Tis the Season

Tis the Season....in a rainbow of washi tape colors. 

Pick a color. 

Any color. 

 Maybe you are a purple person.

Or a pink person. 

I love the color orange.

I had fun using up some of my assorted washi tapes.

Some quick and easy Christmas cards.

I am sharing this with Take a Word.

You  know what they say don´t you...

A girl can never be too rich, too skinny or have

too much washi tape.

What Art Needs

What does your art need? Solitude, Misery or Passion?

I am sharing this with Take a Word this week.

Don´t forget to enter my GIVEAWAY!

It closes at midnite on Thursday 15 March.

Three people, three giveaways.

Merci

I am still lettering and still speaking French...

oooo la la.......

Have a good weekend!

I am sharing this with Take a Word.

Ring in the New 2012

2012....

full of promise and hope

This is the year your ship will come in.

Can´t decide on what your resolution or goal should

be for 2012?

Allow me to make a few suggestions.

Maybe the following will help you decide.

you could be more inquisitive or ask

yourself "what if" more often in 2012

you could make a lifestyle change and decide to

eat more healthfully in 2012

you could decide that you are ready to take more

chances or risks on the job in 2012

perhaps you could be more willing to explore unknown

territory in 2012

you could definitely find more time to dance

in 2012

or opt to take more time to reflect and savor

life´s moments in 2012

you could make yourself available when

someone needs a boost

in 2012

you could play dress ups more often in 2012

you could also decide to send out more joy in 2012

or is it more rest or sleep that you need in 2012

you could stretch your limits or find new interests

in 2012

or vow to stay at home and clean out your closets

more often in 2012

how does going to the playground more often in

2012 sound to you

or telling your boss you are out to lunch and head to

the beach more often in 2012

in 2012 you could trust your instincts more often

and when you smell a good thing....

go for it

you could turn up the music REALLY LOUD and

exercise more often

in 2012

you could smile a lot more in 2012

or you could be kinder and give more

hugs in 2012

Have you made any resolutions?

Do you normally set new goals or find yourself more

motivated for change at this time

every year? Perhaps you are one of many who

just ignores it all and gets on with the business at hand.

All the best to you and yours for 2012!

All fotos from Google, Pinterest or The Sum of All Crafts.

I am sharing this with Take a Word .

Sunday Sketches III

Alpine Shores

A quick watercolor sketch of an alpine lake in Germany.

We don´t have an ocean but the view of the Alps

from one of our many lakes is always a sight to behold.

You should take your next vacation here,,,,don´t you think?

My entry for Sunday Sketches and Take a Word.

Stars

Make a Wish

An ATC using an acrylic background

and some stamping.

This is my entry to Take a Word.

Wings

Dreams Have Wings

A beautiful Hyacinth Macaw in flight.

Their wingspan measures up to three

feet wide....what an amazing beauty.

Some of his feathers are attached to the

card but unfortunately my scanner cannot

pick up the blue iridescense.

This is my entry for Take a Word.

Only in My Dreams

Only in My Dreams

I eat apples like some people eat potato chips.
Only in my dreams do apples grow in the
shape of hearts....probably because I love to
hear that crunching noise as I bite down on a
good old Granny Smith, Delicious or a Pink Lady.

I will attach this to my niece´s Valentine´s Day
gift. It also happens to fit right in with a few
themes this week on various blogs. I will link them
and you can have some fun looking at all the other
entries.

Tag Tuesday....Valentine´s Day
Take a Word.......Botanical
Crazy Amigo......Tag
Theme Thursday.......Love

Springtime in January

SPRING

I feel like I am definitely jumping the gun on the seasons here.

I know a lot of our snow melted last weekend but

that doesn´t mean it´s spring.

These two tags came about because a bunch of my painting

friends and I are taking one of our friends out for a

surprise birthday dinner to a restaurant called

The Maganolia. I was in charge of making the card.

The photos came from a friend. I cut out the magnolias

and collaged them onto a handpainted background.

Added a strip of fabric along the top edge and finished

it off with a few stamps, papers and ribbons.

Gabi´s Tag

This is the tag we will give Gabi.

Here I added the knife, spoon and fork because on the back

it says,,,,one free dinner at The Magnolia.

Gabi loves to knit so I added and over abundance of fibers.

She can later use this as a bookmark and have a little

keepsake from all of us for her birthday in 2011.

This dinner came at the right time as these tags

fit right in over at Tag Tuesday with a bit of fabric.

Also at Wednesday Stamper where the theme is music.

Even at Take a Word where everything is beautiful.

And last but not least,,,Theme Thursday featuring spring.

What Makes You Sing?

Money Talks,,,Chocolate Sings

A creamy piece of Belgian chocolate direct from

Belgium is enough to make anyone´s taste buds

sing a pop tune or even an opera aria for that matter.

Louise from Tag Tuesday wants us to use our

scraps leftover from Christmas. I don´t have

any cardmaking scraps but I have plenty of

candy brochures and wrappers from all this

Christmas Belgian chocolate that we ate.

I know it´s a rough job but somebody has to do it.

I cut up a brochure to create a praline edge at the

bottom as well as the tasty piece my model is holding

in her hand. A blue foil wrapper is used as a collage

element including some of the brochure´s script.

This is all adhered to a watercolor background which I

stenciled with music notes and stamped with flowers.

Go pay Tag Tuesday a vist....you´ll like it and while

you are clicking around the web... go take a look at

Take a Word where the prompt is Music.