Thriving Art

  It's been THREE weeks since my last post....YIKES! I'm back just in time to link up with Elizabeth and the T-Gang!   I've refilled my coffee cup( black, of course) so I can make it through this post......Hope yours is filled to the brim too.....if not, I'll wait until you get'er filled up or you can skip to the bottom and just leave me a note to say you came by.   Ready??   So where have I been and what have I been doing??? Buckle up it's a bumpy ride from here on!   It ALL started when I sat down to make a birthday card......simple enough..eh?  I have numerous (I don't even count anymore) happy birthday stamps, clear cling( in binders), velcro mounted(in CD cases) and of course some wood mounted(in Iris cart).  My simple idea was to get them all together in one spot .  I was quickly in over my head and clearly NOT ready for what I started......but I plowed through it all.  ALL the photos from here down, have not been edited or water mar

Happy Labor Day to those of you that are in the US. I am joining Elizabeth and the T-Gang early this week ( or as soon as she goes live with her post), because DH is off today and we have plans to go have a late lunch/ early dinner and then take in a movie around 4:30P.M.  We are going to go see "A Walk in the Woods" with Nick Nolte and Robert Redford........The trailer looks like it will be funny.........Both are favorite actors of mine, but........I can't believe how old they look.......LOL  Really showing my age.   Since last I met up with the T-gang, I went into overdrive in the craft room.  and it all started with this new die set from Tim Holtz.     Cool huh? It came in this really nice plastic sleeve, for storage.  The sleeve is almost the weight of a plastic milk jug.  There was a light bulb moment when I thought I could use a milk jug...........they are not quite the right size to do a universal sleeve........bummer!!      I had bought a