I didn't quit art journaling!

Hi Everyone!

Of course I didn't!  I loved completing my 2014 Documented Life Planner!  I can't imagine not continuing this practice in 2015.  Thanks to the Art to the 5th  artists for continuing this challenge!
I am using the same Moleskine weekly planner that I used last year, and I think I mentioned in an earlier post that I found enough pre made index card (the ones that used to come in the photo storage boxes that I use to store my supplies) backgrounds to last for an entire year.

Here are my pages for the first four weeks:

 



 

 

I am enjoying this year's format, which includes a monthly theme (January is "facing the blank page"),  weekly art challenge (book papers, gesso, color wheel, and writing) and journal prompts. 

 

Today I also want to share a quick project that I made last weekend.  I discovered that making my own gift bags is a terrific way to use up my paper stash.  I used an SVG file from the SVG Cuts Happy Holidays collection to make this:

 

It was easy to cut, quick to assemble, and used 2 1/2 sheets of 12 inch paper.  This paper is from DCWV.  The bag is quite sturdy, and I was able to stuff it with candy and other care package items for one of our favorite college students. 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope that you are staying warm and finding time to do fun things!

 

Elizabeth

The Documented Life Project Week 45

Happy Monday, Everyone.

Best wishes for a bright and shiny new week!  I was so busy with my Funkie Junkie tag posts last week, that I forgot to post my Documented Life Project Journal page.

Here it is:

Last week's challenge was to add a tab to our page.  I was so enthralled with creating pieces for my Funkie Junkie inspired printer's tray, that I didn't want to spend too much time on my journal.  I reached for my box of backgrounds and found a slew of forgotten index tags that I had used for experimenting and mopping up inks.  This one already had lovely fall colors and a cool water bleached Distress background.  I brightened it up with some more Distress Inks, used Tarnished Brass Distress Stain to stamp on some maple leaves, and added some hand lettering and a narrow border.  Pretty simple, but I love it!  (and the tab was built in!)

Here is a closer look at the lettering:

I counted up that stack of inky index cards, and found that I have enough to do all of next year's DLP pages!  I'm not sure at this point whether I will order another Moleskin planner, or just figure out how to bind them myself, but I am pretty excited about using up this stash. 

I wish you all a wonderful week!

Elizabeth

The Documented Life Project Week 37

Happy Sunday to you all!

Hope you had at least as much fun a I did this weekend.  I found time to do lots and lots of fall crafting. (And I cleaned the house, too!)

The week 37 challenge for the Documented Life Project was to feature a white pen. 

I have been practicing flowery doodles in the calendar pages of my planner, and this week, I decided to draw some on my tip-in.  I started with another of my premade Dylusions pages.  I wanted to make sure that the Dylusions colors didn't make a mess of my gel pen, so I sealed it by brushing on a thick coat of matte medium.

I noticed that the ink was nicely mixing into the matte medium, and I wondered what would happen if I tried to pull a print from it.  So I placed a piece of copy paper and applied some pressure with my hands.  This is what happened:

On the left is the original background, as used above. On the right is the extra print.  I think it will be fun to use later.

I finished my page with a Tim Holtz stamp with Archival ink and some white gel pen highlights. 

You can probably tell that I am having a blast with the Documented Life Project.  I can't wait to see what's next!

Thanks for visiting with me today.  Enjoy your week!

Elizabeth

The Documented Life Project week 36 Black and White

Hello Everyone!

I am back on schedule with the Documented Life Project.  This week's challenge was to work in black and white.  I felt a bit constrained by this, because I knew that over mixing paints and inks would give me a very blah grey page.  So I went with my card making comfort zone for this page.  Since I used a new-to-me technique that will be fun for both cards and art journal pages, I count this as a good week in my journal. 

I pressure embossed lots of white scrap strips with my Sizzix Big Kick and various embossing folders.  I used a brayer to add  Wendy Vecchi's Watering Can Archival ink to the raised areas, and mounted them on a piece of black cardstock.  The "journaling" is some extra card sentiments that I printed and cut during a recent card making session.  I couldn't resist adding a tiny splash of color, and these coral scraps just made me happy. 

