She Sends You Hope and Heart

A friend of mine had surgery and I wanted to send her a bright, cheerful get well card.  But I think my own mood got in the way and I ended up with this somewhat somber card.  I tried to compensate for the color palette by dabbing metallic paint around the edges and adding some Stickles to the flower.

The sentiment is from Red Lead Paperworks and the main image is from Artistic Outpost.  I used three different dies from Spellbinders' Grand Labels 1 set for my card base and mats.  The card is just a little over five inches square.

Is it spring yet?  You can lie to me.

Supplies:
Black cardstock by Bazzill; very vanilla cardstock from Stampin' Up; patterned paper by Teresa Collins; female image from Artistic Outpost; sentiment from Red Lead Paperworks; Ranger Archival black ink; vintage photo distress ink; Prismacolor Premier pencils; odorless mineral spirits; charcoal pencil; Adirondack copper and gold acrylic paint dabbers; Prima paper flower; Recollections paper leaves; Spellbinders Grand Labels 1 die-cuts; oval and scalloped oval Nestabilities; EK Success and Martha Stewart border punches; pop-dots; Glue Dots.

Pretty in Pink

I created this card to send to my cousin with the 2014 calendar I shared with you yesterday.  She loves the color pink and she likes glittery things, so I tried to incorporate those elements into a sweet card for her.

The little girl was colored with Prismacolor pencils and trimmed closely before being adhered to the background paper.  I used Glossy Accents to add dimension to the bow in her hair and on her dress, and I added a little sparkle to her dress with Diamond Stickles.

I bought this stamp a while ago (from Red Lead Paperworks, I believe), because the little girl reminded me of a photograph of my grandmother.  She was about three years old at the time of the photo, and she's wearing a large hair bow that's almost as big as her head.  Here's an ATC I created using that photo.  Isn't she adorable?  I miss her immensely.

Thanks for popping in!  Have a fabulous day.

Supplies:
White and gray cardstock by Bazzill; patterned papers by My Mind's Eye; very vanilla cardstock from Stampin' Up; Ranger Archival black ink; pumice stone distress ink; Prismacolor Premier pencils; odorless mineral spirits; Glossy Accents; diamond Stickles; charcoal pencil; oval and scalloped oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders; border bunches by EK Success; corner rounder punch; pop-dots.

2014 Wall Calendar

Belated Happy New Year!  I thought I'd start out by showing you a small wall calendar that I made for my cousin.  The basic blank calendar was purchased at Michaels for $1.00.  I just added prints of some of my artwork (ATCs mostly, plus a few moos).  I had to do some creative matting when I had a portrait (vertical) image, in order to cover up the horizontal blank space in the middle of each page.

January

In this first picture (January, above), you can see how the entire calendar looks when it is hanging on the wall.  For the rest of the months, the photo shows simply the artwork portion.

February

March

 

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

And here is the cover.

This was such a fun and easy project, and a great way to share my art with someone who lives far away but who is always in my thoughts.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend.