Wendy's Workshop

Taking a little break from all the Christmas and winter LO's. I had some papers left from the Swirlydoos October kit which were perfect for this photo of my sister in action during Wendy Vecchi's mega workshop. All the flowers are made of grunge paper with Wendy's stamps (Studio 490). TFL

Pretty in Purple

Another cruise picture. This LO is totally made of scraps. I also did some metal embossing. The stamps are Tim's. The flowers are from Michaels' floral department. The beautiful beads jewelry and the butterflies were sent to me by Mandy (Craftysprinkles). TFL

Tim & Mario

Just some LO's I did with pictures of Tim and Mario. TFL

Luv (Tralalala)

The title of this LO is a Dutch thing. Back in the seventies there was this group of girl singers called "Luv" and they had a mega hit whereby the chorus was tralala, and they always did this striking pose , and that is what this picture reminded us of. Anyhow, this is us again at the first formal night onboard the cruise ship. All the papers are 7 Gypsies from the Swirlydoos November add-on kit. I inked the doily with several colors distress ink, and sprayed the lace with Glimmer Mist. The flowers are made with my Sizzix. TFL

Viva Mexico

Nike in Mazatlan. The LO is a lift from Jojo Noon's LO "Beauty" (link: http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/217405/view/1817951/0/20/1.html). TFL and have a great Sunday!

The Good Life

After an inspiring class of Wendy Vecchi it was good to relax a bit on our stateroom balcony. We received a free bottle of champagne (yeah, our favorite drink!!!) because the ship had to make a detour to avoid tropical storm Patricia and we had to stay at sea for one more day (more scrapping time!!!). For this LO I used all scraps, except for the background paper (Websters Pages). I colored the bling with alcohol ink, the flowers are from Prima and the awesome stamps are, of course, Tim's. Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Mazatlan

This picture was taken in Mazatlan, Mexico. It was the first port of call of our Artful Voyage cruise. The background papers, the lace, the big Prima flower and the vine are from the Swirlydoos November kit. The rest is from my stash. TFL

Goofy

This LO is made with Kaisercraft and TPC Studio papers from the Swirlydoos November Antique Linen kit. It is based on a LO of the very talented 2dogs. You can check out the beautiful original here: http://www.scrapbook.com/gallery/image/layout/2428543.html . The roses are made of grungepaper and cardstock. The picture is of Nike and me on our first day on board the cruise ship. The journaling says: Nike's suitcases are MIA, but we have champagne!!! Thanks for taking a peek!

Fearless

OK, so this is Nike and me in a photoshoot with a .... TIGER!!!! When we were in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico there was this fund raiser for a wildlife preserve, and of course Nike - animal lover as she is - insisted that our picture was taken with the tiger. There were 2 tigers - a cute little baby and a bigger one. Guess which one Nike picked.... So, what to do as a big sis??? The LO is a lift from IngridG's LO "Brighton" (link: http://www.scrapbook.com/gallery/image/layout/2389745.html). At least that is how it was intended and how it started. But you know me, I can't stand empty white space on my LO, so I changed the background paper for a patterned paper. But then Ingrid has these 3 super cute seaguls on her LO, so I did 3 butterflies, and another 3, and another, well I guess I went a bit overboard with that. But now it looks as if the tiger is looking at the butterflies, and I thought that was cute too. TFL

Make Art

This is my sister, Nike, at the mega workshop of Wendy Vecchi during the last day of our Artful Voyage cruise. We were making a very cool inspiration board with a lot of grunge paper flowers. The LO is based on a sketch of Beggahuna. The title is, of course, Wendy's slogan.  I used a piece of cardboard, some chipboard and grungeboard alpha's, metal tape, alcohol ink and a sanding block. This is a new technique for me that I've never used before on my LO's. I'm submitting this LO for the Let's get Shabby Challenge No. 5. TFL and have a great week!

Enjoy the Journey

This LO is based on a sketch from Suepup. I used primarily 7G papers from the Swirlydoos October add-on kit. I just love their stuff. The flowers are made with Studio 490 stamps (Wendy Vecchi) and the butterfly is made from grungeboard and Idea-ology trinkets. The photograph is my sis and me ready to board the cruise ship. Thanks for looking and a happy Halloween to everyone!

Treasure Box

This is a box I made during the cruise. To keep up busy during our day off (that means: no workshops that day LOL) we received a naked card board box that we could decorate. I covered it with 7G papers and gaffer tape and glued some torn old book and music papers on it and used some TH stamps. Then I covered the top with Rock Candy distress crackle paint. The chipboard alpha's are from Maya Road and painted with black paint dabber and covered with copper distress stickles. The knob is from 7G and the metal hanging embelishment is another project we did in one of Tim's classes.
Thanks for looking, Bonnie

Back home!

Back home!!!! But what an awesome voyage this was!!! Everything, the ship, the food, the ports of call, but most of all the workshops of TIM and WENDY were just amazing, incredible, fun, inspiring, creative, and so well organized.! Everything was taken care off. We didn't have to bring any tools or supplies of our own. And you won't believe the amount of goodies we got. Tim already warned us to bring an extra suitcase and we sure needed that LOL! Separate from the two classrooms there was a studio just for us where we could scrap 24/7, and Mario's market place, were we could satisfy all of our scrappy shopping needs. The projects we made ware so much fun to do. I did not yet complete them all, but below is Tim's grungeboard mini album full of 7Gypsies and Idea-ology goodies. Still have to include my pictures, but want to share it now anyway.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Bonnie

Artful Voyage

Wohoo, I'm so excited!! Next week I'll be going on on a week long scrapbook cuise, the Mexico Artful Voyage with Tim Holtz and Wendi Vecchi!!!! How fun is THAT!!! I'm so looking forward to their workshops! I'll be travelling with my sister. It is the first time that we will be going on a vacation together, just the two of us. Today she is flying from the Netherlands to Houston, and she'll be arriving late tonight. Then tomorrow we'll have a quite day, so she can adjust to the time difference and with only some minor preparations to do, like going to the hair dresser, checking if we packed the right clothes and of course the our scrappy stuff. LOL  On saturday we'll be flying to LA where we booked a pre-night stay in a hotel, where we will probably meet already a lot of the other artful voyagers. Then on sunday we can finally board "our" ship and the adventure can begin!!!

Some of our fellow voyagers organized an ATC swap. That sounds really fun, but there are 160 of us, so it is a huge undertaking! And I have never done ATC's before. And then some of the ladies posted some sneak peeks of their ATC's and that was so overwhelming, that it discouraged me to even try. But later I read that there were a lot of other ladies like me that never done ATC's, and I thought "why not make something simple", so I can at least participate in all the fun. So that is what I did. I made some really simple monogram cards which I painted, stamped and embellished. One of the cards I embellished a bit more and made it into a name tage with a necklace that I can wear during our trip. Below are some pictures of the front and back of the card with the necklace.

Thanks for taking a peek!! CU when I get back! xoxo Bonnie