T stands for Taking Part in AJJ

 Break up your fallow ground, For it is a time to seek the Lord, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you"  Hosea 10:12 NKJV

I decided to submit my scrap layout to the Art Journal Journey challenge this month.  It is hosted this time by Bleubeard & Elizabeth and their theme is Anywhere, Anytime, Any Place, with Anyone.  

I did a layout of the Van Gogh Immersive Experience that our son took me to, when he visited in November.  We thoroughly enjoyed it and learned so much that we hadn't known about Van Gogh.

To start this layout, I masked all but an inch around the outside of a 12x12 page.  I put a stencil on it and used Light and Fluffy modeling paste thru the stencil.  After it was dry I spattered with Fun Stamper Journal silks.  Then I inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Uncharted Mariner Oxide ink.  I took the mask off and added glitter all around the inside of the frame I made.  Then, I added my papers, title and embellishments.

That is it for me today.  Oh, wait a minute, I haven't posted my ticket to TSFT over at Altered Book Lover!

We were at a Chinese New Year event the 17th of this month.  Beautiful decorations and great food and entertainment.  I am having hot tea with my meal.

I am so sorry it is blurry.  I am the worst photographer!  Half the time it was on movie or time lapse.  I don't know how the wrong buttons get pushed on my phone!  But the dancers came by all our tables.

This one came right up in my face and winked at me! LOL

It was really fun.  What about you?  What have you been doing?  What are you drinking today? Show us and join over at Altered Book Lover.

Have a great week!  Thank you for stopping by.

T Stands for Technique

 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in

from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psalms 121:8

How does it get to be Monday afternoon so quickly?  We had some friends visiting from Saturday through Wednesday. She was a crafty friend, and we burned the midnight oil in my craft room, because in the daytime we were walking or going to museums and seeing the sights!  While we crafted our hubbies' watched sports, for example, the Super Bowl. and college basketball or went to bed! LOL We had fun using each other dies, embossing folders, stamps and stencils.  It was a die cutting marathon!

We did a bokeh technique:  For this card she did circles with alcohol inks.  Then I did the circles with white craft ink.  Then we each made our card.  Each of ours looked totally different as she used different colors. This is mine.

It is beautiful here, 71 degrees right now!   I shopped and walked to celebrate President's Day.  There were sure a lot of people out shopping today, even though it is a Monday; I guess they were all off for the day.

Here are some photos from our Sweetheart Dinner on Valentine's Day.  We ate at Red Lobster to celebrate the day, but also my husband proposed to me 60 years ago on Valentine's Day!

When the waitress heard that, she brought us dessert after our meal.  Everything about the meal was delicious!  I love coconut shrimp and the Cheddar Bay Biscuits, too.

That is my ticket for the TSFT over at Altered Book Lover with Elizabeth & Bleubeard!  

Thanks for stopping by!  See you next time.

T Stands For Taking time

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in
from this time forth, and even for evermore. Psalms 121:8

I am taking time to plan my month today which includes planning for visitors, making Valentines, planning Challenges on SplitcoastStampers, and planning meals for the week. We still have snow on the ground, 7 1/2 inches!  It is up to 48 F, but it will take more than a day or two for this snow to go away! LOL

Here is the Valentine I made today for our granddaughter who is a violinist.  I used some assorted stamps and a heart embossing folder.  SU! Itty Bitty Banners.

Beginning last Thursday, I participated in Justine Hovey's Craft Your Stash Summit.  These are cards I made from watching her class and using her sketch:  I used her sketch to make 11 cards from one 12x12 sheet of patterned paper.  Then I used die cuts that had already been cut and were laying around my area.  I found a little baggie of cowboys and horses.  I decided to make them as masculine cards.  I have already used two of these cards!  I always seem to need cards for men, as most the cards I make have flowers on them!

It was a good time to have the summit as we were below freezing and snow outside.  So, I just crafted!

I almost forgot my ticket to join Bleubeard and Elizabeth over at Altered Book Lover for TSFT! I would take time to take a drink of this, which was a gift, but the first bottle was terrible, so didn't!  It was too sweet and not only that, but I don't want to drink my calories!  I even tried to just add it to a drink or drink it hot.  Still terrible!  What about you is this a kind of drink you would like?

Hope you are having a great day.  I don't know what it is like where you are, but hope you are warm and safe.  

Thank you for stopping by.