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About Michelle

What do talcum powder and volcanos have in common? They both erupt into a gorgeous mess and so do I. Anyone who knows me, knows my love for getting messy. I love to dabble with media and experiment with anything in my reach. As a child, I would mix water, food coloring and talcum powder to make eyeshadow. As I grew, I learned to knit, sewed my own clothes and started my own successful catering company before the age of 16. Later, I entered the corporate world and still found time to feed my creative side. I began my current path in 1995 following a trip to Costa Rica. I went to view the Arenal Volcano, only to discover it was hidden by clouds. Returning home, I decided to put my photos in an album and when I realized I didn’t have any pictures of the volcano, I searched the internet to see what I could find. Lo and behold, I stumbled across the world of scrapbooking and rubber stamping. It was my introduction to this new world and I haven’t looked back since! I am a Copic and Ranger Certified Educator. Before owning “Everything Scrapbook & Stamps” in West Palm Beach, Florida, I traveled extensively worldwide and loved to collect unusual items to incorporate into my art. Born and raised in England, I currently reside in Florida with my husband and two rascally parrots.

I am so excited and honored

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today Ranger Ink (one of my favorite companies) featured my project on their blog.  I made a mini book for my Dad for Father’s Day.  I used Claudine Hellmuths Multi Medium to transfer an image of the town where I was born onto watercolor paper.  It worked fabulously!  Here is the link to the project: http://rangerink.com/studio-moments-with-dad-mini-book/  

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This is the photo image transfer page that you see through the cover of the book. It is from Birmingham, England the town I was born in.

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This is a a photo of Dad and Me, I have a photo transfer of London in the background.  Accents are from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology line

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the tutorial is up on the Ranger site if you want step by step directions.

I am so honored to be on their blog!  Thanks Ranger Ink.

 

 

a new beginning

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I had a blog, I still have it, I started it in 2007.

It eventually evolved into the stores blog,  I found I could not keep up with the daily posts so I handed it over for someone else to write it. Giving up the daily blog posts gave me back some much needed time to run the store and create classes.

In time I found that I missed my blog, my little corner of the web where I could sometimes show a piece of art or write something funny.

So today I am starting a new blog, just for me, a new beginning . . . .