'Spreading the Love' Part 2:) :) :)

Of course I could not  go into a 

'Spreading the Love' Series of Postings 

without mentioning

my Very Dear Friend

and

New Canadian Author

DorisMae Honer

Who I've been so honoured to call

my 'Friend' but also I feel is a part

of my Family:)

Her new book, 'A Tale of Spirit'

Is listed with Barnes and Nobel

and Amazon.com in the 

United States! 

But now

also Amazon.ca 

here in Canada!

It's also listed through the Publisher's

Website Outskirtspress at

http://www.outskirtspress.com/webpage.php?isbn=9781432723842

(I'm sorry that you're unable to access the link by

clicking it, my security system doesn't allow the

links to go through, but please note or go to the other

sites listed for availability)

They've just added a download version of DorisMae's book

so if you're lucky enough to have Kindles, iPads or

any other reading techie devises you now can

download a copy of DorisMae's book!

It's an interesting read, very inspiring and well written.

She's been very forthcoming and sincere in her

views of life, spirituality, and antidotes of 

how to cope with life, view life, and experience life

to the fullest. And even if you don't agree with her

presentation of Universal Spirit, she's written in such a 

way to 'share' not dictate, her life's journey, and other's

inspirational journey's that can't help but inspire us all.

You can also find DorisMae Honer and her book

on Facebook.com

and have access to contact her personally:)

I hope you all will check into this and

contact DorisMae to have wonderful

soul filling discussions with this 

wonderful Mentor!

Love ya DorisMae:)

Enjoy!

'Spreading the Love' Part 2:) :)

Well I must tell you all,

I'm so pleased to give a 

'Shout Out'

to a Fantastic Internet Company 

When to my surprise this week,

when I contacted Lorna Hankin of

Finchley Paper Arts

 to purchase

a Great Vintage Find,

 it turns out that this 

Internationally Known Company 

is right here in my own backyard

in Victoria, B.C. Canada!!

Well!!!

I'm just so excited!

Finchley Paper Arts Internet Shop

is Proudly Listed in my Favourites List,

Lorna has just finished being an 

Exhibitor at the 

National Stationary Show

in New York City last month!

Here's pictures of her booth!!!

What 'Eye Candy'!

But wait until you go to her 

Internet Shop!

(Link in Favourites List)

She's offering a 

Brilliant Assortment of

Wonderful Graphics and Product!

But I must share the 

Wonderful Vintage Find 

that I've just purchased from

Lorna's Shop

This beautiful Printer's Tray 

that I've just purchased from

Finchley Paper Arts

is something really Special and Unique!

Other than the fact that it's absolutely

Vintage and Beautiful...

With great patina and bells and whistles,

(check out the great paper attached!)

But here's what is so Special!

It's only 1/3 the size of a regular Printers Tray!

Please go check out her Shop and Gallery

of how she's used her own Fantastic Art Work

to embellish these wonderful Printers Trays!

(Although I should keep it a secret, (grin),

otherwise she'll run out of them!!!)

And her ARTWORK!!

Oh, to be that Talented!

Enjoy!!!

'Spreading the Love' Part 2:)

First up this Month

Retro Cafe Art!

Wonderful Kristin Hubick 

of Retro Cafe Art 

has just held a 

Great ATC Contest

on Facebook Gallery

and her

 Blog Gallery

with which the First Place Winner

received a $100.00 Gift Certificate!

And the Winner was

Gerri Herbst!

Her ATC is well worth 

going and checking out

in Kristin's Facebook Gallery!

But here's what is still happening!!!

2nd Place Winner is down to

5 Entries chosen!

Kristin needs us all to come

to her Gallery and vote

from these 5 Contestants Entries

to help pick the Winner June 9th!

Also, Stay Tuned! As

Retro Cafe Art 

will be Hosting more Contests

in the near future, 

(a little bird told me:)

So be sure to Bookmark and give a 

Thumbs Up when you visit

her Facebook Gallery!

(Link in my Favourites List:)

Enjoy!!

My 2nd 'Spreading the Love' Blog Posts!

Hi Everyone:)

Friday night, here in Victoria, B.C. Canada

and I've been a little behind in blog

posts this week, but thought I'd make it

up to you by posting my 

Second Posting

of a Blog Series I like to refer to as

'Spreading the Love'

which are 

'Shout Outs' 

for all of my 

Favourite Internet Shops and Blogs 

that are Highlighting New Events,

or Contests 

or just plain old Proud of Projects!

I'm a very Proud Supporter of many of 

these Wonderful Internet Business's

who have shown to be not only 

Wonderful Artists in their own right,

but Great Business Women!

And I'm really honoured to

be referred to as a 'Friend' to

many of them!

So, if I may, I hope you'll go to my Favourites List

to check out these Great Internet Shops and Blogs

this weekend and enjoy their Features and 

Wonderful 'Eye Candy'!

I'll list each one as an individual post, as

there is a lot of uploading of information,

so keep checking back throughout the

evening and weekend to be updated:)

Enjoy!

7gypsies Photo Tray Project Continued...

7Gypsies Photo Tray

Well here I go again:)

Here's part 2 and part 3 of my ongoing 

7gypsies Photo Tray Project.

I'm bouncing back and forth between

a half a dozen projects at the moment

and realized that I hadn't posted the

second part in the series, (whoops:)

Anyway, being absolutely nuts for

all wildlife and pets, this project is incorporating both.

In my previous post I started this project 

with an Altered Photo of 'Big Boy'

our local well known deer.

Part 2

Homage to 'Doodlebug'

(grin).

These are flight feathers that belong

to someone who shares our home with us.

