Christmas Watercolors

Once upon a time, I used to send holiday cards. I loved doing it actually but my perfectionism tended to make me procrastinate mailing them and often I had handfuls of beautiful cards... that I never sent out.

I still love Christmas images though. So this year I played with some of my favorite Christmas things and made mini watercolors.  I really only love the pinecones but they were fun! :)

I posted them as a collage on instagram. :) People like them. That always makes me happy. 

Do you send Christmas cards? If so, how many?

Flower Pop up Card

I was always fascinated by pop up books, I have a collection of Robert Sabuda ones and I look at them frequently. I love paper sculpting and cutting and piecing things together to create something really different and exciting. 

I am working on putting together some directions for all of you in case you are interested in making one of these, but for now, I had fun making one! It was a little more difficult than I expected, but I think the light green paper was a good choice!

Have you done anything new or fun lately?

Cards!

I like to have cards on hand and I rarely remember to create a stockpile so while the stuff is out, I've been using it. My newest creations.
 



                                          
I'm pretty pleased with them, especially the all occasion card.

Now, if only I could decide on how to make invites for the girls graduation party!!!!!

Girl time! Cards and creation!

So, I made and fell in love with these super simple, and yet adorable cards. I used some papers I had from my scrapbooking stash and some die cuts and look how cute they turned out!

The front

And opened up

The front

And opened up

Ok! So the inspiration for these was actually spending the afternoon with these lovely young ladies.

Oh wait! That's not all of them!

These 4 young artists joined me in my studio for a Zentangle 101 class and the results were awesome.

Beautiful isn't it? I love to see the finished result but I also love how excited they get!

I have thought it was Sunday... ALL WEEK

And now it finally is and I keep thinking it's Saturday! LOL

I almost never make cards anymore, and I do love it.
This little stamp set is awesome for a perfect little "everyday card." It's "Three little words" by Stampin Up and I think it's retired, but I know you all know how to find it somewhere on etsy or ebay or whatever if you can't get it.
Plus SPRING COLORS!!!!!

 I like to have some of these on hand for those occasions when I need a card, but forgot to plan for it! (oops)

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Some cards

Just some cards for today! I have some upcoming birthdays!

Quick and fun!
Happy Friday! I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Another quick one for today (Day 14)

Today's post is going to be another short one. The guitar is coming along nicely, I was up too late working on it cause I had *gestures vaguely* stuff yesterday that interfered with my creative process and I was hoping to be further along than I am.

The really hard part is done,which was writing out the music around the edge.Music is a foreign language and has so many nuances, etc. It was funny as I was adding the music, all I could hear in my head was my dad's voice counting it out like he used to when I'd practice my violin!
Good times! :D

So here is where I am today.

I promise to do a complete "guitar" post when it's done with all the wip pics and the completed project and the story behind it, but for now, I want to get back to it.

Tomorrow is Father's day, so today's art prompt is cards! Do you need to make a card? Decorate the envelope? Simply remember to go pick some up? That might not be that creative, but I hate trying to make cards the day of something, so if you don't need a Father's day card, what about one for a day in the future? 

I have to make 3. One for my Dad (which given his gift is going to be pretty simple, but hopefully he won't mind) then I need to make one for my brother, since it's his very first father's day! And one for my husband too, with a thank you note for giving me the 2 best gifts in the universe. 

Oh yikes.I just realized that it's my sister's boyfriends birthday this week, and I'll be seeing him tomorrow too. Guess I need to make a birthday card! So that's 4. Maybe I'll incorporate already completed artwork in those! Either way, I better get back to work!