L is for Love

L is for Love
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I wish I had bought more of those red velvet flower brads. They are just so pretty. And yes, I love butterflies too.

Lovely

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Playing with paper makes me happy. I remember as a young girl how much I loved to cut and paste. And still at 49 I love to cut and paste and rubber stamp and chalk and paint and fold and staple and layer and sand my lovely, wonderful paper stash.

Bella Luna Handmade Banner...B is for Beautiful Spirit

I've decided on spelling out Bella Luna Handmade for my first Decorative Banner. So far I have three segments completed, B in Bella, N in Luna and a segment for in between Luna and Handmade. I think that it's funny how I never follow any kind of order, how I jump from one letter in the first word and then to another letter in the second word. That's the rhythm I follow. That may be because I tend to choose the clip art image first.

Anyway, I'm really enjoying this collage project. I'm calling it "My Collage Therapy". A prescription that leads to healthy dose of Artful Bliss.

Ready to hang and display in my craft room.

Add a length of ribbon and attach it with tiny wooden clothes pins.

N is for Nest.

Collage Banner

So this is the first segment for the banner that I'm putting together.  I'm planning on creating enough to spell out either "Creative Journey" or "Happy Crafting", or maybe I'll just make enough for two banners.

Collage a Day Project......July 11, 2010

This is my first finished Collage a Day Project.  I was inspired by an article I read in the last issue of Somerset Studio Magazine.  What an awesome way to stay creatively motivated.  I have a lot of materials on hand and I can easily take a project with me to start on while I'm waiting for my shift to start.  For this collage I used a 5x7 art board that my daughter Sara had discarded and some clip art I found on the Internet.  The Frida Kahlo clip art didn't print very well on my printer due to being low on a couple of color cartridges.  But I didn't want to waste this one so I cut and pasted it to the background Sara had painted and added the yellow dot flowers and the rubber stamped bird.  The outer scalloped border is made of card stock and a circle paper punch.  To finish it off I attached a length of green rick rack and tied on a small piece of delicate green ribbon.  I already have plans for tomorrow's collage.  Until then ...Happy Crafting.