and Sammy. Well, not anymore. Because of my financial situation, I could not afford to move into a place that would allow me to keep my furry babies, unless I wanted to put down another $400... That was just no possible. I do trust in G-d and I know that he gives me what is the best thing for at all times, so when this apartment became available, I took it, and that meant giving away my precious babies.

Today was that day. After many emails, and a phone call or two, I found a family whose 2 cats have passed away, one after 15 years, and the other only a few precious months. They said they would love to have both of my cats so they can stay together. This was an answer to my prayers. I had a lot of people interested in just my girl, and that was fine, but when this lady said she would take them both, I just couldn't refuse.

The pictures of Sohpie, the tortie cat is from a month or so ago. The gray one is my Sammy, and this was when he was just a few months old. This was his favorite position, next to sleeping next to mommy's head at night!

I'm really going to miss my little kitties....

Some Misc Art Stuff I've Done...

Here are some odds and ends stamped art that I have made that are some of my personal favorites. The Butterfly Fairy was the first pin I ever made. Everything stamped on a white cardboard square, and then covered with utee. The girl on the bed card was a gesso and alcohol inks background technique. Long thin cards are my favorite shape!! The one with all the awesome fibers was a tags on tags swap I was in. I miss this one a lot!! The cd moon shape is my second pin I ever made, but the first CD pin I made - got that?!? I stamped on the cd, the letters are on regular printer paper I just cut them out, and the topped everything with utee and sparkles. The last is a card that made a LONG time ago - maybe 2 years. I was really just getting into stamping, and this is one of my earlier cards. I really liked it.

In a Galaxy Far, Far Away...

These are the two spreads that I did for another round robin swap I'm in. I liked the theme for this book, "In a Galaxy..." I thought it was very original and a 'far out' theme. I had a little difficulty on what I was going do. My main source came from magazines. Hope you like CM!

WinterWonderland

WinterWonderland spread - the next spread in the seasons book.

Okay, so this is what I did in a nutshell - the background is papertowels. I used them as clean up in some color wash sprays I was using, and the papertowels were so pretty, I had to keep them. When it came time to do this spread, these were perfect!! The flowers are from a tissue box, Then I put random embossing powders all over to create texture - Tim Holtz ditressing weather paine - I think, some silver and a touch of something deep brown. I added the fibers with cool dangily things at the top to give it a nice touch.

Copper

Frido Cd

Cd Dolls

OKay, so another wonderful scan!! These are my cd dolls. All the body parts are made from cd pieces that I boiled and then cut up. I painted with lumieres, versamagic and staz on. All glued with E6000 - which smells horribly! I added some fibers and some page pebbles for added glitz. I hope whomever gets these lovies take good care of them!! Copper

Altered Clock

Okay, so this is my altered clock. Well, it's not mine anymore, because I made this as a gift for one of my secret holiday swaps this month. I used lumiere paints - olive green, bronze and burgundy and just a touch of the halo blue gold. I used yellow and blue (understatement) stickers from the Sweetpea Jack collection from basic gray. The stamp on top of the clock is from Beeswax - I think! ANyways, this really is gorgeous in person, and I really hope she loves it!!! Copper

The Butterflies Break Out

This is a gift I made for the Altered Art Club that I am in. Today is our 'holiday party' and we are having a Handmade Gift Exchange. I used Stamp Zia Luna Moth stamp and her color wash jewels, and then stamped and embossed the luna moth with silver on the black mat. I really hope whoever ends up with this likes it!! I think it's really cool how I only used one stamp. That was something Zana taught us. Thanks Zane - you are so awesome!! Copper

Self Portrait Chunky Book Page

Okay, at the last second I decided to join a chunky book swap. The book is called Self Portraits. Here is what I have created. They are 4x4 inches. The left side is the front, and the right side is the back (see the little gray area between the metal Femme and the other page down at the bottom? That's the space between the two pages, I'm just not the best at scanning!!). I really like this one, I feel fairly confident about it. Hope everyone likes it too!! Copper

Pages I did in OTHER People's Seasons Book

These are the left and right pages of the second and first spreads that I did in another Artists' Seasons book. Since I live in Maryland, I found some neat pictures of the tress from my own city in the newspaper one day. SO I cut them out and put some sugarbeads on top. I think that's what their called. That was my friend's Donna idea - Thanks Donna!! On the right side, you open the doors to another beautiful spread of Maryland fall tress. The right side didn't really seem to scan all that well, it look much better in person, I think!! The first set of left and rights are some really pretty November poems I printed out on vellum and put over some crazy fall backgrounds that I made. I hope she likes what I did!!

More to be posted as I create! Copper

My Altered Poetry Book

Here is the cover:

This is inside the covers

Sign in Pages:














Up close at my tag:






















Behind the Sign in Tags:




And the Back Cover:


Note to Players:
Well, I'm at in again!! In another online art exchange swap group, I am hosting a Round Robin. There are 6 of us in the group, and we all are picking our own themes. For my book, I picked Poetry. I found a really cool make it yourself little book kit at Michaels that I'm using for my base. Everyone will have pages that they work on, and when I get the book back, I will bind it myself. So Cool!!! Anyways, here are some starting pages of my book. These pages are pretty much finished, and I will be posting as I continue to work on them.

Last Page for Fall

Okay, this is the last page in my book that I'm doing before I mail it off for others to do. It's not finished, and it's also on the left side.

Notice the brush stokes? They are all over my book!! I just dipped my paint brush in lumiere and added some shimmer to my pages.

BYE BOOK!! I hope you make it back safely!!

Copper

Sign in ATC Front and Back

This is my sign in page, nothing fancy, just that cool punch again, done on metallic sticker stuff and then some info about me on the back...

Seasons RR

Okay, so here is the sign in page. I just did some paper weaving. The background is painted with lumiere paints. And stickers for letters and then some metal leaves for bellies...

...and this is the right side of the sign in page! The sign in spots are the size of ATC's, with covers. The stripes and dots papers with numbers and leaves on them act like hinges

Last Page which will be complete upon return:


Let Side Do's:

Right side which is don't. And of course, more lumiere!!!


I'm in this Round Robin with an online group, the theme is Seasons and this is my cover... so far!
The book is a composition book which I'm a little worried about as it's a bit flimsy, but hopefully will hold up with all the mailings.

I want to add a transparency over it and some stuff in the middle and of course...Fibers and beads and dangly things!! I'll probably wait until the book comes back to me so I don't weigh it down to much for shipping. Plus, I'd like it to come back to me in good shape... Oh I will so miss this book...

Will post more pics of some of the spreads I do in other books as they come. Copper

My First Post

Okay, here it is...my first post. Can I
handle it? I don't
know. Let's give it a try... Okay, not bad really. Like
the fairy? She's a 2x4
foot ceiling tile I did for my local stamp store. I
think she's awesome.
But
there is more to come...
Copper