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This is Jack!

Jack at FALLS OF THE OHIO

State Park.

This was our vacation.

The first vacation by ourselves (mostly)

in a very long time.

This is Jack!

Taking in the views.

Flowers

I decided to try my hand at making these flowers this evening. I've seen them here and there and thought I would try to create them without a pattern. Simple enough.

First you take man-made material and cut out circles of different sizes. After the material was cut I used my tweezers to hold the edges over a flame from a candle. This singes the edges and curls the material up. do this all the way around. After doing this to all of the circles I start stacking them starting with the largest to the smallest. I then either sew on a button or just stitch the layers together. I was able to create about 15 flowers in about and hour and a half with no problem.

I plan to use some of these on a head band for some of my photo shoots. Can't wait to try them out on somebody.

Zombie Arch Art

My daughter, Amelia has been bugging me to make her some Zombie Art. So while I was recently away at an art weekend, I created this zombie arch for her. I was creating other arches for another project, when I decided to create this. I think she'll like it!

Journal Art

Look! I haven't forgotten about creating. I found these blank journals maybe at Hobby Lobby or Michael's and cut some beautiful paper to cover the outside and then ran it through the Xyron machine. Before I attached the paper to the journal, I cut ribbon and tied it around the book. THEN, I adhered the paper over the ribbon to anchor it down.

After that, I added the finishing touches. Used my favorite chalky inks around the edges, took some Tim Holz embellishments with Paper Whimsy images and attached brads to hold them down. To cover the brad holes, I cut a piece of matching paper to affix to the inside cover.

Great easy gifts for the holidays!

Fix It Friday #78

Sweet Color & Renaissance by Jackie

Original

Once again over at I Heart Faces....it's Fix it Friday! Yay!

While I still haven't posted any of my art here lately, I still have been working on my photography and have had several photo shoots lately.

This is my FIF. I used a Florabella Action which was Sweet Sunshine and then added another that my friend Jackie created. Loving the softness. What do you think?