This page is much more evocative of my structured card making style than the loosey-goosey- anything-goes art journal style that I have been attempting this year.  It was a super busy week, so working with a familiar style was an effective way to accomplish a page.  Sort of the artistic version of comfort food!

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!

Elizabeth

Week 31, The Documented Life Project

Hello Friends!

Happy Sunday evening.  I have a quick post about a quick art journal page for you tonight.

I waited until the end of the week to make this page, so that I would have something wonderful to meet the DLP challenge, which was to include an envelope with a memento from the week on the page.  I used a tiny glassine envelope to hold some tiny little beach stones that I gathered with my younger daughter while visiting good friends on Cape Cod. 

This is my attempt to represent our day at the beach. After laying down layers of Distress Paints for the sand, sea, and sky, I colored some pumice gel to add sandy texture, and made some whitecaps with modeling paste.  Whomever said it takes a lifetime to learn to paint the sea wasn't kidding!  My attempt is a bit lame, and doesn't come close to capturing the magic of the day, but that's ok.  I had fun playing with my supplies, and I like my lettering, so it was time well spent.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Elizabeth

The Documented Life Project - My Week 30 journal page

Happy Sunday, Everyone!

I just finished my Documented Life Project Journal page in time to post it today.  It took a little while to pull things together this time around. 

The challenge for this page was to add ephemera from my week, Smash Book style.  I still had stuff laying around from my week at camp, and used it and odds and ends from my work table to create my page.  I will admit to having a rough go of it this time around.  I started my layering with very unimpressive results.  Nothing seemed to go together at all.  My first fix for this was an over all layer of Gesso, applied lightly with a crumpled plastic bag.  That helped a bit, but I wasn't there yet.  I left it alone for a couple of hours, so that I could look at it later with fresh eyes. 

When I came back to the craft table, I added some Distress Paints to recolor some of the elements, and a lot of charcoal shadowing to blend things into the background.  Now I was getting somewhere.  All I needed was to add some black and white lettering.  Ahhh, now I can happily add this page to my journal. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  I wish you all a relaxing rest of the weekend!

Elizabeth

My Documented Life Project Pages - Weeks 28 and 29

Hello Everyone!

Hope you all have had a terrific weekend.  It was busy here, with lots of fun and lots of chores.

Here is my week 28 Documented Life Project page:

The challenge was to use Instagram style tiny photos.  I don't Instragram, and chose to add a filmstrip element to my page instead.  The photos are of my husband and daughters, taken in the DC Botanical Gardens a few years ago.  It was kind of fun to get a bit "scrapbooky" in my journal this week, especially since I recently started working on some Digital scrapbook layouts. 

The background is Dylusions sprays with stenciled gesso.  I pulled lots of elements out of my scrap boxes to create a clustered look.  There are die cuts, tea bags, Kraft paper, mica pieces, a bingo card, and a fabric flower cut with my Silver Bullet. 

I worked up my week 29 page today, as I will be away from my craft supplies for much of next week.

This first photo was taken when I thought the page was complete:

Often, taking photos of my projects helps me to see what needs to be added.  This is the final result:

I went in with a paint brush and watered down Distress Paints to add color.  Much better this way!  The challenge was to make a wish list. 

The page started with a background of layered stencils and Distress Ink on watercolor paper.  I added some sketchy lines and my wishes with my trusty Sharpie pen, and embellished with doodles.  I edged the page and added some splatters  with Distress Paint in Crushed Olive.  I'm pretty pleased with how this page came together.  The Distress colors used include Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Evergreen Bough, and Peeled Paint. 

Hope you all find time to get inky and painty this week!

Elizabeth

My Documented Life Project pages weeks 26 and 27!

Happy Sunday Everyone!

Here is my Documented Life Project page for week 26.  Can you believe we are already halfway through the year?  I can't!!!

 

The challenge was to add a quote from a favorite book.  I struggled a bit with picking a favorite book, but ended up deciding on the Harry Potter series.   Not particularly profound, but then, I'm pretty much all about the fun! 

And because I won't have much time to work on my journal this week, or be able to make a post next Sunday, I decided to go ahead and tackle this week's challenge early.

 

 

The challenge issued this morning is to use a word search, crossword or suduko puzzle to our pages.  While pretending I was a serious reader last week, I happened upon this quote by Goethe that I love.  I used an online puzzle generator to turn it into a word search. 

