Happy Birthday Amy

Birthday card. I was happy to get in a few papers I made myself including the back ground paper and then a few of the strips as well.

Happy 60th Dad!

Note to self: Do NOT touch the ink to see if it's dry. It is not dry. It will smudge. It won't smudge once it is dry so just leave it alone!

Inspired by Patty Van Dorin's Journal Pages in Vol 1 of Somerset Apprentice.

Decorative Envelopes Tutorial

Update

I've been quiet here for awhile, which is ironic because it is in large part because I've been working on more art.

This might change ever so slightly in that my work plate just filled up to the top. (But all in a really good way :)

I'm currently editing two DVDs. The first one is during work hours and it's Donna Zagotta's. (If you'd like to be notified when either are about to be released feel free to email me at kelly[at]ccpvideos.com)

Donna works in watercolor and gauche and has a pretty incredible process. Also, there is something soothing about watching someone paint with gauche.

The second artist I'm editing is Robert Dancik. In his DVD Robert works on a material he helped produce called Faux Bone. I'm working on Robert's in my free time and it will be ready to the public in less than three months.

I'm very excited about both of these projects and it's neat to be editing two incredibly different art forms in tandem.

Breakfast (Inspire Me Thursday)

Inspire me Thursday entry for Breakfast.

Autemn Flavor Valentines Card

I took the image from yesterday and was playing around in photoshop. I only wish I had worked in a higher resolution so that I could try and print it. Lesson learned?

Leaf Card

I'm always on the look out for things that could be stencils. Yesterday I found some Class A'Peel Stickers and had high hopes. There were a couple that looked full of potential but I limited myself to the Jumbo Damask Leaf. When I got home I found a card that I had stamped and written on at random a few weeks before. (You know, one of those nights you just need to do something creative. Something. Anything.) I wasn't real impressed with the outcome but seeing it now I had a new idea.

I took a few of the stickers and tried to defuzz them by putting them on my fleece sweater. Once I thought they wouldn't stick to the paper too much I put them down the painted over them with black. Paint. I think the result is great and I'm excited to make more of these.

Now I just wish I had bought more!

Dove Card Tutorial

Ornament Tutorial

How to Cut a Snowflake

1. Cut a circle from a square.
2. Make 6 evenly spaced cuts around the circle. Don't cut all the way to the center.
3. Between the long splices, cut little v's. (Image 4)
4. Now cut an entire branch out. I work down one side and then the other. (Image 5)
5. Work around the circle cutting out flakes.

Snowed In

I'm working from home today due to snow and ice. Our office manager lives only a few miles away and came in at a roaring 5 mph. The other editor Zach got stuck near Portland last night and is currently slowly making his way south. We're Oregonians. We're marksman when it comes to rain gear. We shut down at the slightest threat of snow.

I can't edit (no editing equipment in my apartment) so I'm continuing to work on chapter art for the Christmas craft tutorials. Here's a third one.

Chapter Break Art 3

Chapter Break Art 2

OK so "ornament" needs some centering but I think we're on the right track.

(Thank you Mom :)

Chapter Break Art

I will be posting some Christmas craft videos in the next few weeks. For those videos I'm designing chapter break art. This is a very (very) first draft of one. It's forcing me to push my comfort range, and it's a lot of just trying something, walking away, and then coming back to assess the design.

Einstein- Final Draft

Here's the final piece for Inspire Me Thursday's subject of "Einstein." To see the progression look below. There isn't too much change between the three.

Again, the quote is:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge.- Einstein

Snowflakes 3 (a card)

I loooove designing snowflakes. I think I might have found a new obsession. (There is a unified less-than-enthused "Yay" from my family.)

Yay!

Einstein First Drafts

The Einstein quote behind reads, "Imagination is more important than knowledge.- Einstein

I'm going to let it sit a bit before I critique, but the easiest is that the "I" and the "n" of the top line should move off the page a bit. The whole letter shouldn't be visible. Also once again I can't get the right color for the butterfly. I want a vibrant red and it keeps coming out duller than the pallet picker shows me. Hmmm...