The first card I made this week was a "Thank You" for a thank you gift! Redundant, I know, but the gift was...YUMMY!
What a great gift for just picking up their mail!
Next I got carried away with the invitation/reminder for my book club. We meet every other month at a different members' house. That means we only have it at our house about once every other year. We meet in alphabetical order. It turned out to be my turn for the Christmas party. We don't read a book for the Christmas party, but we usually exchange gifts. We used to buy a gift and name a price to stay within. This year someone suggested a "white elephant" gift exchange. If we don't like what we get, we can donate it to the resale shop "House of Hope" in Barrington where a couple of our members volunteer. Since the theme is white elephant, and a Christmas party, I combined the two. Here are my supplies for the card. The elephant is clip art from the internet, some stamps I have for the invitation inside, and the Christmas greeting outside. Then I used some papers from a pad of Christmas themed papers for the background for my message about the gift this year.
Supplies
Stamped message inside (minus some info!)
The gift idea reminder
The Craziest Christmas card ever!
The last project this week is the finished journal page I showed last week.
It is a "from life" drawing with watercolor I did awhile back when I went to a Tom Trausch open studio in Woodstock , IL. It is held in St. John's Lutheran Church. I added Zentangling, Stamped letters, a stamped pencil, some paper collage and crayon.
I am posting this to Paint Party Friday, Sketchbook Skool, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Have a good week,
gloria
Gloria your watercolor sketches are just fantastic! I do like your Christmas party gift idea too. Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda. I am really inspired by your journal page this week.
DeleteI love the combination of the watercolour and the black and white doodling. Perfect together! Great idea for your invitation cards too!
ReplyDeleteThank you And your post was fun today as well, great drawing.
DeleteI like the vibrant colours in your Sketch Skool painting.
ReplyDeleteHi, Thank you. Your strawberries really "flowed" this week! :>)
Deleteproductive week, nice work. Beautiful mixed media page too.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Christine. looking forward to seeing more of your work again next week, too.
DeleteMaybe I should start a course like this..I'd like to learn how to make 'veggie grid' like you, looks so good...but now I have my 'loosen up' project :)
ReplyDeleteHave a relaxing weekend!
yes, you are really doing well with loosening up, too. I like the flow of the curtain.
DeleteGreat sketches. I've thought about doing that sketch class but haven' t yet gotten around to it. If only there was enough time... You mentioned Flow in your comment on my blog. I often order it directly, but I have also gotten it at Barnes and Nobel. Check there again-they may have just been sold out.
ReplyDeletehave a great weekend and I hope you stay warm and snow-free.
Thanks, Erika. I will try B & N again. I used to love Borders magazine section, because of its' diversity and was sad when they went belly-up!
DeleteGloria, I enjoyed seeing your sketches this week. I love the thank you note. What a gift that is for someone. And the journal page is fantastic..
ReplyDeleteThanks, Faye. I am trying to get better at both and having fun.
DeleteHi Gloria, I enjoyed seeing what you have created. I especially love the journal page with collage, sketch, pentangle and color combined.
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Thank you, Irene. Your color choices in your paintings are outstanding!
DeleteEverything is wonderful but I especially love the last one in the church... really well done!! Enjoy the white elephant gift exchange...those are so fun, I do it with a bunch of goddess friends too!!
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Thank you so much, Sherrie. I am experimenting again and am always encouraged by your courageous words and paintings. I enjoyed Mam Santa!
DeleteAmo questi disegni spontanei!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Your beautiful studio is an inspiration.
DeleteWow you have been busy. Everything looks so nice and what great ideas
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Hi, Gloria, long time no see! I like everything you've worked on, but my absolute favorites this week are your veggies and those yummy chocolates you painted. Blessings, my friend!
ReplyDeleteHi Arnoldo, thank you. You are right it has been almost a year! Glad to be back.
DeleteI love her. OMGosh what a great gift of art you have. Candy does look yummy. I was born and raised in Normal, IL and I now live on the E. coast of FL. Amazing. . .'our' pasts. Blessings, Janet PPF
ReplyDeleteThank you, so much, how nice!
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