 

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

 

Elizabeth

 

 

My Documented Life Project week 25 page, and a mid project before/after photo

Hello Everyone,

Happy Sunday!  Have you been watching World Cup Soccer?  I've been catching a bit here and there between projects. 

Here is my week 25 Documented Life Project page:

The challenge for this week was to add hearts to our pages.  It was refreshing to work on hearts now, at the beginning of summer, rather than in February, when I am up to my ears in Valentine's Day projects.  I was inspired this week by Stephanie Ackerman's week 25 tutorial  .  It is thanks to Stephanie that I was inspired to start the Documented Life Project this year.  If you've never checked out her blog, you should go visit right now!  You will be amazed at her incredible art, and her beautiful spirit.

I used a heart border that I cut with my Silver Bullet cutter, from this handmade layered stencil paper.

 I applied Distress Inks in various colors over a designer paper using a foam applicator and these stencils:

I love using my Silver Bullet to cut stencils.  I use both card stock and template plastic for my stencils.  The Silver Bullet cuts through stencil plastic beautifully!   I also cut the heart border from plain blue paper, and embossed and inked some of the inner hearts to place in the printed paper frame. I used a pre-painted Dylusions background as a starting point.

 I loved using green rather than pink for my summer heart page.  The bit under the die cut border is the original background color.  The portion to the right has been finger painted a la Stephanie Ackerman, with acrylic, gesso, Gelatos in layers, with some stamping thrown in for fun. I used a charcoal pencil to mimic Steph's shadows around the heart.  I added a sketchy Sharpie pen border, and a quote from Rumi. 

Now for that mid project photo from my craft room:

I found this marvelous vintage metal filing cabinet at a favorite antique store just before Christmas.  I lugged it up to my craft room, and since I didn't want tospray paint it in the midst of winter, I put it to use as is, as a sorter for my many, many paper scraps. 

 

Today, I emptied out the drawers a few at a time, and after removing the hardware, painted them with chalkboard spray paint.  I stopped mid-stream to take a photo.  Now all of the drawers are painted and refilled with my goodies. Weather permitting, I will paint the cabinet portion next weekend.  This unit fits perfectly at the end of my craft table, and makes sorting and using my scraps so easy!  Each of the top 12 drawers holds a different color of scrap paper, and the bottom drawers hold some of my overflowing collection of craft supplies.

 

 This unit is definitely among my favorite finds for craft storage, especially now that I have started painting it. 

 

Thanks for stopping by! 

 

Elizabeth



The Documented Life Project - My week 24 entry

Hi Everyone,

Here is my belated week 24 DLP journal page.  I was away for the weekend, and didn't have a chance to post yesterday.

The challenge was to use book pages or text paper.  Right up my alley!  You may have noticed how much I love vintage book pages.

So here is my page:

I stated with a photocopy of some vintage ledger paper from my stash.  I wanted to play around with my new Wendy Vecchi Archival re-inkers, so I swirled some hand sanitizer gel on the page, and dropped on various colors.  I blended and spread this mixture with the handle of a paintbrush and then dried it with my heat gun.  Next, I stamped a flower with a text background in various places, and colored it with colored pencils.  I inked the edges of with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. 

The next layer is a torn, inked and distressed dictionary page copy.  I thought a black and white photo would be a terrific final layer, and I found this one featuring my mother (fourth from the left), her parents, and sister in my collection.  I matted it with one more piece of vintage book paper. 

The lettering was done with my trusty Sharpie pen and my Pitt Artist pen.  Finally, I attached the flap to my planner page with Washi Tape.  When I saw how well it coordinated with the other elements of my page, I had to add a few extra randomly placed pieces. 

These two close ups show some of the layers of this page.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I stamped Distress Stain in Picket Fence over the Archival Ink with a text stamp.  and splattered on some watered down Distress Paint. 

I'm pretty sure that at the end of the year, this will still be one of my very favorite pages. 

Have a great today!

Elizabeth

My DLP Week 23 Journal Page, and some summery projects

Hello All,

Happy Monday!  Today I am sharing a very altered photo of last week's Documented Life Project page.  The challenge was to document something I am grateful for on each day of the week.  Since I do this for small things on a daily basis in another part of the journal, I opted to document seven big things in my life.  Because it's a bit personal, I opted to apply a Photoshop filter.

