Monday, March 19, 2018

Spring Is Here??


  Hello Peeps! First I want to thank you for the birthday wishes last week. It was a great day watching The Crown, phone calls from friends, and then Todd and Kyra brought dinner and champagne. And since it was MY birthday, the music I chose to put on -  ABBA (much to son's chagrin :) Forgot to take any pics but I did manage to get some from our St. Patrick's Day celebration:

                       Todd, Kyra, Bill and I , Lynn and Andrew (who wore his kilt)-



   

 We walked in town to the Hotel Bethlehem where we enjoyed Celtic music, the local bagpipe band, and Guinness of course! Cheers to my friends at T Stands For Tuesday!

 As of Tuesday Spring is officially here-hooray! But wait- the highs are in the upper 30's F and some snow is predicted :( Somehow February and March switched places. Oh well.

 The other week I won a little gift from Michele who was hosting at Tag Tuesday and I almost forgot to share what she sent me:


Not such a little gift huh? All those stickers and the lovely tag she created! I was pretty excited about these because they are very small in size-perfect for adding to my calendar entries. Thank you Michele!

Speaking of Tag Tuesday, the latest theme is Easter/Spring so I made this tag which I am also linking to the Simon Wednesday Challenge (Easter Inspired):


 Products: tag (K & Company); bunny clear stamp (Simon Says stamp); Archival Jet Black ink; alcohol markers; sentiment (Tim Holtz Small Talk Occasions stickers); foam adhesive; hemp cord, pompom (Darice-Simon Says Stamp); mini flower (Studio g); cream embroidery floss; rhinestone.

 For the new challenge this week at the Simon Monday Challenge ( Road Trip) I made this card:


 Products: 90 lb. watercolor paper; Tim Holtz Symphony tissue paper; gesso; Tim Holtz Paper dolls; Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers;Paris labels (Cavallini); Versafine Onyx Black ink; air mail washi tapes (sorry- unknown).

 One of the regular gals that participates in T Stands for Tuesday has started a second blog "Cast Iron Fridays". Kathy is quite the cook using many varieties of cast iron cooking equipment and is quite knowledgeable too! I have one 12" skillet I love to use but have only made some 1 pot meals in it on the grill. Well, Kathy inspired me to try a dessert so I made this:


 A giant chocolate chip cookie! I got the recipe online from Cook's Country and decided to give it a go. Delicious!! Crispy on the edges and chewy in the middle. Family loved it! Looking forward to trying even more in this wonderful skillet. I'm thinking pizza :) Check out Cast Iron Fridays, and feel free to share your photos, recipes and/or tips if you wish.

 Well, even though it doesn't feel like Spring outside I am putting Spring into my journal pages:




 I did not make note of what all I was putting onto these pages so if you have any questions just ask and I'll try to remember. On the second page the wild flowers stencil, bubbles stamp is Magenta. Sentiment stamp is from Simon Says Stamp (Choose Joy set). I also used the Tim Holtz Mosaic stencil and Brick Wall stencil (Simon Says Stamp).

 Joining Art Journal Journey (theme is Spring), Try It On Tuesday (The Call of Spring inspiration board - I chose the colors and flowers),  and Paint Party Friday. I'll be seeing you!

" Come the Spring with all its splendor, all its birds and all its blossoms, all its flowers and leaves, and grasses."       Henry W. Longfellow

52 comments:

  1. Hi Linda, Your parties sound like lots of fun! My Hubs loves Guiness and other dark beers.
    Love your art pieces and wow that is allot of stickers-very cool gift.
    and I am soooo happy you baked in your cast iron skillet. I bet the cookie was delicious too-I love how cast iron bakes up-thanks for letting your readers know about cast iron fridays-and please link up on friday Happy T Day Kathy

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  2. Your son looks so much like your husband Linda. You are lucky to have 2 handsome men in your life. :) And how did I miss your birthday. Happy belated day...you look like you got to go out and have some fun! And your giant chocolate chip cookie looks yummy. And so much beautiful art too. Your life have been busy and very good I'd say. Happy T day my friend. Hugs-Erika

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  3. Love seeing all of celebration photos ❣ You've shared some great art this week too.
    That cookie looks awesome I just might have to try making one too.
    Happy T Day!

