It's Week 1 of the Got Paint? class over at Big Picture Classes. We are starting an art journal this week. Here is what I came up with so far. Part 1 is HERE.

Acrylic Wash:


Acrylic Glaze:


Gesso:


Etching Into Wet Paint:


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Joy

It's Week 1 of the Got Paint? class over at Big Picture Classes. We are starting an art journal this week. Here is what I came up with so far. Part 2 is coming soon... Blogger doesn't want to load more pictures.

Dry Brushing:


Dry Brush Wipe Off:


Masking With Acrylic Paint:


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Joy

Hello! I have been busy preparing for my church auction. I made a bunch of red and white heart garlands for decorations. I am also donating the items below. Hope I get some bidders!

Card Set:



Card Class:



Supplies
Stamps: Hero Arts
Papers: Hero Arts, The Paper Company, Neenah

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Happy Friday. Hubby and I had today off work. Very nice lunch together and some shopping at Archiver's. Good weather, too.

Anita graciously organized a Valentine's Day Card Exchage recently. Here is the card I sent to Heather in Ireland. This is a fold I learned in one of Jennifer McGuire's classes. I think she called it a Z-fold card. I really like how this came out. I'm glad Heather liked it, too.

Open view:



Closed view:


Here is the lovely card I received from Isha in Switzerland. Pink and perfect! Love the distress edge of the label die-cut, too.



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Hello! Happy Wednesday!

Deborah hosted another Card Chain Challenge in January. It is so fun to send and receive happy mail, isn't it?

This is the card I sent to lovely Hannah in Missouri. This is one of those cards that I *almost* didn't want to send. I really liked how the punched flowers turned out with the fabric brads in the center. I also liked the pink and green color combo. The background stamp is the Envelope Pattern from Hero Arts.



I received this happy mail today from Miss Newly-Appointed Hero Hostess ScrappinBari (Linda W) from Minnesota! Linda sent two delighful cards plus some lovely Prima Flowers.

This first card is the Card Chain Challenge card. Linda cleverly used Deborah's sketch, color scheme and Chinese New Year theme! The card has perfect embossing on the three circles, a nice torn and distressed paper edge, and lovely pearls and twine. Love it!



I also love this second card. Linda was so thoughtful to include a birthday card for me! This card is perfectly embossed as well. The flowers are very subtle and beautiful and the pearls really make them pop! Thank you so much, Linda! You really made my day and my birthday month.



And here is my "professional photo cube" that arrived today. Husband let kitties (this is Dusty) play in it while I was at an appointment tonight. I give the cube mixed results so far, but we are still experimenting. It may very well become an expensive cat toy!



Note: I will have a big giveaway when I reach 100 public followers!

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Joy

Happy Valentine's Day!

This is a vintage valentine from my collection. Isn't she a cutie? Fun fact: the back is signed "Genevieve Gregg". Feel free to use it in your artwork. Not to be sold in any form.

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Joy

Quick post. Here is a card I made for the Hero Arts Blog February 2011 Contest. I used the Classic Fabric Design and the Happy Definition stamps. I also used a Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

Have a great weekend! Husband and I are celebrating Valentine's Day today. :)

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Joy

Happy Friday!

Here is a quick Hero Arts (Just Saying Hi set) and October Afternoon (Fly a Kite) card:


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Here are the cards I made in the Archiver's Painted Petals Card Workshop, featuring Hero Arts stamps:









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Here are the cards I made in the Archiver's Very Valentine Mini Card Workshop. These cards measure 3" square.







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This card is for Paige's Cards with Doilies Challenge on the "Create:" blog. I used the Hero Arts Hand Drawn Flower cling stamp and stamped it three times on Grungepaper. Then I colored it with Distress Inks, cut it out, and layered it onto the doily, patterned paper, and card. The flower center is by Prima. Oh yeah, the flower was sprayed with Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists in Perfect Pearl.



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The Hero Arts Flickr Group had a 90 Minute Scramble today. This is the first time I've been able to play. The challenge was to create a birthday card with at least two folds. Here are my gatefold cards using all Hero Arts inks and stamps.

Blush, Sunshine, Foliage:



Sea, Floral, Earth:



And the whole set together:





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Joy

Quick post. I feel exhausted today.

I don't think I've shared these yet. Hero Arts stamps and October Afternoon paper.








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Two of my new favorite Hero Arts stamps are the Classic Fabric Design and Find Joy. Here are two simple cards:





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Isn't Penny a cutie?

Here are the ATCs I made for Donna Downey's ATC Club in January. I used Hero Arts stamps on each of them.









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Joy