Because I was short on time last week, and because my journal is getting pretty fat, did things a bit differently.  Rather than add a tip in with my art work, I include my artwork, a simple gradient of Pan Pastels for each day, on the weekly page of my planner.  As always, I reserved the space on the right page for my weekly journaling.

And because that isn't much to look at, (posting these weekly pages keeps me motivated) I am also sharing some floral projects that I have made over the last several months.

I made this altered Tim Holtz Configurations tray box as a thank you for a friend.  I used Penny Duncan Creations rose files and my Silver Bullet Professional cutter, vintage sewing items from collection,  a vintage calling card and some photo copied ledger paper. 

The outer and inner sides of the box were painted with Spun Sugar Distess Paint, and stamped with Coffee Archival.  The roses were cut from white cardstock, and colored with Distress Stains.  This is my favorite way to custom color my roses.  The little wooden spool is not vintage, so I aged it with some Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  The ribbon and embroidery thread are vintage scraps from my "attic treasure" sewing basket.  I am getting a lot of crafty mileage out of that basket!  This project was a breath of fresh air at the end of the winter.

 

 

I made this project just for me!  I saved this shiny candle lid from the trash, and added lots of summery flowers, again using Penny Duncan Creations files.  This time, I cut the flower parts from text weight paper rather than cardstock.  I really like the look I get with this paper.  I achieved custom colors with Distress Stains, again.  This piece sits at the base of my computer screen at work.

 

 

This tiny mixed media canvas was made as a hostess gift for a friend who had a dinner party recently.  All of the pieces were leftovers from my work table.  I stained and stamped the 2 inch square canvas, added Distress Inks t the edges of the hex pieces and the "hope" ticket.  The multicolored Distress Inks and the haphazard construction of the rose give it just the right informal look. 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  I wish you a crafty, happy week!

 

Elizabeth



My Documented Life Project page - Week 22

Hello Folks!

Here I am with my week 22 DLP planner page.  The challenge for this week was to draw, sketch, or paint a house on our page. 

I recently purchased some more colors of Dylusions spray inks, and have been having fun playing with them.  They are super intense, and I wanted my background to be a bit lighter, so I added London Blue and After Midnight to water in spray bottles and went to work spraying, dipping and swiping my background paper. 

I drew my houses in my SCAL software, and cut them with my Silver Bullet Pro cutter.  They were all cut from scraps of paper and cardstock that I use to soak up excess inks and paints from my craft mat.  I love finding ways to use these in my mixed media art.  The roofs and doors were cut from black card stock, and embellished with my new Pitt Big Artists Pen. This is definitely the best white pen I have found for writing on dark colors. 

At the top of the page are a couple of stamps that I picked up the other day.  I thought they were perfect for this challenge, and at $2.00 for a set of three, the price was certainly right.  I finished my page off with a Mustard Seed Distress paint border. 

I'm looking forward to finding out what next week's challenge will be.  If you want to join the thousands of people who are making the Documented Life Project weekly pages, you can find all the information you need here:  Art to the 5th details page

Have a wonderful day, everyone!

Elizabeth

The Documented Life Project week 21

Happy Sunday, Everyone!

Hope you are having a wonderful long weekend.  I have spent most of my time adding to my pile of junktiques that need to be altered.  Fun, Fun, Fun!

I made sure to squeeze in time for my art journal, too.  I actually remembered to take photos along the way. 

I started with an original digital paper design.  I have been working on making my own papers using Photoshop Elements and files from Pixel Scrapper. 

 

I used 3 colors of Gelatos directly on watercolor paper, and blended them with water and my fingers.

 

 

A self explanatory layer

Here I have added torn strips of my paper, and stenciled molding paste.

I found it interesting that the very red violet and blue violet embroidery floss that I used to embellish the lace lost their violet tones when placed on the violet background.  It is not just in the photo that they appear red and blue.  (adding embroidery floss was the challenge this week, btw)

I used a Tim Holtz mask and some Dylusions spray, on this layer, as well as some acrylic paints applied to the molding paste with my fingers.

Here is the finished page.   I am finding that I am happiest with my DLP pages when I figure out "when to say when", just as I am in "real" life. 

