Week 15 of the 48 Weeks Donna Downey Journaling Workshop ~She Created A Life.~

Hello again as fall is here one can hardly tell when today it was 96 degrees and JUST plain HOT. Not very fall like at all. I was working over at the kitchen today I was thinking about all the cold days we have and how much that extreme cold is so painful to me. My fingers and toes just can't take it, I make HOT HAND sandwiches for my toes and fingers at the markets. Wear layer after layer and still I am COLD. Today however that cold was miles away and I was asking myself is it really this HOT and yet I LOVE the heat...but it just seems without the moisture that we normally have (we are in a mild drought) it just seems so much more hotter and more like a baking feeling. Yet I do believe that the heat is probably much more easily tolerated than the cold is, with heat ya sweat and that cools ya off a wee bit.....anywhoooo to the painting. THIS WEEKEND IS THE Newport News FALL FESTIVAL at the Newport News Park.  My pickles made the post. SO we have been super mega busy....Now I have been back in my studio it has been much easier to create, but since it is on our third floor of our house....it is harder as it is not as convenient to just run out on the porch and slap a coat of paint on. So in between something whatever it is I am doing or we are doing, from goats, to chickens, to pickles, to cheese, to just life (you know mom stuff) I run back over to the house run to the third floor and slap a coat of paint on. I quite enjoyed this painting....I guess more my style as I love painting faces and watercolors. If you would like to learn more about this class go to Donna Downey 48 Weeks Online Workshop

 My journal is a large Moleskin 16 1/2" x 12" which is why I use the shoes in the pic to show how large it is. It has become my most favorite surface, it is strong and large enough to paint and draw on easily. It is amnestying A3 size if you would like to get a journal like this. The A3 Size Moleskin Journal

In the class Donna tells you how to paint and uses Kate Thompsons techniques in this one, I have several classes with Kate at Art and Soul Retreats and have greatly enjoyed them thoroughly. So far I have pretty much been lucky enough to have most of the supplies, I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing.....when my girls lived here they would help me organize my supplies. Bruce now helps me with it and will even come look for them if I can't find what I am looking for. 

 She created a life. Yes I did!!! I found so many wonderful quotes on this a life 

                         The wings are so shiny with Stickles and of course such a great color.

she turned out so nice and like I said a joy to paint

                   I don't know if the pics can show it is but it has such nice texture and details

I really like this part, you can see the light and the power of the star, as it fades into the sometimes not so great times, to this beautiful soul working so hard and following her dreams and despite the days and moments of difficulties SHE remains Strong, Hopeful, and Radiant.

If you would like to check out some of the other weeks you can do so here 

WEEK 1

WEEK 2

WEEK 3

WEEK 4

WEEK 5

WEEK 6 

Week 7

WEEK 8

Week 9 

WEEK 10 

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Go to Donna Downey's site if you would like to JOIN

I made candles last night I will be taking them out of the molds today. We go and set up today in Newport News.

Just a day in the Life :o)

Dusty and me Friday on SnapChat 

More pickles YUM! We have all of our products ready Colten boxed soaps last night.

Colten boxing soap last night, behind him are the drying racks. We worked extra extra hard to get ready for this show.....plus I have had lots of calls asking us if we are going to be there. Colten will be going to Smithfield Farmers Market tomorrow. However keep in mind he will only have one table and mostly eggs, pickles, and some soaps. A very limited selection. That way he doesn't have to drive the trailer with him. He will only have one tent too and will be in our usual spot. 

Come out to Newport News Fall Festival we are going to be located in the Country Store Section space 1 and 2.

Remember to stay POSITIVE, Happy, smiling, and kind. 

Dawn Gallop

Some of the videos from last year at Newport News Fall Festival 

A great place to be this weekend. 

HAPPY FRIDAY......

Peace Out 

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Stuck On You Sketches "Life is Tweet Live it" Using the Tim Holtz Bird Cage Die




This layout made for the Stuck On You Sketches
Using the wonderful Sketch by Ness
The flowers are Petaloo and Prima
The ATC card was given to me by Cheryl Carroway she had made for one of her Tim Holtz crusies
it just fit perfect with this theme, thanks Cheryl Love ya!!
The bird cage is from the Tim Holtz die, I cut from this chipboard and painted, I added bells to the holes.
Stickles used, cuts are from the Slice, Cricut and Silhouette.
The cartridge used is the Straight From The Nest
Paper is DCWV and Bazzill cardstock

 

Close up the ATC

Just love these pictures of Colten and Colby from 2007, we had gone to Busch Gardens on Father's Day and the boys loved the bird avery.

