I've Been Busy!!

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Yes, I have been busy creating. And reading, and doing all the other stuff it takes to run a household alone. As usual, I am behind on laundry(my least favorite household chore.) But to heck with that stuff if the creative juices are flowing.

I made my two granddaughters, ages 10 and 2 these hats for Easter. Yes, I crocheted them, and made all the flowers, too. I hope they like them.

Those of you who read my blog know that I watch and admire artist Mike Deakin of Mike Deakin Art. I get a lot of ideas and inspiration from him. I even sometimes ( probably more than I realize) try to incorporate his ideas into my own art work. I watched him create ATCs the other day and tried his idea using the supplies I had. I made the following ATCs and a card. I didn't have a honeycomb stencil, but I had a die from a Tim Holtz collection, so I made my own stencil using my Big Kick die cut machine and a piece of acetate. It worked! Here's what I came up with.


I needed another birthday card for a choir member. This lady is new to our choir, but sticking to my policy of making a card for each of them, I persevered and came up with this one. I don't know her that well, but I think she will appreciate it, if she doesn't think it's weird that I would send her a card!! LOL!

A friend of mine gave me a stamp and die kit, which came with a magazine of ideas. I have never really tried my hand at coloring with waterbased markers so I thought I'd give it a try. I stamped images with Archivers ink (water resistant) and then spent literally hours coloring and shading the images. Not bad for a first try. I will use it for a card front later.


That's it for today. I have a couple other projects in the works, but I'm not ready for the reveal yet. More later. Have a wonderful week.

Until next time,
Go! Create something!

JF

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