Paper Arts Bulletin

Just some simple cards I made in spring colors—a powder blue card base, Mustard Seed Distress ink background, and Rouge Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink for the spirals.  These cards are quick, easy, and cheerful.   The "Thank You" stamp is from Inkadinkado, and the "Get Well Soon" sentiment is by Stampabilities.  The Galaxy Spiral stamp is from Judikins.  The stamp could easily be used as fireworks on an Independence Day card and could be a good image for cards with retro or mod themes.    

Had to do the usual Saturday errands.  I'd eaten breakfast at about 5:30 a.m.—not my norm, by any means—so by the time I got home, I was ready for something quick. I'm not normally a fan of frozen pizza, but with a few additions, they can be pretty good.  At Aldi, I bought a Reggio sausage pizza, some spring salad mix, cremini mushrooms, and grape tomatoes. While the oven was preheating, I cleaned and prepped a few mushrooms and tomatoes. Once the pizza was baking, I sauteed the mushrooms and tomatoes and made a quick dressing for the salad.  Pictures—not the best due to the lighting in my kitchen—are below.  The pizza, mushrooms, and grape tomatoes from Aldi I sauteed the mushrooms and tomatoes at the same time. Normally, I would saute the mushrooms first, then add the tomatoes when the mushrooms were almost done.  Hunger dictated a shortcut, however.    Spring Mix salad greens Also from Aldi:  olive oil, white wine vine...

Just a quick post with some cards I made as part of  Traci Bautista's Strathmore online workshop .  I used a sheet of Strathmore's 400 Series printmaking paper, a strip of torn paper as a mask, and acrylic paints.  The swirl effects came from gliding a Catalyst Contour  tool across the paint on the Gelli Arts printing plate.    Cards made from gelli printed panels.  

Just a quick post with a picture of dyed paper towels I made this week as part of Traci Bautista's online printmaking class.  I always keep damp paper towels handy for cleaning off my brayer when making Gelli prints.  I used additional water, spray inks, and plastic needlepoint canvas to make the dyed paper towels.   Dyed paper towels made from damp Viva towels used to clean off my brayer while making Gelli prints. I used water, Liquitex Basics paints, Dylusions and SEI spray inks, and plastic needlepoint canvas. 

I'm taking Traci Bautista's Bold, Expressive, and Unconventional Printmaking, a Strathmore Online Workshop.  Strathmore offers free online art workshops every year.  Instructors provide supply lists and videos and participate in a forum.  Videos are available until December 31st.  If you'd like to sign up, go here .  Once you've created an account, you simply need to click on the tab/button for the workshop to watch the videos.  To participate in the forum for a  workshop , just click the "join group" link.    The first week of the class was about printmaking tools and patterns. I did not have the exact tools and supplies that Traci used, so I used my Gelli Arts printing plate to make prints. The prints were made with acrylic paints and a handmade stamp that I made big enough to cover the entire plate.    Various Gelli prints on tags, mixed media paper, and magazine subscription cards More pictures of my prints and...