Sunday Sketches - 21st Birthday Card

This is a 21st birthday card for a special young man. It's acrylic (5 1/2h x 4 1/4"w) on textured blue cardstock.

Linking to Sunday Sketches.

Birthday Gifts

Well, my birthday has come and gone for this year.  I didn't want to give the exact date for security reasons.  My kids chose these lovely gifts for me, a Pandora birthstone charm (moonstone grey for June) and some Belgian chocolates.  I got a Pandora bracelet this spring and have been filling it slowly with charms.

Belgian Chocolate Truffles

Paint Party Friday - Art Bag

I had this white cosmetic gift bag with a store logo on it. I decided to paint over it and re-purpose it. Then my daughter L suggested I use it to hold my art cards. I thought it was a great idea, my art in my art bag! The bag is done in acrylic.


Linking to Paint Party Friday.

The Other Side

Card Holder

Summer of Color - Lime Green andPurple

The theme this week is purple and lime green. I hope you like her outfit, I designed it myself based on a photo I saw in a magazine and on some mannequins I saw at the mall. This is a greeting card done in watercolour pencils (5 1/2"h x 4 1/4"w).

Linking to Kristin's Summer of Color.

A neat link

I was walking by these poppies just finished blooming a little while ago and caught the leaves starting to fall off. Wish I would've seen them in their prime!

Poppies falling

I got this neat link from an email.  You click on any city and it pulls up the local newspaper headlines.  Give it a try.

Copyright rules apply, so please read the fine print.

Creative Tuesdays - We've Moved Theme

This theme made me think of painting houses or fences, which symbolize 'home' to me.  That's a trumpet vine climbing on the white picket fence.  It's done in acrylic with pencil on cardstock
(6 1/2"h x 4 1/2"w).

Linking to Creative Tuesdays.

Sun Safety

Fresh blueberries are readily available at this time of year. I put some in my yogurt and it's a healthy snack!

Now that the warm weather is here, I came across this booklet on sun safety. It says most people don't use enough sunscreen, especially fair-skinned people. It recommends a teaspoon of sunscreen for your face and 30 mls, 2 tablespoons for the rest of your body. One palmful for each arm and one for each leg. You want to apply the sunscreen 20 or 30 minutes before going outside, and re-apply every 2 hours after. Go here for more tips and to take a sun safety quiz.