When I was a little girl, I remember giving and receiving many gifts wrapped in the “funny” papers. Cute comic strips like “Ziggy”, “Peanuts”, and “Garfield” were some of my favorites. Not only was it economical, it was an added treat to […]
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Happy Sweet Sixteen
Here she was at 2 and a half. She had had brain surgery at 18 months to remove a large tumor in the back of her brain, and began chemotherapy treatments for 2 additional tumors on her spine around the same time. Her diagnosis was ‘medulloblastoma’ , a childhood brain […]
“It’s a Zoo Out There” ATC Swap
I’ve never had such a struggle to come up with ATCs as I did for this swap! The theme was, “It’s a Zoo Out There”. I couldn’t find anything in my stash o’ stuff with animals. Then I thought of professional working women wearing animal print fashions…so that’s what I […]
Super Art Friday- “Sun Prints”
If there’s one thing we have lots of these days in Texas, it’s bright, hot, sunlight. It’s the perfect time for making sun prints! Today we tried out a small kit that came with everything we needed to make our very own sun photos. The kit came with 12 sheets […]
ATC With Quilled Goldfish
The last week of the Summer of Color challenge is here, along with the toughest color for me…orange. My daughter had no trouble at all, however. She drew a sunny and bright “Orange Library”, complete with many juicy-colored books, and a very tangy shaded lion. How does she come up with this stuff? Even […]
‘We Plan Our Future’ Card With Quilling
To see more images of this card, please visit my Etsy shop–All proceeds go to Cockayne Syndrome Research!
Collage Style Cards With Butterflies
Many thanks to my friend, Melissa, for letting me borrow some of her butterfly stamps. I love to stamp! There are so many cards I have in mind to make. If I could only buy time in 1 hour increments…. This set of 4 cards is available on my Etsy shop. […]
Butterfly Drawing with Hydrangea Petals
This is ‘purple’ week over at the Summer of Color challenge. My inspiration was The Purple Hairstreak Butterfly. I haven’t drawn anything in a while so I put my stamps, collage sheets, and stickers away for this one. I used my Derwent pencils–using ‘Imperial Purple’ for the dark shading on the […]
Caterpillar Card Inspired by Eric Carle
We have at least a dozen Eric Carle books around our house, if not more. We read them over and over and over… We’ve actually had to replace our copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar a time or two after it’s been read to pieces! This card was inspired by the […]