Lots on the Docket

Busy day ahead, study abroad meeting for Katie, BIG hockey game in Lowell, MA tonight-keep your fingers crossed Maine wins because it's getting towards the end of the season and we want a home arena advantage for the Hockey East quarter finals. Hoping to hit Trader Joe's in the middle of those 2 events...I desperately need to stock up.

And it is getting COLD- we've become spoiled with this mild winter weather.

Tomorrow we shouldn't even hit 20 degrees and I am not going to leave the house. Luckily I don't have to since it is Sunday, the perfect day to lounge in fleece sweats and my grungy sweatshirt ALL DAY!

So anyhow, here's

a bit of "love"ly "he"art to share with you.

Hearts

Thursday!!!!

I love this heart doiley stamp from Hero Arts. Here it is shown stamped with Versamark and then embossed with some red/gold mixed powder. I cut the heart out of the white paper I made it on and then attached it to my heart page which is sprayed with some Tattered Angels and stamped in Mango with a PostModern Design clock stamp. I added this sprig of white silk flowers and I added a Viav Paint Pen dot in red to the middle of each.

Here's the whole page...You can see I also added some pink heart paper tape (Martha Stewart) and added a stamped saying (Technique Tuesday/Allie Edwards).

So yesterday after work I took a trip to my fav craft store...had a $20 coupon I needed to spend by the end of the month and who can waste a $20 coupon? Next week I have 2 nights out with Open House at school and book club and then it's the week before we go away-and there's always so much to do then, so figured I better go and spend that coupon. Plus, on top of all that, this is New Hampshire and even though we've had a pretty snow free winter it is still February and you just never know if a BIG storm might come along. It would be a catastrophe if I missed out on a chance to spend a coupon.

Got myself some cool October Afternoon 8x8 paper from their Sasparilla line...hopefully can use it when I get home from Arizona in my scrapbooking post-trip fun. I love their paper. Also got a new Magenta stamp, some purple ink, a new Viva paint pen in red (use those so much my red is just about empty) and 2 white journaling pens. Was fun, but then shopping for supplies always is.

Been working on photo shopping photos from last winter's trip to Death Valley...so I can scrap them. I actually LOVED Death Valley and that trip-all  that wide open space and all fantastic views. I hope I love Southern Arizona as much.

So today my Dad would have been 88 years old.

Here he is when he was just a boy. I think about him a lot but right now I am missing him so much. I think it is looking at him closely in this old photo.

He and I were a lot alike in many ways and it was always great to talk with him.

That's what I miss. He always liked to hear my stories and look at my scrapbooks and photos.

Happy Birthday Dad. Hope you are celebrating in style up there in the great big fishing spot in heaven.

Anyhow...

Have a fantastic day and thanks for taking a bit of your time to visit my blog.

More Love for You

Here's some pages from my Valentine's journal style project. I used a book I got in one of the Frantic Stamper's grab boxes and put 2 pages together to make them thicker and able to hold lots of sprays, stenciling and and stamping.

Top page is first sprayed with Tattered Angels and then stencilled with ink and Crafter's Workshop stencil.

Page 2 is just colored with some pink ink brushed on.

Page 3 I used a stencil and some Ranger Adirondack spray ink, plus I used my Copic air sprayer for the first time- definately need some more practice there.

Top page is bordered with a drawn doodled scallop and then some Viva paintpen dots are added. Middle page is bordered with an Autumn Leaves stamp repeated around the edges several times-inked in pink. Bottom page is bordered with some fabric trim glued down.

Top page images-this fantastic colonial couple from Stamp Francisco I've had forever. Middle page is a romantic 1950's style couple from Acey Deucey stamps I have had forever too. Bottom page is stamped with this Cupid-maybe Stampington, kisses word, 2 black heart outline (Stampington) and the butterflies (ok, senile moment-but I think they are from the same Stampington clear set as the hearts).

Top page saying is from Cats Life Press and the XO are Tim Holtz/Stampington.

Middle page saying is from Hero Arts and the sweetheart word and the scroll are from Flourishes.

Not sure who made the clear stamp word kisses on the bottom. (The packaging is long gone).

So it has been a productive time in the studio as of late- finished this Valentine's book, started my bucket list journal, get my travel journal for Arizona all together and ready to use on the trip, and got back to my Outer Banks travel scrap journals from last summer. I am going to finish those up and got lots of other trip journals to work on.

Love that!!!!

Thanks for visiting and come back soon.