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  4. Looks like you had a great celebration of the green for St Patrick's Day! You have made so much beautiful art, one piece lovelier than the other, and thanks so much for joining us again at Tag Tuesday with that gorgeous tag. Glad you liked Michele's prize! Have a happy T day, hugs, Valerie

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  5. may all the luck of the irish be with you..great photos, cake and tag

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  6. Firstly - HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY my friend!Why did I miss it?! Shame on me! You look so good and so young - you could be the girlfriend of your son! What a fun St.Patrick's Day celebration you had together and even a man wearing an Irish kilt! Super! I am thrilled about your vibrant and beautiful spring pages dear Linda - they are absolutely gorgous!
    You are such a highly gifted art journaler! Thanks a lot for joining AJJ again with those amazing pages.Your road trip card and the lovely bunny tag- both so beautiful made!Your iron cast giant cookie looks tempting - WOW! Please a big slice for me now - sitting here with my decaf it would fit perfectly! Happy start of spring for you! Unfortunately the same bad weather here just now - no spring- but I hope it is round the corner!
    Happy T-Day Linda!
    HUGS
    Susi

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  7. your st patricks celebration must have been very funny! awesome "hoppy" easter tag and i like the air-mail-Piece as well! hope your flower pieces bring back spring days, it had a withdrawal here, too!
    happy t-day:) xox

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  8. Sending you happy birthday wishes! It sounds like you had wonderful celebrations and the St. Patrick's Day party looks like so much fun too 😁. Many congratulations on your win and your Easter tag is such a delight! I'm loving your spring journal pages too with the colourful backgrounds and silhouette flowers - beautiful 😁. Thanks so much for joining us at Try it on Tuesday and wishing you happiness this T Day! J 😊

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  9. Beautiful Spring art Linda, and it sounds like you had a perfect birthday! Belated wishes to you!
    Alison xx

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  10. Lovely photos of your St Patrick's day gathering, it looks like you were all having fun.
    Fantastic art projects, the rabbit on the tag looks so cute.
    Thank you for sharing your beautiful Spring pages with us at Try it on Tuesdays. The colours look lovely, lets hope spring arrives soon for us all..
    Happy T day wishes Linda.
    Yvonne xx

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  11. Your St. Patrick's Day party looks like fun. I love all your creations especially the bunny with his fluffy tail. Enjoy creating wonderful things with the fun stickers. I'll look forward to seeing how you use them. Happy First Day of Spring and Happy T Day

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  12. I loved hearing about your St. Patrick's Day celebration, Linda. You really did it up right. How wonderful to have a local bagpipe band. I love bagpipes! We didn't celebrate this year (for various reasons). I'm Irish but hubby isn't. So I missed the fun & frivolity, but he didn't ;-)

    Great prize. I thought the same thing before you said it. Those would be perfect for my planner - lol.

    Sweet bunny tag. Love the pom-pom tail. Very pretty spring journal pages. I like the black against spring colors look.

    Kathy is amazing and so is your giant cookie!

    Happy T-day! Hugs, Eileen

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  13. I am having a terrible week. I can’t stop coughing, my internet keeps going offline, and my keyboard works about half the time.

    I realize I’m not a very good host, but want to thank you for sharing T with us this Tuesday. Thank you for sharing this lovely Art Journal Journey entry with us and happy Vernal Equinox, too.

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  14. Fun St Paddy's Day photos ~ love Guiness ~ Favorite of your creations is the bunny ~ Wonderful art works ~

    Happy Day to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  15. Such a fun post! Love your pages and all the patterns you used on the background of the one with the flowers on it. Thank you for the link to the new blog! I have an iron skillet and don’t use it. Maybe I will get inspired. Your cookie looks great! Happy T Day!

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  16. Yes, we need to make Spring ouselves at the moment and you did a great job!

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  17. Y'all go all out for St. Patrick's Day! Looks like a great time was had by all :) Happy T Tuesday!

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  18. A belated happy birthday. It sure looks as if you had loadsa fun on St P's day too. Great photos.
    Your journal pages shows your longing for spring. Tomorrow (Wednesday) it wll be spring officially. But not in reality....
    That giant cookie looks divine! I never bought any of those pans because they are so heavy. Did you cook it in the oven or on the hob? If you cooked it on the hob, how did you get the color so nice and Brown? I bet it was a success. I am following Kathy too with her Friday blogs, even though I don't have one of those cast iron pans.
    Happy T-Day and have a good week too,
    Lisca

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  19. Your journal pages are so Springy and pretty! I love the bright colors and flowers. Loved seeing the pictures of you and your children at you St. Patty's day celebration. Sounds like fun. We LOVE Celtic music in our house. in fact, that is all we listen to. That cookie looks delicious. I need to try this in my cast iron skillet.
    Happy Tea Day,
    Kate

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  20. Thanks for linking that joyful piece up to TIOT also Linda!

