Last night at the Southwest Stampers meeting, Kris helped us make Tri-Shutter cards. This is the one I made. I still need to finish it up, but I got a good start on it. There are several variations to this card and it is fun to play with the folds and cuts to make it [...]

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I can’t believe how long it took me to finish my chip bag purse. There were delays in getting enough bags to work with, and lots of delays while I spent time on other things. It all combined to make it feel like I have  been working on this forever. I thought I was done [...]

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Last night was my January meeting with the art group and I showed them all how I make Spirit Dolls. I’m happy to report that they all enjoyed the project and were making some really cool dolls. Before you can dig into decorating the doll you have to spend some time making the body. I’m [...]

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I joined my new art group just in time to get in on 2 major projects they had going – the Whisper Challenge and the Annual Art Calendar. They had an opening for the November page and I looked like just the person to fill it. That had a lot to do with the fact [...]

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Boy, the time has just been whizzing by me this year. This fall/winter has been especially bad with all the time I’ve been spending at physical therapy, and the off days finding me moving at half speed due to the sore muscles. It has been a real challenge to keep up with the calendar this [...]

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Tonight was the big reveal and it was a grand one! Remember, each person was allowed to see only the piece done ahead of them and they were to take their inspiration from it. This is the image that started it all: Followed by: Then (sorry, didn’t realize I got such a poor photo of [...]

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