June Perpetual Calendar

Oops where did the first day of the month go..... oh well better late than never!  Here is this month's page for the perpetual calendar.

This beautiful image is another Crafts and Me digital image from artist Sara Burrier, that I printed on to water color paper, and then painted with Distress Ink reinkers.  

May Perpetual Calendar

May, the month of new growth and the celebration of Mom.  For my perpetual calendar page I wanted the colors to reflect the sprouting of new foilage, so I went with a bright green dress on this beautiful image from Crafts and Me.

The digital image was printed on watercolor paper, and then painted with Ranger distress ink reinkers and a waterbrush.  The stars and wings have a coat of Wink of Stella clear on them to make them sparkle.

April Perpetual Calendar

April arrived a few days ago so it's time to show you the page that I painted with Distress ink reinkers and a waterbrush.  This beautiful image is from Crafts and Me and is drawn by Sara Burrier.  There are touches of Wink of Stella clear glitter on the wings.  Only eight more months to show you all.

March Perpetual Calendar

March is almost over and I just realized I didn't share this month's perpetual calendar page, so.......

This beautiful image is a digital stamps from Crafts and Me entitled "Lady of Opal".   I printed the image on to watercolor paper and then painted it with Distress Ink refills and a water brush.  Love the bright yellows of this image. 

February Perpetual Calendar

Well February has been a busy month so far, with babysitting the grandchildren, and watching the progress on our new home, as walls are finally up, and loads of different trades are put in heating, plumbing and electrical.  Only a few more months to go and then we will be moving in!!!

Today's project is the next page for the perpetual calendar I designed using images from Crafts and Me.  The image was colored with Distress reinkers and a water brush, and then I added shimmer with a clear Wink of Stella brush.

Keep watching for the rest of the calendar pages that I will be posting soon.

January Perpetual Calendar

A few years ago I made a calendar that featured different stamps companies, and one of the requests I got after that was to design a calendar that could be used throughout multiple years, so the perpetual calendar was designed.  I love the gorgeous images from Sara Burrier that Crafts and Me carry, and I have always loved fairies and elves, so it was an easy decision to base my calendar on this theme.

This beauty was painted using the Ranger line of Distress inks, but only the reinkers were used.  I filled one of the palettes from Ranger with the reinkers and then used a water brush to color.  Touches of sparkle were added to the wings, and a light covering of Stampendous Frantage Embossing Enamel finished off the page.

Hot, Hot, Hot!!!

Summer is here with a vengeance and everyone is out enjoying the heat!!  At least it's not as hot here as it has been in the eastern States where they are desperately waiting for some cooler temperatures.

Today's post is the second page for the calendar project I mentioned in an earlier post.

The image is Winter Fairy from Crafts and Me colored with Copics and bling added to her wings, shoes, and headpiece.  The snowflakes are a Memory Box die with added glimmer.

Special Garden for a Friend

Here's another card that I had time to create lately.  The digital image is from Crafts and Me artist Sara Burrier, and is entitled "Dusk".  I printed her on Copic Xpress It cardstock, colored her with Copics, then fussy cut her.  The background dp is from Trimcraft's Desert Blooms collection and the strip of fairies is "Tiny Treasures" from Graphic 45's Once Upon a Springtime collection.  Lace is from May Arts, sentiment is from Just Rite Quiet Moments set, and the frame around the sentiment is a Spellbinders die from the Ornate Artisan Tags and Accents set.

Crafts and Me Challenges - #83 Punches & Dies
The Outlawz Copic/Promarker Challenge - Mother's Day or Much Loved Female
Scrapbook Sisters - #83 Off Center
Stampavie and More - #167 Monochrome
Bearly Mine Challenges - #34 Fairies
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Happy Mother's Day
Lollipop Crafts - #79 Mama Mia
Make it Monday - #88 Anything Goes
Cutie Pie Challenge - #17 Monochromatic
Pile It On Challenge - #19 Fairytales, Fantasy & Daydreams
Really Reasonable Ribbon - #47 Mother's Day/ Feminine with Ribbon