Another Week Finished of 48 Weeks with Donna Downey My week 4 ~Remember When~

Week 4 of 48 Weeks with Donna Downey you can see all the inspiration from the class HERE it was a wonderful informative class..... I have so enjoyed it all
although here lately like everything life can be very busy and my classes can be put on the back burner so to speak....
but I will be having my surgery on April 1 (I know April Fools) but let me tell you this isn't a fool around kinda day...
the surgery will take roughly six hours and then I will stay over night and then come home.....yes it will be painful.
I know I can do it....I've had nine children, lol! So I will have a lot of so called "down time" which I will just see about that I can't even get down time when I'm sick sick! So we shall see....so my plan is to finish my classes and paintings.
I have so enjoyed it this class it is a must for one to take....... so come on and join us at 48 Weeks
you can view all of my other weeks below
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK3
of course you are on week 4 right now
Thanks for looking
 

The full layout of week four of 48 weeks

my journal is the "megamole" as Donna says

mine is  horizontal and most of the classmates are vertical, however it is it all works

some even use just canvases so come on and join me in 48 weeks  

the flowers are the Donna Downey stencil dahlias

I think it turned out so peaceful and it just takes me back to when my girls were little and we picked flowers

now I have five boys left at home and I do get a lot of flowers and I am so thankful

 

here you can see the drawing I did before paint

 

 

on St. Patrick's Day we made some yummy cupcakes and the little ones were convinced the leprechaun made them and he was a "chef"

I got some pretty cool stuff for St. Patrick's Day in a swap I was in thanks Lu

Ok now who is ready now!!! Green beer please!

My grand baby Skylar aka Skybear on St. Patrick's Day I sent everyone these awesome little care packages full of goodies for them and I never heard from Crystal about that she even got it or anything....and you know what that hurts.....even a text messages would of been fine and I worked so hard on those packages. I am assuming she got it since I sent Skylar this headband. IDK? It has really broke my heart.

I did find this really awesome shirt at Wal-Mart which I sent to Crystal and she didn't even say a thing, nothing!! Not even cool shirt! I did it all for Skylar who I really miss!!!

My Lucky Grandma Shirt

Sorry to talk about this but I have to say it somewhere....we drove all the way to Tennessee when Crystal bought her house 14 hours away and we left on a Friday and came home on a Sunday so you do the math of how long we were in the car, yes the boys went too. We paid for her home inspection and everything there....and when we get back home and her house in finally finished to move in she wanted us to come back to move here and we just couldn't it cost a lot in fuel to drive our large van and the trip is very tiring....we also boys in school. Well since we didn't help her she is mad at us and it hurts me so......she doesn't call and when I call she doesn't answer and then when I text her she just ignores that too....I guess I really don't deserve to wear the shirt!

Her friend Jamie text me just about everyday even calls me momma....well I am in tears but I now have vented this and hopefully she will be nice to me and move on that we cannot run to Tennessee

twice in one month. The boys miss too much school. This is a busy time of year for the science projects, AR reading, end of grade testing soon.

I am having anxiety here and there about the surgery so I have to keep my mind busy......which I do anyway never a dull moment or any down time here!  

My Lucky Grandma Shirt

I hope you have a great rest of the week, my dear friend Beverly is supposed to come out to visit tomorrow and it was here birthday so I am making her cupcakes in the morning! YUM! Many thanks to all my followers and readers of my blog. I will try to update one more time before the surgery at least......until next time....STAY ARTFUL!
P.S. We also have baby chicks in the eggs here in an incubator.....I will keep ya posted! Bruce has even bought me a little coop for the chickens when they of size.

 

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Tag's, Tag's Everywhere Tag's ~~~Traveling Beer, Wine, and Alcohol Tag's~~~

Hello again and HAPPY WEEKEND!!! Well yes paradise found.......is exactly what making these tags has been about. I signed up for a year long swap where you make tags from different countries and each month we get a new month. This was a Caribbean Island....well I chose Aruba.  Who wouldn't want to go there???? Well I hear so much about this wonderful place from friends who have visited that...I decided that was my island of choice. I had no idea there were soooo many islands and oh my I have learned so much doing this swap on Swap-Bot because each time you get a different country you basically gotta learn about it to get the feel of it and of course know the ALCOHOL of choice....well I can see myself sitting on the beach in Aruba drinking a coconut mixed drink....perhaps a coconut crusher or a coconut pie. YUM! So that was my drink of choice for this swap. I decorated the tag with sprays and stamps and used my Montana Markers for the side in black.

The tag has those 3D stickers you buy at Michael's and I painted this side using my Gelli-Plate which you make tags super quick and easy and FAB!

Of course I love charms and this sun charm was perfect. I buy most of my charms from Etsy...so many to pick from! I used embroidery floss also to put with the fibers.

Some of the stickers are Jolee's too. Which who couldn't love those...they ARE so darn cute!

 

Here I cut the ARUBA silhouette in Black Bazzill cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo....it turned out exactly as I wanted! This one went to Canada.

 

 

Of course this is my Italy tag

I still have tons of buttons from my term with Rusty Pickle and I still use them...This is one of my favorite things to do make grapes with them...which I also did for the wine recipe book.

