Not too long ago we had a bit of a record breaking heat wave, so taking long walks outdoors was not the thing to do. One of those days we took a nature break and came across this nice spot to cool off behind the waterfall. We could not jump in, but the cooling mist …
When this spider stamp is embossed on textured paper the pattern breaks up rather than remaining smooth. I like the effect, it reminds me of a “hairy” spider perfect for Halloween. For the eyes I tried both glitter and wiggle eyes. I decided to go with the wiggle eyes for my final card. The glitter …
When I first painted this duck I was thinking of it as a welcome to holiday guests, now that it is completed the thought came to me that we have so much to welcome into our lives. In addition to family groups, Fall, upcoming holidays and celebrations, even our day-to-day routine that keeps us on …
I discovered a while ago that if I use my egg stamp upside down it very much resembles a mummy face. It is always exciting to find multiple ways to use one stamp.To make this one I used white embossing powder to make the “face” image stand out on the black background. I stamped a …
“Where flowers bloom so does hope.” Lady Bird Johnson. These are some of the flowers we saw on our nature break. Beautiful colors and it was a wonderful day to be on a walk at the zoo. Enjoy the long weekend!
This is one of the books I recently finished on loan from my good reading buddy. It made me think about how people gradually change over time without even realizing the change. They become a totally different person depending on who they have allowed to influence them. Then they wonder why this new person acts …
Some time ago I made a monthly calendar art journal. I logged all our activities day by day and then I had a 2 page spread for our ticket stubs, event programs and the “stuff” for the month. It has been fun to go back and read the entries and though I really enjoyed the …
I still have a bunch of old white paper bags to reuse so I decided to make snowpeople goodie bags for my notary group. The bags hold a small notebook and refill, a pen and chocolate of course! I made the scarf using leftover ribbon from last year.
This is the project I made to use the mini thank you cards with stenciled leaves from a previous post. The ‘pillow’ boxes contain basket filler and chocolates (of course!). I use glue dots to hold the ends closed and raffia or twine to wrap around the ‘pillow’ and I wrote a thank you message …
