She Was Happy With Her Life

So here is my first canvas for week 2 where we learned about creating scenes for our SheArt girls!

I hope to finish another week 2 canvas over the weekend so check back for new arty goodness next week. Thanks for stopping by!

She Loves Art!

I have been taking the most amazing online art class by Christy Tomlinson, "The She Art Workshop". I can't say enough fabulous things about her talent, her teaching abilities and her creativity. There will be another session beginning mid-April, so if you are looking for a self-paced class to broaden your horizons artistically and creatively this is definitely it!

I'm a wee bit behind seeing as week 3 just finished up and I've only created my She Art Girls through week 1, but that is the great thing about an online class - no pressure to meet a deadline so you can create as you have time.

Without further adieu, I present my first 3 She Art Girls:

My first girl is titled "She Felt Peace In The Midst Of The Storm" and I am pretty proud of how she turned out. I started with painting the entire canvas in a pretty shade of turquoise blue and then added paper for the next layer. The clouds were made using modeling paste mixed with blue paint - I really love how the texture turned out! I then added paint, stamps & rub-ons until I was happy with the overall look.

My second girl is titled "She Built Her Wings On The Way Down" and I have to admit that I was not totally in love with how this girl turned out initially, but have come to embrace the imperfections of this canvas. I started with a layer of purple paint followed with a layer of white tissue paper to achieve a crinkled look. Then I added some modeling paste using a stencil and painted & inked over that once it dried. Paint, stamps, rub-ons, wooden stars and some final inking finished it off.

My third girl for week 1 is titled "She Was Happy To Be Herself" and once again I was not totally smitten after I finished her, but am now really happy with the bold colors and how it all came together. I started with painting the canvas red and then layering paint, stamps & rub-ons. Her outfit turned out really cute and the crown rub-on was a last-minute addition but I think it adds a bit of quirkiness.

Thanks for stopping by! I'll post more She Art Girls as I get them finished!

Love Is In The Air

A few love-themed cards for today. The first card uses stamps from the Flapperdoodles collection at My Favorite Things and paper from Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 line (beautiful vintagey papers).

This next card uses stamps from The Cat's Pajamas and papers from Echo Park and a few scraps of some christmas Making Memories paper I had in my stash.

Have a wonderful day!

Creatively Productive Weekend!

You know how sometimes the creative mojo flows perfectly (normally I always have something to critique about the cards or creative projects that I make, but not this time, nope not a one thing)....








AND, speaking of creativity, I am over the moon excited about Christy Tomlinson's "She Art Workshop" which began today! I have already briefly perused the class materials & videos and cannot wait to start learning new techniques & mediums!

New Holiday Cards!

Just in time for your holiday card needs, a flurry of new cards have landed in my store today! Enjoy!

All About Babies!

I have a few baby cards to share that I am quite proud of! There are several themes of cards that I seem to struggle making; baby cards are one and masculine cards are another, so needless to say I was very excited with how these baby cards turned out!

"Welcome Little One" is the first card and was made using Unity Stamp Company's line of Ippity stamps, paper by Pink Paislee, Prismacolor colored pencils and a silver mesh flower from Prima. All in all a very whimsical, shabby card that I really love!

My second "Welcome Little One" baby card still embraces the whimsical using stamps from Paper Source and Creative Imaginations, paper from Basic Grey's Olivia line, Prismacolor colored pencils, clouds cut out of chipboard and decorated with Basic Grey paper, and topped off with tulle ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy the Ride

My next card for The Cat's Pajamas Customer Blog Hop

features stamps from the Joyride set which is so incredibly cute and fits perfectly with my scooter stamp addiction (of course I would love to own the real thing, but until that day I will just covet any scooter stamp I can find!). Scooter Bunny (I'm sure he has a real name, that's just what I call him) has been colored with copic markers, prismacolor colored pencils, stickles and glossy accents on his headlight. All of the paper used is from Cosmo Cricket and the clouds were cut out of scrap paper (sorry, I cannot remember whose it is!).

Thanks for stopping by!