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I love bookmarks and have not posted one in a while.  This was designed with the Cameo and then cut from 10mil vinyl.  I created a slot at the sleeve so the bookmark could be attached to a corner but can just be tucked between the pages as a traditional one.  Hope your week flows and glows with creativity, hugs

Impromptu 4th

My neighbor had an impromptu 4th of July and so I helped a little with some quick, practical decorations.  They were so much fun and all done with the Cameo.

 I started with a 3" circle then put a 1.5" circle in the middle and a slit on one side, all designed on the Cameo screen, then sent them to the Cameo to cut, then cut out the cute 4th decorative circles, approx. 1 1/4", created a stencil with some scattered stars and using  chalk ink dauber stenciled one side of the circles and put the 4th circles on the other side, they were ready to go in no time.

The guests used them for their wine glasses and also to identify their own wine bottles. Hugs

thinking of you

Vinyl, etched and grunged. I used alcohol ink on this first and then took it to my gelli plate and did a pull, I then used silver alcohol ink on the letters and butterfly and then began rubbing it off until I liked how it looked.  I think some more play with the technique will result in some amazing depth and texture on the vinyl.  My words and butterfly are from the Silhouette Library.  Have a great weekend everyone, hugs

America - A Digi Page

Morning All, The Art Journal Caravan has traveled into America this month, home sweet home.  I just hope I will have time to do some of the ideas rattling around in my imagination.  The background is one of my gelli pulls with a rose transfer.  The other elements are from Tangie's July AJC Kit over at Scrapbook Graphics, some wonderful chalk elements.  "In unity there is strength" is an American Proverb.  The journaling is mine, "Like a rose there are thorns but the colors and smells of home cannot be had anywhere else."  I am off today for a little RnR, going to see "The Lone Ranger", oh how I love Johnny Depp.  Have a great Thursday, hugs

Le Bistro-Teal Light Shoji

Well the Tea Light Shojis are evolving, that is always a good sign.  Tools and Techniques have a unique stamp on them of your rhythm and style and this is quickly evident when you bring out tools and supplies that you have not used in awhile.  My alcohol inks and daubers have been in seclusion for a long time.  So I have been getting reacquainted and back in the swing with them.  The Shojis will work on their own but take on a spark with a little embellishment. As I share them I have also decided to keep them strictly to the battery operated tea lights.  The vinyl is only 10mil and over extended use those panels will begin to warp some with wax or soy candles, I definitely do not recommend wax tea lights with these.  I am really falling in love with the process of these and they will be fun stocking stuffers for the holidays. For now I am using my Silhouette Library for the elements I am engraving into the vinyl. Hope your week is rolling well, hugs

Tea Light Shojis

 I love Shoji screens and room dividers and several years ago I created these using heavier acrylic panels etched with my Cricut, although it worked and I loved them it was just not economically correct to keep doing them, the acrylic prices soared and the acrylic was deadly on my blades so I quit doing them.  I have some 10mil clear vinyl sheets that I use for my bookmarks and journal covers and decided yesterday to design a TeaLight Shoji, not knowing if it would even work, I created a rectangle with 3 panels using 2 perforated lines and 2 different patterns with Cameo one for the center and the same design on the sides etched in with my Cameo.  I then used alcohol inks on the inside of the Shoji and Pan Pastels on the outside to catch in the etching lines and pop them out a little.  I do love how they turned out and they make a perfect meditation candle but a cluster on an outdoor table for a little romance would be gorgeous too.  The inspiration came when I was working with my luminary, you never know where the ole muse is going to whammy you, lol.  Have a great Sunday.

This is a side view showing how the panels come together in the back.

Luminary

July is traditionally my month to get focused and getting my designs done for the upcoming holidays.  For several years luminaries have been on my list for Halloween but just have not gotten done.  So with all my new skills and the Silhouette Cameo in my arsenal of tools, I decided this is the year I am going to get them done.  I found a bag design I liked by Lori Whitlock in the Silhouette Library and last week began gathering some Halloween elements that would work.  The hardest part for me was getting the bag folded correctly, I do have some directional challenges, lol.  But once I got it down, I was in love.  The photo was taken with a real tea light but for Halloween I will be using the little battery tea lights.  I have two designs right now but would like one more.  So here's looking at Halloween 2013.  Have a safe and happy weekend, hugs

Summer Love

A little Summer Love going on here.  Our triple digits have broken HURRAY, forecasted low 90s and we are all ready for a break.  Had a nice but really hot (110) 4th, spent the evening next door by my neighbors pool and watched some neighborhood fireworks go off (what were they thinking?), but all is safe.

Lori Whitlock one of my fav Silhouette Designers created this fab block card and I could not resist, I love the layers.  The image is also from the Silhouette Library, Beatrix Potter has the license for Harry Potter and this is a Harry Potter image, they hands are hold a chain that dangles down, I did not want it in the image so did a shabby chic bow to cover it.  Basic Grey and Bazzill for the card blank.  Hope all is well with everyone today and that you have a great weekend.  Hugs

Gratitude

I was inspired by a Memory Box die to do these trees.  I did my line drawing and then turned it into an element.  Colors done with a Montana marker and Black India Ink.  The background is a gelli pull on tissue. Font used was "Fine Hand".

Stay cool, hugs

fun notes

Good Monday morning all.  Hope everyone has a good week, we won't leave triple digits in temps until later this week, right after the 4th.

I found a stash of some neon lined notebook paper this weekend and thought it might make some cute note cards.  I printed a gelli pull on a sheet of yellow with my printer and then using my Big Shot and the next to largest block die (it is the biggest one that will fit the plate) I cut and folded, the note turns out to be right at 5 1/2" X 4 1/2", when folded in half.  I then stamped it with a Hero Arts "Blomming Meadow" stamp in black and added a sweet bird sitting on a Memory Box branch die cut.  Perfect for a quick note.  I love how the background gives depth to the flowers and stems.  Stay cool and create much.  Hugs