I hope my partner likes these ATCs I made for her. They came from my heart!! When our list decided to do a smoke technique on two atcs called Handsome Men I wanted to honour the man that I think is the handsomest one in my heart!! He was a wonderful Dad and had a singing voice like an angel and a wonderful laugh..Here he is as a little man (about 1915 or so) and another when he was a young man.
I haven't done a smoke technique in ages and really enjoyed doing it again. I will have to put more of it in my work.  You can see the smoke in the background of the boy and  in the background and on my Dad's shirt mostly along the left side of his picture...Hope you enjoy this....

Good Morning World!! I am feeling so great again today.  I took my ginger bath after pulling a muscle the other day and no pain since getting out of that bath. I thought I was luck yesterday and expected the pain from the pulled muscle back today or the fibromyalgia pain....nothing..if this doesn't make you feel 20 years young I don't know what will. That along with my clove of garlic in the morning chopped and swallowed with some water and then followed with a glass of water with some apple cider vinegar in it I am getting rid of any and every bad toxin (is there a good toxin?) in my bode....

My studio is clean and I am going to work in it today...Did all my housework yesterday (except for laundry which I will do in between today)..When you feel good you have to act...so today is a me day in the art world...I hope to accomplish some things I can put up to show you...

Enjoy the watercolour tutorial of the yellow rose...this I have to do...I love my watercolours...

Enjoy your Friday, the sun is shining....

Yesterday it was a rainy day but I like rain so I was okay with that!! Today it looks like more rain so bring it on.  I was making my hubby's lunch at 4:30 this a.m. and made a quick turn to grab something and ouch!!
Pulled a muscle in the top of my leg and can hardly walk and in pain.  I have so much to do today this is not a good thing as Martha would say.

I am out of printer ribbons and have to get some more to print out some work...

Hopefully I will get some art done, because, on the positive side of things...if I can't move around a lot what good excuse to sit and "artify". That is my new word of the day; completely made up.

This is the inside of the card. I like quotes as you know and love embellishing my work with them..the birds are from my big shot using Tim Holtz Alterations "Caged Bird"...I love this one. It comes with the cage and bird and the wing. On the front I used the cage, bird and added the bird's wing which I didn't do on the inside. I love adding music and lace to my work.

here is a card I made for a swap called For the Birds. This is the front of the card and the envelope..I just can't not alter an envelope. I have so much fun with them.