WC Eucalyptus

Not sure when I created this... I think about a year ago... but it's been sitting in my Fabriano WC pad. I finally scanned it...
size 9"h x 6"w
On Fabriano 1264 WC paper drew out the design with a blue ZIG Writer, then painted the background watercolors. Added the title with a black Zig Writer in a Tadelus Wastowicz Type Design style

Neuland Thanks - Dry Embossing

I find dry embossing very hard to get the results I want... it never comes out as pronounced as I would like. I'll keep trying. I guess I should try on art paper instead of regular cardstock... but thanks Sue Greenseth for a wonderful Neuland and embossing class.

Created my embossing template from regular cardstock. adhered a piece of thin paper like tracing paper to the good side, adhering drop out pieces like in the "A" and gluing down the pointy contours to prevent them from deteriorating while embossing.

On blue Recollections cardstock embossed the word "thanks" then using a cotton ball applied Pan Pastels all over. Rubbed a clean cotton ball to remove the pastels from the high points then adhered to a card base. 

I turned them into cards...

Doodle - Square - Imagine

Again something I saw in my Pinterest feed that inpsired me...
Size: 4.25"sq
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper using a Zig Writer, Juice up pen, Speedball Elegant Writer 1.3mm and Posca colored pencils.

words: Imagine 

Misc Doodle & Dandelion FLuff

I must admit my Pinterest feed email had some good stuff in it...

The group image is approx 4"sq

On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper using a Zig Writer, Juice up pen and Posca colored pencils.

Scribbled Lives 2020 - Bound

I finally got around to binding all the artwork I did in 2020 for Scribbled Lives.. (25 pages + covers)

Doodle - Floral - Sweet Dreams

Again something I saw in my Pinterest feed...
Size: 4.5"sq
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper using a Zig Writer and a Juice up pen created my circle/border/dangly elements. Colored with Posca colored pencils.
words: Sweet Dreams

Doodling - Citrus - What Do U Like

I saw these doodles that looked like fruit slices in my Pinterest feed...
Size: 4.5"w x 4"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper using a Zig Writer and a Juice up pen created my citrus elements. Some coloring with Posca colored pencils. Text in an art Nouveau style.
words: What do U like?
Limes - Lemons or oranges - or all citrus?

Scribbled Lives 2024 - Wk 19 - Brush Play - Pentel Brush Color Chart

I spied one of my color brush pens in my stash... and then went searching for the rest of them...

Since I was in a quandary of what to use/do for this week's challenge I went with creating a sampler. I notice I had put a sticker on one of them from 2015, and that was for the refill. Yup - I've had these pens for a loooong time and they still work. WOW. 

As per my database of art supplies, I started buying them in 2006 and I seem to be missing 7 colors from this chart... I'll have to search for them. I'm missing purple, yellow orange, pale orange, green, blue, steel blue, brown,

BVCG June Galleria - My Boots On

This was the 1st piece I created for our next galleria "Under the Western Sky" which is the theme for Stampede this year. Definitely not happy with my cowboy lettering. Not clean enough... Hence the other piece I uploaded yesterday which was cleaner and I liked a whole lot better...

size: 6"w x 4"h
I used another rubber stamp I created of just a plain border, inked with various colors of Distress Oxide pads, misted with water and stamped onto Canson Mixed Media paper (I think...). A ZIG calligraphy pen which I couldn't get the clean lines like with a broad edge nib... Highlighted with a white Juice Up pen.
words:
I may not have much but I still have my boots on.

Embossed - Wild West

Our next galleria will be "Under the Western Sky" which is the theme for Stampede this year. This was my 2nd piece for the theme... but didn't like the 1st one too much... I really like this one though... and my embossing finally worked the way I had envisioned...
size: 8" sq
On black Full Spectrum Color Line I embossed my "WILD WEST" words using various sizes of embossing tools. Highlighted it with a white Juice Up pen. and wrote the rest of the text with a gold Juice Up pen.
PS: I cut my stencil from 2 pieces of 110# Staples cardstock glued together. I really massaged the paper with the largest embossing ball I had to soften for stretching it... but it worked...

words:
In the heart of the Wild West I found my soul.

Truer words couldn't be said for me...

BVCG Env Exchange - Leslie Cropper - May 2024

May's BVCG envelope exchange.I played with Art Nouveau lettering. Love this style... Colored pencil shading. The card was made during one of the summer workshop weeks - loose watercolor florals.