Just lovely sketch by the talented Ness.

Hello once again, today we were a 100 degrees on my back porch in the shade.....I have been working in the garden non stop and still have so much to do. I am proud to say I have huge green tomoatoes and squash just a plenty.  I was in Florida all last week and came home to a ton of work....it always seems that way....like the old saying I need a vacation from my vacation. I had this layout done and ready to post and the two littlest boys came down with a yucky sickness, then Colby also shared the love...he missed several days of school. We spent all day at the river yesterday in the boat still got to load this pictures...we had too much fun!! LOL!!! Anyway I have post all the info on the layout under the pictures. Hope you have a great week!! Dawn

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To My Valentine With Love Using My Minds Eye and Tim Holtz

To My Valentine with Love
Me and Bruce 2010

The Dusty Attic laser chipboard piece
K&Company sticker bird
MME papers
Prima roses

The brads are MME
Tim Holtz Tag Die Cut
Stampers Anonymous





The tag, I originally made first then I was gonna take the picture when I thought how good
it looked on these fabulous MME papers and within like 20 minutes I had this easy lo done
I doodled to....sometimes I can get carried away
The cupid is stamped in brushed corduroy then I applied crackle glaze
Yes I used Stickles..lol!
My students always want to use Stickles and I have been using them since they came out and it is not my go to
medium of choice....so they just love when I use them!!
The stamp set I used was a Christmas Gift from my dear friend Sherry
at Aunt Elmo's World Blog.
Love it Sherry!
Thanks!!!





Dusty having so much fun outside today we were in the high 50's and it felt warm in the sun
It is so nice to be outside

Dusty swinging and having a blast
off goes the boots he did not like that



We were outside for awhile today Dusty had boots on and they fell off while swinging
the socks were left at the trampoline....like always

He didn't like the boots off but still managed to stick his toes in the cold mud

YUK!
Straight to the bath!

Yep...off goes the boots
and he had to test the mud
"cold"
he said




Hello all,

          It has been a week for me with the class, I had guest over three times this week. I cooked full meals well that is nothing new but ...it does take up lots of time. While my guest were here we decided to play all day...had a super fun time and I made the tag and a few other goodies I hope to take pics of soon. I even painted outside today in between swinging, taking pics, and cooking in the pizza oven. I made some awesome bread in the pizza oven today....oh my goodness.....I must share it. It was amazing yummy!!
Anyway.....the lo is a pic of me and my wonderful hubby Bruce. We took this pic last year in May 2010 right after we left Inspired and stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge for the boys. I really don't have many pics of myself and of us together....but I do like this one. This lo took only like 20 mins. total so it is a quick and easy one! My hubby always says, "I love those kind" you finish so quick...he just doesn't understand does he??? LOL!!!! I also wanted to share some of the pics of the day. Hope you are doing awesome and thanks for stopping by!! Huge Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop

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Vampiress Amanda ~Creative Imaginations Paper~ Blood and Roses Challenge

Vampiress For the Blood and Roses Challenge
The pp is Creative Imaginations
The gate is from October 31st Cricut Cart

Petaloo Flowers and Prima

Stickles added to the Flowers and Title
The flower with the spider I handmade

The Title was cut with the Cricut and the Gypsy (welded) from the Happy Hauntings Cart.
I added paint to drip down
The roses were sprayed with Tattered Angels Raven



Hello again,
Last night I couldn't sleep, so I decided I would scrap a page. Checked out Scrapbook.com for a challenge,
I had checked this one out when she posted it and thought, this is a awesome one.
I started with a pic of Amanda, and edited it to look scary.
The challenge states,
So therein lays the challenge: Create layouts that are out of your comfort zones. Come on over to the dark side!

This month’s challenge topic will be Blood and Roses. There was an old vampire movie called this and I thought it sounded like it could be an interesting theme. Feel free to interpret the title any way you wish to.

