beautiful magnets received!

here are the four beautiful encouraging words magnets i received last week per the recent gingersnap creations art swap.  i got two inspiring pieces from my blog pal vicki romaine from the cheerful stamp pad.

i understand from vicki that she got one of mine too though i do not know which one.
the next beauty is from paula akers.  you can find her wonderful art at her blog..

what great words for those of us who create! now last but not by any means least, a beauty from deb corder whose lovely works can be found at freckle face printworks.

this swap was great fun.  check out gingersnap creations to get in on more of the fun.  special thanks to ali manning who coordinated the US players for this swap.

love to all.
p.s.  please grab my blog button at far right and link back to my blog! (yes, i know, i'm so excited about it...)

2 more magnets

hello friends.  i promised the two other magnets i sent in for the gingersnap creations magnet swap and here they are.  the theme was small sized magnets including encouraging words.

this first image was a free download from magic moonlight free images.  she is one awesome and interesting harpist! the background design paper (the dragonflies) is from TLC creations.  then lots of goodies from the stash. 

the second ATC sized magnet features a vintage image from twisted papers.  along with lots of other goodies of course.  both magnets include a stamped heart.

i'm told that all the magnets for the swap have now been mailed out so soon ill be sharing what i get in the mail.  i feel like a kid waiting to get a birthday card!

take good care everyone.  love to all.

2 encouraging magnets...

recently i participated in the magnet swap at gingersnap creations.   many who pop in here are very familiar with gingersnap creations but if not check them out HERE.  there are weekly challenges, lots of excellent tutorials and the occasional swap.  this is my first time participating in a swap, it was to make an art piece on magnetic sheet and to include encouraging words. 

we had to keep to a small size, no more than 4x4 or as small as ATC size which is 2.5 x 3.5.

it was a new experiment for me to work with the magnet sheets but it turned out to be quite fun.  these are two of the magnets i sent in.  both feature images from dezinaworld.  on these two i hand wrote my encouraging words.   i inked the backgrounds sort of free style and then used various laces, flowers and dots.  there is a little stamped heart on the cupid and a stamped fleur de lis on the peacock.  the cupid piece is 4x4 and the peacock piece is ATC size.


a nice thing about making magnets is they do have great potential for little gifts. i'm glad i tried this swap. and i can't wait to see what i'll get in the mail. i'll post my other two magnets soon, as well as the ones i receive once they arrive.

happy week & love to all.






friends magnet

i signed up for a swap at gingersnap creations, to make magnets with encouraging words.  here is the first magnet i made, it is in classic ATC size. 

i actually won't use this for the swap (is "friends" an encouraging word?) but i needed a trial run to see what it was like working on the magnet sheet surface.  the background is a swirl of alcohol inks.  the sweet pups image is from a collage sheet by the wonderful june at dezinaworld (from the dollar sale!!!).  i plan to send this to a dear friend of many years who rescues dogs.

also i really thought i'd seen a challenge in one of the blogs on the theme of friendship but now i cannot find it.  if you read this and you know of that challenge please let me know as i'd planned to enter it!  i have a hard time keeping up with which challenges are where. how do you all do it?

anyway, happy Labor Day to those in the US and happy monday to all.  may your day be full of friendship!

love to all.