Making Art

This morning the phone rang and I almost let it go to voice mail. I was "making art."  I answered it not remembering whose number it was that didn't show up in my contact list. A lady from church. She had just gotten back from a winter in Florida and wanted to convey her sympathy about the loss of my brother. And she wanted to sign me up for an obligation at church. The first question she asked me was what I was doing. I told her I was "making art." I don't think she got it!!  15 minutes later, a cuppa later, I was off the phone and back to my work table.
I hadn't art journaled for a while, so I finished up this journal page,which I made into a greeting card.

Then I worked on this card front for a good friend's birthday. I stamped the music on the card base with water resistant ink and a 6"x6" music stamp from Gina K designs. The birds were all from a set of stamps from a foreign company that I cannot remember. I stamped them on hand drawn branches and hand colored each bird with watercolor.

 
This card was done approximately the same way, only with a different music stamp and on a smaller piece of paper. I mounted it on a burgundy card base, which you cannot see much of in the picture.

This being Easter week, I created this card in celebration of the holiday. I used a white on white motif and two different sets of thinlet dies by Tim Holtz. I think the results are stunning.

Now you see why I wasn't really "into" being on the phone. But, ALAS! I was polite and truly touched by her thoughtfulness.

Until next time,
Go! Create Something!!

JF