Uncategorized

I mailed the Christmas tags yesterday, December 19th. I’m hoping they will get to the three California destinations in time for Christmas. Tim Holtz products Tim Holtz products including Snarky Cat and Tiny Houses. Products from Tim Holtz including Tiny Houses and ephemera Alpine, Christmastime and Holiday Village My last tag for Christmas, 2020. I…

These are some of the cards I made and sent in 2020. Artist Anita Jeram, accomplished children’s book author and illustrator. This was a very different stamp for me as it’s more of a sketch. I thought it required water color. I looked over several designers work with this artist and all used water color….

When I saw GEOMETRIC in the theme for the Educators Blog Hop I almost didn’t sign up.  The word “geometry” brings fear to my heart.   I spent after school hours with a demanding geometry tutor hired by my mother.  He was a senior who thought only of mathematics.  I don’t think he enjoyed those…

Thanks to Debbie Adams, a drummer in my family will get this tag/ornament for Christmas.  It was the match sticks for drum sticks that really caught my attention. Debbie’s post of a similar drum really got my ideas flowing.  The drum base (paper mâché box) is an Amazon purchase.  The Tiny House, Tree, Deer and…

Arthur’s eyes tell the whole story.  He does not like that I made him into a turkey. There will only be four of us for Thanksgiving this COVID 19 year.  With so few, I could go a little more extravagant with the place cards. Arthur is cut from different specialty gold papers with shine and…

Prisma Pencil on Black Cardstock My quest to make slimline card continues. The flower and leaf from Poinsettia & Pine were gold heat-embossed on black cardstock using a mask when needed.  The images were then colored with Prisma colored pencils. Using a very small brush, gold paint was dotted in the open spaces. I wish…

Lawn Fawn is for the young and the young at heart. I am so lucky to still have little ones who enjoy cute Christmas cards.  Because I enjoy making them. My grandson’s class is talking  about the sequence in stories . . .  the beginning, middle and end. He will love making up the story…

             Elements of Floral Composition Lesson 6 Texture By lesson 6 there are so many elements to think about in one card.  Color, Shape, Line, Form, Space and now Texture. As always I have spent a lot of time on fall card-making.  Now the pressure has begun to get going…