Something to do on a rainy day...

I wanted to bring in some color to the studio todayand thought of these great tissue paper pompomsfrom Martha Stewart's site.Nothing like hot pink and orangeto brighten up up a room!They are very easy to make,you can find the instructions...

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Baby shower gift

I recently finished a tote for my good friend Mariana.She's having a baby shower in a few weeks.I plan to fill it up with goodiesfor baby Ana's room.I embroideredone of my little ink bird designs on the toteand the rooted flower designon...

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Rooted flower stamp

Another stamp I carved this weekend.This one's 4 inches tall.I used VersaColor's Ultimate Pigment ink pad in Bambooto stamp it on watercolor pap...

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Songbird stamp

Here's little Songbird (4x4 inches)in a different medium.This time I hand carved him into a stamp.I used a Staedtler Mastercarve carving block& my Speedball linoleum cutters.There is a great tutorial onlineon how to carve your...

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Illustration Friday: MOON

Hand carved linoleum print on paper.This is the original watercolorthat inspired me to give linoleum printing a t...

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Lil Green Buildings

Workin' the paint nib & ink today.Acrylic ink on watercolor pap...

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Lil Red House

Just warmin' up the pen and ink...Red Acrylic on watercolor pap...

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Illustration Friday: POEM

Salmos 119:1-8 (Reina Valera 1960)Acrylic ink and watercolor on paper.Click on it to see it BIGGER and read it BETTER ...

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ABCs

This little alphabetis the latest addition to my ever growinghand carved stamp collection.The "y" & "z" didn't fit in the box :o(I'll have to find a bigger boxso they can all be together.By the way...I flipped the image so you...

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Cabin love

The move to the cabin was great...it took a lot of organization and planningto squeeze all of our stuff into this wee 700 sq.ft cabin.We are enjoying it so much!Living in the middle of the woods is beautiful,I'm inspired by all the...

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Journal pages for July

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Singing bird embroidery

I'm embroidering the series of ink birdies I made last month.This is the first one, made into a pillow.This has been the most time consuming embroidery project I've done so farand it was totally worth the time put into it.I used a...

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Yay!

After a long long time (almost a month!)I've missed my blog and you guys sooooo much and it feels great to be back :o)Thank you for visiting this blog while I was in "offline world".I'll resume my regular posting tomorrow, I've got...

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