It has been awhile since I posted any of my crafting creations.  I have been dabbling in many different painting and mixed media creations, including rediscovering Peerless watercolor papers.  I painted the butterflies on quarter sheets of watercolor paper and used shades of yellow, orange and some pinks to create the background.  After using a heat gun to speed up the process of drying, I die cut several medium sized butterflies using an older Sizzex die and the smaller butterflies I used a punch from Martha Stewart.  One card I created a tiny tag and the other one I added a sentiment from a Penny Black word set I had. I also added some specks from the watercolor paints I used to add interest to the background paper.  A folded and popped up the wings and glued them to the paper, folded up the wings and added some glitter glue for an accent.  You can see from the final pic how lovely they came out.  In the mail they went today for my dear June Bday friends.

An unfinished  picture frame from AC Moore covered in a nautical map. I added the sentiment for the accent picture. A few sea glass accents and a twine nest glued behind the sea glass in the right hand corner ready as a gift  for my consignment shelf.  Time to make another one!

Another mixed media canvas boards for my craft consignment shelf at Jubilee Junction.  I used lots of different papers to create the boats and accents.  A few stamped accents, stencil paste and white acrylic paint finish the look. I printed out the sentiment on the computer and Modge Podged it in place.   Ready for the wire hanger.

A friend of my has a daughter who will be graduating from college this coming weekend and I wanted to send her a graduation card. I bought this cute die cut from Impression Obsession that included a mortar board, hassle and diploma.  I researched the school colors and included them in the circles behind the mortar board die cut.  The printed paper I got in my favorite store Bella Arts.  I included an inspirational quote inside the card.   I like the simple card layout.  I think she will like it.

I took a great class last week at Bella Art’s using new types of paints and techniques.  Of course when I got home I used one of the background pages that I made in class and repurposed it as a a Father’s Day card.  The background has some texture and sprayed ink.  I added the colored banner and stamped phrase.  Looks bold and colorful. This is an submission to The Challenge#70 Always Playing with Paper Masculine Inspiration Challenge.

The weekly challenge for #Always Playing with Paper is a color challenge to use pink, green, teal and yellow and is   #Challenge 68.  I used a variety of printed/patterned papers to incorporate the color scheme.  I used a favorite die cut from Lawn Fawn for the mason jar and die cuts from My Favorite Things. I used May Arts twine and ribbon for accents.  I printed out the sentiment on my computer.  I added a tiny heart to the tag.  Now it is time to work on a few more.

I came across a challenge posted by #Memory Box stamps and company and after making a few canvas boards using a butterfly die cut, I remembered that I had a butterfly stamp from Memory Box that I could use for the challenge.  I like the look of this beautiful stamp that is painted using Peerless watercolors.  Looks pretty good!  I think this one is going to be a gift for a special friend.

I have been working on creating some canvas boards trying some mixed media techniques.  I die cut the butterflies from watercolor paper and card stock.  I used Peerless watercolor paints to paint the die cuts.  To create a layered effect I stapled together three pieces and attached it to a distress ink colored background piece.  A spread your wings sentiment completes the inspirational board.  I love the bright colors!

I wanted to make and send a card for a special family member and also incorporate the weekly card sketch from #Alwaysplayingwithpaper weekly #67challenge.  The card sketch inspired me to use the bicycle die cut, word banners, coordinating pattern papers.  The card sketch was a great inspiration.  Here is the sketch and the card I created.  I used three banners and a sentiment and added another word stamp near the front wheel.