WOODLAND BROWSING BABY BUNNIES WATERCOLOR

My little bunnies are enjoying the scent of spring and I am exploring a version of a watercolor rubber stamping technique that Bonnie Krebs teaches for her Watercolor stamp line.  I must say, I have worked for so long to learn how to put details into my stamping scenes that it seems counter-intuitive to me to try to watercolor with a "semblance" of the image.  Blurry is a challenge for me.  I want to go back over it and put the details back.  #tryingtolearn

The technical goods are as follows:  Art Impressions watercolor technique used with Hackney and Company/Craft Consortium "English Garden" stamp set and Stampscapes. Spellbinders dies. The Spellbinders are actually two different sets made to go with each other. Gold Labels Four and Card Companions with "Elegant Labels".  All mounted on deckled edge card stock from Hollo's.

SAIL ON! TEA CUP TRAVELER, HAPPINESS IS IN THE JOURNEY

Meet Pure Innocence (PI).  I love the simplicity of this little line drawn sweetie and she is a favorite character of Lawn Fawn. PI reminds me of both myself as a little girl and my granddaughter.  Lawn Fawn has several new releases of her every year and she is always doing something fun.  Her every day antics fit into my memories of life as a little girl.  When I saw this version with her eyes covered, my imagination jumped immediately to putting her into a hot air balloon.  This concept turned into one of my favorite all time cards.  I chose the "where" sentiment because it was one of my granddaughter's favorite words at the time.  The banner is an Our Daily Bread Designs diecut.  The barn is from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps, "Landscape Sillhouettes", the cup is from, "A Nice Cuppa", by Stampin UP.  The paper for the hot air balloon is from "My Mind's Eye.

THE JOYS OF GRANDPARENTING, Rediscovering Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter had owned her first Lake District farm, Hill Top in the village of Near Sawrey, for a year when she began work on The Tale of Tom Kitten. She shows Tom and his sisters living in the farmhouse and getting into mischief amongst the flowers of the beautiful cottage garden that she had created herself.

Three little kittens, Mittens, Moppet and Tom Kitten.  They had dear little fur coats of their own and they tumbled about the front door and played in the dust.  The little kittens mother, Mrs. Tabetha Twitchet expected company for tea and so she fetched the kittens and washed and dressed the girls in clean pinafores and tuckers.  She Tom had gown, and he had outgrown his finery.  His buttons burst off.  Mother sewed them on again.  Mother Twitchet unwisely turned them out into the garden to be out of the way while she made hot buttered toast. She directed them to "keep your frocks clean children, you must walk on your hind legs, keep away from the dirty dust ash pit, and Sally Henny Penny, and from the pig's sty and the puddle ducks.  They fell outbut later finds them in total disarray.   Moppet and Mittens walked down the path unsteadily.  Presently, they trod upon their pinafores and fell on their noses.  When they stood up, there were several green smears....

You tube has the stories, all complete, read in lovely English accents ready to stir young and old imaginations.  Happy Times.   

The card is created with a rubber stamp from Crafter's Companion.  Copic Markers were used for coloring.

FUN WITH BIBLE JOURNALING!

KNOCK, KNOCK, SURPRISE!  IT'S M E!!!!!

Hello, knock, knock, it's me.....I know its been a long time, sorry didn't mean to scare you, but yes! I've written a blog after three years!!!  I have really forgotten how and am creating this one as a trial and error to see if I can really do this again.  Maybe not too much has changed.

Well, I'm still a rubber stamper and paper crafter and more into genealogy than ever!

My latest adventure is into Bible Journaling.  The name is a little misleading, at least for me.  It is more Bible illustrating for me.  Using my stamps and similar techniques for making cards, I have made a couple of images to go with Bible passages that have a tender spot in my heart.

It isn't' really about the art so much, as it is about engaging with the scripture passages and meditating on their meaning while you work. The artwork won't be perfect, just as our lives are not without imperfections.  So, it is OK if you make a mistake or it doesn't turn out quite as expected.  Just like every new adventure, it is a learning experience.

So, I started in Genesis. I remember in science class the first time I was shown the periodic table of the elements.  I was fascinated thinking, you mean that is all the ingredients that it took for God to create the earth?  This was just unacceptable, I was sure that here had to be more, but it was still fascinating to think that I was at least looking at a lot of the basic building blocks of earth all spelled out on a chart.  So when I read the Genesis account of creation, that's where my mind goes.  And it was a perfect place to begin my Bible journaling.

I was able to purchase a stamp of the periodic table of the elements.  I included as schematic drawing of a shell as it might have been drawn out and then the end product. Voila!  Creation!  The background is water colors and the elements below are Washi Tape.  The shell is actually a napkin that I decoupaged in.  I colored the opposite side in with some watercolor markers and I'm sorry to say, it bled a little.  Oh, well.  I'm sure the workshop of creation got a little messy too.