So Sorry I'm Late...

but we have a Winner!

Hey All, I had expected to have

this blog post done by early this 

morning, but forgot I had an

appointment this morning...so I'm

a little late with announcing the

Winner...but better late than never!

And by the way...

Happy Valentines Day!!!

I've just spent the last 2 weeks tag making

with two of my 

Favourite Graphics Company 

Designers Kits

from Deviant Scrap

Crowabout StudioB 

and

Tumblefish Graphics!

Links attached so you can find their

New Kits!

Anyhoo......

Hope you have a Brilliant

Valentines Day!

I've also been playing more with the

VerDay Paints I purchased from

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

Retro Cafe Art has these 

Fabulous Santos Doll Kits

made by Coffee Break Design

in 3 Different Sizes!

Great fun to play with, and 

using the VerDay Paints 

gave it a whole different

process! Great Fun!

The VerDay Paints worked great

on the different surfaces, even the

metal!

You'll love using these Paints!

So I guess we'd better get down to

why we're all here today...

the Winner!

Using the Random Generator

The Winner

 of the 

VerDay Paints Set

is......

( drum roll.........grin)

Selah Gay!!

Woo Hoo!!!!!

Congrats Selah Gay, I will get them

popped into the post!!

So Thank You All for Joining

in and Entering the Giveaway!

So appreciate it....and stay tuned...

more coming!!!

Enjoy!!

How about a Giveaway????

We could all use a treat :)

I know I'm a little late to the party,

but better late than never!

Over at Kristin Hubick's 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

I came across this Fabulous Paint

Called VerDay that is Amazing stuff!!!

( And it's on Sale right now over at

Retro Cafe Art!!! Link Attached!)

I know! It's been around for quite some

time, I told you I was late to the party!

(tee hee)

But it has been a wonderful process working with this paint set and got my mojo back on track after a long quiet spell :)

so just playing around with it to get

my ideas flowing I did this mini canvas collage with my 'Oh Deer' Bubbie

Only a 2 x 2 inch canvas but it was

a great starting point!

Which led me to this.....

Using Retro Cafe Art's 

ATC Shrine Box 

as the base I just grabbed

bits and bobs of left over pieces from past projects to create my latest

ATC Shrine Box creation....

...loved using the VerDay on it...

So thinking to myself, what else can it do...

and since I took the 

Online Workshop of

Mary Jane Chadbourne's 

Desert Dream Studio 

1st Workshop at 

Artful Gathering

I decided to start making my bracelets again

using the VerDay as the background and

I'm thrilled with how it turned out!

This one is a size small, but doing up

an assortment of them for my Etsy

shop soon, so let me know if you're

interested!

....and since I was on a roll with the 

VerDay....

...my favourite :)

8x10 Canvas with a bit of 

Itkupilli Graphic and one of

my new Christmas present stamps

by Lynne Perrella

this was the most fun, and I'm 

currently doing a series of these

to go into my Etsy shop so do

let me know if interested :)

So anyway, being almost the end

of January, and with Valentine's 

just around the corner in a few weeks.....

I decided I'm having so much fun

with the VerDay that I needed to share.....

so.... I purchased an extra set 

from Retro Cafe Art!!!

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Well there you go!

VerDay's Paints Giveaway 

for Valentine's Day :)

So I'm off to do a bit

of catch up for the upcoming

tax season, ( sorry to even mention),

and free up some of my time 

to get another ATC Swap in order

in the coming weeks....

So let me know if any of you are

interested in any of my pieces as

most of you know you can also find

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Cheers!!!

Happy New Year + 1

Hey Everyone!

Long time no post and I'm so

sorry, but life got crazy, as I am

sure it did for all of you as well

getting prepared for the Holidays.

Crazy busy!!

But after our last ATC Swap,

I decided to take some much needed

art time as well as preparing for the Holidays, and wanted to try out some

new techniques, and use some of 

my new art goodies.

And even without an ATC Swap

going on, still tucked into a few 

ATC's just for the fun of it :)

So while using my Gelli Plates

it led me into trying my hand at

some quick journal making

Lots of experimenting and of course

using some Fab Graphics.

(Crowabout StudioB at DeviantScrap.com)

I was rather pleased with my 

attempts at stitching these.

And I incorporated some other

Artists wonderful Mail Art doodles

( this one's background from the

Wonderful Gigi Butterfly!) along

with some 

Hidden Vintage Studio 

at DeviantScrap.com

Graphics all sewn onto the cover.

( Using my little vintage 

Singer Featherweight Sewing machine...

I love that machine :)

As the Holidays approached this

year, I did just a couple of quickie

projects, this one was a bit of fun

Using Crowabout StudioB

Graphics and some wood house cut-outs

made a cute small table display for

the Holidays...

and some tags for packages

With a little help...

