THE WIP IS NOW FINISHED!

This is the project we did at the DD meeting last week.

The bottle is about 4 inches tall ~ I covered most of it with simple cotton for the first layer. The second layer is strips from an old dictionary (from the 'machine' page), and strips from old music sheets.
The third layer is tissue paper transfers of vintage planes and the man is a transfer, also. (Many thanks to Diane for the images!)

Tim Holtz embellies ~ and most all the papers were distressed with his Tea Stain ink...



Some stripped cardboard for texture (under "JOY") ~ TH diecut edging around the bottom (dark brown) ~ there is some around the neck, but it's tan, and hard to see under the ribbons & fibers...



Sides... washers from Ace!






The top ~ chipboard clock from stash; 'key' from Diane.

This is the SteamPunk Travel Case I've been working on ~

The top of the case, looking down on it ~ controls for time, vector, etc...
:)



The back of the travel case... I still need to add a few bit & bobs to this. Many thanks to Barb for the thin copper metal sheet!! Dials for date/time, barometric pressure...



Front of the case ~ our SteamPunk Debutante herself! With various important accessories for time travel...



Inside the lid of the case ~ a bone for charming barking dogs, Deadly FishBerries to be used ONLY as a last resort on the bad guys, tools to fix any mechanical problems, and reminders of her glorious triumphs on the stage...



Ink & paper for those on the fly notes...



And this ~ a sneak peek at a WIP (work-in-progress)...
;)

A BUSY WEEK!

Yesterday, we had the first get-together of the Artistic Souls of Eagle since November ~ even though a couple of the gang couldn't make it, we still had a blast! Barb had an adorable little project for us to work on ~ I still have some pieces to add, then I'll post pix.

Hint ~ SteamPunk travel case... ;-)))

This evening, the lovely & talented Laura invited me to another meeting of the Designing Divas next Tuesday ~ Yippee!!!

Seamus' sister Hannah is due on Monday, 27th ~ I got to have a lovely visit with her today!! While not a big as her aunt Izzy was, she's still got a nice big belly ~ when she rolls on her back, you can watch the puppies move and kick!! K has identified 5 heartbeats now, so it looks like I'll win the bet!! (K had originally said 6)

And to top it all off ~ as I was eating dinner last night, I felt a really rough spot on a tooth... I thought I'd lost a filling! Met with my dentist this morning; turns out the old military filling was still there, but I'd cracked off a good chunk of tooth!!!
So Tuesday afternoon he's going to see if we can get away with a filling, or if we'll have to go with a crown (probably)

***sigh***

Off to work on the travel case...

YAY, GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ya know... I wasn't really sure who I was going to be rooting for at game time, as neither of my teams were in it...

But I knew, within seconds of the coin toss, EXACTLY who I would root for...

I would NOT be rooting for the team who's player at the toss refused to shake hands with his counter part!!!

Frikken asshat. He should have been flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct, and thrown out of the game.

SO GLAD!!

That the Komen organization reversed their thinking... if it wasn't for PP, I would never have discovered my cancer at such an early stage!!!

YOSEMITE TIME LAPSE...

Reason #39528 why I love CA!! Nice music, too.

MY TRAVEL CHRONICLE...

M did great with her surgery... In on Tuesday, home on Friday. Not bad for a TKR! We freaked out her home health Physical Therapist... M greeted her at the door without her walker, and walking with almost no limp... The PT didn't believe she was the patient! Then she saw me sitting in the recliner and said, "Ah, YOU must be the patient". Nope ~ M had to show her fresh scar to get her to believe!

I did pretty good at playing nurse... except for one small detail. I got wicked sick on Thursday!! At first I thought it was allergies, but then it didn't get better once I got home. I started my second round of ABX today ~ can you say "sinusitis"???

Yuck & blech.

I DID get to see some old friends while I was there... H (one of my 'second' Moms); the Jungle Fighter and his wife; and Cal (who STILL owes me an album!!)

Worst of all??? I had taken 5 BG card kits with me to work on while there ~ I didn't even finish one of them!!! :( Hard to feel creative when you're either coughing or blowing your brains out...

Here's hoping I'll feel better soon!!!