Mini Books made from dominos.

On my Mini-Books yahoo group we're doing a partner swap making a mini book using dominos for the covers. I whipped up these little gems using standard sized dominoes as possible ones for the exchange.  I will be sending to two people.  Now that I know how quick they are to put together I'll probably make a few more. The "fairy" art is part of a digital download sheet of 1"x3" fairies for all occasions from http://www.lisasalteredart.com/   Each image has a front and a back saying.  Click on link, then find your way to "charms & such", then 1"x3". You will see them on that page.  The French themed art is a similar digital art download from Umzansi Creations. I purchased them through Etsy but the link doesn't work anymore.

I also have some 2 inch square dominoes that I

thought would be cute for using up some of my

favorite Graphic 45 paper scraps.  I love how it

turned out.  Holding it in my hand has that feeling

of substance due to the weight of the dominoes.

It feels good in my hands.

When Pigs Fly altered mint tin...

Another altered tin using Graphic 45's When Pigs Fly paper from their Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe paper line.  I've gotten a lot of positive feed back on the tins.  I think I'm going to enter them in the W. Washington State Fair, maybe in a recycled category.  I sure have fun making them. 

At Nana's house today.

Sarah, Dan and Luke came to dinner
before going out to a movie. Our little
man is getting so big. 4 mos tomorrow.

Luke stayed with Nana and Papa while
Mommy and Daddy went to the movies.
He and Papa love looking at the gold fish.

My latest mint tin creation.

A cute baby themed one
with little containers for
keepsakes like clippings
from baby's first hair cut,
first tooth.. etc... 
Used the new Graphic 45
Little Darlings paper line.

More Mint Tin projects

3 of these were made using Graphic 45's Steampunk Debutant and Tropical Paradise Collections. The 4th one with the sewing design was a gift for my daughters birthday with a gift card to JoAnn's. The paper used for that one was from DCWV Mod Retro paper pack and a sheet of Lil' Davis Designs Dot Mint. As well as a dress form rubber stamp from Inkadinkadoo.






ALtered Altoid Mint Tins

Some years back altering mint tins was "the thing" to do in papercrafting.  And like many "things of the moment" you start to collect the supplies you need for it because your plan is to start making them.  Well for the most part I got as far as collecting tons of tins.  I've been inspired by Graphic 45 papers, because they're so awesome that you hoard all the smaller scraps.  A couple months back I came across a tutorial posted on Craftster.org by "rackycoo".  She had nice finishing techniques that almost make the tin look like it was manuafactured this way.  These projects were perfect for using the G-45 scraps. Here is an example of one made with the ABC Primer collection. A link for a the tutorial I used by rackycoo is this one... http://kbatsel.blogspot.com/2011/02/tutorial-altered-altoid-tin.html

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Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2012 Project

I decided to jump on the band wagon for this project.  I enjoyed following the 12 tags of Christmas but just didn't have the time to devote to it.  I decided to make ATC cards instead of tags because of my idea of how I will display them when they are completed.  I'll probably use a 7 Gypsies ATC 12 unit frame.

A NEW GRANDSON

In November the day after Thanksgiving we were blessed with a new grandson. Luke Daniel born to our daughter Sarah and her sweetheart Dan.  He just turned 12 weeks old and is so ADORABLE.

The latest Steampunk creations.

I had fun creating a variety of Steampunk projects. The doll was made from a blank wood doll made for coloring. The clock is a card I'll be demoing at my stamp club. The frame is an old paper mache frame that I altered.  The book box is made from an old CD mailing from AOL.  The glasses were made from 3D glasses.  The 2 small boxes are altered Altoid mint tins. One is a mini mint tin the other a standard sized.