bookmarks

I signed up this month for sending happy mail. We are to send 4 bookmarks. I had so much fun I signed up twice. 

I made 2 out of this mono print that I stamped Anthony's Paper Craft floral background 3. 

 There was extra space on this one so I stamped a trio of butterflies.

 Shery at STAMPlorations has a digital image you can use for National Coloring Book Day. HERE
I water colored it. Then I did something that was really hard I cut it into two pieces to make the bookmarks.

 I decided to add a sentiment to this one. I used STAMPlorations Frames and Flowers set. 

I ended up stamping these little birds from Unity set sideways on the bookmarks.

I used CUTplorations Praying for you die

On this bookmark, I used Anthony's paper craft background floral 2.

I used ARTplorations Tribal Triangles when I made the mono print. I used Anthony's Paper Craft floral background 3.

All my bookmarks I used CUTplorations Tags # 1 Nesting Dies

I am going to share with STAMPlorations National Coloring Book Day Linky 

and for 

Petals for the Pitmans' Fundraiser and Linky Party

God will be with you

The main piece of my card is a "brayer cleaning" piece.

 I stamped Anthony's Paper Craft "Floral Background 3"

I decided to go with minimal color. I used a gel pen to color the daisies and water colored the pink flowers.  I used my old encyclopedia. J issue. The back page was about Jazz and the top small panel behind the scripture was about Japan.

I will be sharing this with

The Petals for the Pittman's Fundraiser Linky Party

What are you cultivating?

"Cultivate Love" is the sentiment I used on my card today. With all the sadness and hatred, I think it is good to remind myself and others that what we cultivate will grow. So instead of fear and hatred and sadness,  lets cultivate love and cultivate beauty. 

The SCS sketch challenge- SC761

was the inspiration for my card today. I started with a mono print that I made using SCS - this week's color combo challenge colors. 

I stamped images from Flourishe's Old Tea Rose set.  I stamped and asked to get the 3 roses. I was using the roses for the 3 panels of the sketch.

Started painting the roses with white acrylic paint.

Painted the butterfly too.

I water colored the roses to look like peace roses.

I filled in the white areas of the background with blues and greens to match the colors of the original print. I painted the butterfly to look like a small copper butterfly.

I outlined the roses and the butterfly with a black ink pen.

I added white highlights and to make the left panel of the sketch I drew a line with a black marker.

Drew a second line, Purposely having the butterfly "out of the box"

I tried to make the sentiment stand out with the white highlights, but I didn't like it still. I could read "love" but cultivate was kinda hard to read. So I stamped the sentiment on a light mono print. Tearing, black mats, and easel card held open with a wood button completed the card. I hope you can see the sketch, or at least see the inspiration for the sketch. 

I plan to share this with the Petals for Pittman's Fundraiser Blog Hop

Color Challenge 751 wildflowers- sympathy card

The color challenge on SCS CC751 I was unsure of the colors to start. I decided to do a mono print with my gel plate. I got as close as I could to the colors. The purple and two yellows were easy but the spruce color was a little harder so I took 3 paints a light blue a  sage green and a teal to try and get close.  Here is one of my mono prints.

I stamped FLORAL BACKGROUND 2 from Anthony's Paper Craft

because I stamped on acrylic paint the ink didn't want to stamp very well, but it 

gave me enough of an outline to start to paint. I painted the flowers with white acrylic paint

I then water colored the flowers.

I took a white gel pen and a black ink pen to add details back in. I stamped 3 little dragonflies and a sentiment from an old Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps set called Lovely Lotus. 

I made this card for a friend who lost her son this week. 

Sharing with the Petals for the Pittmman's Fundraiser Blog Hop.

Winners for my Growing in Unity week

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments last week for my Growing in Unity week. I used a random generator to pick 2 names. Sher and Glennis F. You two are my winners.

Day 5 Growing in Unity- ATC coins

Welcome to my last day of Growing in Unity.

I started today's project with this monoprint.

 I love the color and movement of the circles on this print.. 

I have been saying to myself, "One of these days I will make an ATC coin" Well today was that day. An ATC or Artist Trading Card coin is a circle that is 2.5". I die cut mine out of the monoprint.

I stamped without masking the clock and flowers from these sets:

Unity Notice Moments

and

Unity Everyday Fairytale

It didn't matter to me that the hands of the clock were off center on all the coins. I think it adds more interest that way.

I painted the flowers and leaves with white acrylic paint.

I watercolored the flowers and the leaves. I added white highlights with a white gel pen. I outlined the flowers with a black ink pen.

Unity Here today Here tomorrow

I stamped the butterfly several times onto white cardstock. I then watercolored them. The following photos show how I paint them to get a realistic look. I start with yellow add orange and then red and then I sprayed them with water to let the colors blend. 

I outlined the coins with black ink. I added white highlights to the flowers and clock hand with a white gel pen. I also added splatters with gold metallic paint.  I put a rhinestone on clock hands.

I also added glitter to centers of the flowers.

Coin # 1

Coin #2

Coin #3

Coin #4

I die cut 4 more circles and stamped this bible scripture on them. I also signed and dated them with MM for Mississippi McGyver.

Well that concludes my projects for Growing in Unity. Make sure you leave a comment. I will be picking winners from the comments on Monday 7/29/19.