Part 3

'Doodlebug'

'Doodlebug'

Is a 4 year old, male 

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker

(Woodpecker)

He came to us as an injured baby, who ended up

not being able to return to the wild.

(Believe me when I say, a story in itself!)

This picture was taken of 'Doodle's' (for short),

in my kitchen (grin).

(Another story in it's self:)

As you can see I still have 3 more slots to fill,

so stay tuned, as there will be more

wildlife, and assorted pets included:)

Something a little different:)

Enjoy!

'Spreading the Love'

I'm such a tease:)

This is from a Mixed Media Canvas

I'm currently working on, and will

reveal in the next few days as

it's almost finished...

Now that we're nearly into the Month of June,

I thought I would begin collecting information

from you all for another 

'Spreading the Love'

Blog Post.

In an earlier posting, I nicknamed,

'Spreading the Love'

to list any Special Events, or Proud Occasions,

or Special Projects that you, my readers

would like me to do a shout out for you:)

So if you have a Contest coming up on your blog or,

an Art Piece you've just finished and are proud of,

or a Project that you'd like me to pass onto my

readers, then please email me the information

and pictures and I'll get it posted with the group:)

I'll be posting this information and referrals

in a week or so, depending on submissions.

Cheers!

Enjoy!

New Journal Assemblage- Get coffee!!

New Journal Assemblage

Would suggest you get a coffee or something

 sweet to eat as this is a big blog posting:)

Lot's of eye candy in this post!

(grin).

Ok, so this isn't so exciting...it's cardboard.

Chipboard to be precise:)

Cut and scored to make my journal.

I cut to to make a 5" x 7".

I chose scrapbook paper to begin layering

the journal cover inside first, as you'll see

in a moment why:)

Cutting each piece for the inside cover and

spine so they would match on the folds.

This will help in wear and tear, opening and

closing the journal over time.

Instead of gluing, I used this great product

I purchased from Retro Cafe Art

called 'Acrylic Mounting Tape'

I used  the 2" x 18' roll with this

project. It works great in adhering 

the heavy scrapbook paper!

( I love this adhesive tape! I just

used it to repair a piece of my

counter top in my kitchen!

Worked great!)

So here we are, the inside of the journal 

has it's base paper:)

Using the New 'Tim Holtz'

Idea-ology

Ring Binder clips

(also purchased from Retro Cafe Art!)

I chose the small size ring binder clips, and

used my deep throat hole punch tool

to punch the holes to put the 

ring binder clips on with.

You need to do this first, as you'll see

in the next part.

I chose this wonderful scrapbook paper

from 'House of Three'

'Daily Junque' Map paper to use for

the front of my journal.

Same process as before with the inside

cover, cutting each piece including the

spine piece. Here's where I made a mistake,

but in art, mistakes turn into learning:)

Because the ring binder clips come with

the brads to attach, I made the mistake

of cutting the holes in the spine through

the paper on the cover. To cover the 

clips once you've attached the binder rings,

this outer piece should not have the holes cut.

Whoops:)

So here's how I corrected the mistake...

I used 7gypsies cloth gaffers tape to cover the

spine:) I think it looks great! And it

covers the brads really well, and helps

reinforce the spine.

See! Mistakes are ok in art!!

Now to Embellish:)

As you can see from the previous pictures,

(got a little ahead of myself:)

I've started stamping and attaching goodies

to the front and inside the cover.

Here comes some of the fun goodies:)

This is an ATC that I have made

to enter into a wonderful Contest at

Retro Cafe Art's Facebook Gallery

http://krishubick.blogspot.com/2011/04/atc-frame-contest-150-in-prizes.html

(Please go check out her contest and enter

before June 1st! or at the least go vote for

a favourite! And no, not just mine, as

there are Fantastic Artist Submissions

on her Gallery Page!)

So I took my completed ATC for the Contest

and added it to my journal. Using her

wonderful new line of masonite pre-cut

windows!

So here is the completed 

Front Cover:)

Now for the inside:)

Inside Front Cover:)

From this point, I think the pictures speak

for themselves, so here's a list of the

pages inside that I made for the journal:)

Page 1

Page 2

Tag for Page 2's Pocket

Wonderful Stamp from Red Lead!

Used coloured chalks to embellish.

Back of Tag for Pocket

Lovely Paper Whimsey Pear:)

Page 3 With all the bells and whistles

again goodies from Retro Cafe Art!

Page 4 (I love this flower:)

Page 5

The feather is from our dear little

bird 'Joey' who is a 

Rosie-Bourke's Parakeet.

She's a brilliant pink colour!

(This is a flight feather from her wing).

Page 6 Love this bird cage:)

Page 7 More goodies

from Retro Cafe Art

Love the bird cut-outs!

Page 8

This one is my favourite, as some

of you know, I refer to my art room

as the 'French Peacock Room'

(Sometime I'll post pictures of it

if you're interested, just leave a comment

to let me know if you'd find it interesting).

Page 9 I love the balloons:)

Page 10 A bit of room for some journaling:)

Back Cover

I love these stamps and colouring

them with the chalks!

Great fun!

So I hope you'll be inspired to create a

journal for yourself!

It was a great project, tons of fun,

and a great learning experience.

I'm no teacher, but if you're really

interested in learning how to make

a journal of your own, may I suggest

a Wonderful Internet based Company

and a Great Tutorial Teacher

Melissa Samuels!

http://blog.melissasamuels.net/

Well, hope you had at least some chocolate

while going through this post!

I'm off to go have some myself:)

Please leave a comment if you enjoyed

this post, it'll encourage me to

post more of my projects in stages:)

Enjoy!