Lizard

I used the lunchtime sketch from
technostamper.blogspot.com
Painted the two panels with green ferns.
Sanded the edges of the panels.
Stamped the lizard using paint.
And painted more ferns and leaves around the lizard stamped image.

Ticket punch -Stampin'Up
Card stock- DCWV
Stamp-Inkadinkado

Info on pumpkin card

I started with a 11x41/4 card
then scored it at 2inches and at 71/4inches.
To secure the left flap I punched the holes and inserted the floss and tied it.
The right flap is tucked under the left flap.
The left flap edge I cut with scallop scissors and punched the hole at each scallop.
The card edges are distressed with an orange ink pad.

BELLI CHALLENGE- THANKSGIVING THEME

This is a two fold card.
The pumpkins are painted on both sides.
I scalloped the one edge and used a paper punch at each scallop.
Floss is strung through the flap.
The Belli challenge for this week is to do a project with a Thanksgiving theme.
Chris's blog is Chrissyd723.blogspot.com
I won the drawing for last week! Thanks Chris!

BELLI CHALLENGE- PEARLS

This was a card I made for an anniversary.
The pearls are connected to a twill ribbon.
The lace is from a antique store.
Used blue ribbon.
Chris has great challenges each week to do. Check out her blog at
chrissyd723.blogspot.com
Her challenge this week was to do a project using pearls.

Spain inspired card

The grapes, the roses, the geranium blossoms, all bring back memories of my Spain journey.
I used berry wine and white for the grapes and geranium blossoms.
The rose is painted using yellow, white and berry wine colors.
Some grapes and blossoms I cut out and used pop dots to adhere to the card.
The images are mounted on a brown DP .
And adhered to a cream card.

Paper: SU and Paper Studio
Paints: Folk art acrylic

Hydrangea

While walking through the villages of Spain, there were many lovely gardens full of color.
Hydrangeas were so pretty with the gorgeous flowers.
So I picked the Hydrangea to paint, and while I painted it thought back to the beauty of Spain.
It was truely an incredible journey walking through northern Spain.

lunchtime sketch challenge

This card layout is from Technostamper.blogspot.com
For the image I painted a rose,using light yellow, white and berry wine.
The leaves are painted with berry wine and forest moss.
I outlined with a gold marker.

The DP is from Stampin'Up.

I distressed the edges of the image panel.

IN A GARDEN

One is nearer
God's heart in
a garden than
anywhere else
on Earth.

This is a photo of a garden in Pamplona, Spain


For this card I painted a single red geranium.

The flower is painted with red and white.
Leaves are thicket green and sunflower.

Belli Challenge -using clips- CHESTNUTS

These are pictures of the chestnuts on the Camino in Spain .
With inspiration from the pics I did these cards of chestnuts. Using clips for embellishments with some ribbon tied to some.
The DP is Stampin' Up and The Paper Studio.

CHURCHES IN SPAIN

The churches I recreated by painting a silhouette of them for these two cards.
I traced the churches and them painted them black.
Painted the sky and some mountains and trees.
The sky I used aqua paint and also for the mountains, black for the trees.

I really liked the photos so it was fun to recreate them into a card.
I like the results.

The Camino de Santiago

My second card, inspired by the pilgrimage is chestnuts.
Why chestnuts? My sis wanted some cards with chestnuts, and there were chestnut
trees on the journey across Spain.
I'm adding pictures of the beauty we walked through.
It was truely breath taking.

GRAPES

Just a few more grape cards and then on to other Spain inspired card creations.
With these cards I used a clear dimensional embellishment by Inkssentials on some of the grapes and leaves to give them a raised effect.
And on the one card I added Alizarin Crimson color to the leaves for a splash of color.
I use FolkArt acrylic paints. The DP is from Stampin'Up.

Spain inspired card #1

While walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain we walked through many vineyards. They were so gorgeous with the grapes hanging on the vines. When I get the pictures from the trip I'll post some for you to view. Spain is a beautiful country.

So for my first painting after my journey in Spain, I chose to paint these grape clusters.
The white grapes I cut out and mounted to the DP from Stampin' Up.
Some of the leaves I cut out and mounted with pop dots.
All the DP is Stampin' Up paper.

I used acrylic paints.

Thanks Shirley

I received a 'I love your blog' award from Shirley
over at www.cardartetc.blogspot.com
Thanks Shirley for your lovely comments.

Well, I'm back from Spain and wanting to paint.
Hopefully soon that will happen. My body was on jetlag to a few days
and I'm still not in the groove.
Check back though and see all the inspiration I got from the beauty of Spain.

I tried to put the logo of the award on my blog, but I failed . Shirley, any tips to do that would be appreciated, thanks.