Greatest

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail." Ralph Waldo Emerson
 

 

Thank you to our wonderful hosts of Sky Watch Friday, where each week we find 100s of bloggers from all over sharing a peek into their view of the horizon. 

Another peek into some the recent Mistified learning all the fun techniques with glimmer mist. See the Tattered Angels web site for more details or visit me in Cleveland QLD next weekend or catch us at Brisbane’s Scrapbook Expo over the long weekend.

Faith & understanding

"A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding."  Douglas MacArthur

Happy Sky Watch Friday when the world feels a bit smaller and friendlier with 100s of bloggers from all over sharing a peek into their view of the horizon.
Quick to date with links to give-aways for great books hosted by fabulous bloggers at Katherine's Old Boat Shed Woolloongabba and Sarah at the Beach Cottage. 

Our recent adventures at Mistified needed a bit of faith to achieve a better understanding, so many times we were all saying, really, can you do that? but had the best fun discovering so many new techniques, you can tell this one is one of my favorites.

Bridges and dreams

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, if one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams and endeavours to live the life which one has imagined one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours” Henry David Thoreau

Modern transportation requirements will see the end of this little bridge shortly. It is a much loved little local landmark on a back road short cut that many a family has appreciated the tiny one car at a time route that forced us all to stop to wait for each other to pass over with friendly waves to say thanks.

And thanks to our hosts of Sky Watch Friday, organising the hundreds of bloggers from all over sharing their own views of the horizon.   Quick hot links to give-aways for great books hosted by fabulous bloggers at Katherine's Old Boat Shed Woolloongabba and Sarah at the Beach Cottage. 

Posting some sneak peeks into some of the creations out of our Mistified adventure, there was so much to play with and really enjoyed sharing the experience with other excited crafters.

Peace

"Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace." Buddha

Happy Sky Watch Friday and Happy Days to everyone celebrating Buddha’s birthday.

Sky Watch Friday is great fun with 100’s of bloggers from all over sharing their view of the horizon, peaceful or stormy, always interesting.   And just because we know you like the koalas.

Thank you for everyone who stopped by to say hello at the Tattered Angels Mistified event in Brisbane this weekend. Heidi Swap and Wendy Senger lead us on a colourful glimmer mist creative adventure full of inspiration to do more with our glimmer mists.  

 

Nature Walks

'If one really loves nature, one can find beauty everywhere.' Vincent van Gogh

 

So very true for the fans of Sky Watch, the sky starts to become a whole lot more interesting when you take the time to notice what is going on up there. Check Sky Watch Friday and 100s of bloggers with their own view of the horizon.  And because we know you like a little local colour and wildlife

And a page from my altered book on seasons with the theme of Mothers for Mixed Media Monday.

Most of the products on this page are from Tattered Angels who are hosting events all month, tutorials with glimmer mist and give aways.  

Walking in Faith

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Lovely weather we are having this time of year, perfect for long walks outdoors enjoying the sunshine and views to share with friends in Sky Watch Friday. Check the link for 100s of bloggers from all over the world sharing a peek into their view of the horizon.
A blogging friend recently shared this little sign that is too good not to share.

Turning Tides

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn” Harriet Beecher Stowe

Yippie Skippy it is another Sky Watch Friday, got to love the concept of enjoying the simple pleasures of seeing what is on show in the sky from different parts of the world.

And sharing a little corner of a new creative project.

Tattered Angels (the home of glimmer mist) is hosting a month long party of videos, projects and give aways for May. My altered and mixed media friends will find lots of great ideas that suit our style, click away folks to lots of fun.

And for my Australian readers don’t forget the big Mistified road trip with Heidi Swapp and Wendy Senger bringing glimmer mist fun to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Happiness

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." Albert Einstein

 

Thank you to our hosts of Sky Watch Friday, their weekly blog party brings together 100s of enthusiastic bloggers from all over the world with their own view of the horizon. It is a simple concept that really catches the imagination, something as simple as the sky, that we all share provides such a huge variety of entertaining views.

This week's edition of Mixed Media Monday has the theme of dolls and I could not go past this cute little Kewpie Doll, used a gel medium transfer and lots of glimmer mist techniques to the background.

Good news

“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news.
The good news is that you don't know how great you can be,
how much you can love,  what you can accomplish,
and what your potential is."  Anne Frank

Happy Easter everyone.
Posting a few new altered books and creative projects from the weekend.
Mixed Media Monday is hosting a challenge this week on the theme eggs.

 

Recently I signed on as part of Tattered Angels design team, it has been a creative adventure playing with their colorful products. During the year they have special release glimmer mists or Glimmer of Hope limited editions in honor of charitable and research programs. April is Autism Awareness month being celebrated with Piece of Heart (medium turquoise with gold glimmer) 

Only available direct from the Tattered Angels site.

 

And for more good news, a Glimmer Mist road show down under.

Brisbane will be hosting Wendy Senger and Hedi Swapp on Saturday May 8th for an all day event. It will be at the Palms Hotel up on the north side at Boondall, Cnr Sandgate & Zillmere Roads or about15 minutes north of the airport exit

They are advertising in US $s with the exchange rate now is about $190 from 9 am to 6 pm whole lot of colourful product play, fabulous Wendy and Heidi and oh yeah – me !

Destinations

"Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination." Diane Sawyer
 

Many thanks to our hosts of Sky Watch Friday, who organize for us to visit hundreds of views from all over the world each week.

Blogging for Alphabe-Thursday, Jenny is hosting weekly parties working through the alphabet and lucky me, this week is P, Pretty, Paris, Postcards sytled into unique Postal Art by Pearl Maple.
Some parts are from lovely postcards that my friend JoJo Caramel sent from France, stamped images from Tattered Angels other images from Altered Pages and maps are from an old atlas. Geography was my favourite subject in school, can’t you just tell.

Destinations is a lovely theme and thank you to Evelyn for hosting the Carnival of Post Cards where groups of bloggers celebrate the beauty and history of post cards and mail art. You know I like to play with altered books and I really should have taken a photo of the little post cards from Paris that JoJo Caramel  sent to us to restyle in a new creative adventure.  Update: another French themed party we are linking too is Frenchy's, sure is a popular theme! check out here give away competition while you are there.

This month’s theme in the Carnival of Postcards is geography so I have included maps, lots of maps and even a little postage stamp with a globe on it. Here are the first few pages, keep checking back for updates as more pages are added.  And as always, I confirm for my postcard & stamp collecting friends, all materials have been checked for signficance before being altered.

Product list
Tattered Angels Royal Collection stencils
Tattered Angels Glimmer Chips
Tattered Angels Timeless Romance stamps Vintage Seasons series for mail art
Tattered Traveller post card collection
Clip art images courtesy of Altered Pages
Graphic 45 printed paper