Xmas Again

yes, I have been making lots of Xmas cards this year.

Invited a friend over and there was a lot of painting of papers.  We cut,glued

and went crazy at the work table.

For over two weeks I have been adding 

ribbons,fibers and glitter.....seems like it took forever to finish all of them.

Seems I am very into pink and orange this year.

 Also copper and blue...............

and then started quite a few in silver and grey.......

Now I have to address all of these.  I wonder if I will get it all finished in time for

old Saint Nick.

I have not blogged for such a long time.  Life gets in the way sometimes....months went by

and it eventually turned into a year and then more months and here it is ......Christmas time,,,

again.

I hope you are well and thriving.

Enjoy the holiday season.

Think in Color

Think left and think right and think low and think high....

OH the thinks you can think up if only

you TRY!

I think this is a fun quote from Dr. Seuss....don't you?

I like to think in color too....on some watercolor papers.

I think I am going to have a super sunny day....I think you will too.

I think I will share this colorful project with Mikrokosmos Photo.

Pantone Color of the Year for 2014

 What a beautiful color isn't it....very radiant indeed.  

all fotos Pantone Pinterest

I did not know that orchid was the color for 2014 when I made these

Xmas cards.   

 These trees were cut out of kleenex boxes.  At first I thought I would cut out EACH individual

mosaic stone,,,,well, after I cut out a few I quickly changed my mind and just cut out the 

shapes of a trees.

  The scraps after all that cutting.....or a big mess......

but after much painting, splashing and tearing it made me a nice stash of Xmas cards.

I am sharing this with Macro Monday 2, Sweet Shot Tuesday, Paint Party Friday and Tuesday
Around the World.
Here is a link for Pantone too.

The color of the year for 2013 was emerald green and for 2012 was tangerine tango.

So tell me,,,,what do you think of this year's color of Radiant Orchid?

Go Ahead and Smile

 You know you are somebody´s reason to smile don´t you.....

 It is always a good thing to bring a smile to somebody´s face.

 It makes life that much more enjoyable.

These are some of the birthday cards I made for October.  I know a lot of  people who had

their birthday´s in October.....

Are you an October baby?

I am a January girl myself.....what month were you born in?

I am sharing this with Mandarin Orange Monday.

All Wrapped Up

All wrapped up....a present for a friend.

The card is backed with some of my handpainted paper.

This time with oil pastel. 

I love pink and orange together...so I went a bit overboard didn´t I.

Hope you are well and enjoying your summer!

I am sharing this with Mandarin Orange Monday.

Paper Fun 10

Eat Fresh 

Catch of the Day 

 I painted some watercolor shapes in various colors.

Then I cut them up and added the cat with his lunch for today....fresh fish. 

 Of course I had to use up some of my washi tape and twine.

Last but not least....the litter,,,,the whole Kat and Kaboooodle.

I am sharing this with the Art Journey Design Team and Paint Party Friday.

Exploring Line 2

 My second exploration of Line.

Watercolor background. 

 Black ink.

Blue and white gouache.

These will be used as bookcovers for some handbound books.

Exploring Line

Exploring Line

 Straight line, wavy line, dotted line

Fat line, broken line, skinny line

I am sharing this with Paint Party Friday and Mandarin Orange Monday.

A Sea of Thanks

Some of my new stamps.

These fish are swimming in a sea of thanks.  

I tore wavy strips of some of my Gelli Plate paper and glued them onto the card fronts.

Stamped some of the Art Journey fish and seashells and added some script and thread.

  

I was lucky enough to win this little jackpot from Godelieve Tijsken´s

stamping blog.  She included one of her handcarved flower stamps for me too.

Thanks a lot Godelieve!!

I am sharing this with the Art Journey Design Team blog.

Paper Fun 9

I am at it again with Paper Fun....splashing and throwing the

paint around painting bookcover papers.

You can see some of my previous Paper Fun here.

I am sharing this with Paint Party Friday.

How is your weekend going so far?  What have you been painting lately?

Paper Fun Projects II

More Paper Fun projects from blogging friends.

This is my freebie paper, Maze. 

Foto and box made by Evelyn.  She covered a little tin

box with the Maze paper from above. 

Foto by Evelyn.  She even covered the inside ...isn´t this

a great little box!

Paper freebie, Splash.

Foto and tag by Evelyn.  She punched flowers out of the 

above Splash paper.  How pretty! 

Foto and card by Evelyn.  She was on a roll here.
Another project using her flowers.

Foto and covered box by Evelyn.  Another little box.
I think she really has outdone herself don´t you?
She makes everything look so pretty too.

 

These two papers are for your Christmas in July projects.

Foto and tag by Evelyn. 

Foto and tags by Evelyn. 

I made this tag using the snow paper above.

I also made this tag too.

Get a head start on your Xmas projects.  Use the snow

paper and I will post it here on my blog.

If anything, it will cool you down from the summer heat if you 

work on snow projects....Santa told me so.

Need more freebie papers for weekend paper fun....get them here.

Thanks to all of you who have used the papers so far...Godelieve,

Anneke and Femmy from yesterday and Evelyn today.

Have a cooooool weekend!

Paper Fun Projects

Time to show some of the projects made by my blogging friends using

my Paper Fun  freebie papers. 

 Foto and card made by Godelieve.

Fotos and card made by Anneke. 

Another one of my freebie papers. 

 Foto and card by Femmy.

Foto and card by Anneke.

If you missed printing out the papers for yourself...go get them now.

Make something and I will feature it here on my blog.
Stay tuned for more projects tomorrow too.
Thanks so much Godelieve, Anneke and Femmy for your stunning work!

I am sharing this with Paint Party Friday.