PW banner project...Work in progress

Before the end of the year I wanted to create some vintage banners with inspirational words and suggested it to the Paper Whimsy mods...they agreed that it would be a fun swap and set it up...I signed up for the "y" in JOY with a pastel color theme!
I have two other swap partners and we were asked to make a third for charity...( I will post a link when I have it for the auction)

Here are some W.I.P. photos...I have been working on the last of the details and should have these finished by this evening!

These are the basic banners: Home Decor/upholstery banner shapes in light green...satin swags and pom-pom trim...hand-made paper background...Paper Whimsy images that have been embellished with chalks...hand-drawn "Y" letter, covered in tissue...and pencil embellishments... Starting to assemble: added lace and flower trim at bottom tip...pink paint dots around frame...embossed the letter Y in gold and clear...added a few other details and will show you the finished product soon...

Santa Claus Fest...image freebie

I found a wonderful blog dedicated to St. Nicholas Day, Dec. 6th and to participate we are to share something...

I found this lovely vintage image in my special Holiday file...I hope you can use it and enjoy St. Nicholas Day and the coming Christmas Season!!!

Visit the blog here ...scroll down and check out the links on the left hand side...enjoy!

Also over on Tim Holtz's blog he is demo'ing the 12 days of Christmas tags, with all kinds of wonderful ways to alter the tags...Don't miss this great free resource!

A week of Thanks and Giving Challenge...

Dont' you just LOVE it when things come together for a greater good??!!!

...Last night while listening to one of my favorite radio stations, they had a call in called "Thanks and Giving" and I thought How cute is that???

...so this morning over my cup-O-joe, I was looking over this card I made from Crafty Secrets products "Grateful"...and it all fell into place!

I would like to start off this challenge with a Thanks and a Giving for the next 7 days...and extend it to all my blog friends to do the same...then post a link here to your blog...

Doesn't that sound like a great way to begin the Thanksgiving countdown week???

International bloggers, please feel welcome to participate also :0)

...I'll go first...

My Thanks is: ...that God is the center of my life, I will be married for 20 yrs. in Dec. to a loving husband...I have the most talented and beautiful 3 kids any Mom could ask for...and that my Melanoma was discovered early and removed completely!!!

and my Giving will be: these free images for you to use from my collection!

To the best of my knowledge these images are free from copyright and can be downloaded and used in your art :0

Now, it's your turn! What are you thankful for and what to you want to give/share with us??? The giving can be anything...if you have been inspired by this challenge and made something for a friend or family member or you can also share a recipe...anything! Kind of like a Pay-It-Forward :0)
To participate, just post a link below :0) Looking forward to seeing all your links!

Freebie image ...

I have been fiddling and fussing with my blog template (as I am sure you have noticed) recently and just wasn't happy with one thing or another...I finally decided on this black one :0)

I will probably leave well enough alone for now...thanks for bearing with me as I have been trying on new colors and designs!

For your patience I am adding a FREEBIE image from my collection...for you to download.

Happy creating!!!

One World One Heart ART giveaway...

... on March 21 to celebrate friendships World wide there will be a grand scale Spring fling giveaway...created for us all to draw a little closer together by Lisa Oceandreamer...
"The celebration will not only be for the winners - it will also be a celebration that our worlds have come even closer together, our friendships expanded and our hearts beating as one."

If you would like to read more about it and see the list of everyone giving away a prize go here - ONE World ONE HeART Giveaway.

Spread the love, spread the giving, spread the word!

I am giving away an ATC and some Ephemera and for your collection...

Just leave me a comment

if you would like to be
added to my drawing.

You will recieve...ATC (bottom left corner), German scrap images, striped paper, (on right)vintage photo images and vintage foreign book pages...

Please feel free to leave a comment to win, even if you aren't participating in the One World One Heart Giveaway!!!

I hope you are looking forward to Spring as much as I am!!!

Please don't forget to view my previous post below for another chance to win some of my art for a very good cause!!!!