Check This Out! A Catalog Card Community Art Show- 100 Years Black Mountain Library!

 

Reusing at it's best!

Fully digital, and not wanting to add to the landfill, 

Black Mountain Library, Friends of the Library and Black Mountain Center for the arts put out a call to turn our catalog cards into art!

The exhibit will be held at the

Black Mountain Center for the Arts,

Opening Reception Friday February 11, 4-6:30 pm.

Cards will be sold to benefit all the above, and our Community!

Cards were given randomly.

Inspiration is everywhere!

Galaxy inking with one of my fav Quietfire Design quotes.

Mary inspired this quote, and I was going to paint angels, and the crow just jumped out at me.

Crow and Quote Quietfire Design

I had the idea for this quote as soon as I heard about the challenge.

Painting on the old card was a challenge!

Quote Quietfire Design

This card inspired the design.

Is not Love the answer to select problems in historical interpretation?

Blog post coming soon on Quietfire Digital for details.

A wild card!

I love joss paper!

late breaking! One more.

Fireworks from a QF digital stencil card.

Here's to another hundred years of all libraries and art has to offer us!

For more Quietfire Inspiration please join us at the

Suzanne Cannon Fan Group

on Facebook.

Comment and Questions Welcomed!

WOYWW- 653- All ATC Christmas and other Fa La La

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Does your desk look like this?

i'm usually a tidy creator, and somehow at christmas I like to see as much as possible of what I have!

This is a long post for me, as I might not be much in evidence before Christmas(who knows).

I'm in love with so many of my cards this year, and I'm gong to try something new-

randomly sending them, not picking the right card for the right person.

Somehow iIm thinking that will make it easier to send them off.

I still cry every time my children leaves and my baby is about to have a baby!

I have an adorable little box with a secret pocket on the

Quietfire Digital blog today.

Will there be a digital cutter under the tree?

Hop over there for more on this cutie.

A few faves!

What is a group of ATC's called?

(leave a comment!)

Cant have a Queen Anne Front and a MaryAnne back!

Speaking of babies- my sweet Lawrence at 4 months!

I encourage you to give painting from a photo a try.

A work in progress- needs more highlights on the eyes.

Christmas decorating?

New this year.

If you stop believing in Santa (and elves) you start getting underwear !

HO Ho HO y'all- be merry and bright and may the turn of the seasons and the year bring

Happiness

Peace

Wellness

Safety

Freedom 

for all beings everywhere!

Comments and Questions always welcomed.

WOYWW 603 -Poinsettias and Popups

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Joyous Holidays all!

I know poinsettia grow wild and free somewhere, and here we scientifically control their indoor environment , give them drugs to start  growing and stop growing, and goddess knows what is prayed inside the greenhouses (for workers to breathe) and then for $4.00 I get at least a month of color and enjoyment out of them.

Somehow this inspires me!

The little  the green box with the red holly berries is a  cookie box- the ATC with the red bow was made out of leftovers.

You can read more about that

here

Holly Cookie Box

 The cute little snowmen also have a story to tell.

Last and never least Brave Girl Cards.

Can you tell Santa brought me the new Tonic Deckle Edge cutter?

Dear Deskers, no telling what this new year will bring, and I'm feeling grateful knowing for sure there will be more WOYWW's!

I seem to have issues leaving comments on some blogs- FYI- if you use blogger, make your comment box a pop up, and for some reason that makes it easier to comment.

Comments and Questions Welcomed.

WOYWW 586 Flowers and Chocolate

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Dear friends, forgive my absence, life keeps on happening!The internet was way more fun when it was optional!

The good news is Suzanne Cannon's Quietfire Design stamps are now available from 

Emerald Creek, and the Design team is still inspiring with almost daily posts on Quietfire Creations, Digital blogs and a host of FB groups.

The bad news is Suzanne has closed her on line shop.

More on that garden in a box card on Quietfire Digital blog today.

BOYC

Stay tuned for a possible garden pop up in the mini stitched album.

The garden is glorious this year. Rain and sun, and lots of attention from at home gardeners.

What I miss most right now is my after school time with kids all over our community. 

We created together, and shared lots of what was on our hearts and minds.

I often showed them projects I was working on as a graphic designer and they were my best critics and nurturers.

I did try doing videos, and it wasn't working for me.

It's hard and not as much fun to edit your own work.The pandemic, fires in California, hurricanes to our south, the upcoming elections, we are all touched by fear, uncertainty, attachments and aversions.

i believe our greatest strength, safety and refuge, is in whatever you believes holds us all, together, and, each other.

Please, love one another, look out for one another, help one another when you can, and ask when you need it.

What ever it is that you do, pray, hold in the light, dance, chant, think warm fuzzy thoughts, paint, plant...

Whatever you do, please do it now, and to make it even stronger, find someone- in this life, in this group, and do it together.

I appreciate each and everyone of you.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope to do more of the same!

Comments and Questions Welcomed!

WOYWW 558- Go out an love some more!

