I won a blog give-away from Vicki Sheehan! How did Vicki know that my heart skips a beat when I see pink tulle? This bundle of pink-ness is full of so many pretty things! Thank you so much, Vicki! I love it all. And because kindness is contagious, I’m going […]
Tag: butterfly
Butterfly with Onion Skin Wings, Mixed-Media Shadow Box
This piece started with several layers: cardboard, parchment paper, burlap garland, muslin, and inked kraft paper. Then I made a chrysalis from poly-fil wrapped in ivory embroidery thread. I attached the chrysalis to a painted grape stem. Ya’ll know I have a thing for grape stems. A double-layer of burlap […]
A Christmas Card and a Coloring Page
When it come to re-working a drawing, I do it the old-fashioned way: ZIG pens, tracing paper, and a fair amount of White-Out. Then I make masks to layer over the drawing. This allows me stamp and ink the background later on. I took a snowflake stamp (Stampin’ Up!) and […]
‘Simply Adorned’ Charms
This is one of my favorite things. Stampin’ Up offers these awesome locket charms and I LOVE mine so much. They are little glass covered frames that you can put your miniature creations in: poems, collages, photos, keepsakes,etc… And then wear it as a charm on a necklace or bracelet. You can also hang […]
My Easter Basket
Isn’t this a lovely Easter basket ? With tiny little silk flowers and dried moss around the outside, the curved wooden handle gracefully arching across, and the pink, dainty butterfly adorning the handle, this is the sweetest basket I’ve ever seen. I just filled the center with new, soft reindeer moss-the perfect bed for pretty, painted eggs. Believe it or not, this […]