love 28

Hi! I hope you are having a great week! I've been painting but not with acrylics or oil paints but rather with Prima's water soluable oil pastels. Today I have a clean and simple Valentine's Day card to share featuring a watercolored background along with an embossed heart.

The heart image was stamped using a Stampington stamp that I had in my stash since 2005!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
For color inspiration, I joined along with the colourQ colour challenge:

 and The Paper Players where the challenge is to create a Clean & Simple Valentine:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoy the rest of the week!
Be Sweet ;)

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A few sunflowers... 25

Hi! I hope you are off to a great start of the new week! I'm so excited because this week, I'm taking a two day painting workshop with one of my favorite local artists! Yahoo! I'm looking forward to learning whether it be new strokes or color mixing. There's so much to learn, in such a short length of time! Today I have an art journal page to share featuring a variety of sunflowers.

I combined painting techniques learned from both Nancy Medina and Krista Eaton using oils:

I'm entering this painted page in the following challenges:
Thirty Paintings in 30 Days: Day 18:

Art Journal Every Day:

Many thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a great week!
Be Sweet ;)

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Poppies and White Blossoms 38

Hi! So happy the weekend is here! I've been practicing painting with acrylics along with various mediums which help prolong the drying time. Still quite haven't figured out the best formula that works for my skill level, but I'm not throwing in the towel just yet! Today I have a page in my art journal to share that was inspired by David Jansen:

I'm not thrilled with the white blossoms but I had to stop and walk away. I had too much paint layered that it was becoming a chunky mess. I keep reminding myself that I need to practice, practice, practice!

Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you have a great weekend!
I'm entering this page in the following challenges:
Paint Party Friday:

Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days: Day 15:

and Art Journal Every Day:

Be Sweet ;)

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celebrate 28

Hi! Today I have some exciting crafting news to share! I have been invited to join the talented designers at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge :)

If you are not familiar, please be sure to visit  The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge site for complete details on how to share your mixed media creativity with us! This month's theme is:

I created a birthday card for my sweet sister Tina for her upcoming February birthday:

I created lots of texture using a variety of mediums and tools including; an embossing folder, texture paste and gold embossing powder. The inky background was created using a combination of Prima Color Bloom Sprays:

Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you enjoyed my project! Please be sure to visit  The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge site for loads of awesome inspiration from the DT and for complete details on how to share your mixed media creativity with us! This month we have a sponsor who is offering a fantastic prize to one lucky player! 
Be Sweet ;)

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