Day 7 - Tickled to Tangle challenge

    Okay the hard part is not the creative part of the challenge, it is trying to post everyday.  I can see this not happening.  If I could get my pinterest board to connect to the linky machine . . .  but I need help with that.  Oh well here goes.
     This piece was done for Adele Bruno's string challenge.

Have a great day!

Day 6 -Diva's Challenge

    For the challenge over at Diva's - number 199, can you believe it! - we had to use the tangle "hitched".  It was in my notebook, but not one I had really used.  Lots of time I put new tangles into my notebook and then never get back to working with them.  I have my tried and true favorites.
     I also am using this for my day 6 challenge over at Whimsy and Zen.  I am trying something different this year and putting all my tiles into my tangle calendar.  Just because it keeps them together.  We'll see if I keep that up.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have a very blessed day!

Create Each Day - Day 5

     I am participating in Suzy Mosh's "New to Me" challenge.  (Yes, I know I desperately needed another challenge!).  Her challenge yesterday was to use a tangle - or tangles - that begin with the letter T.  We were asked to choose ones we used less often, ones more new to us.  Here is my entry and also completes day 5 of the other challenge.

Now it is off to work on some more school work tonight! 

Create Each Day Challenge - Days 1-4

     I really want to be able to link up my pinterest board set up for this challenge.  But I cannot figure out how - yet.  I will.  I have learned a lot with this blog and I know I will persevere.  But if anyone can help me link a pinterest blog to a "linky" machine, I would love to know.  I have asked several but no response. 
     Here are days 1-4:

Jan. 1 - working in my Tangle A Day calendar

Jan. 2 - Square One FB challenge

Jan. 3 - Finished up my calendar page

Jan. 4 - January ATC challenge for Blue Twig Studio, "Circles"

      I seem to have done nothing but posts today, so far, now I have to really get creative and get some lesson plans done for this week - aargh! 

Every Inchie Monday - Egg

      I don't like eggs.  I will eat them fixed only certain ways, but I am not going to rush out and fix them.  Maybe it is in part that I really don't like breakfast.  I seem to be able to do eggs better for a supper meal.  I remember at Easter being with my grandparents and Papa used to tell me that I could not open my Easter basket until I had eaten an egg - or the Easter Bunny would take it back!  Now what sort of sense does that make?!  None.  But to a little girl dying to get to chocolate eggs and such, it was a way to get some nutrition in me, I suppose.  Either way, I never saw that "rascally wabbit" come around to reclaim anything!

     Thanks for dropping by.  I hope you have a very blessed day!  For me, it is back to working with my kiddos tomorrow!  Oh I have enjoyed this wonderful time off. 

Journal 52 - 2015!

     I am certain this wonderful feeling of being "on time" will not last.  Life will get in the way.  It always does.  But for now - I am finished with a journal prompt on time.  Yahoo!
     I found a Bible quote I liked with the word "path" in it.  I fancy lettered that on my paper and colored it in.  Then I searched for a maze on the internet (found a really cool site that I bookmarked for use in my classroom).  After printing several copies, I tore them into pieces to fit on my quote.  Chalked a bit over it to get rid of the bold white and voila!  I am done!  What do you think?

Journal 52 - 2014

      Since I am still playing catch up here are two more pages I finished this week.  Week 43 was "Stencil It".  I love the quote, but honestly the page leaves me wishing I could've done more.  For the prompt on week 44 - "Skyline" - I watercolored a skyline (I never claimed to be a painter) and then just added a quote.  Simple, but finished.

    Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

2014's Last Inchie and Journal Pages 48, 50, and 52

     Our last word for Every Inchie Monday was "magical".  I have some beautiful scrapbooking paper with fairies and dragons and all sorts of magical things.  I found a fairy that just about fit an inch.  So I cut her out and then embellished her with glitter gel pens.
     I glued my last inchie on my display.  Ahh.  What a sense of  accomplishment.  Okay, they were not all on time this year, but hey, they are done.  And most importantly, I had fun.  I love the friends I have made at this site and love seeing all their gorgeous work.  If you don't play along, you should go over and check it out - see my side bar for the link.  We would love to have you!

    I am still working on those journal pages.  I finished three more yesterday.  I do not know if I will meet my goal of finished before the new one starts, but I am trying.  For page 48 - Build A Snowman - I pulled out the paints and played.  I had to keep fighting humming, singing. whatever that crazy Frozen song.  Aargh!

      For week 50, Sparkle and Shine, I could've gotten my glitter out.  But quite honestly, I hate using glitter.  I hate it in the classroom, and here at home.  Oh, I love how it looks.  I have quite a collection.  I just hate the fact that for the entire next year, I would have found silver glitter everywhere.  So I chose to sparkle with my metallic gel pens on black paper.  Less mess.  Shame on me.

      Our last week of the year, page 52 was "Circles".  I looked for quotes, but couldn't find one I really wanted to use.  I hummed a few songs that had the word circle.  Nothing seemed to hit me!  Then I remembered some precut circles in my scrapbook stash (love those supplies).  I took one of each color glued them on my page by families.  Still really not knowing what I wanted to do, I grabbed the zentangle pens.  I decided to do one area for each color family and then highlight a part with color.  No words.  Still couldn't get anything to suit me.  So my page is strangely silent - for me at least.

      Now, I only have . . . uh, a few . . .  well actually twelve pages to do.  Before Friday.  Yeah, right.  Not going to happen.  But I might get closer.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope each and every one of you have a very blessed day.  I hope to - I hit my next "decade" today!  The big SIXTY.  Ouch!  None of the others have bugged me in the least, but this one is somewhat weird feeling.  My brother says, "the only thing worse than turning sixty, is NOT turning sixty".  Guess he is right.  I think I shall head off and craft my brains out!!!!  Bye!