conundrum

What does sandee have lots of, that she hoards and rarely uses?

STAMPS

I try, I really do, but I never use them enough. But I went hog wild with a flourish stamp called Modern Flower Flourish by inkadinkado on one of my canvases. It involved masking and laying magazines up underneath the canvas so I would have a flat surface to work on.

This stamp set comes with 4 flourish stamps in it and I used one that had the flower as the focal point for my roosters' eye. See, the rooster is the steam rising up out of the cup, for what says "wake up" better than coffee AND a rooster!

I've been adding a lot of beading lately to my canvases, which is another thing I had stopped doing and now I can't get enough of! ( You can see that I used a lot of masking to stamp into the design of the rooster, and I added some doodling to fill in any open areas )

One of my favorite parts was the mountain sunrise scenery that I painted on the cup, and then the sunbeams extend from out behind the cup. Go ahead, scroll back up to the main picture if that didn't make sense to you, lol Maybe you can see it better if you look at the overall design!

And lastly, I had to take a deep breath to write the words out in paint, something I had never done before, as I usually do all my lettering with a pen. I was in a quandary about how to get the right color yellow when the answer was staring me in the paint face, the pickle was using a paint brush to do it with. 

Can we say scary?

I have to say I have begun combining spray inks with gelatos and I just LOVE the effect, The wood table top is a combination of Lindy's Dark Chocolate Truffle starburst stain along with a no name gelato ( sorry, not my fault ), but look at that silky finish! oh la lah!

Simon Monday Challenge - I ought to use this more!

cajole: verb

to persuade with flattery or gentle urging : coax

or

 to obtain from someone by gentle persuasion

also

 to deceive with soothing words or false promises

pronunciation

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It's Tuesday, which means it's time for

Try it on Tuesday challenge:

 

Hats and Easter Bonnets

Our Sponsor for March is Crafty-emblies

Easter bonnets? Remember wearing them..with white gloves, black patent leather shoes and lacy edged socks? My dad, bless his southern heart, use to give mom and me corsages every Easter too!...sigh....Such sweet times to think about, and this challenge made me think of all those good things...way back then! I was inspired by vintage Easter images, like this:

So I drew this

DCWV - Glitter stack

Faber Castell - Art Grip Aquarelles, PITT pens

Reminisce - white pen

 

And sewed a few glass flower beads to her bonnet

 

I hope you get out your Easter bonnets and come play along with us over at Try it on Tuesday!
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A quick and easy St. Patrick's Day card to be entered in:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday - #152 Luck O' the Irish

 

I cut this out when it was a free cut from the Cricut Craft Room.....thinking maybe it was the Spring Cards cartridge, but I'm not positive, so if I am wrong, someone correct me!!

 

Echo Park - pattern paper

Reminisce - white pen

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and #22 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days to be entered in: 

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Chic to be shabby

Pan Pastels UK Challenge Blog - Challenge 10, Girly theme

 

Used Helmar's Liquid Scrapdot under the white flower and the banner, this is the BEST stuff!!

 

Inkadinkado - dress form stamp

Little Yellow Bicycle - Snugglebug paper

Prima - white flower

Ranger - antique linen Distress Ink, Liquid Pearls, buttercup