Girly Gnomes

 These are not your  traditional gnomes at all --more like elves with gnome type caps and braids. They make the most beautiful cards, and I am delighted to be creating them on embossed vellum, with custom designed backgrounds, on spritzed or embossed cardstock and using the Couture Designs sentiment strips from The Ton. Their gentle expressions and beautiful design elements make them "one of a kind" talent shared.

From the SVG Vector Store at Etsy called Girl Gnome Clip Art

Patriotic Gnomes

 

Just the first of  SEVERAL projects using Paper Clips

These are called Watercolor 4th of July Whimsical Gnome Clip Art

from the Whimsical Art Graphics Studio at Etsy

Two SlimLine Window Cards and clips

Graduation

 

I am SO pleased with this---my first attempt at image generation in Photoshop's (Beta) Artificial Intelligence photo generation processes. I started with blank white "paper." I had about 7 iterations of very detailed prompts (specificity matters) to create this owl, including (but not limited to,) great horned owl mortarboard with gold tassel on left, bow tie scarlet and gray, glasses, and others. I didn't specify any particular background and left as AI generated it. ..same with feathers and feather detail. I had built on my idea six or seven times working with favorite results until I could get the cap tucked into the head feathers.  Now just how cool is that.  This card is for a friend's son who earned his Master's in Business Administration recently at UNLV.

Chick Bow Chicks

 Chicken Chicks, Owl Chicks, Bow Chicks, Baby Bird Chicks, these cuties came from Chick Clip Art in Messy Bun's Etsy store.  I have made a couple dozen small  paper clip clips that will have either eyelash ribbon or jute, or color coordinated to match project where they are found. I already gave the first one away before I got it  photographed. I don't know where I got the ticket blanks I used to make the designer paper clips--been in the stash for at least 10 years! I love to make paper clips and I sometimes work from ticket templates. 

Some easy Workshop Cards

 In a workshop led by Diane Minor.   

Inside intentionally left blank because this is going to a 98 year old lady who I want to have it to resend as I thank HER for my birthday gift. 

3 Peak Arrow Fold Card

    This three peak card is a little tricky---CAREFUL scoring and dry-fitting are the secrets of it.  I used it for the April, 2024 Papers N Pixels workshop, and as I taught this, I found I'd been pretty vague on instructions that were important.
    The Three Peak Arrow was inspired by Sam Calcott who made it look SO easy!  Without viewing her tutorial,  the crafter is totally LOST on this one.  Suggest making a template with all the measurements on it before you begin to cut that first 10" x 7"piece. then watch--you work this card upside down! When the card is folded, it fits into an A6 envelope.  You can mat the arrows, make pockets in them or work with embossed designs and ephemera. I used star dies and punches, and half dozen different Poppy Stamps Faerie die cuts  Pay attention to directionality of your designer paper, and you'll create a winner.

Graduation Money Lei

Virgin Valley High School, Mesquite, NV

Graduated the Class of 2024 on May 11,2024

This money lei was a "special" order for a special graduate

~Julio~

The sentiment reads:  As you graduate, pack up all your memories, 

and everything you've learned, and stack them high as they can go!

Then climb up to the top and look how far you've come

Be proud, be ambitious, 

Set your goals and

GO FOR IT

Everyone is proud of you, Julio

Congratulations!

 

Fun Thank you MRW Bake Sale

 For all the wonderful women who helped me make the Mesquite Republican Women's Spring Festival's BAKE SALE BOOTH --so popular and so populated with the most  DELICIOUS specialties of each house.  There were literally HUNDREDS of cookies, breads, muffins, cakes, and popcorn and pretzels too for this great day. Little Elephant Baby is from Creative Fabrica, and so is the jar of cookies she holds.

Happy Birthday Nine Year Old

 Great Granddaughter is going to be NINE this year.  Here's her birthday card for her special day

Mark and Ryan's Birthday Cards--

 

Mark's Birthday card created with Seascape Papers and elements by an Etsy Desiger. The card is a double opening fun fold card, inspired by a tutorial by Terri Walker, a SU demonstrator.  Mark's birthday is April 2nd. the inside flip out cardbase has a place with perforations to hold a card die. This card holder die is part of a set called Interactive Cake Dies by Pretty Pink Posh

Ryan is a baseball enthusiast AND a High School Baseball Coach

His birthday papers are from an Etsy designer: JoyfulJourneysCA 

other elements are from my stash. The baseball alphabet is by a Creative

Fabrica designer.  Ryan's Birthday is April  9th.