WOYW? A !Diorama With Graphic 45 "An Eerie Tale"

Hello!

It's a What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday and I finally have my Halloween/Fall project to share with you - a fairy tale diorama. Go to Julia's blog at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/ to see what WOYW? Wednesdays are all about if you are not familiar with it and join in the fun!

It took me forever to finish this project as I kept changing/rejecting parts of it. To make my diorama I first painted the box with black acrylic paint, attached the cover, made a small base so it sat level and used Graphic 45's collection of papers called "An Eerie Tale" to decorate it. Love these papers! I fussy cut and layered to my heart's content - I love both - and finally it was complete.

Can you spot the mean little troll spying on the Prince and Princess?

And of course, all fairy tales have a wicked witch.

So now another finished project in my Halloween collection.

Thank you for visiting my blog today! Wishing those who celebrate Thanksgiving a very happy day with lots of good food and relaxation!

Hugs,

Barbara Diane

WHO'S Present Is This?

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I recently had a birthday and a friend gifted me with a November Beany Baby that she left outside my door with a card to surprise me. It is very cute and I was happy to open the gift and see what it was! I said to Jimbo, "Look what I got - a November Beany Baby!" and I put it on one of his perches for him to see.

Evidently, the English language is cause for some communication misunderstandings when translated in to cat language, because Jimbo directly took MY November Beany Baby into his perch and looked at me like "What, isn't this for me?" and proceeded to 'guard' it for the rest of the day and finally falling asleep in front of it.

I will re-think about sharing my birthday gifts with Jimbo next time!

Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog today! It is snowing here in this part of WI - after days of warmer weather and rain, which took away all of our previous snow on the ground. It is to snow all day into tonight with a travel advisory until midnight so guess we are in for some significant snowfall again. Nothing compared to poor Buffalo - but I will be cleaning off the car and moving it out of the parking lot for the plows in the morning I know!

Wishing you a happy Monday!

Hugs,

Barbara Diane

WOYW Wednesday Time

Hello!

I seem to have lost a couple of weeks again - can't keep up with life lately.It is time for What's On Your Workdesk? and if you are not familiar with this day of sharing, go to the Stamping Ground blog at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/ to see what it is all about and join in the fun.

My doll has her face now and the pumpkins are painted and she is patiently waiting for the next lesson, which is the arms and I have the covered wire in place ready to begin. We will also be adding the hair, which will go under the edge of the hat in back.

In the meantime I have been working on a project that I started some weeks ago. The pumpkin did not work out as when I cut into it the insides were a disaster and I had to discard it. The rest of the black painted pieces are part of this project with the exception of the dressmakers model. That is for another project.

You can see Jimbo having a bit of a snooze in the window - he likes to be by me while I work. You would think this position would give him a crick in his neck but he sleeps this way all the time. I will have more photos soon.

Thank you for visiting my blog today! Very cold here in this part of WI - but thankfully we were missed by the huge amounts of snow. This coming weekend will tell if we will again be so lucky. Wishing you a happy day today!

Hugs,

Barbara Diane