I hope you're enjoying the 4th of July today. We celebrated yesterday and today is a quiet day to catch up on things around the house. I am excited to show you these projects! Candace was our Artist of the Month and chose to use the Gone Fishing bundle seen here. The dies are currently unavailable but should be back in stock any day now. I will share her projects this week, through Friday. Here's the first card; it's a...
They're in my hands! The new In Colors that is. Look at these gorgeous new colors we'll all get to play with soon! I added a few of our current colors of card stock with each new color so you can
Last week I shared three projects with the Sending Smiles bundle seen here. I think it's one of the best choices in the new Annual Catalog by Stampin' Up! I also wanted to use the Pretty Prints designer paper and chose the Bermuda Bay sheet in the package. I also wanted to use one of the new In Colors and settled on Sweet Sorbet. Next I had to choose a coordinating color to soften these two vibrant colors and settled...
Hi All, it's been a while but my papercrafting mojo has returned. Still not got much time though so you probably won't see me here that often. Any way here's a couple of cards I made recently. First one is me playing with inking up my embossing folders. The colour is very subtle but I think it's pretty. The second card came about because I wanted to use up some yellow paper I had. I don't really like yellow so I'm not that keen on the card, wish I had made it in white.tfl
About Artist: Margaret.S Johnson (American, 1893-1964) Title: Sam and the Inkspot Year: Circa 1930 Medium: Ink drawing Paper: Bainbridge Bristol Art Size image: 10.25 x 7.75 inches Condition: Excellent Frame: Framed in a custom wood veneer frame, with gold color bevel About the artist Margaret Sweet Johnson, and her mother Helen Lossing Johnson, were the authors and illustrators of wonderful children’s books featuring dogs, cats and horses. The pair collaborated on 17 books together, then after her mother’s death, Margaret wrote and illustrated 17 additional books of her own. The books written by the Johnsons are very popular today with dog collectors. They include general background information on the breed woven into the story, plus lots of beautiful pen and ink illustrations. Margaret Johnson was also a noted artist that did beautiful painting of dogs and other animals, she especially excelled in creating the original ink drawings that was used by the printer to illustrate her books. Her books and artwork are avidly collected by art and animal lovers.
They're in my hands! The new In Colors that is. Look at these gorgeous new colors we'll all get to play with soon! I added a few of our current colors of card stock with each new color so you can
Teen writer Anastasia Cross, author of The Cycle of Time series, shares disconnected thoughts on writing, Batman, and mortal fears of Mickey Mouse.
I held a Blendabilities Class last weekend and here is one of the cards we made: Isn't it pretty? I have no idea where I came up with this color combination of Navy, Old Olive and Gray. But I love i
This is the last bunch of Fun Fold cards this week; each one has been made by my talented Flowerbug's Team. Sue made this pretty and unique card using the Positive Thought stamp set. She is super
February's Flowerbug's Team swap was a sketch challenge and here are more great cards my gals made using this sketch: First is Marilyn's card featuring the Party Panda's and the Picture Perfect desi
Today I'm featuring the Favored Flowers and Beautifully Happy Sale-a-Bration choices. This awesome promotion ends tomorrow! Do you have everything you want yet? The Favored Flowers 12 X 12" DSP is filled with gorgeous florals and patterns. You can see it here. Some people are fussy cutting these pretty flowers out but you can use the DSP as is too. It features these colors: Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Evening Evergreen, Fresh Freesia, Petal Pink, I am a little...
Jayd The Orion "“Welcome, new recruits,” said a too-familiar female voice with a lilting accent. As his eyes accommodated to the light, Will made out a slender, graceful form and a mane of wild hair. “Step out and line up.” The teenagers scrambled to their feet and hurried to obey orders. Now that Will was out of the dim room, he could see that the woman had taken her mask off to reveal that she was surprisingly young, no older than Roy. She had a delicate face, but at the same time she seemed sly and deceiving. Her thin eyebrows were poised over harshly slanted eyes that matched her hair in color. Her lips were curved into a beguiling smile as she considered the group of beaten-up teenagers before her. Despite her wild, frightening appearance, she was strikingly beautiful." —The Orion: The Deadlands When the Orion began drafting Middle Class and Upper District children to train, they overlooked the Deadlands, where Jayd lived before she became an Orion general. Jayd ran away from the life of a Lowlander when she was ten years old and demanded to be given a chance at joining the Orion. Soon afterwards, she proved her talents as she progressed through the stages of training with flying colors. At fifteen, she was the Orion's best agent, and was promoted to first general at the age of eighteen. Jayd relies on stealth and deception in her fighting style, which also shapes much of who she is. She has been groomed to believe that she is the greatest agent to join the Orion, and has plans of overtaking High Generals Viktor and Ivan and becoming complete leader of the Orion. Despite her harsh, unfeeling outer shell, she does have a soft spot for children. Age: 18 Height: 5' 6" Weight: 96 lbs Hair color: black Skin color: nut-brown (Asian toned) Eye color: black
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This unique paper embroidery technique is absolutely gorgeous! Everyone who sees one of these samples is in awe. I used the Stitched Shapes Framelits to die-cut the circles; then stitched in the die-cut holes with our Metallic thread. It's really simple! If you like to cross stitch or embroider you will love it! But there are quite a few tips to do it right so you will want to watch the short video. Here is a quick list of tips...
