Sleigh bells ring, are you listening, In the lane, snow is glistening A beautiful sight, We’re happy tonight, Walking in a winter wonderland. Did you hear? It’s going to be a White Christmas across the Eastern Seaboard of the United States! Of course, there’s snow – and then there’s snow. Dreaming of a white […]
Christmas Joy
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas all around the Paper Palace! Yesterday morning, I discovered a wonderful surprise. While visions of sugarplums danced through my head, my husband had merrily transformed our home into a winter wonderland! I awoke to a visual bouquet of angels and ornaments and vintage St. Nick. My eyes feasted upon stockings […]
Believe
I have always loved the color blue. I love everything about it – its quietness, its serenity, its tranquility. Blue is freedom and expansiveness – it is sky and sea. Blue is a warm blanket that wraps itself around us and brings peace and comfort to frazzled lives. Blue speaks the language of our spirit. Last December, I made […]
Vintage Lady
When I was growing up, I lived in a 2-story, turn-of-the-century farmhouse, complete with a dirt basement and a full attic. Whenever I was home alone, I loved to venture into the attic to explore its hidden treasures. Visiting the attic was like visiting another world to me – for awhile, I stepped out of time and walked into […]
Give Thanks
It’s hard to believe that in just a few days, we’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving here in the U.S. Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. I love setting aside a special day to thank God for our many blessings – to feast with family and friends -to reflect upon what is important in life. As each year […]
Jessie’s Mae’s ATC
Today’s ATC is the fourth card I’ve completed for the 10-month ATC Names Swap I’m participating in. If you’d like more information about this series, see Dawn’s Name ATC. Jessie Mae provided me with a wonderful list of Favorites from which to draw inspiration for her card. I knew that I wanted to use her favorite color, […]
House of Treasure
Today’s card is the second ATC I’ve created in what appears to be turning into a series of house-shaped ATCs! I created this card for Linda Abby for a recent shaped-ATC swap. You can view the first card in the series by clicking on House of Dreams, House of Hope. Although the design elements used in […]
Ginger The Glitter Giraffe
Today’s ATC features Ginger, the Glitter Giraffe – a glitzy creature roaming through the Exotic Jungle of my imagination – in a land first introduced by Wendilee, who chose Exotic Jungle as her theme for a recent Winner Take All swap! I discovered Ginger while on Expedition – specifically, while digging through a CTMH Level 2 Expedition Paper […]
Wendilee’s Name ATC
Art is not created in a vacuum. It is shaped by everything around us, and molded by both the past and present influences in our lives. Today’s feature is Wendilee’s Name ATC, the third card I’ve created for the ATC Names swap. If you missed the details about this project, you can read about it here. Wendilee’s […]
Gabriele’s Name ATC
Today, I’d like to share with you the second card I created for the Names ATC Swap. This card was fun to make, and came easily to me, as I knew from the start that Gabriele was a cat-lover, like me! 🙂 I raided my stash of cat-themed supplies and selected this cute kitty die cut […]
Dawn’s Name ATC
Last month, I decided to join an ATC Names swap. For the next 10 months, I’ll be making two ATCs a month for each member in the swap. Although I’m not normally a fan of long-term swaps, I thought this would be a fun way to get to know each group member better, as well as a chance to […]