A Birthday Card from Marcie!

Hi Blog Friends,
Today's card is one I received from Marcie Lofgren.  I've never seen this stamp before and Marcie did an outstanding job with the coloring.  Love all the colors she used.  An adorable art fairy indeed.  Thanks, Marcie!

Wishing you all a safe Memorial weekend.  Until next time.  

Graphic 45 - Second Journal/Book covers

Hi Blog Friends,

As promised, here's the second set of pics for the Graphic 45 Journal/book cover.  Again, lots of cutting and gluing.  This page is one of my favorites because of the colors and the umbrella.  I used Stickles on her hat and swimsuit for a little bling.

I added Liquid Pearl "dots" to the flowers.  And I just love the little fish swimming around.  That's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by.  Until next time.

"Creativity is contagious.....pass it around"

Graphic 45 Project - Journal/Book covers

Hi Blog Friends,

Today I'm sharing a project that was a class at Guadalupe Stamp Store last year.  We were supposed to make a journal or book with the covers.  To-date, I have made neither a journal or book with the covers, so it was easy to take pics this way.  The paper is by Graphic 45, I think, and I'm sorry, I don't remember the name of the paper pad.  We were given four sheets of paper, one sheet for each side of the cover.  That's why I don't know the name of the pad.....we only had single sheets as we were not required to purchase the complete paper pad.  Anyway, I'm sharing two pics today.  Front and back of one cover.  There was a lot of cutting and gluing on to chipboard.  Fun project, even tho I haven't finished it.

I used Stickles and round gems on the top (pic) cover.  I haven't done much in the collage area, so it was nice to do something different.  The only problem is, I never seem to finish journals or books.  :-(    Tomorrow I'll post the second pics.  Thanks for dropping by today.

"Creativity is contagious.....pass it on"

Happy Mother's Day

Hello Blog Friends,
We're back from our out-of-town trip.  We had a really good time and it was a lot of fun.  More on that later.

I'm sharing a card I made for my mom this Mother's Day.  I'm sorry I'm a bit late with this one, but we were gone and we couldn't connect to WiFi where were staying.  Argh......

The stamp is by SU, and the butterfly punch is by Martha Stewart.  She makes some the best punches, in my humble opinion.  The sentiment stamp is an oldie but a goodie, made by PSX.  I think it's still being made by the company who purchased the rights to many of the old PSX stamps.  

I bought this stamp with the sole purpose of making mom her card this year.  She and my granny loved doilies.  Remember how popular they used to be?  This pattern was really popular way back when.  Brings back many fond memories.  It's hard to see, but the background cardstock is a deep purple.  It's prettier in person.  :o)    I hope all you mom's had a great Mother's Day!  That's it for today.  Thanks for dropping by.  Until next time.

Cactus Sun

Hi Blog Friends,

It's been a really busy couple of weeks.  A quick post today.  I colored this one with Copics, used simple matting and called it good.  Sometimes when the image takes up most of the card, I don't add more to it.  This is one of those cases.  Clean and simple.  

I will be MIA for a few days, but I'll be back with some new things next week.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  

Hero Arts Love Birds

Hello Blog Friends,

Today's post is a stamp by Hero Arts.  A quick card made for an anniversary.  Distressed edges, tiny pearls and a heart shaped lock embellishment.  Patterned paper background with matching solid card stock.  Quic and easy.  You know, sometimes you need to make a quick card....this one fit the bill.

Thanks for stopping by today!

A Little Fairy Canvas Art

Hi Blog Friends,

Wow, where did April go?  I can't believe it's May, but I'm really happy to see all the little green leaves popping out on trees in Santa Fe.  I love spring.  I can do without the wind tho, and we've had plenty of that.  It's supposed to be windy Saturday and Sunday, so I'm not looking forward to that.  I do wish we'd get some rain.  We need it so badly.  

Today I'm sharing a project made with a little stretched canvas.  I must confess, it had a picture of some kind of fruit on it, until I covered it with Gesso.  I saw the canvas on sale and thought "I bet I can cover that up and do something with it."  Stretched canvas is expensive, (especially wrapped canvas like this one) and since this was an experiment of sorts, I thought why not try it.  I have to give some of the credit to our group Technique Master, Lydia Carrell.  She's taught a canvas class, and I was able to glean some of her ideas with this miniature canvas.  This canvas is small.  It measures 5" x 5".  It took 2 good coats of Gesso to cover the picture.  Not bad.  After the Gesso dried, I painted the background with gold metallic paint.  Then I tore a piece of old sheet music and distressed it a bit.  I used gel medium to adhere the sheet music to the canvas. I stamped, colored and cut out the corset fairy.  On her wings, I used Stickles for a little bling.  The gears are die cuts from a Spellbinder's die.  The distressed butterfly is a chipboard embellishment that I painted and sprayed with metallic mist.  I used mini round gems on the gears and a couple of tiny pearls on the butterfly.  The fairy is colored with Spectrum Noir's and Copics.  

Well, that's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you all have a really good weekend!