Hello Friends,
I needed a lot of coffee this past week. Hubby had his pacemaker battery replaced (it went well but he is hurting a bit from the incision), we had some bad news in the family, our washing machine died (they are delivering a new one today - yay), and we have been trying to get all our tax information together. Urgh!
I am late again for T-day over at Elizabeth's blog where we share a drink related item in our post (actual drink, movie, art, etc). Elizabeth is sharing tons of fun cat mugs in her post this week. I am sharing the happy GIANT mug I bought a few months ago. I use it for days when I need a lot of coffee - lol.
I have done some more art and cards, of course. This first one is the Valentine's Day card I made for a farmer friend who farms cotton and loves to watch sunsets. I painted it using Daniel Smith watercolors and I cased THIS card from Amy Zepeda (she was the Featured Stamper this week at Splitcoaststampers.com).
This next one was sent to my son-in-law, Joey. I made it with an advertising card from the 1800s (I later found out it was actually valuable - lol). Joey coaches my grandsons' baseball teams and loves baseball. Inside is a Yogi Berra quote - "Love is the most important thing in the world but baseball is pretty good too." It was also for this week's CAS challenge on Splitcoaststampers.com.
I made this next one for this week's Art Nudge Challenge #225B. The inspiration photo is very steampunk with a giant heart and some fab colors - check it out HERE. The image is a digi from Vera Lane Studos and the papers are Stamperia.
My last card is my favorite from the week. It is the Valentine for my oldest grandson. It was inspired by THIS photo from the inspiration challenge at Splitcoaststampers.com. I sketched and painted it - he loves sardines/fish so I knew he would get a kick out of it.
Hope you have a wonderful week and are doing wonderful things.
Hugz,
Nancy
So many wonderful projects my friend! Your watercolor painting is always so well done and I'm in love with that steampunk design! So many layers! Thanks for the wonderful inspiration and the happy coffee mug! :)
ReplyDeleteYou were really busy making beautiful cards (I only managed to make one...) and my favorite is the first one. The sardines are pretty cool as well. I hope that this week will be better for you than the last one.
ReplyDeleteThese are all super cards. I love that Vera Lane steampunk guy, and the sardines too. An that cotton field is amazing. Wow, nice;y done Nancy. And that big mug for your coffee would also be great for T. And I love that it has a smile on it. Hope everything settles down for you this week. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteWow, amazing collection of cards. I'm sure your son in law loved his card :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful cards. Love the fun steampunk and the baseball cards.
ReplyDeleteStay happy dear friend Aloha
ReplyDeleteDear Nancy, big coffee mugs for LOTS of coffee are always good and important, and a smiley on them also puts you in a good mood. Hopefully your hubby's pain will soon be gone and he'll be fine again. You made some lovely cards. The sardine card is funny - my favourite is the steampunk card - I love steampunk!
ReplyDeleteAll the best and happy Valentine's Day, Traude
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Your cards are absotively wonderful. I like how you really personalized the cards for the recipient. Hope your Hubster is feeling better. Happy T Day
ReplyDeleteAll your cards are wonderful, and the recipients must be very lucky.
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