Created By Jill Scraps has just released a new kit called “Catch A Wave” – another great summer/beach themed kit: Here is a layout I made with the kit: The photos are from our last trip to the beach; some random sights, and people that happen to be in the view of my camera. I […]
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Well, I had meant to complete half of the 100 Themes Challenge by years end, but I seem to have gotten distracted with one thing or another. So, I sat myself down, and did theme #37 Eyes: I think Bette Davis has one of the most beautiful and rivetting eyes. I actually colored them blue […]
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Well, the end of the week arrived sooner than I realized. I have some ideas for more “Bird Of The Week” challenge projects, but for this week, I chose my daughter’s childhood drawing that has graced our kitchen wall these many years: I think these are my favorite kind of art – Children’s Art!
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For this weeks Student’s Choice, I decided to do “Learning by Tracing”. I chose an old photo of Frida Kahlo as my subject: At first, I thought Frida would be an interesting/easy? subject because of her unique qualities. Well, I had to laugh at my own sketch. I don’t think I did her justice – […]
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Well, the years keep passing faster and faster. My younger son just celebrated his 19th birthday. He will be a Sophomore in college and stands over a head taller than me – how fast they grow! I am beginning to sound like a broken record :-): His usual joking line is ” well, I’m only the middle […]
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This weeks guest Zentangle teacher is Carole Ohl. Carole has challenged us with using four different tangles: Pais, Zedbra, Keenees, and Baton. And here is my tile: I enjoyed this challenge. It’s always fun to learn different patterns.
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DH and I just celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary. I have not even begun to start converting all the film photos to digital format, but I happened to have this scanned photo: I have been playing with photoshop elements actions, textures, and overlays – so much fun! I used The Black Cat Photography Bokeh overlay on […]
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I have a jar in my lampwork studio that I toss beads that I deem “rejects”. Well, the last time I sat at my torch, I glanced over and saw a bead I made some time ago. I picked it up, and on second glance, and with a different perspective, it didn’t seem so bad anymore: […]
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I seem to do my Hummie’s World PSE class assignments in spurts. Here are some of the latest layouts I made: From L-R, Top-Bottom: Dotted Line tutorial, Feather Vignette Tutorial, Out Of Bounds Tutorial, and Color Isolation tutorial. Credits can be seen at my Gallery.
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21 years ago, my eldest son was born. It seems like just yesterday that he was this small: Well, it’s that time… Up until now, he lived in his college dorm, then onto on-campus apartments. Now he will be living off campus for his last year. So, his buddies just helped him move into his new […]
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This was a last minute creation. I couldn’t think of what to do for this weeks challenge, and then I remembered the birdie buttons in my button bin: They are children’s buttons. I incorporated vintage lucite flowers and pearls, swarovski crystals, czech pressed glass, and finished them off with sterling silver. I think they came […]
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For this week’s assignment, we were instructed to draw a mandala. I chose a circular design, and colored it in rainbow colors:
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