I've recently become the worst card sender ever and I really must change back to the sender extraordinaire. With this in mind I've begun to watercolor some card fronts so I will have them ready to go when Facebook or my calendar suddenly remind me of a birthday! For those of you who didn't get a card recently, I'm sorry! Hopefully, next year you'll be at the top of my list!
Just this week I've completed several and mailed them and I'm going to share them today before I go up and start to play.
The one on the right is my go to hibiscus. I've painted a lot of other flowers, but always seem to go back to my comfort zone! I did two different ones this week and forgot to take a picture of one so only the recipient gets to see it. I'm really good about snapping pix, but occasionally one gets away from me. That's ok - after all, I'm painting to share, not to keep. And that's the problem with my stamped cards. I have boxes of cards I stamped and never sent. I must do something with them, any ideas?
This card on the left I made for a new friend in Minnesota. I met Sue online in one of my stamping groups. She was looking for a stamp set and I happened to have it and now it's hers. I included this card in her package along with a couple of my bookmarks.
I have been explaining to her that my direction in cards has changed and that's why I'm selling so many of my stamp sets, so thought I should give her a real example.
And this leads to my last two pictures. The one on the left is the front made out of my own freshly made paper and die cut with the Top Note die from Stampin' Up! using the Sizzix BigShot. The picture on the right includes still another handmade paper. The lavender colored paper backing the picture actually includes lavender buds in it and has such a nice scent. Sure wish you could scratch and sniff! This card is for a very special cousin who shares my love for creating. I started my paper making while she was visiting and we talked about making paper with lavender buds, so only right that she should receive the first card using this paper. I was really pleased with how easy it was to use this paper for drawing. It's a different texture from my usual watercolor paper, but worked like a dream and making lavender scented paper is so easy! I hope she enjoys the fruit of my labor.Those of you who know me personally, know I could sit here and talk for ever, but that doesn't get pictures on paper, so I'm closing and heading up to my studio, pulling out some paint and paper.
Oh, by the way, I've changed my Etsy shop name to BevAnn's Mixed Bag - the link is www.etsy.com/shop/bevannsmixedbag. I did this for consistency, now my blog, my FB Page, my physical shop in Katy and now my Etsy shop all have the same name! Right now the Etsy shop is mostly stamp sets, but keep it on your list and check back often as I add more vintage items and some of my art cards, bookmarks and maybe even a foot or two!
Now, I'm really gone - later,
