Yikes

Well if you don't it is okay cause these were scary.  The tube dress, I don't even like putting on a turtle neck but this was just an exercise in torture.  It sure was fun seeing this image though, I was browsing through a Time Life book I picked up at the Library sale a couple of weeks ago.  She will definitely stay in my paper doll collection.  The background paper was sent to me by an internet friend and I thought it absolutely perfect for this thinking of you card, thanks Katrina. Happy Friday, hugs

borders and frames on printed papers

Creating borders and frames for you printed papers on the Gelli Plate is as simple as a mask.  I found this Italian Script paper at Flax in SFO on my day trip.  I cut a piece 8"X10", I then did a very light white wash with acrylic and water, let it dry.  I then cut a piece of card stock to 6X8 and placed it in the center of my gelli plate, then used "Red Oxide" by Liquitex, brayered it in and lifted my mask, then with a sea sponge went around the inside edges to soften it a bit.  When it had all dried I went around the outer edge with Pan Pastels "Red Iron Oxide Shade".  The creases can be ironed out but I left them cause I liked.

The paint was still wet so did a second pull on blue tissue.

A Fabulous Find

My neighbor had this stand in front of her garage yesterday, I guess she saw a twinkle in my eye when I saw it cause she said, "do you want it, I don't have room for it", as you can see I did not hesitate.  I have been storing my punches in see through plastic boxes, it simply did not work but want for another idea I just kept them there.  I hated to go on a search for a punch, even though I kept them some what organized, one would always be out of place or not in its box.  I do need to find a better hook but for now it works fine.  And by the way, I do think that punches breed in the middle of the night cause some of them I do not recognize, LOL.  Happy Wednesday

Hearts Rejoice

I had some tissue gelli pull scraps and could not toss them, lol.  I adhered them to a piece of card stock and then went over it with some gloss gel medium, then layered some string over the wet medium, let it dry and then did another coat, when that was completely dry, I cut the hearts out with an Ellison Die.  The background is also a tissue gelli pull and the font is CK Blackout.  I am so enjoying our little cooling down period, getting lots done, have a great day, hugs

Sleeping with the Butterflies

This month over at the AJC our port of call is the wonderful country of India, diverse, colorful and just chocked full of gorgeous creatures.  This is a digi page.  The butterfly background was gifted to me by my friend Christy, it is a paper napkin and I scanned it in to use with this page.  The map is from Dawn Inskip "Map Kit".  The Leopard is a National Geographic photo, I extracted the Leopard and then drew in a branch with my Wacom "Create".  Hope everyone has a happy happy week, we have begun here with a very manageable temp, even if it is a little overcast, can live with that. Hugs

A Male Birthday Card

I did a triptych for this card using a gelli pull sheet printed on tissue, so the wrinkles and creases you see are printed not actually in the sheet used to cover the blocks.  The sentiment blocks are from Barbara Williams and the light house is a stamped image from "Stamps Happen".  The card base is a linen cream.  Hope everyone has a happy Sunday, hugs

Butterfly Card

Happy weekend everyone.  This is one of my tissue gelli pull backgrounds with three Martha Stewart butterflies punched from vellum and colored with NeoII colors. We are scheduled for 108 here in N CA today, thank goodness for AC. Hugs

Stories

Another "Hang Out", I found some clothes pins that I had already painted the base ages ago for when I was teaching some classes, I was excited to find these as it cuts my prep time and my minutes have become precious lately.  I used an existing die cut from Memory Box "Poppies" and then added a couple of MS butterflies, all coloring was done with NeoII crayons and Tim Holtz Distress markers and used Pan Pastels for distressing.

this is a side view showing the tag, which says, "stories are the building blocks of friendship".  Happy Thursday everyone, hugs

Red shoes make my heart sing

I have been playing with some clothes pins I found while cleaning the garage a couple of weeks ago, they are fun, quick and easy when you feel you have to create but just don't have much time.  They are fun little messages to put around and make you or someone else smile.  This one I shared with a neighbor.

here is a side view, happy Wednesday, hugs

Slow is a good thing

Lol, I am enjoying in comparison to the last week a slow day, last week I was in more drs. offices and then to top it off 5 hours in ER with dh, he had a pain flare up and it was a rough one on everyone.  It seems to have run its course and we are all getting back to normal, we slept last night and only one drs. appt. today, I can handle that.  I have had Geckos coming into my life from everywhere it seems in the last week, which is a great thing because they are the symbol of new life and good luck.  Bring em on!

Last week I posted below a Gecko I found in a National Geographic gifted to me by a friend and I love the partial image of it, in fact I love it so much, I wanted my own hand colored image and here it is.  I used the below gecko as my template and created a blank, then colored in using Pan Pastels, Tim Holtz distress markers and Copic markers, they blend beautifully and it is such a pleasure working with these three mediums together.  The background paper is one of tissue pulls using the tubed water colors and Dylusion inks.
I hope everyone has a blessed week.  Hugs