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ICAD 2021 – Day 50 – grateful

We are closing in on the completion of ICAD 2021.  I have had several requests for a process video for this year’s themed cards – Extreme Mixed Media.  So here you go…    

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getyourcraycray_on

My very first video.  I offer thanks to Roben-Marie Smith and her Maker’s Tech University.  She walked me through the process of using iMovie to edit my video.  I realize the quality of the video is somewhat lacking…my lighting needs work and my table sometimes shakes.  However, it is a start. My friend Pat Butynski started a movement of using …

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Show Us Your Media

I am excited to be participating in Dina Wakley’s new monthly challenge.  For this month, the prompt is “Show Me WHY You Create”. I create because I LOVE it: and it fulfills a DREAM: Now that I am retired, I find creative fulfillment by making art…art of all kinds. This is actually a part of a larger watercolor Mixed Media …

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Planner 2017 Week #1

I created a 2017 planner from a Moleskine 2017 Weekly Notebook using Lorraine Bell’s Plan Journal Play Workshop (http://lorrainebell.ning.com/workshops/plan-journal-play)..  My intention is to document my life during the year.  So far what I have learned is that there is little to document… I am living a somewhat boring life – not much to record. Unless my life takes an exciting …

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Mendings

Needlework… handwork… needle and thread… the art of sewing…   I used to own a quilt shop in another life…many years ago. I loved quilting, teaching, working with customers to create a quilt that made them happy. I loved the feel of the fabric. And, many times I buried my nose into the beautiful yardage…. a different addiction… but an …

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Loose Hydrangeas and Fond Memories.

Yesterday a friend asked me, “Have you every done hydrangeas?” My answer was yes. But, I have to say I was never really happy with the way they turned out. So, last night I watched a terrific artist who paints loose watercolors, Olga Peregood… ladywonderbrush.blogspot.com. Her paintings are gorgeous.. and she had a class on hydrangeas. So, I signed up, …

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June 01-08 2016 Art Journaling

Recently, I have been spending more time in my art journals.. just a bit of creative play.  I have put together a collage of the most recent pages… in two different art journals. My mind has been focused on   Faith   …maybe because for the past two and a half years I’ve been struggling…   not with my faith… …

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2016 ICAD Challenge

This is my second attempt at The Index Card A Day (ICAD) Challenge organized by Tammy Garcia of daisyyellowart.com.  The challenge is 61 days of creating a piece of art on an index card…from June 1 through July 31.  It doesn’t have to be a masterpiece.  It just has to be submitting to the process of daily creating something.  Some …

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Worship on the Lake

As the sun begins to set, there is a quiet little location where the presence of God is evident. This little church and the lake on which it sits is a product of my imagination.  And, it’s true that God will be present wherever and whenever you seek Him. However, the idea of gathering together with other believers in a …