Let your imagination and your dark side loose! Have fun! I can’t wait to see what you all will come up with!

Perfect! Amanda's favorite colors are black and red and her room is solid red and she has zebra sheets.
This page is perfect for her.
Within minutes I found the perfect paper from Creative Imaginations.
They came from past Swirlydoos kits.
I created the title using the Gypsy and Happy Hauntings Cart. from Cricut

The lollipop flower I made, the flowers are Petaloo, and Prima.
The paint is red and black acrylic paint watered up and dripped from the top.
The gate is cut from the October 31st Cricut Cart.
I didn't feel so peppy this morning but hey I got a scrapbook page done.
Have a wonderful week!!
Cyber Hugs,
Dawn Gallop

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Imaginisce and Cricut Challenges An Altered Project ~Princess~

Altered Tic Tac Toe Board from Thrift Store (paid .98 cents)

Full View made into a wall hanging

Close Ups Love those Imaginisce Stamps

Adorable Cricut Cuts

Imaginisce Carriage Stamp and Cricut Unicorn
Used the I-Rock on the carriage wheels and the unicorn horn (NOTE I cut the Imaginisce Glam Rocks)

I used the wiggle eyes and colored over them with the Copic markers, the Imaginisce castle stamp was colored in with the Copics also, the frog was cut from Once Upon a Princess Cart. too cute!! I also cut the I-Glam Rocks for the princess jewel in her crown into a diamond. The star wand is Fancy Pants pins cut the needle with snips.

I just love the dragon and the unicorn, the unicorn reminds me of the My Little Ponies

The rose also sprayed with Tattered Angels Bubble Gum

The original piece I had bought this at the thrift store for .98 cents I painted it with Golden White Gesso then Sprayed with Tattered Angels Bubble Gum spray and wiped off

 The pieces that belong to the Tic Tac Toe board only came with four game pieces  

          Well Hello!! I know it seems like forever even though it has only been week, but a  tough one at that. Dusty stayed sick until Thursday and now everyone is well!! YEAH!!!! I got all the laundry finished up here yesterday and was able to work on this yesterday. As soon as I saw the challenges I started the whole idea...I colored everything in with the Copic markers, the stamps are all Imaginisce. The stamps are the princess, dragon, the carriage, the flowers, and the castle.  The papers are Imaginisce and some Bazzill for cardstock.  The papers are from the Enchanted Collection from Imaginisce.
            The challenges for this projects are based on two challenges for this month one  from the Imaginisce Blog where the fabulous Pinky altered the Christmas clock she had, I was so Inspired that I thought why not use the tic tac toe board I bought at the thrift store a few months back for .98 cents it only came with four oxox pieces. Whenever I do go to the thrift store I am always looking for things to alter, I tell my husband "yes I can do something with it but in my next life" LOL!!! It seems sometimes I have too much to alter, but you never know what might be EXACTLY what you are needing!!! Here are the details from Pinky

"Found" Altered Challenge!!!!!!! Fun right?
Just think, "out with the old, in with the new" for this challenge!

Here are the Challenge Details:

"Find" an old item, or something that can be re-purposed and re-used

Using at a minimum of 75% Imaginisce product, alter your found item

then post it on the Imaginisce Blog  before January 25th.
At the end of January a WINNER will be chosen.

You could win a $75.00 package

full of Imaginisce goodness!

Sounds Awesome right!! and you still have time too, I actually made it before the last possible second, haha!! Go me!! LOL! Maybe a new years resolution wink wink! One can only hope.

I also did this piece for the Cricut Circle Blog Challenge   It is the Monthly Magazine Challenge to

Find something from the thrift store to repurpose with your imagination and your Cricut Machine. Please use at least four Cricut cuts in your design. Upload before and after shots of your project to the blog under the Magazine Challenge Tab. Only one entry per person. Entry deadline is Friday, January 14th, 2011. Winner will receive a new April Showers cartridge!!  Prize will be shipped within 4 to 6 weeks after the announcement.

I have the frog (prince) from Once Upon a Princess cut at 1,

the crown was cut at 1 1/4

the Unicorn was cut at 1

the princess word and the tag behind it the word cut at 3/4

all these cuts are from the Once Upon a Princess cart.

The grass was cut at 3/4 from Give a Hoot cart.

