school days continued!

i'm hosting the school days challenge at tag tuesday and am indulging nostalgic feelings about returning to school! there is something so precious about these special days as children return to classes, even as we understand that sadly, not all children have everything they need. here's hoping children world over can have peace, safety, and happy days of learning in their school days this season. 

here are two more tags to inspire your participation in the tag tuesday challenge:

i have images here from gecko galz, tim holtz, and random bits from my stash. i hope you'll join this theme.

love to all. 

school days 2024

at this time of year most children are returning to school after summer break, if they have not already! i'm hosting the school days challenge at tag tuesday and am indulging my nostalgic feelings about returning to school! while i confess i am perfectly happy not having a little one to get ready for school any more, i very much enjoyed it when my own child was school aged. 

here are some tags i made to get this started! 

i have images here from gecko galz, tim holtz, arthouse whimsy, retired mischief circus, and random bits from my stash. i'll share a couple more tags next week as a reminder to play along! i hope you'll join this theme.

love to all.

book pages; back to school

our new challenge at tag tuesday for the next two weeks, hosted by our lovely DT sister Pinky, is: book pages. use book pages on your tag to meet this challenge. since school has been starting his month for kids in my town, i used an alphabet book page for a back to school scene.

i used a digital alphabet book page from dover publications (you can sign up for their newsletter and get weekly freebies...), and printed it on paper from gecko galz (curiosity shoppe kit) to make my tag base. the stack of books and "school" banner are also from gecko galz, the school days stamp set. the little girl is from a tim holtz paper doll set. i finished this with a butterfly brad from eyelet outlet.

love to all.

welcome to (alternative) hogwarts

for take a word: back to school

images from various mischief circus artists: holliewood studios, tumblefish studios (retired) itKuPiLLi, miles beyond the moon (retired), eena's creations.

love to all.

back to school!

for many children summer holidays are over and it is time to return to school.  it is my turn to host the tag tuesday challenge for the next two weeks so given the time of year i chose "back to school" as my theme.  here is my tag:

to create this collaged tag i used multiple images from gecko galz including the school days digital collage sheet, the school days digital stamps, and the chalkboard sentiments collage sheet.  there is some background paper by jodie lee designs and a butterfly from my stash.

may your life be full of learning and may you dwell in possibility!
love to all.

let's hear it for the boys!

karen at lunagirl moonbeams blog has started us on a new two week challenge in which we are featuring little boys.  so often we feature little girls in our artwork so it is  refreshing (and sometimes challenging) change of pace to make things featuring boys.  but as the mom of a young man who was once a little boy i warm to this topic quickly!  i made a bookmark on the theme of back to school since i realize that this time is right around the corner for those with little ones at home.

my little boy is from the african american images CD sold by lunagirl.  i gave him wings from the rainbow wings collage sheet also by lunagirl.  i often give wings to little girls in my art and decided that little boys should be able to fly too of course!  furthermore nothing gives you wings like education!  the rest of the tems are from my overflowing stash of designer papers and embellies and such.

i hope you will play along!  i'm also linking this up to the week 31 anything goes challenge at scraps of color.

love to all.