simply me

NEW donna downey: "Poppies and Peonies"

a NEW line, a NEW logo, a NEW look!

pre-order yours today!

{please note: this line is shipping late feb/early march!}

i have been so excited for this release and i cannot wait to see it displayed on the CHA showroom...like seeing your child in a school play...i am going to want to stand up and clap seeing it on "stage".

so whats coming out in the Poppies & Peonies line you ask?

• not just "brown holes" anymore...lots of happy colored holes!
• new cabachons (i even made purple ones...but they are so pretty:)
• fabric banners - raw canvas as well s pre-printed in large and small sizes)
• new albums - 6x6 album with one of my favorite pieces of poppy art and a raw 7 x 9 (more the size of a real journal)
• canvas atcs
• layered poppy flowers!!!
• new perfect bound jourals with heavy weight paper so we can get messy!!
• and my new canvas 12 x 12 pages...HAPPY PLACE!

trying to get my mojo to get up and go...

right now i am all over the place and finding it hard to focus long enough to get a whole lot done. sometimes that is a good thing. so today i am tying up a lot of loose creative ends and as i am working i figure i will leave the door open for creative inspiration to strike.

some of things i have been working on are getting ready for CHA in a couple weeks.

above is a peek at the workshop i will be teaching for Faber Castell. i love using their products and i am honored to have been asked to work with them.

this fun canvas incorporates, one of my NEW Unity 8" wood mount stamps, as well as some of my NEW canvas banners and 10" foam stamps with Prima. both of these new lines will be debuting at CHA.

this is the cute little make 'n take i will be making in the Prima booth, so if you will be at CHA, stop by!

here are some sneak peeks of some of my new releases over on the prima blog.

check it out!

just us...

have you ever taken a series of pictures that you just LOVE, all of them similar, but yet each one makes you happy and you want to use them all? 

sometimes it could just be the message and the meaning behind the photos that you want to capture. 

lets say these photos for example...

just an impromptu, fun, flirty husband and wife moment...a moment to capture and remember.

with our anniversary only several days away i thought this 4x6 canvas album would be a cute way to celebrate it. i wrote a lot to my cute hubby, most of it personal stuff. each page of journaling i typed with the typewriter and slid inside a page protector between each canvas page. here is an overview. 

although i cant share the personal sentiments, i can share the other pages.

hand wrote the quotes on the backs of the pages in india ink and brushed a wet brush over watercolor crayon to fill in the loops in the letters.

huge giveaway today...dont miss out!

the PRIMA blog is giving away FREE ADMISSION to my 12-week online video workshop with Big Picture Scrapbooking!

take ALL 9 incredibly dynamic, filled with product knowledge and demonstration workshops, from your home...in your jamies (or someones elses jammies that's ok too) and at your convienience -- FOR FREE!

go leave your comment now on the Prima blog...the Drawing will take place on Thursday. September 9th, 2010!

i am telling you friends this is the biggest, most creative and inspired workshop i have given yet!

you are not going to want to miss out on this.

NEW donna downey product line

YEAH it is finally here! after months and months of cutting, sorting, and kitting, we are officially launching our very first line of donna downey kits that will be available for wholesale only.

(11 total: 3 fabric ATC, 7 fabric layout, 1 banner)

it is a VERY limited release. These will be available on a first come first serve basis only because when they are gone they are gone (hopefully they will be in a store near you!). if you are a store owner and would like more information on how to pre-order these kit before their official release at CHA please email bill or call 704.948.4627 to place your order today.

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if you are interested in teaching a mini workshop at inspired, you still have time to submit your ideas.
submit your idea and be a part of the weekend's inspiration

the more ideas the better.

*** also check back Monday for more exciting CHA booth art and product samples!

today i am working on...

THESE!!!!

 

using THESE!!!!

 

HEE HEE! giddy!

i will share what i make in the next few days!

it's finally here! ALL NEW PRODUCTS!

yesterday at about 6:30 pm 24 boxes arrived from Prima! my new line of Fabric scrapbooking is finally here!

after the stress of running this weekend i will be thrilled to get back home to boxes of it and play. i have a sweater, skirt and tons of fabric ideas for my new iron-ons floating around in my head...can you just see the possibilities of wearable art here! i figured while i am on mile 8 or 9 this weekend i can distract myself with all ideas for projects i want to make!

also created quilted words! they are my happy place cause i am gonna glue and or sew these bad boys to paper, fabric, my kids t shirts, you name it!

and yes FINALLY the canvas refill pages, YEAH! and yes both for the new 6x6 album as well as the 8x8 one.

BUT THAT IS NOT ALL...

we made 50 of the hexagon art quilt kits because of all the requests we got at cha and the blog. we even included all 3 of the Unity stamps as a super bonus! SAY WHAT? yes all 3!

so here you go once they are gone they are all gone! get yours now.

keep me in your prayers on sunday as i complete my goal of 13.1 miles and maybe i will see some of you at Memory lane PA tonight and tomorrow before the race!!

another amazing fabric album share...

i had to share another amazing fabric scrapbooking creation. i love that each person sees so many different possibilities this products potential.

this wedding album was sent to me by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer from New York City, where she is the Artistic Director of The Milk Can Theatre Company. 

and check out this fabulous detail...she sewed the paper flowers in the page protectors!!! GENIUS!

"I wanted to create a wedding album that felt lush and bright and full of energy. The wedding was held in a beautiful arboretum (so, lots of green backgrounds with plenty of bright flowers) and I wanted to embrace that setting. Therefore, I chose paint and ink colors (green, yellow, blue, and a smidge of red) that reflected the environment.

It was really very, very simple. To create the background for the album cover, as well as each of the canvas pages, I  just repeated a basic
process over and over again:  I painted a general wash with three colors of acrylic paint.  I added a stamped image (always using green ink) to most of the pages.  Then, I stamped with a toilet paper tube and acrylic paint.

To create the clear flower pages, I placed flowers into the page protector and then stitched a grid pattern to anchor them in place. This was probably the most difficult step because the flowers just kept slipping around! But, I love the effect! If you'd like to try it, I recommend working in rows and going slowly.

I used gesso to create the white shapes for the journaling.  Because it’s a primer, you can paint over anything (photo, background, etc.) and have a nice clean white space to work in.  As you might imagine, I used a VERY small brush to paint all the journaling.  If you'd like to try painting words, be sure to use a small brush, very little paint, some water (to make the paint flow, but not so much it gets everywhere) and work slowly and in segments."

WOW!! have a great weekend!

 

week 5: day 31(wednesday)  - 8 mile run

• time: 1 hour 34 min
• distance: 8.02 miles