card I made for my dear nurse on her birthday that helps me a lot every day I work... i tried incorporating tim holtz's grunge style with a feminine touch...

was at micheals today and saw their canvas tote bag on sale for 90cents!!! who can pass that up??? i bought several or did i buy out all they had???  (as i have a fetish for tote bags he he he)...i thought i can try vintage for my first attempt at sewing and decorating on fabric...as i cannot, am not, will not...learn to use my own sewing machine, i am "forced" to hand stitch my idea...took me the entire day today to finish...anyway, try not to scrutinize my elemental attempt at running stitches...i think it looks pretty "vintagy"  (if there is such a word...)  what do you think?

scrapbook page

I was looking for flowers from pinterest and found this wrinkled flower tutorial from a fellow blogger www.frommycraftroom.blogspot.com.  I decided to try it.  was quite easy (except for the waiting for the flowers to dry!) and here's the page I used it on...

lavender fields

 my attempt at a Tuscany villa with AI stamps...

nipa hut

Today is the Philippine Independence Day "Araw ng Kalayaan". Philippines was declared independent from Spain's 300 years rule on  June 12, 1898.

 

 I saw this hut and coconut trees among the AI stamps I recently acquired and thought it appropriate for today. Now I long for blue skies and swaying coconut trees beside the ocean...

ART IMPRESSIONS WATERCOLOR STAMPS

woke up early so I decided to do some watercoloring with my AI stamps that I am loving soooo much!!!

watercolor

this is my messy table...

ART IMPRESSIONS STAMPS

my new art impression stamps came yesterday and I've been obessed with them!!! here are a few of my initial attempt at watercoloring.