Just can't leave it alone!

I just couldn't leave this card alone, I didn't hate it but I didn't like it enough to give to my mother-in-law.  So I tweaked it a little and now I like it enough to give away.  So I trimmed it and distressed the edges, then mounted it on Island indigo, added some gel pen around the edges, some pearls and a rose and that was it; much better!

Ventured outside to paint

I had an idea as I was walking around our yard today, I saw some boards laying on the ground

and thought, I could paint them.

Hopefully DH doesn't mind that I stole the boards for the fence, he would never fix it anyways, right?

So I nailed a few boards to the back to hold it together, not the sturdiest but it will work.

I sanded the boards a bit and then covered them with Gesso.

Then I took my paints and painted right there on my porch, it is so nice outside,

except for the fierce wind.

I have paint all over the ends of my hair from the wind blowing it into my paint, lol!

I will let it dry for a day and then seal it with an outdoor varnish.

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WOYWW #205

Once again my project was too big for the desk so I am camped out on the kitchen table. 

 I took the picture so you could see my view while I craft,

I watch the geese, ducks and various other birds; so peaceful!

I have my paints out again this week.

You can't tell very good from this picture but

the bubbles have a layer of crystal effects so they are shiny.

I used modeling paste for the butterfly canvas and the sunflower.

Here they are hanging above my bed, love them!

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New Stencils!

My friend, Paula, made me this stencil on her silhouette, how fun is that!

I used it with my newly purchased White Gesso and it worked perfectly!

I am too excited about all the other ones Paula is making me,

if she didn't live 3 minutes down the road I would be tempted to buy a silhouette machine . 

To do the stamped image of, Mom, I smeared Gesso and let it dry a bit then stamped right into it.

For this card I used a chicken wire stencil and it didn't work as well but I am still pleased!

 

 

Beauty

Today I did on canvas what I have been doing in my journal.

I love mixed media, you just keep adding stuff, texture, paint, until you like it.

I think I am going to do a series of girl beauty and hang them in my room

 near my vanity table; it's a good reminder to start my day.

Baby cards

 

I just got back from the baby shower and the card was well liked!

The card was very easy to make and probably self explanatory.

I used 2 circle punches The 1 1/4" on the bottom and the 1 3/4" on the top.

For the front pocket I just eyeballed it and cut with scissors.

For the straps I used the rounded corner punch.

I stamped the saying in white but you really couldn't see it very well so I embossed it with white.

To finish the card off I used a white gel pen to do the faux stitches.

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WOYWW #204

Well my desk/table doesn't look much different then last week, just a bigger version of the same.

I took the plunge, this large canvas has been very intimidating to me.

My hubby said, "just paint over it if you don't like" which sounds fine and good

but I hate redoing!

Just to clarify because I have had lots of comments and it makes my hubby look bad, lol!

To encourage me to start he said, "just paint over it if you don't like it", not after I had finished.

I love her, sure there are a few things that I would do differently but I would not redo for sure!

Here she is hanging on the living room wall.

I am sure over the weeks I will probably take her down and add a few touches here and there.

I wanted the background to look somewhat like fire.

To me dance is all about passion and releasing that burning passion within the dancer.

I love that anything goes with mixed media so I added pearls to her hair and bodice and

the roses, from Stampin Up, for her strap.

For the skirt I used modeling paste which gives it a nice 3 dimensional feel.

This was seriously so hard for me to do, the process pushed me past my limits for sure.

It is much easier to paint abstract, when you paint people they have to look real.

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