The inchies fit onto the top part of each tag and the bottom of the tag tucks into the pocket perfectly displaying the inchies.
I have a lot more stuff to post over the next week so keep checking back.
The inchies fit onto the top part of each tag and the bottom of the tag tucks into the pocket perfectly displaying the inchies.
I have a lot more stuff to post over the next week so keep checking back.
Here is an unhappy Cricket posing in Santa hat in front of the Christmas tree.
This is a view of the back of the property. Dad's shop and our storage building are completely hidden from view by the fallen tree limbs on the right side of the photo. After the ice finally melted we were able to determine that the falling limbs had miraculously missed both buildings.
I've used the scallops again here. I made the bird using parts from the Quickutz Funky Chicken die and the Quickutz Flower die (square petal). Sadly, the scanner didn't pick up the white card stock backing on these cards. They "pop" better in person. ;-)
Finally, this is a birthday card that I recently made for a friend. The 3D decoupage images are courtesy of the Lilac Garden. You can go to their website and print these terrific images out yourself: http://www.thelilacgarden.co.uk/floralpinklily.html I stole (borrowed?) the card idea from Mom. (Thanks Mom!) ;-)
I was going to keep this blog strictly for my artwork and not add anything personal, but I feel very strongly about this and I feel everyone needs to educate themselves about serial bullies and harassment stalkers.
I found the following information on a web site and was really alarmed to read the estimate that one on in every 30 people is a serial bully. Alarmed, but not at all surprised as I have, unfortunately, had dealings with several people that perfectly fit this profile. Chances are that someone in your workplace, church, stamp club or even your family is a serial bully. My advice to you is that if you suspect you are dealing with this type of person to save every e-mail, every memo, every letter and make note (including time and date) of every conversation, phone call, etc. You may feel guilty about this or even think you are being paranoid... Trust me, it is better to be safe than sorry and someday you will really, really, REALLY regret not saving this information from the start. Protect yourself!
I also want to note that it is pretty easy for all of us to turn a blind eye if we see this type of person attacking others. Sometimes we justify this by saying that we really aren't that close to the person being attacked so we don't need to step in. Sometimes the bully is someone we think is a friend and we turn a blind eye because of it. (Let's stop and think about it... Do we really want to be friends with someone like this? And are they really our friends or are they just manipulating us and we have chosen to ignore it?) I've noticed an alarming trend over the past few years where people see or hear something they don't like and think that if they cover their eyes and ears and hum a cheery little tune it will all go away. Trust me, it doesn't! We all desperately want to believe the best of people, but we forget by not acting that we are really HELPING these bullies hurt others. These situations can escalate to harassment stalking and worse.
Remember, knowledge is power! By informing yourself about this you can help protect yourself and your loved ones in the future.
I don't mean to sound so preachy... I just love all my friends and want them to be safe! :-)
The Serial Bully
How to spot signs and symptoms of serial bullies, sociopaths and psychopaths including the sociopathic behavior of the industrial psychopath and the corporate psychopath
"All cruelty springs from weakness." (Seneca, 4BC-AD65)
"Most organizations have a serial bully. It never ceases to amaze me how one person's divisive, disordered, dysfunctional behavior can permeate the entire organization like a cancer." Tim Field
"The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance my deride it, but in the end, there it is." Winston Churchill
"Lack of knowledge of, or unwillingness to recognize, or outright denial of the existence of the serial bully is the most common reason for an unsatisfactory outcome of a bullying case for both the employee and employer" Tim Field
I estimate one person in thirty, male or female, is a serial bully. Who does the following profile describe in your life?
The serial bully:
Responsibility
The serial bully appears to lack insight into his or her behavior and seems to be oblivious to the crassness and inappropriateness thereof; however, it is more likely that the bully knows what they are doing but elects to switch off the moral and ethical considerations by which normal people are bound. If the bully knows what they are doing, they are responsible for their behavior and thus liable for its consequences to other people.
Have you ever seen a card in a magazine and just know you can make it better? That was the case with this card idea. For some reason they never remotely resemble what I was originally trying to make. ;-)
The coffee inchies are for a great swap that I am in. Sadly the wire coffee cups still look like jam jars with handles, but I worked so hard on them that I hated to not use them... I think the steam I added helped make them look more like the funky coffee cups they were meant to be, lol. Note to self: Next time try using a heavier gauge wire and smaller wire tools.
Direct-to-paper is one of my all time favorite techniques. I made several sheets of brown background papers using this technique with some of the newer fall-ish colors of Brilliance ink. I made some fall cards and a bunch of fall ATCs using the background papers.