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  21. Joy, beer, art, spring...your post is full of energy! :)

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  22. what a fabulous post Linda!! so much on here to see and admire! the cute little tag is gorgeous and I love the road trip card!! absolutely fabulous, and the art journal pages,,,, beautiful and your photos! I really enjoyed my visit here today :-)
    Belated Happy Birthday too XX

    thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
    Luv
    Lols x x x

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  23. Happy belated birthday Linda! Your Springtime art is lovely. We’re having a beautiful spring here on the West Coast so far.

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  24. Love the St. Patty's day family photos...tell Andrew is kilt is awesome. ;) So many beautiful pieces of art today! wish it actually FELT Spring-like outside...we got more snow last night in Ohio. -sigh- your chocolate chip cookie looks amazing, will have to check out Kathy's blog on Friday. happy T day a bit late! ♥

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  25. Looks like so much fun was had! Love your darling tag and your cast iron cookie looks delish! I love my skillet and will definitely check out this fun new blog. Hugs, Autumn

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  26. Lovely creations here ~ hope you are cozy and warm after getting more snow ~ we did too but not as much as predicted ~ high winds, though ~ Yuk! Winter!

    Happy Day to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  27. thanks so much for linking up with cast iron fridays-hugs

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  28. Happy PPF and have a great weekend, hugs, valerie

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  29. Lovely art this week, what a great bunch of friends!

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  30. Such a great variety of art and photos, Linda. Love the "Bloom" piece so much.

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  31. Lovely pieces you've created with beautiful colors as well.

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  32. You have had fun and happy week and time to create such nice art as well.
    Especially love the 'Paris'-card.
    Happy PPF xx

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  33. Hi, Linda. Not sure if my previous comment reached you. Something odd happened when I clicked 'publish. If it did, not to worry. Belated birthday wishes. My internet was down last week. Looks like you had a fun Saint Patrick's Day. I did too; watching Ireland beat England to take the Six Nations and the Grand Slam. Ireland beat all the teams in the competition. (Rugby Union) To make things even sweeter the match on St Patrick's Day was played at Twickenham; home of English Rugby.
    Love your air mail card but my favs are those spring pages. So much colour and so vivid. Not very spring-like here at the moment unfortunately. Snow forecast for Easter.

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  34. A giant chocolate chip cookie!!? OMG it looks and sounds delicious, yum! I'll have to try that too, thanks for the tip :-) Looks like you had a lovely St. Patrick's Day. The colours in your journal pages feel like spring, I especially like the second one. Guess we'll have to make our own spring as long as winter wants to stay, right? Happy PPF!

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  35. Hi Lina, absolutely love your Spring journal pages..so beautiful and inspiring..magical colors and words..uplifting! I always look forward to what quote you will share..this one was a beauty! Happy Birthday, hope this year brings you many sparkles and blessings!
    hugs

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  36. Glad you joined us at Tag Tuesday! Your sweet bunny tag is darling!!! And what beautiful journal pages with such pretty backgrounds!

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  37. Happy Birthday! Loved the card and the tag, but especially those two journal pages. Just lovely!

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  38. I LOVE your cheerful collages. Happy Birthday, too. And I hope spring comes quickly--seems like it is a bit slow in most places.

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  39. Happy Belated Birthday! It looks like you had a blast! Your tag is so much fun as is your Road Trip card! Have a lovely week, Linda!
    ~~ Irene

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  40. What a wonderful post. Full of life, fun, art and gifts. Congrats on that.

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  41. Your pages are awesome ~ creative colorful!

    Happy Day to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  42. That skillet cookie sounds delicious and must be great for a family!

    Happy Day to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  43. More beautiful artwork and lovely photos! Looks like you had fun on St. Patrick's Day. Happy belated birthday too! :)

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  44. Lovely cards. The road trip one is o cool, love the vintage colors, old letter pattern and the mail details. Thank you for joining us over Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

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  45. Even though we are close to Ireland we don't celebrate St Patricks day, although there is a festival in the town centre! I love your card and tag but especially the journal pages and I am so pleased you joined us at Try It On Tuesday! As you can see I am trying to catch up with T posts! Belated Happy T Day! Chrisx

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  46. Happy belated birthday to you!! :) Sounds like you had a fabulous day.

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  47. happy belated birthday and happy belated st patrick's day! so glad you can make good use of the stickers. i have such a huge stash i'm happy to give some as prizes. your journal page just oozes spring and your road trip card is vintage perfection! xo

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  48. Happy Birthday delated.
    Wonderful pictures and artwork her.

    Thank you for joining us at TRY IT ON TUESDAY

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  49. The tag is so cute and fabulous journal pages!

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  50. last one is my favourite. Love the design and the colors :)

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  51. Hi Linda, a very late visit and a very Belated Happy Birthday. There's some great artwork in this post and I love the piece for TioT. The silhouette flowers look stunning against your colourful background. Thanks for sharing,
    Avril xx

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