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Taking the finished cards and misc card making stuff to work tomorrow for a give away.
Some details on the
Quietfire Digital Blog
Fun ATC's on the blog- Pacific time, so y'all will have to wait!
Here
and
Here-latest V-day ATC post
I'm done saving for next year- its more fun to share!
And that way I can make more!

I am a little in love with these ATC's

The stamp set is retired Quietfire (sigh).
good practice to give them away!

I'm coming to visit! Thanks for sharing!
Comments and Questions welcomed!

WOYWW 548 -Chrismess!

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Chrismess indeed!

Check out the bear ATC and matching ornament

Here-Quietfire Digital

lots of cards, stickers, popups for insets into cards

and general merriment!

I'm coming to see how y'all are ho ho hoing!

Comments and Questions Welcomed

WOYWW - 532-

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Wedding planning for middle son in last days.

All I can find time for is my daily Brave Girl Cards.

Thank God_dess for that! Art keeps me sane!

More on the 2 cards on the craft stock on the back left on the 

Quietfire Digital post today.

I do hope napping is in the Wedding weekend schedule!

Most likely the next time you visit me I will be a MIL!!!

Dear Deskers- many blogs I visit, with my best intentions, I cannot leave a comment- seems to be a google/safari thing.

Comments and questions welcomed!

WOYWW -523- Anniversary Swap Swag!

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Love my ATC swaps from Margaret and Elizabeth.

Thanks so much! 

Quiltlet from Elizabeth too!

I'm checking out the glue sponge- more on that later.

If you want to see more panda-monium

click here.

Forgive me for being remiss in visiting,

and even when I do I find I can't leave comments on some blogs.

I love you all and treasure the time we share together!

Long live WOYWW!

This is what peace looks like!

Thanks for visiting.

Comments and Questions Welcomed.

WOYWW 498- Christmas Birthdays

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One of my SIL's birthday is Dec 26.

Sending her a separate card is a must!

I have a box of cards I call the 

Pauline Seitchik Memorial Collection

from cleaning  out  my grandmothers closet when she died.

(more than 30 years ago!)

I enjoy sending them to family members as much as hand made cards.

It's important to keep our elders alive in story and holiday tradition.

In other news- if you still need to make quick cards and gifts- your digital cutter is your best friend.

From the comfort of your desk you can DL most of what you see on my desk from 

Suzanne Cannons Silhouette Design Store.

Visit Quietfire Digital later today for more on the Nutcracker Sugarplum fairy ornament.

I enjoyed doing a lot of visiting last week while I was snowed in and I was having trouble leaving comments on blogger. 

Please forgive me if I didn't comment!

Hope to visit y'all again this week and catch up on all your desker shenanigans !

Comments and Questions Welcomed !

WOYWW- 483- Something Wicked AKA Stamp overload!

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With tariffs, storage space, flexability, I often wonder could I go totally digital,
and then I hold a new rubber-stamp in my hand (or in this case 11 new stamp sets)
and creativity with out limits is the result.
There's room for both in my world, and I hope yours too.
Thanks for forgiving me in advance if I don't visit as much as I would like.
Working mucho hours for our children in care officially has me
"doing too much"
Still art heals!
Some details on the ATC's
HERE.
(time change could be considerable )
Thanks so much in advance for visiting and all your kind words.

Comments and Questions welcomed!

WOYWW-476-Giftmast in July

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Hop over to Quietfire Digital for deets on the watermelon purse.

I love anything watermelon!

Helping my DD move in Charlotte, I came home with a pile of presents!

Her lastest ceramics- Bears on Bikes!

Shout out to Albert and Celia for the lovely purse from San Miguel.

I'm using it to carry my Brave girl cards.

Some new ones.

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I'm taking an On Line Card Corse- Simply Watercolor, so if you scroll around you might see some of my practice pieces.

 Thanks for visiting and I hope to do some of the same!

Comments and Questions Welcomed

WOYWW 470- ATC Swap and Gardenias

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The usual suspects. 

Gardenias- the scent alone is my cure for all that is amiss in the world.

I wish you could scratch and sniff them- even these spent blooms perfume the entire room!

That and ATC swaps.

Cards from LLJan, Twiglet, Annie and Nikki- I love you all!

This is what peace looks like!

Art heals!

Maybe we can't do anything about the current path of hate in the world, and we can make it more colorful!

New stamps.

Digital cutting.

Glue that must be used- it does not improve with age!

More on the new stamps and cutting at Quietfire Digital

I don't need an inspirational quote, I need coffee

and Suzanne has a big release party going on at the 

Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

I love y'all stopping by and seeing each of your desks makes me smile!

Yes we had a severe flash flood last week.

No one was hurt-thanks be to God.

Thanks to everyones prayers and notes of concern.

Comments and Questions  warmly welcomed.

WOYWW-459- Say it isn't S**W

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Pretty tidy as I just got back from retreat.

See how calmly I'm typing at you!

More on the lanterns, with an assembly video,

at

 Quietfire Digital

Here

Weather wise, last week, tuesday it was 60'sF ,Wednesday we got 2" and Thursday it all melted.

They are calling for the same, and right now it is 70F.

