Whilst i'm not stalking the sweet birdies, i actually have been making things. So today i thought i would share a few.
first a card for a friend who had a birthday recently
I was dying to use my Purple Onion 2007 calendar stamp and this was a perfect opportunity. I stamped it on some Basic Grey paper, added some My Minds Eye and Making Memories ledger paper. All of them were either inked dtp or using a brush to stipple on the ink - you really have to be bold to do stippling for the Stipple Queen (that's the birthday girl whose stippling knows no match - she is the undisputed queen of that) I stamped the alphas using Purple Onion's Lettera32; i punched them out using a PaperShaper rectangle punch then stippled oer the entire shape. Pop-dotted the letters to make them stand out. Oh and its probably too tiny to see but i used diamond glaze over the date of her birthday to hilight it.
Now for something completely different - i've been experimenting with drawing and coloring on vellum. For both of these i used prismacolor pencils as well as my rapidograph for the inking. My subject matter? a photo of myself and my grandmother that i treasure. I'm pondering using this on a scrapbook page but really i just wanted to see how it would turn out. I made two drawings. The first try is on your left; the 2nd is on your right. i'm thinking i want to work on this some more. i wil tell you one thing - i haven't felt that focused in while so i must be on the right track
always love your drawings!
ReplyDeleteYou do amaze with that wonderful drawing talent. You know how much I want to be able to do it. I'll work on it with the advice you gave me. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI really love the card you made for Kris. You're right, you are nuts for sending a stippled card to the stipple queen. She is incredible at that technique. Tina runs a pretty darn close second!