Pearl-Ex, Glitter and Brads, oh my!

Had to make a quick post. Here's a card I made tonite to send my ATC's in for my swap. (couldn't send them just in a plain envelope!!!) I had to play with all my mica/sparklies and I sure had fun!! As Dane Cook would say .. I look like I "just ----'d a pixie!"

My Very First ATC's!!! (Plus a whole lot more)

HI! First of all, I'm sorry I haven't written In so long. My intention is to write at least every weekend. I have been writing more though-which is a good thing. I was having a very hard time last week with some things and I wrote some (poetry? prose? - I'm not sure what to call it) about it which helped me alot and I actually think it turned out well. I may post it sometime later if it still seems good. I plan to do an art journal as well and I know I will include it there.

So much has been going on in the last 2 weeks! My daughter had Prom, Post-Prom, Finals and then (drumroll please...) Graduation!!!! (Of course I still had to work everyday during that time! I am SOOO grateful for this holiday today-an extra day in my weekend, plus a 4 day workweek -YAY!!)

I can't believe I now have a truly GROWN daughter. Turning 18 was not the start of adulthood in my mind. I think you MUST be graduated from High School to be an "adult". Maybe because I feel like that is the real end of my responsibility for her. Get her grown up healthy and educated thru High School. I certainly plan to be at least helping with further education, but from here on out, it's really "all her"! Makes me feel old ;o( (LOL)

OK! SO! On to the artsy reason for this post-I joined a swap on one of my Yahoo! groups to get me motivated to just create thing for no real reason and to try out some of the products and stuff I have that isn't Stamin'Up! These are my VERY FIRST ATC's EVER!! I actually had to look online after I signed up for this swap to see what the "rules" ARE for ATC's. I knew they were small, but I didn't realize they MUST be 2.5" x 3.5", so I'm glad I looked! I am very proud of how these turned out. This was also my first time using the Twinkling H2O's and the subtle shimmer is really beautiful! I wish shimmer showed up in photos and scans the way you see it IRL. Any way I hope you like them! The cardstock and floral stamps are all from SU! But the background was done with alcohol inks on the blue/purple one and the background word stamp is "Italian Poetry" by ??? (I'll have to go look and add it to the post later)

A few cards

I thought I would go ahead and post a couple of the cards I have made. My own designs of course. I will always try to credit stamp companies or products that should get credit and let you know if something I post is NOT my own design. Most of my stamps are from Stampin'Up!. The baby shoe stamp I bought at a garage sale and I don't know who made it.

Hello World!

This my first post to any 'blog. I have been thinking about it for a long time and just decided to go ahead and try it! I was/am worried that it may be a little pretentious, but I read other people's blogs and feel like I get to know them a little. It's a little bit like being a wallflower then finally joining the conversation!
My name is Sara and for anyone who doesn't know "suenos" (technically with a ~ I'll have to learn how to type that!) means "dreams" in Spanish. (And yes, I do actually SPEAK Spanish) I am a divorced, mother of 1, nurse for 21 yrs who is beginning to think about what to do with myself now that my daughter is almost grown. I have always enjoyed creating art. I took several classes in college, but all that was put on "hold" to raise my dd. She turned 18 in April and graduates high school in 2 weeks I think I've done a fair job w/her. It's a tough world!
So now I'm starting to think about ME again, and I've really missed being truly creative! I used my creative bent to create some scrapbooks and for the last 6 yrs or so beacame a rubber stamping fanatic! I love the personal art blogs that I see and , as I said, decided to dive in to the conversation. I love that peiople don't always stay on-topic too. I love to garden, I love my animals (dogs, cats, rabbit and we recently "lost" our horse), I love music, museums and art. I love doing things with my family and anyone who may end up reading my blog will be reading about these things too. I love photography and taking pics of my family, animals, garden and activities-you will probably see many of these. I will have a hard time keeping it down to my favorites along any art postings I may have. Part of my purpose in creating the blog is to keep me motivated to create things to put on it-to compare to what else is out there. I plan to try to post weekly(?) for now. I hope some one finds it interesting!
"Every journey begins with a single step"-right? Thanks for being a part of my first step into this new world! May Jehovah bless you and keep you safe!