Syd's Painting

The last couple of days I have been gathering what I need to have for my taxes instead of being in my scrap room.  So today I am sharing a pretty piece of artwork that Sydney made for our anniversary.  After painting the background in various shades of turquoise on canvas, she then painted the bird and the words using black acrylic paints.  She is a talented girl and we are so very proud of her.  Recently, she found out that a piece of her artwork was chosen to represent her junior high school and will be on display at the Elk Grove Library.  Looking at this art helped me to "be happy" while doing taxes!  Have a great day!

Sympathy Card From A Sketch

The card sketch shown here was the one used to create today's sympathy card.  The various papers are from Wild Rose Studio's paper pad, Antique Library.  It is a pretty assortment of vintage paper.  The pages measure 6" x 6".  The two packs of Wild Rose Studio paper that I have are very pretty.  The paper is more light weight than most.  I have seen prices from about $6 to as high as $15 or more.  I paid $6 for one pack and $7 for another.  So you have to look around to make sure you are getting a good price.   Have a great day!

Watercolor Butterflies

The nice weather we were having made me think Spring.  So out came Stampin' Ups' Elegant and Bitty butterfly punches.  I saw a very similar card on Pinterest and there was a video showing how it was made.  I wet down a piece of Shimmery White cardstock and then using a paint brush dipped in paints, dotted the colors on the wet Shimmery White cardstock.  I used two shades of pink and an orange from the Simply Art watercolor set I have.  And it is the least expensive set of watercolors I own!  I moved the cardstock a little to help spread the paints and used my heat tool to dry it.  After punching the butterflies,  I played with the arrangement on the Shimmery White Layer.  Before adhering the larger butterflies, I did stamp antennae.  I layered  that  onto a Pink Pirouette layer before adhering to the white card base.  A few pretty pale pink sequins complete the card.  I am not happy with the flower that is part of the sentiment, but it's ok.  Hope you like today's card as much as I do~~especially as I see the snow covered yard! 

It's Your Birdday!

Today's card is a combination of Simon Says and Stampendous stamps.  The images are from Simon Says' Springtime Critters set and the words are from the Stampendous set, Tweet Chirps.  After stamping the images using Versafine black ink, I colored them in using Copic markers.  Once again I used the Molotow masking liquid on the colored images.  After the masking liquid dried, I brushed on green, yellow and blue distress inks using my Clarity brushes.  After stamping the words, I decided to add another little bird, but instead added a little black smudge. So in place of a little bird, the card has a few little sequins!  Have a great day and be careful if you go out and about in the snow.