Look Who Was In My Yard This Morning

I just had to share this with you. We have ponds and lakes all around us so we have a lot of water birds in our town. This is a Great Blue Heron that usually sits atop our roof (and leaves great gobs of poop!) to watch for fish in our pond. I think it was a little too cold for him up there this morning so he sat in my defunct flower garden. You can really see his beautiful ruffled chest all displayed; I just wish he had his neck extended so you could see how tall he is. Sitting like this he is about 36 inches tall.

I won't be posting any of Vic's treasures today-I need to get off of here and get some work done. I promise to finish up 2009 soon. My Virginia granddaughter has me making her a purse and I need to start straightening the studio so I can get in there to sew.

Have a wonderful day!
Liv

More From Vic!

Here are some more art projects that I love of Vicki's.

These little postcard hangings turned out so cute!



This little brass box is gorgeous; wouldn't you like to have one?



This glass one is lovely too!
Wouldn't you like to receive this treasure in snail mail?!

September and October were slow creative months for Vic since she spent most of her time at Craft shows teaching others how to do paper arts ( Mall of America or up in Canada)!

I'll be back soon with more for you. Be sure and visit Vic's blog for all the supply lists and techniques!

Hugs,
Liv

More Eye Candy from Vic's Blog

Sorry to take so long to get back and post some more of Vic's art. It is all so lovely; these are from July and August 2009. I am loading the larger photos this time so they should be 'clickable' for you to see them up close. Don't forget to go to Vic's blog, This Art That Makes Me Happy, yourself and bookmark it to enjoy this year's art!

I would love to have created these great cards:



This box and the Christmas cards it contains showcases some of Vicki's great techniques!

Some favorite layouts:

Vicki's photography skills aren't lacking either!

This frame for the photo of our friend Deb's granddaughter is perfect!

This last piece of art is so super and I am going to try and scraplift it for my journal for the O'Scraps Ashalee Wall Fulfilled Soul project. If any of you are looking to make (and keep) some meaningful New Year's resolutions, please sign up for Ashalee's The Fulfilled Soul project. The password protected forum alone is already making my thoughts and feelings mean more to me! The tools Ashalee is sharing are awesome and the tool kit is very low in cost, only $2.99 and is only a small part of the total project! We are getting support from fellow scrappers as well as from Ashalee on a daily and sometimes hourly basis. Please check it out!
I will be back soon with my September and October 2009 Vicki Chrisman favorites!
Have a great week!

Christmas BragBook-Page 10

Hey Y'all,
Before I get back to sharing my favorite eye candy of Vicki's I thought I would finally upload page 10 of the Christmas BragBook. I still want to make a couple more 'formal' type pages before I quit.

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Hope you enjoy this one too!

Kimberli was feeling good today so she went to Joshua's school to help out. She amazes me! They can hardly get the well SAH Moms to come in!

Hugs,
Liv

Some of my favorite 'Vic' things-continued!

These are the ones I love of Vicki's from May and June of 2009!

A sweet greeting card:
A lovely altered frame layout:
A heritage layout:
Another gorgeous layout:
Look at these yummy colors!
Now, this last one is so involved that I have the link for you to go directly to her post with this album in it! This is just the cover and it is so beautifully done; these were made up and sold as kits at The Scrappy Gourmet!


I need to go eat some dinner so have fun with this eye candy and I'll get back to post some more later!
Hugs,
Liv

Do y'all ever have trouble with Blogger not entering the text as you want? Why the heck it makes some sentences a link is beyond my understanding!

Some of my favorite 'Vicki' things!

Hey Y'all,
My friend Vicki Chrisman did a post with her 10 favorite layouts of 2009 and it made me realize how much I love her art, so . . . I'm going to show you just some of projects that are my favs. These are not in any particular order and it isn't all of them! This is just January thru April of 2009! If you are interested in scraplifting any of her art, please go to her blog and get the materials list for each item! Here goes:


Don't you just love her color schemes!



It seems folks in the west have a whole lot of talent!


This card is so simple but so lovely!


Vic's crafting room is so comfy, cozy, and beautiful and it reflects Vicki's loving heart!

A sweet little tag:

Look at this Easter album!



A garden journal!

One of my absolute favorite layouts!
Signage anyone?
Easter card:



I think this might be my favorite item (but I have so many favs that I'm not sure):

So yummy!

I will post some more of my favorites of hers soon, so please come back and see them. Again, if you want to see closeups or the material lists please go to Vicki's blog! I'm sure you will find it as inspiring as I do.
Hugs,
Liv