I used the Cuttlebug to emboss (really deboss) the paper using the Tim Holtz embossing plate.

The gems are all from Imaginisce using the I-Rock.

The inks used are Tim Holtz Ranger Distress inks

Copics Sketch markers and Copic Spica colors used to color in stamps.

I used Helmar Scrap dots and Helmar glues

Golden Gesso medium

Tattered Angels Bubblegum

Ranger Stickles

Fibers and Tulle

Thanks for stopping by, I will be bringing back some recipes asap, this week I had planned it but you know how that goes.  Thanks for all the emails and comments. Have a Wonderful fun Inspired week. Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop

I have this for sale on ETSY at http://www.etsy.com/listing/66771694/upcycled-princess-wall-hanging-pink
check it out!!!

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Our Easter Tree

Description: Hello everyone I hope you had a great Easter. I was able to scrap a little while my aunt was here. I had to do a quick one. The pic is of our Easter tree in 2006. I just really like this pic because of the sun in the back. I had got this pp by Best Creation Inc. from my scrappack GC. The title was cut from Cricut Daisy Chain that I used my points and cashed them in from Cricut Rewards...gotta love that!!!! Thanks Cricut!!The cuts were at 3/4 and 1. The tree is from EK Success bare tree. I used stickles icicle on the flowers. Doodlebug rhinestones. Lace from the 80's...lol! The swirls are CK doodles printed from my computer. TFL!!!

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Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Description: Oh boy, I gotta stop staying up late..... but I 'm having so much fun with these Easter los. This is a pic of the youngest boys (Dusty not born then) Cody, Cooper, Colby, And Colten from Lt. to Rt. Taken Easter 2007 at the mall...well as you can see there is a serious shadow on Cody, but you know what it is like to get them there and a pic taken, LOL!!! I used the Cricut for the lattice (I tell you those designers are soooo smart) they think of everything!!!! The lattice is from Wild Card pg. 33 fit to page with Icon on. Just think of the possibilities!! My head was spinning. Then the leaves are from Stretch Your Imagination flourish pg. 76 cut at 2 3/4 and inked. The title was cut from Makin'the Grade at 1. The train is from sizzix old provo craft dies, track border die, the eggs, bunny are sizzlits and quickutz. Prima flowers, rhinestones, and stickles...oh yeah chalks, and pp is mm gardenparty. Thanks for looking and Happy Easter!!!

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My Pot of Gold

Description: Hello everyone, wanted to get this posted before St. Patrick's Day which coming up quick. It is raining here today, so sorry for the dark pic. This lo is of Dusty, i have that hat and outfit for several years now and was glad Dusty fit into it. I handmade the rainbow, the shamrock boarder was cut on Paper Dolls at 2 , and the pot of gold on pd also at 2. The mushroom which is sooo cute was cut from Tink at 2 and the one on the right was cut at 2 on the flip. The title was cut from Storybook at 1. I used a MS punch stars for the matting on large pic. Stickles for the rainbow and a few tiny prima flowers. The funny story was when I was taking these pics a lady bug actually landed on his arm and head (another lo) ..I love ladybugs. Have a WONDERFUL ST. Patrick's Day!! TFL.

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NOEL ~CHRISTMAS ANGEL~

Description: HERE IS A LO I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR SOMETIME....I HAD SOME INSPIRATION FROM ALTEREDGEISHA AND BETTYLOU.
AT MY SIX WEEK CHECK UP I BOUGHT THIS ACRYLIC SHEET AND CREATED THIS LO FINALLY!!!!! IT IS MY DD AT 8 MONTHS NOW 15. IT IS SOOOO PRETTY IRL. THE ORNAMENT IS POPPED OFF THREE TIMES CUT FROM CHRISTMAS CART FROM CRICUT. THE WINGS CUT AT 4 1/2 FROM INDIE ART. PRIMA FLOWERS AND SWIRLS. THE BIRD IS A FELT BIRD FROM MAYA ROAD. I USED STICKLES. I WISH I COULD GET A BETTER PIC FOR YOU TO SEE BETTER. I HAD COMPLETED THIS LO FOR FABLADY CHALLENGE MAKE IT POP...AND IT DOES.PP ARE BASIC GREY. TFL!!!!!!!!!!!

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