Purple Power

Pretty yellows and Pinks

Pink and bird cage

Light pink roses and Prima Rose Quartz paper.

Gold Flourishes

Used paper clay flourishes in a Prima IOD mold and painted gold.  

Black and White Stripes with Gold

This was a fun card for a young lady. I really liked the black and white stripes with the colorful flowers and gold foil.

Red, Red Rose

This was a card where I used Distress Oxide Ink, Candied Apple, for the roses.  

Light pink and yellow

Older papers from Prima. Flowers inked with Scattered Straw and Spun Sugar Distress Inks.

Purple is Pretty

Older card using Graphic 45 papers. Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord Distress Inks were used on the flowers and ribbon.

Multi-layer Pointed Petal Flowers

I like making flowers with lots and lots of layers. This time I changed the shape of the petals a little and make them pointed. Since I made up the flower, I made a new leaf for it too.

The flowers were cut from red cardstock and I inked the ends of the petals with Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink. The leaves were cut from green cardstock and added Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink. The red glitter paste came from Creative Expressions and was applied using a Prima stencil.

Heartfelt Creations and light purple roses

I made these back in 2015. I don't think I ever shared them.

All that Glitters Butterfly 1

Multi-Layer Flowers

I started this card with some cheerful yellow decorative paper from an old Authentique paper pack. Multi-layer flowers were added which were colored with Worn Lipstick and Fossilised  Amber Distress Oxide Inks. The small yellow flowers were inked with Scattered Straw and Fossilised Amber. Gold Nuvo drops were added to the centers.

For the middle section, I used some Deco Foil Transfer Gel through a Tim Holtz stencil and some cool three colored foil from Deco Foil called Summer Rainbow.

Light Pink Roses

This is a card I made last year. I am pretty sure the papers were from Prima.

Alcohol Ink and Glitz

I am sure you have seen alcohol inks being used a lot lately. I bought some Yupo paper recently and decided to play. I really liked how much easier the inks were to use on Yupo than glossy cardstock. In areas where the inks pool, they dry a little tacky. Someone in the crafting world had the brilliant idea to add foil in those areas. I liked that and even added more glitz with metallic paint and tacky glue and foil. 

The deer head was cut from vinyl then foiled with my Minc. Such fun!

Canvases instead of cards

So... It has been over a year since I posted anything on my blog. It was a tough year and I just needed a break. I still crafted though. (That will never stop LOL) I have sooo many craft supplies that I have to keep using. :) 

I will be posting pictures over the next few months of projects I made but did not put on the blog. The papers will be a little out dated and I do not even remember all the supplies I used. I probably will not write much about them. I will just share the pictures.

Here are a couple of canvases that I made instead of cards. I really enjoyed making them and plan to do more in the future.

I used Distress paints, texture paste, paper clay that I molded and painted, and my handmade paper roses.

I have also started posting on Instagram. I've had the account for years and just never posted. If you would like to follow me and see pictures of some of my graphite drawings, watercolors, and acrylic paintings that I've been doing click below.

https://www.instagram.com/janilewis/