Cheryl's Awesome Watercolor Painting

Time For Lunch by Cheryl M.

I am sharing with you today this beautiful watercolor painted by my daughter, Cheryl, when she was a senior in art school...Sadly, she passed away shortly after...The detail is amazing and the colors so perfect...I finally framed it and have it hanging in my kitchen where it has become the focal point of the room...

Cheryl was a gifted artist with an amazing talent in all areas of art...She was, also, the most beautiful person I have ever known...I think she would love having her art displayed on my blog...I hope you enjoy seeing a piece of her work and thanks so much for stopping by...Kathy

Love you and miss you so, my sweet girl...XOXO     Mom

Ice Cream Card

Yummy!!!

Front Of Ice Cream Lifted Up

Inside Card

I made this card for a little friend of mine who just turned 7..First I drew the ice cream on a stick on folded paper so it would open up...I cut it out and then used colored pencils to color it...I added ice cream cone stickers, red jewels for cherries on top, some paper lace and itsy bitsy buttons...I stamped the saying inside in blue ink...When the card is opened it says Happy birthday and I added a cute popsicle sticker in orange..

It was quite fun to make this card..Now I have to make a Christmas in July card...Thanks for stopping by my blog and I so appreciate your lovely comments...Kathy

By The Beautiful Sea

Come On In..The Water's Fine

Well, I had tons of fun making this birthday card for my friend Nancy...The lovely bathing beauty is from Pion Designs...I am in love with their beautiful papers...I used two different bluish-green polka dot papers in the background and behind the picture I added gauze to give the look of a fishing net...A few summery flowers, a sandcastle and starfish, some pearls and a few tiny, turquoise, gem stars finished off the card...I was going for a summery look of a day at the beach...Oh and I stamped the words and cut them out...

I have a summery tag to share soon, also, but I'll wait until my swap partner, Diann, in my OCT art group receives it before I post it...Other goodies coming soon, too...I'm in a very creative mood and lovin' it...Thanks so much for popping in today...It's always so good to see you.......Hope everyone is having a nice summer...I'm loving our cool temps but I'm sure we will be sweltering soon...I'm not a fan of the heat..............Kathy

The Old Ballgame

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Inside

This is a card I made for my brother...I used papers from Graphic 45's "Good Ol' Sport" and I absolutely love them..I added photo corners and jeweled stars and a dark red, dotted background paper...A little different for me but I had fun creating this card...

Thanks for stopping by my blog today...Hope you all are enjoying the glorious weather like we are having............Kathy

Potted Plant Drawing

Spring Has Sprung

Back

I have had the urge to get out my colored pencils and sketchbook to do some drawing..My African violets are blooming like crazy and, so, I decided drawing one of them would be a good start..When it was finished I then decided to make the drawing into a birthday card for my friend, who loves purple...I cut the drawing out of the sketchbook and glued it onto a pretty purple and white polka dot paper, with a white, paper doily peaking out from behind..I added white lace at the bottom and scattered some crocheted flowers with tiny white pearls that I glued in the center...

This is not a card that you open..It's more like a postcard with the greeting on the back...I went crazy drawing little violets all over and had a hard time knowing when to stop..This is something a little different, for me, and I had such fun making this card...I hope it puts you all in a springy mood....Thanks for looking...Please come again soon.........Kathy

Vintage Wedding Card

Love Is In The Air

Sharing a wedding card today that I made for my friend's daughter...The bride loves vintage and her gown was very Downton Abbey, so I thought this photo was perfect...I used pretty papers, lace, flowers and pearls to create a soft romantic look and using colored pencils, I highlighted the bride's face and veil in soft pinks...I hope you like it...

I am working on some more cards and hope to have them done soon...As always, I thank you for visiting my blog...Please check back often...Kathy

Black Magic Tag

Black Magic Tag

Back

Hello Everyone...I'm back and sharing a tag I just made for a swap in my art group...I really had fun with this...You stamp an image on black paper with white ink, then color it in with colored pencils or markers..I used colored pencils..Little white dots were added with a white gel pen, for detail and I think they really make the image pretty and so feminine...

I'm back in a creative mood again and hope to post more art very soon...I hope you are all well...Thanks so much for keeping up with my poor neglected blog and for stopping by today......Kathy