HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

As said by someone "events conspired against me"!  Just wanted to wish all of you a very sweet Valentine's Day.    I don't consider the day only for those in love or part of a couple but also a day for me to remember my friends.    This year especially;  Cheryl F who continues to win the battle against cancer, Deb a childhood friend who faces a long surgical recovery with mostly good cheer, Darlene and Cheryl J who have kept me going through any number of bumps,  my two crafting buddies Marilyn and Marlene who are still my friends even though I am away weeks at a time and hardly connect and all of my bloggy followers and friends but especially Helene who always makes me feel talented, Valerie who always makes me laugh and Scarlett whose bravery touches me deeply. 

I am blessed to have a great number of special women in my life, the most important of course my daughter Allison.  Independent, smart, creative, loyal, the mother of four children and she still has a wicked sense of humour.  

My Valentine to all of you!  An ATC sized shadow box in which I used REAL vintage German Scrap!

MY "SPOOKY" SHADOW BOX

Bella Creations Design Team member, Cathy B's  Halloween Shadow Box inspiration for her group Nuances De Couleur was the push I needed to haul one of the Maya Road Shadow Boxes I have been saving (read hoarding) out the closet!  That and a day of scrapping planned with my Halloween Stash and scrap pals Marilyn and Marlene at Scrapbook Parade.

I started by spray misting the entire box with LuminArte Shimmering Mist in Key Lime.  I used scraps to pop dot a background in each frame, the images I used around the outside, Lisa's Altered Art, were matted in black and then pop dotted on top of the scraps. Added a bit of Stickles and a little bling here and there to the frames.  The central frame contains a fuzzy, red eyed spidey and web corners from MS.  The felt ghost and word "trick" are Making Memories, the glitter cat is K&Co.  The velvet scalloped ribbon ..can't recall.  If it's mine I almost always have a bit of vintage something on it!  Digging through my Scrabble games for tiles and realized I could use a rack!  Some black paint and a shine with Goosebumps.  I used Glossy Accents to adhere the rack to the box and tiles to the rack.  I recently talked to someone who wasn't aware that Glossy Accents is an excellent "glue" so hence the mention.   I am making progress on my Halloween gifties..:)

Check out Cathy's group Nuances de Couleur at Bella Creations!  There is a lot of Halloween fun happening!