Card - So Grateful Friend

Here is another friendship card I will be giving out. On this card I used the flowers and stems I had been experimenting with using the Kaisercraft Watercolor Friends stamp and die set. This set is a layering stamp set with 3 stamps for the flower and 2 for the leaves. The idea is to use one color, often the lightest, for the base shape and subsequently darker colors for the next layers. I used a lighter color for the base, darker for the petal definition, and instead of black or dark brown a metallic yellow. I ended up stamping the yellow 2 to 3 times to get the coverage I wanted. These stamps are pretty easy to line up and I like that the flower doesn't have a uniform shape as this makes it much easier to line the die up correctly.

Have a wonderful friend filled day!

Theta

*Supplies:

• Lawn Fawn - Grassy Hillside Borders
• Kaisercraft - Watercolour Friends, DD913
• Tsukkineko Momento Ink - 
• MD-607 Nautical Blue
• MD-301 Rhubarb Stalk
• MD-300 Lady Bug
• MD-701 Cottage Ivy
• MD-707 Bamboo Leaves
• BD-11 Sunflower Yellow
• StazOn Jet Black
• Sakura Gelly Roll - Stardust
• Sikorea Jelly Gel metallic - green, blue, and gold
• Letraset Promarker - Black
• Colorbok Paper Pad Delilah 12x12
• Strathmore Bristol Paper
• ROCO Card Brief
• Ranger Blender Tool - Round

Post Card to Color #2

I drew this postcard for fun and thought that you might like to print and color it. The top picture is how I colored the original and you're welcome to print and send it too.

Generally I print the front and back separately and after coloring, I glue them back to back. Don't use too much glue or it will buckle and possibly bleed. Put something heavy on top while it's drying to keep it flat.

Also, if anyone prints it on a laser printer and foils the design, link a picture in the comments.

Have a beautiful day!

Theta

Birthday Envelope 2

Front

This is the envelope I sent off for Myra's birthday. Tomorrow, I'll post the contents.

Have a wonderful day!

Theta

Back

ATC Flower #34

#426 Flower Large
Micron/Letraset

I was feeling a bit cold while doodling these two, thus the heavy lines and hairy leaves.

Have a warm and wonderful day!

Theta

#427 Flower Large
Micron/Letraset

ATC Flower #33

Jingle bells, snowflakes, poinsettias, and ATCs ;) all add up to Christmas in a few days. 

#424 Flower Large
Micron/Letraset

Have a wonderful day!

Theta

#428 Flower Large
Micron/Letraset

ATC Flower #31

420 Flowers
Micron, Letraset

421 FlowersPlants
Micron, Letraset

I've been busy making things and haven't been doing as many ATCs. Then at Thanksgiving dinner somehow potatoes contaminated the non-nightshade foods and I became somewhat incapacitated. For those of you who don't know, I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia a while back, basically giving a name to symptoms I had been having for a long time, and have found that nightshade plants cause a reaction in my body of severe joint and muscle pain and in my hands symptoms that mimic rheumatoid arthritis. There are other symptoms too, but those above are the  most irritating. Anyway, the symptoms make it hard to write and walk; drawing isn't such a problem as long as I go slowly. Now in recovery and on the computer more (having been forced to slow down), I realized I hadn't posted for a while. Hence the last few days' postings of farm and house pictures, plus the crafts :)

Back to this post... These are two ATCs I did this week. They illustrate the joy of having fingers that are working again more or less like they should :)

Have a great day!

Theta

Paper purse

I made these purses last month and I think I'll send them out in some spring Happy Mail.

Purse Template: Fun-Stuff-to-Do.com
Leaves: Crafticious
Flowers: melstampz
Butterflies: stampomania
White and colored paper: ROCO
Cream Cardstock: SBC
Ribbon: China
Ink: Tsukineko
Crystals: Say it in Crystals, China

They turned out really cute. I printed out butterflies in different colors for each purse. I wonder what I'll put in them... hmmm, that will be a surprise.

Have a great day!

Theta

Sketchbook

This month I have been working on my oil paintings and doing some sketching in my sketchbook. Here are some of my sketches. I am almost done with the painting I began at the beginning of the month. The leaf dragon, second from the bottom, is the one being featured in my painting. He is tired of sitting for me, says it is boring and can't I hurry up. I tell him, too bad, you're the one who wanted to be painted, so sit still; round and round we go...

Have a great day!

Theta

ATC Doodle #12

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I had fun drawing leaves and things on these two ATCs.

Have fun today!

Theta

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