Craft Fair This Saturday!!!!!

Good Morning! I'm putting together some last minute projects for the upcoming Craft Fair this Saturday. I made a few more Breast Cancer canvases and this time I used some papers from my Planner Society Kits. I save just about everything from these kits because they are soooo gorgeous!! I even save the packaging and use them on my project life pages. Here are the canvases I just finished up this weekend.

These were so fun to put together and I love how bright and cheery they are - a perfect gift for a survivor or anyone going through Breast Cancer. 

Please stop by this Saturday if you're in the area - this fair is huge and it would be a great time to pick up some Holiday Gifts! 

Dedham Junior Women's Club 35th Annual Craft Fair

Saturday, November 19th, 2016  9am-3pm

Dedham Middle School

Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you tomorrow with my latest Fall pocket page for Noel Mignon.

Fall Card Trio

Hi Everyone! I wanted to hop on today to share a card trio I made with Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit. I made these cards pretty quickly using the Misti Stamping Tool. The cards are perfect for this time of year and will be available to purchase at the upcoming Craft Fair Saturday November 19th. Here's my cards and a few close ups.

I LOVE the 6x6 Perfectly Plaid Fall paper pack by Lawn Fawn! The colors are perfect for the fall season. By the third card I got the leaf stamping done pat! I masked off the squirrels to keep the ink of the leaves off the squirrels.

Here's another card ... the Little B acorn stickers are a perfect accent for the cards and add some dimension.

Thanks for stopping by today and stay tuned for a new Doll Tag using this awesome kit!! 

Enjoy the rest of your week!!! 

It's Craft Fair Time!!

 Don't you love this time of year! The Fall season is fabulous here in New England. The crisp air, the leaves starting to change color and just about everything pumpkin. It's also Craft Fair Time. This year a good friend and I are going to be in a local Craft Fair. I will be selling LOTS of my canvases, cards and other art pieces. If you're local we would LOVE for you to stop by. The fair will have over 80 artisans selling their amazing crafts. It's the 35th year of this craft fair so it's a BIG event. This will be the second fair I've been in and the first one of this size. 

Here's some Details:

Dedham Junior Women's Club 35th Annual Craft Fair

Saturday, November 19th, 2016  9am-3pm

Dedham Middle School

Here's a sample of some small mixed media Holiday canvases available to purchase using Lawn Fawn Petite Paper Packs. I combined papers from "Let's Bokeh in the Snow', "Snowday" and "Peace Joy Love".

We would love for you to stop by and check out all the artisans and maybe get a head start on Holiday Shopping!! 

A Craft Fair and a Thanksgiving Blog Hop!

Hello to all! I am hopping on my blog today to share a project before I head out to my first ever Craft Fair as a seller. I have been to many fairs over the years and one day as I was trying to find a place for all my canvases and mixed media projects, I decided to look into selling my art at a craft fair. A co-worker of mine told me about her Church Fair and the table price was reasonable so I talked a crafty friend of mine into joining me. We are on our way to our first adventure as sellers! Wish us luck!!

The project I'm sharing is for the Holiday Inspirations Group. We are a group of crafty blog friends who like to get together and share crafty ideas. We're using products we like to make projects we enjoy creating. Our theme this month is Thanksgiving, so Welcome to our Thanksgiving Blog Hop!

I created a Thanksgiving tag using lots of Ranger goodies. I started with the

Tim Holtz Alterations|Sizzix Big Dies Tattered Leaves Die. I had borrowed this die from a friend to use for a class and had to own one! I die cut three leaves from patterned paper and inked the edges with coordinating Distress Inks. I then painted them with Distress Crackle Paint Clear Rock Candy. While the leaves were wet I sprinkled matching Distress Glitter on them. The crackles are subtle but noticeable. The glitter added such dimension and turned a flat looking leaf into something that pops!! Here's my tag ...

For the tag background I used a scrap of patterned paper and inked the edges. Next, I grabbed some leftover Maggie Holmes Open Book Specialty Vellum Paper (I have already ordered more of this paper - it's AWESOME) and used my Sizzix Frameworks Honeycomb Border Die by Tim Holtz. I glued this to the base of the tag and attached the leaves to the upper left corner. I replaced a few of the punched out hexagons shapes around the sentiment ...  

I finished off the tag by splattering some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Gold onto the tag and adding a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chit Chat sentiment to the inside of a metal frame that I toned down with gesso.

Please be sure to visit the blogs of the other ladies participating in our Thanksgiving Blog Hop today - I've listed their names and links to their blogs at the bottom of this post. Have a great weekend and I'll be back with a new layout using another AWESOME sketch by Creative Scrappers!!!

Donna Bowman
Rachel Kleinman
Lynn Kopas  << that's me>>

Jen Cuthbertson
Ceal Pritchett