This Is What I Do: Create

March has been brutal. It's been cold, the weather shifting from rain to snow and back again. Hoosier Hysteria is over, TV is back to normal, I guess. I don't watch too much of it, but I do know that IHSAA and NCAA interrupted what viewing I usually do, so I have been reading a lot and creating art. Below is my March mid month mini mission submission to our group Mission Inspiration. I dedicated this submission to the American drivers that are experiencing the "turn abouts" on our streets and highways for the first time. They are becoming more and more common and I've even found them in our rural areas. They take some getting used to. The "key word" for our mini mission this month was "lost." That's it for now. Go, create something! JF

For some reason when I posted the pictures in the last post, blogger didn't pick up one of them. So, of course I have to share the following: Another stamp, which came in a set and looks like either paint spatters, or if use with white ink on a dark base could resemble a windshield after being parked under a tree in the summer. Birds, the nasty things!! Anyway, I used 4 different inks, obviously, stamped the design on 65# white cardstock, backed it with medium blue and then to a white card base. I think the sentiment, " Art washes away from soul the dust of everyday life ," is very appropriate for a note to another arty, from an arty! I've had the sentiment stamp for years and have used it maybe three times that I can remember. Surely there's some one of my artsy friends that will need a cheerful note one of these days. That's it for today, I promise!! Go, create something!! JF

The weather hasn't been very cooperative here in the midwest, so I've been staying in the "studio" (think cluttered dining room) a lot. Experimenting with new techniques and a few new products, besides dragging out some older stuff that I haven't used for a long time, and a couple I even had forgotten that I had. So here's the latest batch of cards. Yeah, I know, boring if you're not into carding. But, like the title says, "it's what I do!" This card wa made by stamping with watermark ink on orange cardstock, then brushing on gold Perfect Pearls. The sentiment is stamped, and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The stripes in this card are made with a "paint streak" stamp using dye inks. Then I stencilled the tree on top. Added a stamped sentiment. Another stamp, this one looks like a woven square. Then stamped the flowers and sentiment with black Archiver's ink. I have a dear sweet friend who is leaving the m...

The Mission Inspiration this month contained as a prompt the word attitude. I recall, "back in the day" when each and every car had class and style. Now they all look alike! So, here's my March submission and a tribute to "auto days gone by." If I could have found it, I would have used a picture of my '57 Chevy. Vroom, Vroom!! That's all for today,  Go, create something! Jim