Paper Poppies steps

 

 

 

 

 

 

California Poppies

 

One of the cards we made in my "Paper Greenhouse" class yesterday was this California Poppy card. You can print out the field of poppies and make your own card featuring our state flower. I wish a fond farewell to my friends Margo and Betty who leave California on Saturday for their homes in Illinois. Thank you ladies for attending my classes. I look forward to your visit next year!

Here are some cards from my black & white card class yesterday. As promised, the images of the three ladies are below for you to print out and use. Enjoy!

 

Ladies in Hats

 

 

 

Happy New Year!

It's the year of the snake! Here's a free digital download for you to print out and use for your Chinese New Year cards.

新年快樂

My Blue Owl

Here is my owl of a different color!I used the free digital owl flower panel which you can print out right here from my blog. I followed the directions to make the panel a vibrant shade of blue to match the color of the painted cardstock on which I stamped the owl and embossed with mirror gold embossing powder. The cardstock was painted with Inka Gold in blue using a sponge dauber. The message was made on my computer using the Word program. The font is one of my favorites called GiddyUp.
Thanks for visiting!
Please hop over to my friend Shelly's blog and see what she made:

http://shellymc2.blogspot.nl/2013/02/michael-strong-owl-blog-hop.html

Don't forget to leave comments on all the blogs you hop to, for at Hetty's blog you can win my owl stamps, to make your own projects.

Fun with the Halloween Die Cutters

 

 

I taught a workshop over the past weekend in Cupertino (thank you Memories Live On!)using my Halloween Confetti die cutters in different ways. The five cards use the cut out shapes to make things other than what they were intended to be (mostly). The penguins in the upper left were made with my raven die cutter. The ornate frame was made with my bat, the sunshine card was made with the witches hat. The circle of cats was ...well you know and the dandelion was made using the spider die cutter. I will have step by step instructions for the penguins and the dandelions tomorrow. Feel free to print out the "Bat Frame" and try your own version of an ornate "zentangle-like" card.