Env & BD Card - Harriet

Since I've been taking an Art Nouveau class with Violet Smythe recently, I thought I'd continue using it for the envelope and quote...
Envelope on Columbia Mills LBS End paper using Zig Writer for the name and Posca colored pencils for the flowers.
The floral image on the card was done in 2020 and I finally attached it to a card base... Also added the quote using a Juice Up pen.
words: We can complain because roses have thorns or rejoice because thorns have roses. Alphonse Karr

Slip Knot Booklet - Creative Ponderosities

A good friend sent me another batch of interesting questions...
Size closed: 5.25"w x 6"h x .5"thk

I have since altered the technique of the basic Slip Knot Binding by binding from the back page to the center page and from the front page to to the center, then tying the ends together. Much neater.
I used a cream toned Value Pack cardstock. Turquoise 4ply waxed linen Irish thread.
For the decorative part of the pages and front title I used a hand carved notebook rubber stamp and various combos of Distress pads misted with water on Genoa Bond calligraphy paper.
I LOVE this stamp I carved... it's approx 4"w x 6"h with 1/2"h row height.

Celtic Key Pattern - C - Coffe

Size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Canson Pro Layout paper drew out my 1st pattern then copied it multiple times...

Colored the background with a dark brown Koi watercolor brush pen. The cream colored letters with Prisma colored pencil. It almost looks like the dark brown section says "cup"... but it's really just in-between 4 "C's"

Text with a Faber Castell Pitt calligraphy brown broad edge pen pen and the corner of the pen for the rest of the text.

Celtic Key Pattern - NZN - Comfort Zone

This time only used a ruler to create my design...

Size: 5"sq
On Genoa Bond calligraphy paper drew out my 1"squares, drew in the "Z" and then the 2 "N's" using a Faber Castell Pitt artist calligraphy pen (1/10"). Added design element to distinguish each letter (white dots, dashes and gold mini squares). Colored with Posca colored pencils. Outlined the borders with a red Zig Writer. Text written in a kind of monoline/Art Nouveau style.
words: create a NEW comfort ZONE NOW

Scribbled Lives Wk 18 - Word Chain - Calligraphy Words

Felt like using a monoline style from an exemplars from Julie Wildman

Size: 5.5"w x 5.25"h
On Canson Pro Layout marker paper using a Juice Up pen in Monoline variation. Added some flowers, leaves and alphabet border colored with Posca colored pencils. Square dots with a Mattehop gel pen.

Celtic Key Pattern - O - Okay

For this one I went straight to designing

Size: 4"w x 5"h
On Canson Pro Marker paper created my O-Emerald design border using a Faber Castell calligrapy broad edge C pen (1/10"), colored with Posca colored pencils.
Lettering with a Juice Up pen
words: Okay

Celtic Key Pattern - T - Lift Off

Size: 6"sq
On Canson Pro Marker paper created my design border, colored with Prismacolor broad edge markers.
Lettering with a Juice Up pen
words: T minus zero
and we have lift off.

ECS Env Exchange - Cecilia Traverse

Env: geli print on Columbia Mills LBS End Paper & lettering in a funky Art Nouveau style.

Card was made with the off cut and text with a white Gelly Roll pen

Celtic Key Pattern - G - Quirky

Celtic Key Pattern - G - Quirky
Size: 6"w x 5"h
Again I created a template of the letter from some cardstock and then just twisted and turned it to create the design.

On Recollections black cardstock using a pointed nib and Bleed Proof White ink drew out the outline. Colored with Black Edition colored pencils.
Decorative detail done with Juice Up Metallic pens in various colors. Added the word "Quirky" using a Signo white gel pen in a funky Art Nouveau style.

Wk 17 0 Vocabulary Oddities - OUGH

wk 17 - Vocabulary Oddities
Size: 8"w x 7"h
On Canson Pro Marker paper drew out the "OUGH" using a Juice Up pen and Posca colored pencils, burnishing with a Lyra Splendor Blender.
Wrote out the text with Sumi ink in a  pointed nib Uncial style.

words: "OUGH" can be pronounced in eight different ways.
A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully.

Celtic Key Patterns - Z - Zees

We had our Celtic ZOOM meeting a couple days ago and some of the gals had done a "Z/T" pattern and then Adrienne created one on Procreate... and I thought I'd do anotherone as well. Mine is different in that it is 2 interlocking "Z's", so I guess it's kind of a Celtic Knotwork pattern as well....

I used the same template as yesterday's post from some cardstock and then just twisted and turned it to create the design.
size: 3.5"h x 5"w
On Fabriano Mixed Media paper using a Signo Black gel pen. Painted using Finetec Rose Gold (given to me by a good friend) and Gansi Tambi "Light Gold #905"

The word is one of the Art Nouveau lettering styles from my recent class with Violet Smythe.

Celtic Key Patterns - Z - Shades of Brown

We had our Celtic ZOOM meeting a couple days ago and some of the gals had done a "Z/T" pattern and then Adrienne created one on Procreate... and I thought I'd do one as well Mine is different in that it is 2 interlocking "Z's", so I guess it's kind of a Celtic Knotwork pattern as well....

