TIO - "write" postage

I don't have any stamps of pens or such so my stamp is of a typewriter. After all, the typewriter has been around for a long time and was often used for correspondence. But to make mine fit better I do have examples of real handwriting on my tag for Tag it On.

Doodle up for grabs

All you digital or Promomarker pen and Prismacolor pencil artists out there:

This doodle is free for taking. Just send me a link so I can see how you used it. I colored mine with Prismacolor pencils.

Tag Tuesday - Strawberry

This tag was made for Tag Tuesday. When I saw the theme was strawberry, I was stunned. My dh and I went to the local berry farm this afternoon and bought strawberries to make into freezer jam. We ended up buying 16 quarts of the goodies. Now let me tell you that that is a LOT of strawberries. They are huge, sweet, and in perfect shape. But my sweetie wanted me to get after them right after dinner, which I did. We called our son to come and please take 3 quarts off our hands. The second photo is what we got. As you see I used every available jar and plastic container I could locate.

NOTE: My strawberry jam is not cooked. I followed the recipe on the Sure-Jell package. You mix the Sure-Jell (pectin mix) with sugar and boil for a minute. Then you dump in mashed up strawberries and mix well. Put into jars and let set up for 24 hours. Then freeze for up to a year. We just today finished off last year's jam. Now we have another whole year's worth in the freezer

Sun - Oriental

My ATC is made for Think Monday Think ATCs (sun) and Take a Word (oriental).

I started with white and red cardstock and constructed a Japanese flag. The two women and the "tree" are from a card sent to me by Frankie.

The flag of Japan is called in the English language: "rising sun". In Japanese I believe that the phrase for it is "circle of the sun".

More Internet Headaches!

Now I can't get my yahoo mail. I get this message that the connection is denied.

Marie and Ice Cream

A lovely picture of Marie Antoinette was given us as an inspiration for the So Artful challenge. The One Stop challenge is to use ice cream in our work. I have borrowed a hand with ice cream from Wikipedia to replace the lovely flowers that were in Marie's right hand.

Playdate Cafe Challenge

The use of these two complementary colors plus grey was the challenge for Playdate Cafe challenge this week.

I have used stamps by Stampin' Up, white and gray cardstock, milled lavender Distress ink, a mixture of bundled sage (D.I.) plus curry (SU), and gray Caran d'Ache watercolor crayon.

I am making a lot of bookmarks/tags to donate to our church bazaar in the fall. I will probably put some text on this one in black ink to finish it off for the sale.

The little grey flowers look blue  on the computer, but they are really grey.

Theme Thursday - Garden

This is my entry for Theme Thursday.

Several years ago I discovered the fun of flower pounding. It’s easy. It’s fun. It’s quick. It’s beautiful. From personal experience I’ve found that it works best if leaves are placed face up on the receiving paper or cardstock and flower petals face down. This is made on some handmade paper that Laura gave me.

To make this one I put down a section of newspaper on the concrete floor of my garage, placed the absorbent paper next, then arranged the leaves face up, covered everything with a paper towel, and gently tapped with a regular hammer where I could see leaves. I lifted the towel, removed the smushed leaves and arranged the flower petals on the same paper, except face down. I replaced the paper towel and gently tapped where I could see petals. I had to reuse some of the flower petals a few times.

I used japanese maple, nandina, barberry, buddleia and basil leaves. I used 2 kinds of petunia petals and 2 kinds of marigold petals.