I've always loved the look of curves and swirls so these new Curvy Celebrations products are right up my alley. I've made so many projects I could share one each day for weeks! Here's one of my favorites. See what I mean? The curves make this project 'stand out' special. My colors are Night of Navy, Sahara Sand and White. The designer paper is from the new Classic Christmas 6 X 6" pack seen here. This is only available through...
During a writer meeting with the Young Writer's Program I am involved in, I was asked about don't do what you want them to and sort of take on their own identity, that's when they really come alive." characters. I replied, without thought, "Well, I find that when a character does what I want it to, it isn't really a character, more like a puppet. When characters One of the teachers sat in silence, then said, "That was really amazing, the way you put that. Write that down!" Now that I've had time to think about it, I have gleaned the truth out of it as well (because I don't really think about what I say, it just sort of comes out without former thought). And it's true; my naughty character Dirco used to be the shining example of beautiful alive characterness. He made smart-aleck remarks when I wished he would be emotional, and he would write in his little notebook whenever I didn't want him to. So, in a sad, strange attempt to put a bridle on his personality problems, I said, "Now Dirco, in the next book, you're going to have some feeling and emotional problems and you're going to like it!" It was a big mistake. Now, he's a slave to my foolishness, and completely lacks in original thought and motive. He's all me. And I hate it. Now I wish I could say something really encouraging and give you my results in changing Dirco back, but sadly I haven't done so yet. I'm finding it a bit difficult to cut the puppet strings. So the moral of this story is: NEVER TRY TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CHARACTERS. When they do their own thing, cheer! You've made a great character! Hooray!! Now go and pray I can get my real Dirco back. Really hard. ~Anastasia
Anton Pieck (1895-1986) Dutch painter, a painter and graphic artist. At the age of 11 he won his first prize for a still life. To paint in oil, has worked with watercolors, created etchings, engravings, was lithographs
Today I'm sharing two swaps made by my talented Flowerbug's Team. I love seeing their style & creativity! Karen made this fun fold card using the Bunches of Fun stamp set seen here. Her colors are Black, White & Crushed Curry. She also used a fun technique called Paper Piecing. She stamped the gal onto Pattern Party DSP and fussy cut the dress out. Love this!! See that texture on the large Crushed Curry layer? That's a sneak peak from...
On last week's FB Live I played with the In the Country stamp set seen here showing a variety of ways to color (or not) these scenic images. Today I'm showing the cards featuring the 'Spotlighting' technique. This is a great alternative to coloring the entire image. I used the Fabulous Frames dies for the oval die-cut. See them here. I also used the Sending Support stamp set seen here. Both this and the In the Country stamp set are...
There are just 2 days left of Sale-a-Bration promotion and I had to share this sweet card my Flowerbug's team member Karen made for our recent swap. The theme was cards featuring animals & fun fold layout. She used Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight & Gray Granite along with the Hippo & Friends dies. She colored him in with Blends markers. This card is a triangle pop up card. The front of the card is scored diagonally across it so you...
I've sure been enjoying playing with new products from the new Annual Catalog by Stampin' Up! The Bright & Beautiful suite is one we could pre-order early as a Demonstrator. Here's one of my recent projects: I made it with my Flowerbug's Team on our monthly Zoom gathering. It was a mystery card designed by Candace. My colors include Fresh Freesia, Blueberry Bushel and white. I placed the top panel on the left edge of the front card fold, adding...
Yesterday I shared the details on two cards featuring the After the Storm stamp set seen here. Today I'm sharing two more. Creating scenes is one of my favorite stamping techniques and this set features distinktive images we've never had before. My color scheme here is So Saffron, Balmy Blue, Black & White. I did use our fabulous Blending Brushes to achieve the sky background. They really do help you get a smooth finish. Although here I wanted the sky...
A look at the origins and history of the Aztec warrior culture that created one of the greatest empires in the Western Hemisphere.
An stylish inn celebration that would make your favorite sitcom stars jealous (we’re looking at you Rory, Lorelai, Sookie St. James) – check, check, check
Look at these pretty projects using the Simply Elegant suite The Simply Elegant Specialty designer paper is gorgeous as well! It's filled with detailed patterns in Basic Black, Basic Gray, copper, go
I have two pretty cards to share with you today; both from my Flowerbug Team swaps in June. Both are made with the Hand-Penned DSP which is on sale right now. Instead of $11.50 it's just $9.78. See the sale on all 9 packs of Designer Paper here. First is a card by Marilyn. She made a corner latch card. I've shared a few of those in the past weeks; it's a fabulous and super simple but special fold anyone...
Mary made this cute card for our Black and White with a 'Pop' of color swap: She used the Love Sparkles stamp set on page 53 in the Occasions catalog; one of my favorites for the sparkly font. The P
Each month one of my Flowerbug's Team is featured as an Artist of the Month. For July it was Annette and she chose the adorable Hey Chuck bundle seen here. You're in for a treat! I'll be sharing her incredible projects for the next few days. The card above shows that adorable rooster at it's best. She paired it with gingham accents in Glorious Gingham DSP and our Black & White gingham ribbon. She colored her rooster with Blends markers....
Today is the last of the swaps from our Flowerbug's September swap event. I've sure enjoyed sharing their talent with you and hope you've been inspired by them. If you haven't seen them all, click here and scroll down. First up is a a card by Ginny who featured the Painted Pheasant stamp set seen here. I just love the colors she achieved on the bird!! She inked the stamp with markers; spritzed with water and stamped. A clever way...
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