Did you Win?

Happy Thursday everyone! Well, all the entries and Followers names were put in a hermetically sealed envelope and a 45-year-old octupus bounced it around and then chose the winning entry!

Once I discovered that that would not really be a good way to decide, I called on our old friend - Random.org!

And the winner of my awesome 150 Followers Blog Candy prize is...........

Bettina Makley aka The Fairy Web Mother

Congratulations, Bettina! Please message me your mailing address and I will get your prize out to you!

I would like to thank everyone who has supported my site and joined me here.  It means so much to me.  Some of you have gone above and beyond in your efforts to support and help publicize my work and blog.  

A very special THANK YOU to:

Debra Lee, Kelly Donovan and Liz Rosky

*I will be sending you something in the mail, too:) !!!

~Roberta

The Artist

"Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. 

The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark."

  

~ Agnes de Mille (1905-1993)  

Have a wonderful Thursday everyone!

~Roberta

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Learn How to make this Altered Canvas Trio

Take a class with me at Michaels - Markham, Ontario and learn how to create beautiful things.  This is my 'Altered Canvas Trio' class:

ALTERED CLASS TRIO SCHEDULE:

This class is 2 hours in length.

March 8 6:15 Thursday

March 23 6:15 Friday

April 21 5:30 Saturday

April 26 6:15 Thursday

April 29 2:00 Sunday

May 3 3:00 Thursday

May 7 1:30 Monday

Email me if you would like more information : michaelsinstructor@gmail.com

You may sign up for classes on the phone, online and in the store.

Thank you for stopping by,
~Roberta
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Spotted Canary School - Class 1 - Loved it!

I am so happy to be teaching and I just wanted to share what one of my students brought for me:


She baked a traditional Taiwanese dessert and then packaged them in these exquisite paper bags which are also made in Taiwan.
I thought they looked so beautiful.
And then I tasted one of the divine squares of buttery goodness, and all was good in the world:)

Thank you Mavis!!!!

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Smooch Spritz Shaving Cream Creates...

I love being able to test and play with so many craft products.  As a Michaels Instructor I was able to demo the SMOOCH line of spritzes and inks.
One of the techniques was dropping the inks into a shallow container of water and letting them swirl, resulting in a beautiful marble effect after you quickly lay a piece of cardstock on the surface and then remove it.
So that got me thinking:  What else can I try to put the sprays and inks in that would not dissolve them to the degree that the water does...... and then I thought, SHAVING CREAM!

I grabbed a little can from my 'stash' and practically flew down 2 flights of stairs to my studio.

Here's what happened:

The glitter isn't showing up on this pic, but I love the effect and I think I see a tree!

The bath of cream -- the aftermath.  It kind of looks angry, don't you think?

I have other pieces drying with some cream still on them.

The way I made this sample:
I shmeared a thick layer of cream in the bin and then randomly shpritzed with the various inks and sprays.  I then placed my paper on top and pushed it down a little bit into the colour.
I then pulled the paper up and wiped off all the cream -- and the colours didn't run!

Now if only I had 'smellovision' :)

Thanks for stopping by,
~Roberta

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Worth Repeating

"You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do."    

 
 ~  Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)