Boho Princess!

This is my niece Beau.Chairs are everywhere in the public library and she plops herself on the floor to read!She read her "20 hours" and got a pop socket and her library card!Beau is a budding musician, artist, chef, fashionista and she wants to be a mermaid princess when she grows up. I want to be like Beau![wpvideo olp7Ihsq]She was the inspiration for today's art journal layout![caption id="attachment_12644"...

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Let's Flamingle!

This phrase makes me laugh!Don't cha think this would make the perfect girls' night out invite?!I created today's card using the sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.  I stamped the JFF Rubber Stamps BCH-Flamingos  image in Club Scrap sandstone ink, colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with gamsol. I trimmed the images for placement and...

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Just BEE!

What does it mean to just be?Be still. Watch the birds, watch your kids play, or lie in the grass and watch the clouds roll by. The only way you can hear what's in your heart is if you are silent and still. Be present. Really listen when someone talks to you, savor your food, and put down the electronics and be in the moment. Be mindful. Meditate, pray, do yoga, take a walk, and enjoy just being alive! Be...

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Drawing a Blank? Use a Sketch!

Sometimes all it takes is a little spark of creativity and it's time to celebrate!I had a stack of paper, a bin of stamps and I drew a blank. I took a Facebook break and this sketch challenge popped up in my feed.It was just what I needed! I even stepped out of my comfort zone and handwrote the sentiment with a Perfect Medium pen and some white embossing powder.I used the JFF Rubber Stamps small Stamptangle...

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Spirit of '76

In 1976 a wave of patriotism and nostalgia swept the nation as we celebrated America's Bicentennial. Everybody got in on the celebration...Disneyland, DisneyWorld, commercial products, the '76 Olympics, the Superbowl, Major League Baseball...even Schoolhouse Rock!https://youtu.be/gdZYyY7g8g4I was 7 and my little sister Stephie was 3. I wanted to be a gymnast and do flips on the balance beam like...

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