May 16 FWF

What a great day!

Sun is shining, wind is NOT

blowing for a change and we hope

to get back out to work on planting
the rest of our soybean acres.

Besides all that is it Unity's FWF day!
Find the details on the Unity
blog HERE.

Here is an art journal layout

I've been working on in honor

of DD1 who is leaving her teaching

job in TX to go work on a horse

ranch in Idaho! The ranch breeds

Gypsy Sport horses...gorgeous animals!

 (Check out this YouTube

if you want to see them!)

They have enormous, flowing manes, tails

and feathers on their legs.  I tried to 

imitate that with a white gel pen.

Stamps are from Phyliss Harris'

Easier with You by my Side,

Full Circle Moment & Spring

Inspired LOL sets

grab bag sentiment & date stamp

I used gelatos for the sky,

distress paint for the grass &

cloud stamping.

Stamped on top of sky & 

grass with more Distress paint &

gelatos misted with water.
I used a Heidi Swapp stencil
& molding paste to add the hearts.

FC Pitt pens for shading

Image is colored with Copics.
It is all attached & coated with
CH matte multi-medium.

Thanks for stopping by

and have a beautiful weekend!

May 9 FWF

Welcome to another May

FWF Friday post! Love my

Unity stamps! For all the Hop details

check out the Unity blog HERE.

We've had a little rain here and there,

perfect for our newly planted crops.

Perfect for some time to play in 

my studio, too! ;)

After DD's wedding, I had this

empty cardboard fabric bolt.

Just couldn't throw it away as

it makes the perfect lightweight

canvas measuring 7" x 31". 

(I'll try to post about the process

another time, pressed for time right now.)

Unity stamps are from LOL sets,

Full Circle Moment & Spring Inspired.

On the background: 

Distressed Dots, Chicken Wire

& a grab bag star.

I was excited to win a FWF grab bag last

week! I just had to ink up the butterfly

and the jar of hearts for this card for my MIL.

I used the BeINspired Challenge sketch and

the pastel version of the colors.

 Colored the butterfly and jar with Copics.

Computer generated sentiment.

Thanks for stopping in and happy

 Mother's Day to all you moms!!

Happy May FWF!!

Glad it is May and that the

sun is finally shining after a very

cloudy, wet week.  Welcome

to Unity's Friends With Flair

hop with lots of fun Unity gals!

This design of all the colors
up the side is a take off on

Laura Bassen's card HERE.

The butterfly is from a Layers Of 

Life set, the other 2 stamps are

from a grab bag.  (The

banners are from a Papertrey Ink set.)

I used lots of DIs & sequins from 

Hobby Lobby & Michaels.

The design of my second card is a 

case from Jill Foster. She made it
look so easy!! HERE is the original.

Angie Girl Dream With Your Heart 

background flowers,

Christy Tomlinson Distressed Quilt

and the big flower & leaves are from 

2 Layers of Life sets. Distress Inks.

Painted the inside of the flower

with the same ink I used to stamp,

just put some ink on an acrylic 

block & misted it with water.

I've been out of my studio too
much, I'm hoping my creativity
is on it's way back to me soon!

Thanks for stopping by &

I hope you have a great

weekend with lots of time

spent outside in the sun!