My Art Lottery submission for June!! This is the Stylized flowers embossing folder for the Cuttlebug. Just love the look of these embossed backgrounds!! The D'vine swirl is so wonderful as well. I included a few embossed backgrounds for the winner to play with!! I have a set of Thanks small embossing folders and the set of heart dies as well which I have yet to really play with. I really like the fact that the popular dies and embossing folders are interchangeable within the systems. My sister is using her Sizzix with the adapter to use these Cuttlebug dies and folders. Works like a dream. There is a Cuttlebug Sandwich Stack on line that gives you a list of combinations you need to use the different supplies in the different machines.

I hope you will all have a creative weekend and enjoy celebrating with the fathers in your life!!

Therese
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My ATCs for a monthly swap!! The orange is created from a half circle of orange paste paper which helps give it a luminescent look. The orange also stands in as the O in orange on the front. I just cut around the R so the O would not show on the front and it gave a wonderful little place to tuck the half round flap!! I would have preferred a round little dotty stamp for the right hand side but for the stamp collection I have there was no dotty round stamp to be found!! I am happy with the flowers and with the way these turned out.

Therese

My T&T mingle page for June! We had a long list of themes to use and I chose Marilyn Monroe because I knew so little about her! It always amazes me how easily we judge people by the little we have heard about them and will often not even question ourselves any farther. She was a very beautiful woman who had a hard childhood, a dream for her life, an interest in a lot of things including literature and learning and who found it hard to overcome the "sexpot" image she adopted to survive.

Knowing more about her life makes me broaden my preception of her and makes me realize we are all generally living our lives to the best of our abilities. So this is my little celebration for another woman who has struggled with the path of her life!!

Therese

Have been out west to see my first grand daughter!! Yeah!! She is a wonderful little person and we so enjoyed being there to enjoy her and seeing our immediate and extended family members. I made two little brag books before I left for my daughter and her mother in law so they can always have current photos of the kids to show anyone who asks.

I made the red one with the heart for myself when I got back because everywhere I went people were asking to see the pictures!! These are fun little books. I modified a design I found on a blog a few weeks ago. They feature name tag holders to hold the pages and matboard covers which I covered with scrapbook papers, ribbon and embellishments!! I used small cable zip ties to bind the pages into the covers then tied ribbons on to the connection to hide them and a few more just for fun!! I consider these my very first scrapbooks!! It was a good place to start!!

Therese