The Documented Life Project week 20

Hello Everyone!

It is a bright and beautiful morning here, and I am in the middle of a project or two, as usual, so this will be a really quick post.

This week's Documented Life Project challenge was to use a rubber stamp in a new way.  I have been wanting to use my stamp collection more, so this was a good challenge for me.  I stamped my images with black and watering can Archival inks on white tissue paper.  Using matte medium, I adhered the stamped tissue to a photo of some boxwood greenery from my yard. 

Here is a list of some of the layers in my background:
Baby Wipe Reinker Stripes
Reinker stamping
Gesso
Penned border (Black Sharpie pen, White Sharpie Oil pen)
Stamped leaf border
More Tissue stamping (the sheet music)
Alcohol Ink and blender drops
Distress Crackle Paint (The reason for the glare!)

I also attempted some embossing folder stamping, the result of which is the faint white marks you can see on the torn focal image. 

I don't necessarily love the final result, but I sure had fun playing around with different techniques for this page. 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my project!

Elizabeth

The Documented Life Project Week 19

Hello Everyone!

Hope your day was as terrific as mine!  I had the most wonderful day with my girls,  hanging around the house together, going for a nice walk and enjoying the beautiful weather.

The Documented Life Project Challenge for week 19 was to perform a random act of kindness and document it.  I had lots of ideas here, but so very little time to act on any of them.    I ended up purchasing a couple of scratch tickets at a nearby convenience store, and gifting one to the cashier.  Her surprised and excited reaction was fun. 

I kept one ticket with the intention of using it on my page.  There are two very good reasons that I didn't end up doing this.  One: my ticket was a winner, (not a big one, but a winner!).  Two:  That ticket was really, really ugly!  Nothing about it appealed to me visually as I sat down to create my page.

So, this page didn't turn out at all as I had envisioned it.  I played around with layers of gesso and Distress Inks, and added some stenciling with Distress Ink and Gelatos.  I was pretty underwhelmed with the results, and actually made an alternative background to use instead.  Yeah, that one didn't work for me either.  I grabbed a few pieces from my stash of experimental junk, and found the Gelato stamped watercolor piece that became my focal image. 

I had just finished reading the novel "The Good Luck of Right Now" by Matthew Quick, and found it to be a quirky. fun  and thought provoking read, and worthy of being documented in my journal, particularly as it matched the nature of my RAK.  As usual, the lettering, as well as the sketchy border, were done with my Sharpie pen. 

I hope you find time to have fun with your art supplies this week, and to read a good book, too!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my journal page!

Elizabeth

The Documented Life Project - Week 18

Hello Everyone!

Here is how I started my week eighteen Documented Life Project page:

I picked up a sample of set of four Gelatos recently, after giving in to a long term case of craft supply envy.  I applied them to a gesso'd vintage dictionary page, and blended with a baby wipe.  Next I added a stenciled layer of gloss gel medium.

I finished off my background with a wash of watered down white acrylic paint to bring out some of the details in the stenciled layer.  I added a tip in with my quote.  (Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the challenge for this week was to add a meaningful quote.)  I edged a piece vellum with Gelatos that I blended with my finger.  (I love this so much that I had to buy a bigger set of Gelatos!) and layered it over a vintage book page and a piece of vintage scrapbook paper.  I added the quote with my trusty Sharpie pen. 

I have a feeling you'll be seeing lots more Gelatos on my upcoming journal pages.  They are incredibly versatile and fun to work with. 

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! 

Elizabeth

Documented Life Project Week 17

Hi Everyone,

The Documented Life Project week 17 challenge was to photograph or sketch a favorite pair of shoes.  I had limited time to work on this project due to travel plans, so I chose to keep it simple.

I used Photoshop Elements to edit the background of a photo of my favorite pair of boots.  The shadow lines from the siding that is the backdrop are the perfect place to add my "story". 

Thanks for looking!

Elizabeth

The Documeted Life Project- Week Sixteen (& a bonus project)

Happy Easter Everyone!