The leaves are CuttleBug dies from a longtime back.

If you look closely I even found a Chianti wine charm advertised on Etsy as vintage charm...gotta love it!

Well I choose Chianti Wine I mean pure perfection I used encaustic wax on the tag and love these feel of it...I use R&F

The tag was a lot of fun to make. Now I need that glass of wine.

 

This is Germany tag, I used an old Quickutz container to make the box for the tag. I had the Germany paper from a swap years back...the Prost is actually A Quickutz alpha.

 

This was a lot of fun! The front of the tag

The back of the tag

Again I used the Gelli-Plate  for the tag itself love love love the Gelli-Plate

The box with the lid on

 

 

This is similar to the Italy tag but this actually the Paris tag, I actually went to Paris in the tenth grade and while there drank wine...and beer. There was no age limit then in France or if it was IDK...I bought beer at the McDonalds in Paris and I thought I was it! Again my button technique....the wine bottle is Quickutz

The label is from one of my favorite of all time swappers thanks sweet Lu! I aged it with Tim Holtz inks and the wine glass is also Quickutz the tag was made with alcohol inks by Ranger.

The ink on the goblet is Copic

Rub-ons and more Rusty Pickle buttons

The box I made for the tag, I bought the Vins on Etsy

It looked so nice in the box

The Russia Tag which I think was my most favorite too

I bought all the goodies from Scrapbook.com

There was a lot of wonderful Russia items for purchase

Of course the alcohol of choice was VODKA

I used a lot of fibers

A great collage for Russia

The Babushka Doll

 

I do love the dolls, see that wonderful Russia paper from Scrapbook.com

                                   the papers are from Scrapbookcustoms.com that I bought from Scrapbook.com


                                                                              

Well this is the last one I just completed for this month and I had England....well Castle Rock is the alcohol of choice and an evening at the Pub....I love the English flag Union Jack its everywhere, cell phone covers, craft items, charms, etc... I first embossed the tag with the Tim Holtz Sizzix folder of the London icon. I used some of Paper House Productions stickers they are just too cute!

Again more of the Paper House Productions and the Castle Rock beer the inks from Tim Holtz

So much fun these tags are....if ya want to join the next round go HERE or keep an eye out from swap hostess to hold the next one which will be again real soon

 

The Screech Owl by Castle Rock

The bottle cap

 

The ribbon is some I dyed and the adorable Union Jack buttons are from Etsy

You can see the thickness of the stickers here....too cute!

Our next tag is Mexico which of course you all know me and my margaritas....mmmmmm.

Well today I cleaned house and the boys helped too...I'm ready for my next page in my journal and hopefully go to the quilt show tomorrow. Have a great evening and Sunday too!! I cooked the boys spaghetti for dinner and I am having spaghetti squash. Yummy!

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Week 1 of 48 Weeks "Fly" a Class Taught by Donna Downey

 Hello again hey look I published another post all in the same week, with that being said I'm right proud of myself!!! When I can actually sit long enough to type on the computer.....with all the boys lefty at home I stay more busier than when I had all nine home. It has something to do all boys and the lack of the help from the older ones.....I'm guessing, lol!!! I do miss having the girls here for some help, and washing a few loads of clothes.....well anyway on to business.....I had signed up for Donna Downey 48 weeks class online after about the fourth week of emails of inspiration.......I was like I don't have time to take an online class most that I do sign up for I never get to do or I watch a few videos.....its not that I loose interest its called TIME! Well in the last two weeks I haven't even got to watch a video or even touch the journal designated just for 48 weeks~! I completed week 3 when I signed up because I actually had all the necessities to complete the class without going to the store or ordering something......and when you live in the middle of no where you have to wait until you go to "town" to get things. So I started off with week three and because of course I was way behind the others.....but not really it turns out everyone is at different places and some are even way ahead! Bravo!! The inspiration has been over the top and of course the fun and excitement of the sharing of others. In 2009 I met Donna Downey for the first time at an Inspired Event thanks to one of my friends Cathleen Smith who shared her events with me.....when I met Cathleen at the Rusty Pickle Design Team event in Utah. When Cathleen asked me to come I was like who is Donna Downey......I know lol!! Well that was all she wrote I signed up for the event and have been fortunate enough to attend several events since and it is ALWAYS pure pleasure and a renewing experience with Donna. I could tell you endless things she has done for me! Well needless to say I'm hooked! So this class was a must it is just getting it by my husband who doesn't let me spend money unless he knows every cent! So this was a big deal!!  I never even told him because he will get mad a me....sounds crazy I know but I am sure glad I took the risk!!! LOL! You can view Donna's and some of the other students work on Donna's Blog for week 1 GO HERE

I really enjoyed week 1

The face was a new for me on the "tiny" version!!

 

The bird was a perfect touch I thought

more pics

 

 

 

 

I hope you too can join our group at 48 weeks

Thanks for looking and have a great rest of the week...I will try to post week 3 as soon as I can...I was hoping to work on week 7 but looks like I will be working week 2 next....

 

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