Yay! I’m ahead of schedule! This week’s challenge word is imperfection. What an interesting word that is…. How do I come up with a picture for it?
Last night as I was in the garage painting, I had paint all over my hands, making a mess and the idea came to me.
My hands are not perfect. When I create, my hands get messy. With these hands I create things that hopefully will bring a little joy into someone’s life.
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I {Heart} power tools. As most of you know, I paint. Decorative painting, Tole painting, whatever you want to call it, that’s one of my hobbies. I cut most of my own wood so I have a couple of different kinds of saws, sanders etc… It shouldn’t surprise you that I asked for a new DeWalt palm sander for Christmas and Santa delivered. I finally pulled it out of the box today to work on a new project.
I bought the items I needed for this project sometime in November. I needed a little prep done by My Handyman before I could get started. I told him it was no rush because, well… I was just too busy creating things for Christmas. I am Grateful for his help. He finished up for me a couple of weeks ago so now it’s time for me to begin.
The piece of wood is sanded, drilled and ready for paint. I painted the base with Traditional Burnt Umber. I use Americana paints by Decoart. They are my favorite.
The base coat is really the undercoat. It will look much different when finished. You know me and my distressed look! I’m trying to decide if I’ll use blues or green’s….
I guess you’ll find out when it’s done!
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This weeks word is Inspiration… You would think that would be an easy word. I thought about it all week. There are so many things that inspire me… but they’re usually Blogs, Pinterest, Books, Nature, etc….
I decided to take a picture of where I make good use of my inspiration. Where else could it be besides my desk in my craft room?
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I mentioned the first part of the year that my word for Twenty -Twelve is Choose.. I have many reasons for that word (previously posted). I was doing a little doodling last night; thinking of words to go along with it.
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I’ve had this Old Corvette stamp for a few years. It’s from Cornish Heritage Farms which went out of business. They just recently opened back up and now sell digital stamps.
The last couple of cards I’ve made, including this one, I’ve pulled out older papers that I have in my stash. A few months ago I cleaned out my paper closet and gave a lot of papers to my DIL. I need to use the rest of this old stuff. This one is from Cosmo Cricket’s paper packet – Wanted
The stamped image is kind of shadowy. Not super detailed. I colored it in with a watery wash of Twinkling H20’s.
Products used: CHF – Corvette stamp. Twinkling H20’s. Seam binding ribbon. Distress ink – Vintage photo. Spellbinders – Label 17. Cosmo Cricket – Wanted. Zig calligraphy writer – black.
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I’ve had this Sparkle Creations stamp for probably over a year and this is the first time I’ve used it. It’s called Cupcake Ruby. Isn’t she cute?
I stamped her on a good heavy cardstock and colored with my Copic markers.
The template is from the VivaLaVerve challenge January Week2.
Products used: Sparkle Creations – Cupcake Ruby. Cosmo Cricket – Hey Sugar. Copic markers. Verve – VLVJAN2012. CTMH – Little Princess. Robins Nest baubles – Flame. Distress ink – Vintage photo.
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