I"m scheduling this tuesday as a deep wet snow might  knock out my connections!

It snows, I close!

Thanks for visiting and I hope to do the same.

Comments and Questions welcomed.

WOYWW 458 -Seasonal Whiplash

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This past week it was 70F and sunny and it snowed and went into the 20's at night.

I still have snowflakes on my desk, and it's time to celebrate the green and pastels of Easter!

Seasonal Whiplash indeed!

For more on the egg display boxes please visit

Quietfire Digital

and you must go to the Suzanne's Silhouette Store to see the chick, bunny and little lamb boxes.

(even if you don't have a cutter- go take a look!)

The rest is all wannabes, or will bes or might bes.

I'm about to go on a much needed retreat, so forgive me for not visiting as many of you as I might like.

You and your desks are in my heart!

Thanks for visiting and comments and questions are warmly welcomed!

WOYWW 456 -Boxes and balloons

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That little quote  upper left says

"it's ok to rest...you need to recharge your batteries"

I might be a bit scarce the next few weeks.

I am going to take some retreat time.

or

as I often say,

Take a break before you get broken!

For more on the boxes please visit

Quietfire Digital

(attention Julia!!!)

These boxes are just one piece, and you can cut and assemble in 15 minutes or less!

Cut a lot of balloons- you will need them.

Thanks for visiting and your kind words, in advance.

Comments and Questions Welcomed!

WOYWW 454 Happy Valentines Day

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What a mess.
I have a friend, who, lets say, is not much of a housekeeper.
When ever I felt a total mess, I could go visit her, she would find  a cup, somewhere,  clear a place for us to sit, we could enjoy some time together, and I went home feeling much better about my housekeeping!
What are friends for!
After visiting me today you can feel much better about the state of your desks!

Shout Out to #CheapJoesAsheville for supporting #LEAFEaselRider.

You have to hop over to Quietfire Digital to see the front of the pop up.
(Please- it is lovely)

(UK deskers, it doesn't publish till 12am PDT, which is hours behind me)

This is for you Julia!!!

Here is the out take from that post!

I was going to sketch this on the front of the card inside of the heart and it didn't work out!

No one can measure

Thanks for visiting!

Comments and questions warmly  welcomed!

WOYWW 451 -Craft supply advent season- Womens March 2018

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If you visit me with any regularity you know the last thing  I need is more of anything!

Attending the annual trade shows and design team work has kept me over the top in art supplies.

(just add imagination and creativity!)

And now I watch the demos in my PJ's on YouTube and make

Marco's happy with my order

(expected sometime in Feb, March, April)

I love it when the fads catch up to me.

Rose Gold. Yes!

The surprise drawer gift box is detailed 

here-Quietfire Digital.

The patterned paper on the box is made with stamps.

I'm planning on trying out the random embossing with that rose quart powder. Stay tuned on that one!

Black Mountain, NC Women's  March did not disappoint.

Led by our youngers!

Lots more photos on the

Black Mountain Exchange

Facebook page.

It's a public group so anyone can see the photos.

(yes that is me in the cap, and yes I wear crocs)

Philly Phans

FLY EAGLES FLY!

Thanks for visiting.

Comments and Questions Welcomed

WOYWW 449 - Happy New Year!

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The usual mess and merriment!

More on that adorable purse

QuietfireDigital

Anyone (looking at you Julia!) get a cutter under the tree?

Don't be shy ask me for enabling  if you need it.

Stencils- I'm good, I just can't seem to get comfy with sprays. Control issues I guess.

Happy New Year belated.

Lets celebrate everyday

as we do each Wednesday with desking around the world!

Thanks to each and everyone of you for many years of sharing, visiting and kind words.

Comments and Questions Welcomed

Happy New Year!

Just popping in quickly to wish everyone a happy and healthy and creative new year!

Missing the Christmas Card deadline, I sent this to my son outlaws parents.

Shout out to Celia and Albert!

Deets at Quietfire Digital

Spiritual stuff at Still Waters Refuge

and year in review- scroll down!LOL!!!

Create with out limits in 2018

Comments and Questions Welcomed.

New Year's Card in a Box

WOYWW 443- C is for Chaos/ Special People

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Christmas has arrived chez RainbowWeaves and some Chaos is required.

Everyone is getting ATC's this year.

Packages will be sent, with some assembly required!

So many new cutting files, so little time!

{all Christmas is on sale now too}

I'm leaving this mess out for the elves!

I believe!!!!

My other desk....

Once a month the Easel Rider, travels to West Asheville Rec center for therapeutic art, with some very special people.

Children of all ages and abilities, teach me about the true meaning of what it means to be able, and kind.

I never could have dreamed how far my heart could grow.

We covered containers with tissue to make vases and whatever holders.

Everyone learns and everyone teaches.

The beautiful van in the background is our traveling art studio, the Easel Rider.

Huge shout out to LEAF for giving me and my fellow teaching artists the opportunity to serve our community and bring art to those who need it most.

(that includes me!)

 Thanks so much for visiting and sharing the love!

Tis the season to be as jolly as you can!

Comments and Questions Welcomed!