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.

Calla Lilies

 I love Calla Lilies.

They are one of my favorite flowers.

 A quick gift. 

 I printed out copies of one of my watercolors that I did sometime ago.

I mounted them on cardstock and added assorted lace, ribbons and paper.  Presto, a little gift.

I am sharing this with Paint Party Friday.

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.

My Peony Garden

 June was a month full of Peonies along my fence.

A glimpse of one out of my sketchbook.

 This year they lasted well into July.

They started out as a vibrant pink.

 Everyday was a party of pinkness.

 As the weeks went on the color started to mellow out.

 Then we had a terrible storm and over half of them landed on the ground.

 They were all hit hard and drooping.

 A lot that were still on the stalk looked like this.

The few with petals began to take on an abstract form.

 By the beginning of July,,,the last petals.

 As of yesterday......

 Reminds me of a jester´s hat.....

 Looks like a moose head....

The new and the old.  

What a difference a month and a half makes.

I am sharing this with
Paint Party Friday, Weekend Flowers Fridays, Sweet Shot Tuesday, Floral Friday Foto
and Outdoor Wednesday.

Roses

I had some time to make some bookmarks. 

Roses are one of my favorite flowers.

 A Pink, Green and Gray color combination.

I used Art Journey stamps with watercolor and finished them off with pen and ink.

A few more detail shots.

If you would like one of these rose bookmarks,,,,leave me a comment

and  my assistant will pick a name next week and send one to you.

I am sharing this with the Art Journey Design Team.

Happy Easter 3

 

Happy Easter!

Atleast the Easter Bunny got it right this year.  He must be doing better this time around than

he did here.

I hope he was hopping through your neck of the woods.

Have a nice Sunday.

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?

Tis the Season

Tis the Season....in a rainbow of washi tape colors. 

Pick a color. 

Any color. 

 Maybe you are a purple person.

Or a pink person. 

I love the color orange.

I had fun using up some of my assorted washi tapes.

Some quick and easy Christmas cards.

I am sharing this with Take a Word.

You  know what they say don´t you...

A girl can never be too rich, too skinny or have

too much washi tape.

Angel

Another Christmas card.

A simple angel in oil pastel on a watercolor background.

Do you send out cards at Christmas or is it a fading tradition.

Maybe more and more people send Christmas email cards

instead.

Leave a comment and tell me if you send or don´t send.

I am sharing this with Paint Party Friday.

Along My Fence II

A happy bee in my garden along the fence. 

I have an abundance of pink Cosmos this summer.

Summer has returned to Germany this week.  Beautiful, breezy  and sunny.

What more could a girl ask for?

I am sharing these shots with Nature Footsteps,

I Heart Macro, Sweet Shot Tuesday,

Macro Monday  and  Your Sunday Best.

Stay tuned for my end of summer GIVEAWAY!!!

Have a great day!

Pears

Pears are one of my favorite things to paint.

Pears are one of my favorite things to eat....next to apples of course.

The best thing about painting pears is that when you are finished

you can devour the evidence.

I am sharing this with Paint Party Friday.

Mail

Snail Mail,,What´s That?

She obviously doesn´t remember what it is like to

receive a letter from a friend or maybe she doesn´t like

to send greeting cards. I think she has an attitude problem,,

don´t you?

Maybe we should all send her a get well card so she snaps

out of it,,,what do you think?

I am sharing this with Stampotique.

Have a sunny weekend!

You Sparkle

You Sparkle

Somebody should really take my ink pen away from me.

I don´t know what is more addictive....punching swiss cheese

type holes in everything with my screw punch or doodling

on every piece of paper I can find.

Hope your day sparkles!

My entry to One Layer Wednesday.

More or Less

Just Be You

I like geometric shapes. I added a bit MORE on this

card by doodling around each shape with my trusty

pilot pen. I like to doodle.

Here is how it looked before I jazzed it up.

A lot LESS without the black contrast.

I like both versions but I will let you decide for yourself.

What do you think?

This is my entry to Simply Less is Moore.

Flower Garden V

Series Finale

This is the finale of my pink and brown Flower Garden series.

I enjoy working in a series.

When I have all the paper and paint out in front

of me I try out different possibilites and designs.

Working in a series is always fun.

The first three cards from this series can be seen here.

This is my entry to Summer of Color which is featuring

pink this week.

This is also my entry to Wednesday Stamper which is

closing their doors this week. These flowers are for you

guys,,,,,Belinda, Hermine, Linda and Patty. Thanks for

all the inspiration and hard work all these years.

It sure was fun while it lasted wasn´t it!!