E stands for Elf and who is the most famous elf of all…..you are looking at him! The Santa I used was cut from a vintage Christmas gift box. It was really old and cracked and pealy in places. Fancy cut him out and Glued him on the ATC. The letter E is a scrabble tile and the elf sticker is a K & Company.
Guess that’s it for now thanks for looking and come back soon
blessings
donna
This is the Dec. tag that I made for Tee’s swap theme Christmas. Check out the Altered Paper blog. I used a shipping tag in keeping what we have been using all year. Stamped it with a script stamp and ink.the edges. Added some flower and pine cones. K and company Merry Christmas.
Close up.
And all the goodies that went along for the ride. I hope everything I sent out this year were ok. I really was not really into doing much of anything this year. Too much sadness for me. I think this new year will be much better. DD is on their way will be here tomorrow sometime….Day after Christmas we will be on our way to Sanibel Island. Guess we will be staying in FT Myers and going to Joe’s Crab Shack and April’s Pie Company after our day of shelling on the beach…I can’t wait I need this outing so much…All for now thanks for looking and come back soon
This is the Dec. tag swap I received form Tee’s swap. http://thealteredpaper.blogspot.com/ my partner was Chris at 
And these are some goodies she sent along for the ride. Thanks so much Chris I can surely use these in my work.
Over at The Altered Paper blog hosted by Tee…http://thealteredpaper.blogspot.com/ we just did a swap for an ATC card theme Night Before Christmas. I chose “Sugar Plums Danced in Their Heads” I could not find any books or graphics for this theme so I made up my own. The ATC is made from a piece of packaging that some stickers came on…liked the pink candy look of it. I took candy sticker and snow flakes and put them on the inked card. Printed Sugar Plums on it. Some of the stickers of candy are 3D…
And this is a pic of some things I send along for the ride. Hope my partner Cissy can put them to good use.
And this is the ATC card that Cissy sent to me. Red card stock make the base of the ATC, and then she did some layering….with what looks like burlap, then Christmas paper with red satin ribbon…a printed out paper with part of the poem and then these teeny tiny cooking cutter emblies….funny I happen to have some of those emblies…..Almost used them on my ATC… 
And these are some really great things she sent along for the ride. Soooo many goodies cant wait to use them…Thanks so much Cissy!!! http://cissyandfranshow.blogspot.com/
Sorry so far behind...getting to feel better so hope to post more often. Some crafting finally getting done...this is the inside page of a Christmas mini paper bag album. All full of sweet things, like the pic's that will go in it. :)
This is the front of another one. I like doing thses once I get started...its the starting that is the problem. I can't seem to get going on anything these days. 
And this is the extent of my decorating in side the rig. Cute isn't he? I use to find these at yard sales in the early 2000's and sell them on eBay. I made some big buck with them, I think they are from the 40-50's. I very seldom see them these days. 
http://grammyandthepapillonprinces.blogspot.com/
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blessings donna
Wow I know it has been some time since I last posted and so sorry for the delay. To many things to do and not enough time to do them all. Been so busy with my new rig havn’t had time for much else. A lot to learn. You can read about my adventure with it on my other blog. In the above photo is one thing I have been working on is a Chirstmas stocking for my DD made with crochet granny squares. She lost the one I made her when she was about 8. These are the colors she wanted, tan sand, light blue, off white and tied together with black. 
This is a pic of some paper bag mini albums I have been working on, I take stuff with me in the rig every day to work on, while we are on our day trips.
Here are a couple of swaps I received recently. My swap partner was Janet over at The first is an ATC card swap hosted by Tee the alpha swap. This one was for the letter C She used cat for her theme (me too) Love it Janet great minds work together as they say! The other one is alterd witch ATC at Tee’s The Altered Paper blog.
And these are a few neat things she sent along for the ride. Will come in handy next fall. Thanks so much Janet.
Here is tag of the month swap I received from Carol (no blog). Tee over at The Altered Paper hosted the swap. http://thealteredpaper.blogspot.com/
Here are few things that Carol sent along with her tag. Love getting goodies!!! And also love swapping!
I also got started on my family recipe mini paper bag albums. Here is some of the paper I have been cutting. And in the pic above is my ATG gun I got last year 40% off at Joanne's. I try not to get anything with out coupons.
I have also decided that I want to start next year and do a couple of craft show. Make some extra money for my camping and travel trips. I am hoping that the paper craft thing will go over good. Like the mini paper bag albums, for starters. Got a few other ideas for selling. Will play it by ear. Still will be swapping! 
Here is my letter C ATC card for the swap the Tee is holding over at The Altterd Paper. She holds great swaps go and join in. C is for cat, since it is fall, Oct, I decided to keep in with that theme and do a holloween cat. I used some scrap book paper, torn hand made paper and scrabble tiles,and a vintage orange cat that was for a cake topper. Love those old vintage things. My partner was Janet of Janet's Art Play. I will post what she sent me soon. 
All for now thanks for looking and come back soon
blessings donna
I finally got my mini paper bag family recipe album "stuff" organized. First pic stickers & chip board embly's. 
This pic is of all the papers, cards and ribbon that I got together so far. 
I also got a bunch of vintage enpherma.(sp)
This is one of my projects .... 
like I said where do I start..lol This is what it started out looking like...it is a little better now...at least I can work at my desk. I have to keep everything in this room, crafts, tools, fishing stuff, among a few things. It gets really messed up at times. 
It has been a sad tough week so far for me. Remembering my brother...his estate auction was yesterday ...I am glad I was not there. 
So at lunch I took some food went here to the beach...then took a walk. Fun watching that little bird dig around for food then run like a sprinter to get away from the waves as they came back in. Was beginning to feel guilty because I left Maggie at the house. So did not stay long.....and it is still hot here. 
I did start my Coffin swap over at Tee's this week...this is a sneak peak... Now I will work on the letter C ATC swap, and the Oct. Tag Swap. Sure wish I had more to say and show you but its a little slow here right now. I still have to get the family recipe paper bag album started. For the last 6 months or so I have been gathering up stuff for this project...and have a ton of stuff. Well that's it for now thanks for looking and come back soon
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