Again I created a template of the letter from some cardstock and then just twisted and turned it to create the design.

size: 5"sq
On Canson Pro Marker paper using my cut out template created the design using a Zig Writer, then I thought some of the lines would work as a knot pattern  and then I was in a mood to add spaces between my pattern... You know how these things evolve...
Colored the negative spaces with Posca colored pencils in... shades of brown... and then decided to doodle inside some of the letters using brown Juice Up pen and a Unibal Signo Gold gel pen. Lettering for the words is something I came across on dribbles.com

Pull Out Booklet - Ponderings

I was showing some of my friends how to make this booklet at our last Drop In session and I decided to make mine larger...

size: 5.75"h x 5"w (incl Heart) 2/5"thk
(opens to 23"w)
Since I took a class in Art Nouveau lettering with Violet Smythe I thought I'd use that hand for this booklet (you'll probably see me doing this hand a lot...). Bleed Proof white and pointed pen with a Nikko G nib.

I used various colors of Recollection cardstock. The cover is made from 2 pieces of very very heavy white cardstock and I added a piece of gelli print for the spine area.  

P1: An Irishman walks into a bar in Toronto and orders  a drink. The bartender noticing his accent asks "what brings you to Canada?" The Irishman says "well, I was in a pub in Dublin and the coaster under my glass said drink Canada Dry" so I thought I'd give it a shot".

P2: You know you're getting old when a recliner and a hearting pad is your idea of a hot date. 

P3: Are you sweating whilst putting petrol in your car, feeling sick when paying for it, you have got the carownervirus.

P4: Why is it after I push 1 for English I still can't understand the person on the other end.

P5: As I fold my 3rd load of laundry I contemplate becoming a nudist. Then I remember what I looked like naked, and keep folding.   

 

Yukimi Annand - One Stroke Letters

I took a ZOOM class through Calligraphy Society of Victoria (Australia) with Yukimi Annand , Apr 19, & 20, 2024.
Size: 5"w x 1"h
My practice sheets are not worth uploading... This piece was the only thing I felt even a little worth uploading... My brain has a real problem working this way.
ne Genoa Bond LBS paper using  Zig Writer, a Mattehop black pen and colored pencils.

Stepping Stones - The Road Not Taken

This piece started as a challenge given by Nadia Munarolo-Kurjata on CrEaTe for 8 - Love Letter Edition on Facebook (Apr 22/24). I needed a challenge... It's apparently Earth Day today...

size: 8" x 9"sq
So I went into my scraps bag of gelli print pieces... Used my hexagon punch to cut out my stepping stones... and this poem by Robert Frost popped into my head...

Art Nouveau lettering with a Juice Up pen on Neenah cardstock. The gelli print on Columbia Mills LBS End paper was a commission that I also made a spelling mistake on... so now it becomes bits and pieces.

words:
I shall be telling this with a sigh
somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood and I -
I took the road less traveled by,
and that made all the difference.
"The Road Not Taken" Robert Frost

 

ECS Env Exchange - Apr 2024 - Edwina Klein

Env: Columbia Mills LBS End Paper done in Art Nouveau style using for the name  Mattehop pen, Zig Writer for the flowers & colored with Posca colored pencils

The card was a fun play with one of the Summer workshops I took

Scribbled Lives 2024 - Wk 16 - Shape - Geometric

Size: 8"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper found a shaped alphabet... drew out the letters and colored with Posca colored pencils "Geometric Shaped Alphabet".
Wrote the quote with a Juice Up pen.
words: Geometry will draw the soul toward the truth and create the spirit of philosophy. Plato

Art Nouveau - Dance With The Waves - Dry Embossed

size: 9"w x 7"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper using a Sizzix 2mm embossing tool scribed my words, then with the flat of my Posca colored pencils colored the waves in various blues.
words:
Dance with the waves
Move with the sea
Let the rhythm of the water
set your soul free.
Christy Ann Martin

Back To Back Double Accordion - Alpha

Since I did a smaller one I thought I'd make one as big as I could with the paper on hand...

size: 6"h x 3.25"w 7/10"thk (opens to 24"w)
I used Columbia Mills LBS End paper both plain sheet and a geli print spliced together.

I knew I wanted writing on this one so wrote out 4 styles of alphabets inked with Juice Up pen and colored with gel pens, Koi w/c brushes & Mattehop pens. Added matte board covers, covered with a geli print and tied a Sari ribbon.
Added the title inked with a Posca gold pen, outlined with a green gel pen, cut out and adhered to cover. PS there's one on the back cover as well... Of course I put that one on first. Ha Ha

 

Meandering Lotus - Odd Man Out - Dreamer

I was writing down the instructions for a class I taught and had written down - cut all the same size squares... a light bulb went off in my head and said why not try it with odd size squares... and it worked.