Oliver Howard had a Wonderful

December showing off his hat

collection on Facebook....

what a kooky boy :)

Everyone was so kind with their

comments as the photo's kept 

appearing with each one funnier than the next...

But I have to tell you all, this was

the coolest part of the Holiday Season

for us, as Oliver Howard has so many

Fabulous admirers and 

Friends on Facebook,

but the fact that he inspired art 

really rocks!

Look at this Fabulous 

Acrylic Painting

of Oliver Howard

by the 

Wonderful Artist

Rhonda Davies in Australia!

We were Gobsmacked when it arrived!

How absolutely generous but

also I love that Rhonda Loves

Oliver Howard!! 

( I share him gladly :)

I've loved seeing Rhonda's 

Wonderful

Painting on Facebook 

for quite some time,

so to have a piece of her art, 

and having

it be our very own Oliver Howard

was just such a treat!!!

Do check out Rhonda Davies

on Facebook to see examples

of her Wonderful Art!

Thank you so very much

Rhonda!!! Oliver sends

Sloppy kisses :)

And looking back at 2013

it was also a year that we

had the loss of our 

Dear Old

Moth Eaten Sidney Poodle

age 16 years,

(as the year before with our

Mr. Ted)

(Tribute page by me :)

But nothing had prepared me for

the honour of having this arrive..

Mindy Murphy Lacefield

The Fabulous Artist

Surprised me out of the blue

with dedicating this lovely piece

of art that she'd painted to my 

Sidney Poodle, as to many of her

other friends that had also lost pets,

but so honoured Sid by making this

for a fund raising project in her 

Etsy Shop 

I was so honoured, but when I 

received the Original Painting

from Mindy, I was so stunned

at her generosity, but also how 

much it was Sidney...

Thank you Mindy!!

Do go and check out Mindy's Blog

and her Etsy shop!

http://www.timssally.com/

As many know, the mail service

towards the Holidays in both Canada

and the U.S. became impossible, so

I was so relieved these two paintings 

made it through, as it turns out as

of today January 2, 2014 we still

haven't received our packages and cards

for the Holidays from Family and Friends

so I expect to be continuing to Celebrate

over the next week or two as things finally

get delivered and filter through.

Crazy global mail service issues are

going to create many problems for

so many people, but particularly for

some of our Fav Online Shops and

for Artists Business and swaps....

Finger's crossed by the end of 

January, we'll see if some of the 

postal issues have eased a bit....

we have ATC Swaps to get on with! 

GRIN.

Hope You All have had a Great

Holiday Season

and All the Best for this New Year!

Be safe with all this Winter Weather

and I'll be posting again soon with

some new 2014 fun!!

Cheers!!!

Good Day Everyone :)

And the Winner is.......

(tee hee :)

Well here we are, about to

Announce the Winner

of the 

$25 Gift Certificate to

Nancy Baumiller's

Crowabout StudioB

at

DeviantScrap.com!!

Another Swap has come to an

end, and I want to Thank 

Nancy for a Great Year of Fun

Co-Hosting some 

Fabulous Creative Swaps

with me here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media!

And head's up!

Nancy has a Brand New Kit

Just released in time for the 

upcoming Holidays!

Merry & Bright

Digital Kit

And of course, I've already been

playing with it! LOL!

With the Holidays coming it's a 

Great Kit of making Cards, Mail Art,

even Holiday Ornaments! 

So make sure you go have a boo!!

And I have to say, Nancy's

Digital Kits have been so much

fun for making the Triptychs

in this months swap!

Between the colours...

And the mixing up of the kits

to come up with new ideas

I think they're some of the 

Best Kits around for some

Creative Play!

So here we go.....

Using the Random Generator

to Pick the Winner

of the 

$25 Gift Certificate to 

Crowabout StudioB is.......

JACKIE!!!!

WOO HOO!!!

CONGRATS JACKIE FOR

BEING THE WINNER

OF THE 

$25 Gift Certificate!!!!

Nancy will be contacting you

so you can get over to 

Crowabout StudioB to 

have a little shopping fun!!!

And Now the 

Holiday Season.....

Oliver Howard's getting ready!

But First....

I want to Thank All of You 

Fabulous Artists

for participating in my 

Swaps and Giveaways 

here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media

this Year.

Since we're so close to the

Holiday Season

I won't be Hosting more Swaps

this year as we're all going to be

so busy now getting prepared for

all the Fun ahead!

But don't fret! I'll be back online

in the New Year with more

ATC and Triptych Swaps

that are already in the works

with some Fabulous Co-Hosts!!!

I'll still be posting blog posts and

yes, maybe a Giveaway or two

before Year's end so do stick around!

So until later on....

Enjoy!