HOPPY BIRTHDAY

A cute little frog for a kid's card or someone who likes frogs. I outlined the frog and lily pad with black so it would hop off the page. On the background I sponged blue paint to give it a water effect. I just had an idea, poke the frog out of a pocket, check back . I have to get hopping and do the laundry.

In memory of my Mom

My Mom loved to plant flowers around the home where we grew up. The Iris was one of those flowers. I used Night sky and wicker white to paint the Iris. Also I put floating medium on the brush and side loaded into the night sky color and shaded around the Iris, to make it stand out more.

Girls just want to have fun

These shoes were such fun to embellish. The black shoe straps I used scribbles glitter paint . On the pink shoe I used ribbon for the straps, and the little buckle to attach the strap to the side of the shoe. On the black shoe is a rhinestone brad for the attachment of the strap. I painted the shoes and then cut them out and adhered to the card front. The background paper is painted with the glitter paint to give it that sparkle. Fun, fun, fun............

girly stripes and dots

With this card I used the pocket fold and made a purse out of it. Painting the stripes and dots, adding some rick-rack,buttons, and beads, there you have a purse.

Slip in a gift card and they're ready to go shop.

sports fans

I came up with some sports paintings. These also have the pocket to slip in a gift card.

So I covered basketball, football and baseball. For football it's the Chicago Bears, that's my son's team, GO BEARS! It was fun to design the cards for the different sports.

pocket for a gift card

For gift cards I like to make a pocket. I sewed the sides up to hold the card and did top stitching around the flap edge. Used decorative scissors to cut the sides. And then to secure the flap I attached the buttons and wrapped the yarn around them. Yes I did paint the bowling ball and pin. Not bad. Why use a sticker or stamp when I enjoying painting. My wheels are turning now,I could do soccer, basketballs, or golf. For our two sons who are 22 and 18 gift cards are the way to go for Christmas gifts.

The bottom photo shows with the flap open and a gift card slipped inside the pocket.

gift bags

This time I painted on a gift bag. Using the same acrylic paints. For the snow I used the snow writer scribbles paint. I used it from the bottle tip instead of brushing it on, it gave it a textured look. On the snowman bag I did the snow flakes with this effect,click on the bag and you can see it up close.