I hope you are having a lovely day!  This week's challenge from the ladies at the Documented Life Project was to use find a creative way to use a food box on our page.  Since I seriously overhauled my eating habits early last summer, I don't really eat much that comes in cardboard boxes.  I do eat a LOT of salads, though, and the lettuces I like come in nice plastic boxes.  Here is how I added one to my journal:

I found this photo in my collection of scans from my parents' attic.  I used my favorite transfer technique to make a skin, and then attached it to the plastic with matte medium.  To finish the page, I added borders of washi tape and some simple lettering.  All of the elements are somewhat transparent, and in real life, you can see my writing from the page showing through the tip-in, in a really cool way.  I love this photo, of me (in red) and my sister Sue, and am very pleased  to have it in my journal. 

To make a photo transfer, print your photo on plain printer paper with a laser printer.  Paint a generous layer of gloss gel medium onto a sheet of smooth metal, (I use aluminum from All That Jazz Supplies) and adhere your photo face down onto it.  Make sure there is enough gel so that your entire photo is adhered.  Let this dry for several hours or overnight.  Spray the back of the paper generously with water, and let it sit for a few minutes to soak in.  Using your fingers, gently rub the wet paper, removing it as you go.  Add more water as necessary.  When you have removed all the paper, allow the piece to dry well again.  When dry, you can carefully lift the gel "skin" from the metal. 

I found time last night to make some incredibly cute hair accessories to tuck into my daughters' Easter Baskets. 

This idea came from the always inspiring Penny Duncan.  Check out her Blog, Penny Duncan Creations for the cutting files and video instructions to make these adorable flowers.

I used my Silver Bullet Professional cutter to cut plastic template material.  Penny has generously shared six different template files.  These pony tail holders represent just two of the possibilities.  I guessed, and sized my templates at 2 inches for my first two flowers.  The finished flowers came out just the right size.  I was totally amazed by how precisely my Silver Bullet handled the intricate cuts.  Some of the pieces were tiny! 

I loved using fabrics from my stash of quilting fabrics, and buttons from my tobacco can of vintage buttons (more booty from an attic scavenger hunt!)  If you don't have a large stash of fabrics, you can double it by using both the right and wrong sides of the fabric, as I did for the purple flower. 

I can't wait to make more of these flowers.  They are so easy and fun and will be a perfect car project for me as I travel with my family this summer.  Thank you, Penny Duncan!!

Have a wonderful week, all!

Elizabth

The Documented Life Project Week 15

Hi Everyone,

Hope you had a terrific weekend!  The week fifteen Documented Life Project challenge was to use tints and shades of one color.  Here is my page:

I really enjoyed building up the layers on this page, and clustering elements from my scrap boxes in the lower corner of my page.  I'm glad that the challenge specifically mentioned shades, as it prompted me to add some really greyed out pinks to my red color scheme, which makes it much more interesting.

 I got extra mileage out of the playing card by cutting off the white border and using it as a frame for the stamped and fussy cut umbrella man.  The geometric border and the "wish" tag were cut with my Silver Bullet Pro.  They were both in my scrap pile, and happened to be the right color, as were the tiny scraps of washi tape that I used to embellish the frame.  I finished my page by adding a song lyric quote and some bits and pieces of ribbon and some white oil paint marker dots. 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my progress!

Elizabeth

The Documented Life Project, Week 14

Hello All,

Can you believe we are 14 weeks into the year already?  I can't!  What seemed like a long, cold winter was ultimately a short, cold winter. 

As usual, I had fun with this week's journal challenge, and finished it early for a change.

The challenge:  Write my name and embellish it. 

The result:

Honestly, I didn't embellish all that much, but I had fun working with some new-to-me lettering styles, before deciding that I wanted to use my normal signature.  I keep picturing my girls enjoying this journal years from now, and recording my real- life signature appealed to me.

My first step was to draw a border on my page. After writing my name, I covered it with masking fluid.  When the masking fluid was dry, I added color with Pan Pastels.   Next, I used stencils and Distress Inks to add some interest.  When this was dry, I removed the masking fluid.  I really like the way the white "shadow" highlights my text. 

Since I didn't want to embellish my signature any further, my page really needed some more details.  I glued on the sequins and added some dots to my border. 

I took advantage of the sunny day to go outside and do some spray painting.  I have a couple of reclaimed junk projects in the works.  I hope you all had a chance to be crafty this weekend, and if not, there are still a few hours left!

Elizabeth