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Another sample for ISC

This uses the About Me Sheet and the words are from the Fansy Designs Sheet

Tagbook

Uh Oh.......this is a side I have not gone.........a tagbook scrapbook sort of thing!

But ya know, being a mom , its pretty evident these sort of things need to be done. I have done some scrapbooking, and made scrapbooks for people in the past , but its something I have not done for a looooooooooong time. I made this for my Gillian. I thought we could do it based on her favorite things (of the moment, anyway ).

This Tagbook kit is from Debbie's Die Cuts. I have had this forever, and I just remembered this today!

This is ALL stamped! Stamps are from ISC and most of the stamps are from the new "About Me" Sheet and maybe one or two from the "Art4FramesII" sheet

Pictured here are all the pages-in no particular order because ya never know how they come out through blogger!

Today's Stamping

More samples for ISC today. I am surprised I was able to stamp anything at all today! I have been going alllllllll day!

These are using the Art4FramesII, and the flower from the About Me Sheet from ISC

I have to say I LOVE the flower on the About Me sheet-its gorgeous.

Making the "little things" card today actually got me thinking about how grateful I really am for the little things. For about the past month I have sort of been off, have had my mind on alot of crap and just feeling like something is missing. Now that my muse is coming back and the other issues are being resolved, today I have really counted my blessings. Not that I have thought my life is bad-its not at all. Just crap-life happens. But sometimes I get so sucked into things I forget about whats really important, and what brings me joy. I have been doing some creative stuff the past few days and its really helped my days become more "balanced" I guess you would say. I work out, I have become a freak over nutrition and good health. But thats something new for me-Art and creativity have been my sanity for a number of years. I realize I have neglected that side of me. Although it was hard for me to get back into it, and I really had to push myself, I am so glad I did. I have realized it just takes effort.

As the issues in my life are resolving, I see how despite how hard it is, I need to push myself, and no matter what, I need to focus on keeping myself "balanced." A friend of mine recently told me, after telling her how I feel (sort of blah), that she thinks its from Let down, from selling the business. I know that takes time. True, I do have more time on my hands, but honestly-not much! I am still going like crazy. Honestly, I don't know how I managed to keep the business running. Its no wonder I was on the brink of a nervous breakdown.

I am SO happy to be able to take care of myself physically and mentally. I feel wonderful, being able to take some time for myself and be more concious of my health.

Okay so I did another

I had more time this afternoon after Gillian's homework so I whipped up another one using Fansy Designs from ISC .

You will see this is not my usual style, But I like it nonetheless:)

Another one

I had a scrap piece that I challenged myself to use. I used the Fansy Designs sheet from ISC for this one.

ISC Challenge

Betsy over at ISC is having a challenge to use a certain color scheme-here is my contribution!

I LOVE these colors-they are amongst my favorites.

I used her Art4FramesII sheet and the Fansy Designs for this one.

TMTA: Diptych

Here's my contribution for Think Monday Think ATC.

All images are by Inkastamps, including the collage image.

A Quick Stamp

Well, it wasn't actually so quick just for this ONE sample I made up for Betsy at ISC.

I LOVE to mix and match different stamps from different sheets........I see so much potential.

I used oil pastels and gesso for the background......and I used Gesso to stamp the lines from the All About Me Sheet on the background.
Thats what I did here. I used these sheets:

Flair of Summer, All About Me (the lines), Art4FramesII, and Assemblage



It is SO nice to be able to do something creative again. Its nourishing for my soul ;)

I can feel my muse coming back.......its so nice.

Samples for ISC

I have really neglected blogging-I have been dealing with some personal junk-it seems to be sorted out now for the most part. I just remembered that I did not post these samples I did for ISC-I did these on Friday and it felt good to stamp something. Lately I have had no creative juices at all-probably because of these personal issues. Anyway-these are new stamps from ISC

using the Flair of Summer sheet.

See It, Say It Saturday on ZNE-My response

Its my turn again for See it Say It Saturday!

I created this piece, "Her Memories" in response to Barbara Moustafa's piece pictured here, entitled "I'm Here Somewhere."

(to the left here)

I have titled the piece (above) I have done "Her Memories" as she looks like she i reminiscing of something, along with the elements included in the piece.