Illustration Friday: EXCESS

"Excess baggage"Watercolor & acrylic ink on paperfor this week's Illo Friday...

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Hand Carved Stamps Tutorial Part 2

Whew!The weather has been unseasonably rainy this weekand I thought I wouldn't have time to do Part 2 of the tutorial,but the sun came out this morning :)I'll be adding the explanatory text over the weekend...I didn't want to leave...

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Custom pieces

Custom pieces for my friend Mariana,she will frame and give these as Christmas gifts to her little nephews and niece :)Two "to do" lists downand 5 more to go...

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Stickers

My friend Marianamakes the BEST cookies & baked goodsand she asked me to design two stickers:One to use as a label for a jar she'll use to giveher delicious cookies as gifts this Christmas (see below)and another one to have on...

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To do lists...

I'm trying to tackle a whole bunch of to do lists these daysto be able to have a nice and relaxing holiday season.I recently moved my "sand box" shelf from the wall on my rightto make room for the new inspiration boards and it's...

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A lotta Lotta

I just recently bough these wonderful books by Lotta Jansdotterand they're so full of inspiration!Starting from the left there's"Simple Sewing", "Travel Style" and "Handmade project"Inspired by one of the projects in the "Simple Sewing"...

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Bible verse of the week: Psalm 19:1 & 4:8

Psalm 4:8 says:I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep:for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.I LOVE that verse!Great choice Oliver :)I didn't post my verse for last week because I was away,but here it is :)Visit our Flickr...

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Illustration Friday: THE ZOO

Although I am not particularly fond of looking at caged animalsI think these guys look quite content :)Watercolor and micron pen on Fabriano paper.5 x 7 inc...

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Hand Carved Stamps Tutorial Part 1

This is a list of the tools that I use to make my stamps.You can certainly use other alternatives.I am linking each item to Blick Art Suppliessimply because they have good photosand it's where I usually buy my supplies,but any of...

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Carving the bird

Although I didn't do any turkey carving yesterdayI did have fun doing some unconventional bird carvingswith my Speedball cutter :)I can't believe we're almost at the end of 2007.Where did time go?I'm getting ready with some new Christmas...

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It's official...

Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful Thanksgivingwith your loved ones tod...

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I'll be back on the 20th...

We are going on a little trip to sunny Acapulco with some friends till the 20th...If you buy anything from the shop it will be shipped on the 21st. :)Thank you for visiting & all your lovely commen...

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Wings

"The key""Pleasant pheasant""Blue bird with flowers"Done with watercolor & ink on handmade Yute paper.These new guys will be availablein my shop later today...

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Interviewed

My friend Lori Pickertat the Inspiration Boards blogjust posted a really fun interview with me,You can read it by clicking here.Thank you Lori,it was an honor to be interviewed by such asmart and sweet friend like you!I whipped up...

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Bible verse of the week: Psalm 98:7-8

Watercolor and acrylic ink on Fabriano watercolor paper.Click on the image to see it BIGGER.This week's Bible versewas chosen by my good friend OliverWe have created a Flickr Groupin case anyone out there wants to join us or leave...

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Bird collection

I got some amazing goodies in the mail this weekend.I'll be blogging about all of them this week...

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Illustration Friday: SCALE

That's all I could come up with this morning :)Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!Done using a Micron pen & my own hand carved stamps...

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Noviembre

Journal pages for the first two weeks of November 2007.I stamped the background with the eraser of a No.2 pencil& wrote Manolo's name with wire.Click on the image to see itBIGG...

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Finger puppets

To say that I'm hooked on this needle felting thing is an understatement :)What you can do with a simple barbed needleand some fiber is like magic to me.I needle felted finger puppets for my kids into the night...I still need to make...

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Needle felting

I had been dying to try out needle feltingso I bought some supplies (felting needles & ecofriendly foam)from the talented Moxie of Made by Moxie.She has a great step by step tutorial here if you want to seehow she makes her cute...

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Bible verse of the week: ISAIAH 40:31

Watercolor and ink on paper.My friend Oliver and Iwill be illustrating a Bible verse every weekand posting it every Monday on our blogs.I got to pick this week's verse.You can see Oliver's illustration hereOliver chose Psalm 98:7-8...

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A special drawer...

My hand carved stampswere getting a bit out of control,so I had to give them a special drawer.So many blog visitors have asked me about my stamps thatI plan to make a little photo tutorialon how to carve you own stamps soon...so stay...

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Illustration Friday: HATS

Hand carved stamps, watercolor andmicron pen on paper.Click on the image to see it((((BIGGER))))Hurray for ha...

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Wren

This little wren doesn't want to get wet.Watercolor, ink & collage on wood vene...

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