Scrapfest in Mandeville, Louisiana - Feb 2010

My sister, Cathy invited me to attend Scrapfest with her and her friends from Mississippi. We decided that we needed a name so we called ourselves the "Gumbo Girls".  I made a gumbo pot out of poster board and between Cathy and I we filled it up with small scrapbook items  We also had a slipper contest.  I made a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbon for the contest.  We were going to judge it between the 7 of us, but other ladies from the event wanted to do the judging. Cathy won 1st, Kristal won 2nd and Vivan won 3rd. I also made some Easter Paper piecing kits and some of the ladies in the group made the paper piecing.

 

 

The sisterhood of the traveling butterfly

The sisterhood of the traveling butterfly a couple of months ago was being passed to everyone through email.  I thought it was a very pretty poem and wanted to share it with others.  I did not want to email it, I wanted to make something that would last a while. 

This is the first of many that I will make over the course of this year.  The first went to my sister, Lizzy.  We shared a room throughout our childhood.  We have supported each other through the years when things were good and when things were bad.

My sister, Lizzy is more than a sister to me, she is also a very good friend.

I used a butter top for my template for my circle. Each of my butterflies were colored with Copic Sketch markers.

Easter Cards that I made for the troops

I am so far behind in updating my blog.  For starters here are some Easter cards that I made for the troops.  I love my copic markers.  I was only able to make 42 cards for the Soldiers for Easter, life just gets into the way of cardmaking

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things that I stumbled upon while blog hopping

Awesome cute paper purse.
http://abbysgarden.blogspot.com/2010/03/vintage-rosesby-layers-of-color.html

This is a beautiful birdhouse card
http://lovelylindascraftcentral.blogspot.com/2010/03/loc-will-of-god.html

love the candy
http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/03/live-sweet-life.html

totally awesome tote
http://inkingidaho.blogspot.com/2010/03/tote-ally-awesome-tote.html

Christmas Cards for the soldiers

Not sure who made these cards.. If anyone knows please let me know so that I can give them credit.








not sure who made these cards. Sorry but i did not keep good notes.








These cards were made and donated by Allie Sturino










Not sure who made these, but I do know that they are from Debbie and Una's group

Christmas cards for the soldiers.

These cards were made and donated by Melissa Jackson

These cards were made and donated by Luanne Cates

These cards were made and donated by Sharon Trosclair

more christmas cards made by wonderful ladies

These cards were made and donated by Karen Grosch Grainer









these cards were made and donated by Debbie Sturino











these cards were made and donated by Lori Baldassro

Christmas cards for the soldiers

these were donated and made by Marci. Marci and I use to work together at the box factory on Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans She has return home to Sheverport and she designs her own note cards and sells them at the farmers market in Sheverport

These cards were made by a group of St. Cleus cub scouts. What an awesome job. They used paint chips to make the christmas trees

These cards were made by Una Murphy.

Busy with the paint brush, christmas gifts to family

This painting went to my sister, Cathy and her hubby, Greg. Cathy wanted me to paint the street sign with their last name. In New Iberia, where my brother in law's family is from there is a street named Dore' Alley, and his family has history on this street.

This painting wetn to my sister, Wanda and her hubby, Ray. They are both fans of LSU and the Saints.

Saints painting for chirstmas gifts

This painting went to my son, Matthew and his girlfriend, Nicole for a christmas gift. They already have it hanging on their wall.

This was a christmas gift that I painted for my boss. It stands on an easel.