Friday, December 4, 2020

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 




                                            The background is watercolor and bokeh 
                                                                   It was fun to do 

                                                          MERRY CHRISTAMS 

                                                                  See you in 2021 
It is my Christmas card to all of you 


Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Wine a Bit

 


                                 This card is for a good natured friend he has the sniffles 


                                             


Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Gathering


    


                     Cute little stamp set  

                    Water color background 

                     Added a bit of flower soft 


Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Sunday, October 25, 2020

SLIM LINE

                                          My first effort at a slim card 


                                                                 


Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Coloring Practice

                                       HOW AM I DOING ?





                                                     


Sunday, October 4, 2020

Grateful

                                 A little on line local challenge 

                         I did the background with blender brushes and Brillance ink 

                                                  It is shiny 

                                Then I heat embossed the leaves and acorns 

                                               Added the charm and die cut 

                                                      ENJOY



                                                               



Saturday, September 26, 2020

BABY WIPE INK PAD

 


                                                                              


                       Had a little session with friends 

                       We made our own ink pads with  baby wipes and dye re inkers 

                       Made lovely backgrounds 

Friday, September 18, 2020

CRACKED ICE

                                              Had a little get together with two friends 

                                              We did Cracked Ice and this is the result 


                                                                          






                                                                      ENJOY

Monday, September 7, 2020

DOG DAYS

                                                                        NO explanation


                                                       







 

Saturday, August 29, 2020

SPEEDY RECOVERY

                                          I just mailed this card to a friend who is having knee replacement

                                          I hope it arrives on her bad day and makes her smile 

                                                                        


                                                                                   


                                     

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

HANDMADE PAPERS

                           I AM MAKING COLORS FROM NATURE TO DYE THE COTTON FOR THE                                                                                             PAPER 


                            This is the easy one,no dye just made from sewing pattern tissue not cotton

                                                                       



    Above  is a deep strong peach the photo above is more true to the color Color made from a combination of reds and yellows 



                   Sage  made from foilage is a much darker color that the photo



                           Lilac   turned out beautiful  made from blue purple flowers and beauty berries



                      Pink is stronger in person and it is lovely 



                      Yellow  is the easiest right now since I have many yellow flowers in the yard   


                                                       ENJOY

Monday, August 24, 2020

IRIS FOLD

                     I was challenged to use a technique not used for some time 

                                  the challenge is leaf 

                                        AND THE RESULT 

                                                   IS



Saturday, August 15, 2020

Off set background

             These backgrounds are done with a stencil and are off set like the Jennifer MaGuire vidoe 

                                                       It doen't show well in photo 

                                            The image is a gift die set stamp soooo cute 


                                                                            


Friday, August 7, 2020

Sparkling Fairy

                                    Beautiful fairy die 

                                       Simple card 

                                    Just add gems and away she flies 

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Dark or Light







These layered die cards are done with the same card stock  One is light to start working to dark on top 
The lover is the reverse   Which do you like best 








Saturday, July 25, 2020

Behind the fence

                                                                          FIRST

                                                     I have learned that the build a  die on the last post
                                                   doesn't have a stamp set match and is meant to be used
                                                                            exactly as I  did it                                                                                   
                                                                              YEAH  ME !



                                                     This is a matching stamp die by Simon Says
                                                            Really cute
                                                      The fence is a MS punch

                                                                     










Friday, July 24, 2020

Build a Die

                                                         This is an Altenew die set






                                         I don't have the matching stamp
                                        So instead of coloring I cut from five
                                         different shades of card stock
                                         Then layered
                                        I think it worked well and will be trying others


                                                             

Sunday, July 19, 2020

PANDA

                                   A new background die
                               Perfect for this Panda stamp

                                                 

Monday, July 6, 2020

Sister B day

                                    Her b day is not until August but she never comes here so I can post now

                                                                     


The butterflies are from one die with multi sized butterflies 




Two other dies used to create the inside 
The card is made on my handmade paper 

Thank you for stopping by 




Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Papermaking

                                   I got an order for yellow paper

                                                                           

                             The dye is made from yellow flowers
                             I made her sample strengths to choose from

                        After the cotton is cooked to break it down it is blended in the colored water
                     
                                      The pulp is made from the cotton plant and dyed


                                                                         

It is strained and blended back several times in the same water 
It is then put in the vat and this dilutes the color a little 
So it is a bit like a science lab








Then the sheets are pulled on to felts and stacked 
Each sheet is sprinkled with crystal sand and glitter 

It is then put in the hydraulic press over night 


It is then hung on hangers to dry
I didn't get a photo of the yellow drying but her second order is green with sage and I did get that photo



Once dry   it goes through the Gemini


Then it is cut to size



Goes throught the Gemini two more times

Finished sheets