another workshop

at the end of february i taught another class at the she scrapbooks store in the villages, florida. here are some photos of the girls (janie, michelle and nancie) working so hard on their 4 x 6 journals. every one of them did an amazing job.

my new grandson

once in a while my blog diverts from art in paper form and shines its light on a different kind of art. meet my new grandson, lukas john nicholas. he weighed in at a whopping 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. he has the most beautiful little round face. what a gift from god.

wearable art

how honored and delighted i was to see my monster rubber stamp used by joanne wardle in the stampotique designer challenge. she did an amazing job. thanks joanne!!

workshop photos

here are some photos from the big journal class i taught at she scrapbooks in the villages, florida, in the beginning of february. the girls that signed up for the class were all so wonderful - all true treasures. they worked hard all day long to finish their books and each one interpreted the way to put them together so differently. i was so proud of them and admired their artistic talents. i can't wait until they show me how they are filling them up and any new ones they might have made since the class!

here is michelle hard at work:


here is lori ann and lisa. they are best friends and such a riot. they had me laughing all day long.


here are sharon and nancie. they were delightful and made wonderful journals, too.


here we all are holding up our finished journals. what an amazing day full of terrific memories for me.

and the winner is.......

no one?
could it be that people didn't find the scavenger hunt to be enticing enough to enter? only one person entered a guess, although it was not the correct answer. there were 17 elements that came from my new rubber stamp line, but for the impressive effort, joanne, i'm going to send you a stamp of my choosing anyway! so send me an email with your address by the end of the week. thanks for playing!

march journal prompt

monthly prompt for march - what sound do you love hearing the most?

if you want to play along please check out the flickr group here:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1570781@N20/

the stamp is one of my new stamps, monster, from stampotique.

ANOTHER GIVE AWAY

i'm sending you on a scavenger hunt for this give away. i'm working on a bird banner for my little art space in florida. above are the four birds you will be using for the hunt. each bird has a variety of stamped elements from my personal rubber stamp line at stampotique. to enter you must find the total number* of elements that are stamped from my rubber stamps. i warn you - while some are easy to spot there are some that will be tricky to catch! (*hint: there are more than 12.) and yes...count each stamped element on each bird - some stamps are used are used more than once. you are looking for the total number of stamped elements on each bird for the grand total.
leave a comment with the total number of pieces you spot and if you are correct your name will go into a random name draw to win a surprise mailing of one of my very own stamps! i will list all the elements used from my stamps so in case you missed one you can see what it might have been when the winner is chosen. i will pick a winning name on march 5th. good luck!

and the winner is.......

.....the random number generator picked no.10.....bockel24

bockel24 said...

How generous of you to give this beauty away! Please count me in, Roc!

CONGRATULATIONS!! please email me your address and i'll post your envelope sometime next week!

i'm published

has anyone seen the spring 2012 issue of rubberstampmadness magazine? i was published with a four page spread. i'm so grateful to roberta sperling, editor/publisher, for believing in me as an artist and my work. it's a wonderful magazine and i hope you will get a copy for yourself soon.

ANOTHER GIVE AWAY

in honor of my recent rubber stamp line debut from stampotique, i have decided to keep the celebration going. i'm going to be doing another give away. this time it is for this altered envelope. i'll be picking one lucky person via a random name draw. all you have to do to enter is leave a comment. i'll pick a winner next sunday, feb. 26th.

the stamps i used were: screaming bunny, squiggle arms, scalloped lace border and daisy head