What I'm Up To Today...

Here's my goddesses page for the abc_decos Goddesses fat book. I don't know why I wanted that golden color for the background which is paint scraping. Then I put some purple foil on with Duo glue on the end of a small piece of scrap thin book board dabbed on the paper. Then I stamped Mona with Versatile Black Ink, Stamped the Mona Rocks done with some clear (my faves!) River City Rubber Works stamps. The thing up in the right corner doesn't show up as true to color as the rest of the colors do. It's a Fleur de Lis (Stampington) stamped first in Gold ink then in a Palette Glue pad, and dusted with a purply blue PearlEx powder, brushed off and burnished with a paper towel. Then I used some heart punchinella (or is it punchinello?) as a stencil to put the hearts on the bottom with a Maroon Chalk Ink Pad and layered the heart cut out of gold star punchinello/a, and the mica, both of which were glued with the fabulous Glossy Perfect Paper Adhesive (another fave). Finally, I colored some tiny grey brads with Vibrant Violet Staz-On because I didn't have any in a color that worked. Lately, I'm challenging myself to work from my considerably large stash. I'm such a magpie and have to have it all! No more! I've done too much of that lately for an unemployed person. My postage costs are bad enough!

I've got a few extra pages to make more Goddesses for the book as there are only 7 participants. I'll probably make more in other colors. I think I'll be inspired by the work of the others.

Next up is what I'm planning for the 35 pages I need to get done ASAP for the Chubbyville Pastels swap. I again did some paint-scraping, this time in pastel colors, and added a design element with light colors and a Hydrangea stamp. I found a great light green for the leaves at Frenzy Stamper and paired that with my lavender Chalk Ink for the flowers.


I really liked playing with the pastel colors for the background of this one because that is so totally not my usual color space! The face of the Muse of Spring as I've decided to title my pages, is from a Stampington clear collection. I really like these small, clear stamps a LOT!

On another front, here's what I've been doing with fibers. I got the wonderful Golding ring spindles and the Spindle Kate from my sweetie for Christmas. (Yes, the house is dusty. No, I have no immediate plans to dust. If you don't like it, I should expect you to come take care of it when?)

When Ollie and I went to the Fiber Factory a few weeks ago, I couldn't resist this wonderful dyed Romney wool and bought 4 ounces each of six vibrant colors. My lovelies, you know that if it is vibrantly colored, I am all over it!



After two false starts and some color-blending intervention by a youthfully foolish Golden Retriever (see earlier post from a few days ago), I settled in to spin some fine Z-twist singles that will go into an S-twist Navajo-style three ply done as usual from a Laotian plying bracelet. (My lovelies, do you wonder as I do if the Navajo and Laotians use these methods?)

What is it's purpose? Socks probably. For me!!!! It's about time for another pair in handspun, don't you think? Yes, I think so too!

Ah well. On to work on the pastel pages. I'll post again when I resurface. ;-))