Praise

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

No card today.  Just a song of praise.

The background was done long ago with watercolor crayons and needed something

to complete it.

This silhouette stamp needed some love and I had the perfect sentiment to go with her.

Recipe

Stamps:  Praise Silhouette (ret IO), Songbird (Inky antics)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches cold press)

Other:  Watercolor Crayons (ret SU), Black Marker (for filling in silhouette that didn't stamp well on watercolor paper)

Enjoy!

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Going Coastal

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I thought I'd try something a little different.

I had a used canvas that I wanted to re-use so I'd covered it with gesso.

I used watercolors to paint a coastal scene then it sat on the table for a few days.

I wanted some texture so I used texture paste for the foam on the waves.  That pointed

palette knife worked great for spreading the paste.

I had in mind to do some cabanas and tried to paint the area over with white acrylic paint.

It became very apparent that I would NOT be able to paint stripes on these cabanas in an

attractive way.  So it sat for a few more days.

It dawned on my that I had some wide striped ribbon that could work for the cabanas.

It worked much better than what I could paint.

I wasn't sure how to do the roofs but Trina had a fantastic idea of using star dies.

She used them for faces on her Jack-o-lanterns, but they worked great for the peak on

the roofs.

I'd picked up the chunky fragments from a clearance table years ago and thought they 

would work great for sand or broken shells.

The gulls are die cut and colored with watercolor pencils.

Finally I die cut some "sea oats" from specialty paper that has lovely specks in it.  I sponged a bit 

of Brushed Corduroy DOX ink on the edged.  Just the stems are glued at the bottom 

so they can wave in the breeze.

I don't think mixed media canvases will lure me away from cardmaking, but it was a 

fun summer project,

Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Woodgrain (TH), Collage Pad, Neenah Solar White

Other:  6" x 6" Canvas covered with gesso, Watercolors (Gansai Tambi), Grasses Dies (AR), Star Dies (ret SU), Flying Gulls Die (MB), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Grayish Black, Beige), Taupe Color Fragments (Stampendous), Ribbon (ret SU), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi, Tacky Glue

Enjoy!

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Framed

Hello crafty friends.  I hope you are doing well and finding lots of crafty time!

Today I have some framed art.

While at the ESCR Retreat, Christine gave us some cardstock
with wide Washi tape on it.  Dolly had brought the Washi tape and we had
painstakingly smoothed it on that cardstock.

This wasn't the prettiest Washi tape but after this technique, I really loved it and
thought it made an awesome background.

First we covered the piece with gesso.  The piece above was covered in clear gesso.

The piece below covered in white gesso.

We cleaned our brushes and let the pieces dry.

Once the gesso was dry, we stamped on the pieces with Archival ink.

When that was dry, I colored the inside of the flowers with DOX inks that

I smooshed on my craft mat and spritzed with water, using a damp waterbrush.

I added some subtle stamping around the main design.

I loved these pieces so much that I asked Dolly for some more Washi 

covered cardstock so I could make some more.

She contacted Christine who had some pieces and she graciously sent me

another piece.

I cut it in half and did this one.

Then I did this one.

And I was lucky enough to find the frames at the thrift store.

The mats cost more than the frames!

Now to get them on the wall.

I'll enjoy seeing them and remembering the awesome time I had

with these wonderful, talented ladies.

You can see pictures from the retreat by clicking on the 2019 Retreat
button on the top bar.

Now all I have to do is get the grouping on the wall.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (1)

Stamps:  Scented Messages (PB), Timeless Textures, French Foliage (SU)

Ink:   Archival Jet Black, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Antique Linen (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  Clear Gesso, Wide Washi Tape (Alt.)

Card Recipe (2)

Stamps:  Elegant Weeds (ret. HA), Texture (Drkrm Dr), Script Background (PB), French Foliage (SU)

Ink:   Archival Shadow Grey, Versafine Onyx Black, Wilted Violet, Peeled Paint, Antique Linen (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  White Gesso, Wide Washi Tape (Alt)

Card Recipe (3)

Stamps:  Botanical Asperula (Stmpnds), Timeless Texture, French Foliage (SU)

Ink:   Archival Jet Black, Archival Shadow Grey, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Antique Linen (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  White Gesso, Wide Washi Tape (Alt)

Card Recipe (4)

Stamps:  Enamor (PB), Timeless Texture, French Foliage (SU)

Ink:   Archival Jet Black, Archival Shadow Grey, Versafine Smokey Gray, Broken China, Wilted Violet, Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  White Gesso, Wide Washi Tape (Alt.)