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Centsational Girl Linkup...Favorite Souvenir

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Amazing blogger Centsational Girl issued a challenge...link up a blog on my favorite souvenir.  I'm glad for the challenge as I've been remiss in posting lately. At first I thought I would submit a photo collage of my trips; however, I've never bothered to put them into any organized format.  100s (really 1000s, 3965 to be exact) of photos reside on my iPad, iTouch, HP desktop, 4 external hard drives, and numerous SD cards.  The job now seems so overwhelming that I think I will leave it for my children to handle after they ship me off to the seniors' home. I do have one all-time favorite souvenir that I can submit.  It is a tattoo of a thistle that I got while visiting Scotland in honor of my 50th birthday.  This was a fabulous 14-day trip that my daughter, Brooke, and I took to celebrate this milestone.  I have over 400 photos from this trip alone....residing in all the various places.  But, with no further ado, I present MY THISTLE TATTOO (and my favorite souvenir

Tim Holtz' Creative Chemistry 101 Day 6-10

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As I usually do, I got behind in my coursework and am only now finishing up this amazing class.  Thank goodness it is online and I won't get docked on my final grade for being late! I spent the last 3 days finishing up projects from days 6-10.  It has been a very enjoyable time and now I will share photos of the 'fruits' of my labor. Day 6: Watercolor with Distress Markers Today was more of a technique day than a project day.  I explored different ways of adding color using Distress Markers, different papers, and wet/dry methods. Day 7: Embossing Basics.  These projects all include using embossing powders as either a resist (adding a layer that remains the original color regardless of how many layers you add over it) or for dimension on a project. Composite I screwed up the card but I think I recovered beautifully! Batik Technique Enamel Technique Distress Powder Resist Technique Day 8: Paint Dabbers and Crackle Paint.  Loved these tec