Simply Amazing

My You Tube videos have now been viewed 802,833 times.  What the heck!  Who looks at this stuff???

I haven't uploaded a new video in 2 years!!!

There are 1,825 subscribers to my channel.  Makes me so happy knowing there are insane people out there just like me!!!

I haven't done a thing to the channel.  No cute banner.  No comments.  Not even an "about".

I guess I have some work to do, huh?

But hang onto your hats….I'm going to do my "Eight Nights of Lights" again this year….starting on Thanksgiving eve!  A new tutorial video every night for EIGHT nights!!!  I think you'll have fun if you follow along, so bookmark the link now!!!  Subscribe if you want the new videos to be emailed directly to you.

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Just as amazing…..this blog has been looked at 311,077 times.    I have written 1129 posts.

Thanks to all of you who keep reading and looking!  It's so much fun to just play!!!  I'm going to try hard to do a better job of sharing and playing with all of you!

Thank you cards with all those flowers

I decided to turn all the flowers into "thank you" cards for Kerry to send out for the gifts he received during his surgery. So, if you read my blog - don't expect one - yours is here! LOLOL!!!

On this one, the sentiment is inside

I didn't make a video of this flower, it's just to easy. Cut scalloped rings, cut in half, fold over with a brad in the center - fun, huh?

Might have to do more of these:

When you make the whole background match, the flower really stands out:

Another one:

I could have done them all the same, but what's the fun in that? So variations you can make using the videos I've done over the past 4 days. And of course, you can cut these in fabric, metal, leather....anything. Give it a try!

Finally, with just petals I had left over, I put this cute card together:

Quick, easy, fun.....I hope the recipients enjoy them as well!

Thanks for watching the videos. I'm off working on more!

The music of art.

Art is like the music in the video below. We each create just one tiny piece and when it's all put together....we have a great chorus to view. 5 minutes and 18 seconds is all it will take to watch this video....I think it's pretty amazing. Not the song....but the technology used to join musicians from all over the world into one song in unison.



I've been busy this week designing and creating tiny little pieces of art that I will teach next month in San Diego. But when I have a class filled with creative men and women.....that's the chorus that I love the most. To see a technique that I teach turn into something even more wonderful than I could imagine - that's my true joy!

But we're going to add some technology to our art while I'm out in San Diego. Linda Peterson is going to skype into Scrapbook Your Life! and teach us one of her amazing techniques via the internet. So while we sit in San Diego, Linda will be with us (via live video feed) and we can see what she's doing and she can see what we make....a true interactive video class. The technology to join artists from all over the world into one song in unison.

Add to that my ability to take photos of my laptop screen where Linda is showing me her latest "finds" so I can rush out and purchase just the same thing!



OK, these are jewelry pieces from Michaels - I needed a good closeup so I'd know what I was looking for. Took the photo and printed it out and ran to the store (Oh! What a great enabler that girl is!!!)



And then, if you want to see what she did with these....you just watch this video:



Doesn't she do a great job with her videos? And isn't it amazing that I can embed them here? But you can also watch them direct on youtube just search Linda Peterson Designs.

OK, I'm back to "work" - must finish up my class samples and get them in the mail. I'm giving myself til Friday to get them all done!!! So even more of my students and friends can enjoy the chorus we create from the art we design. Ah! Music to my ears!!!