Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Z Fold cards are pretty fun!

 Once again, craft roulette challenged me to go out of the box and do something different. I have never made Z-fold card before I made the first one with the old truck, and I really wasn’t happy with my water coloring. I tried to redo it but I still wasn’t happy (The second picture is my 2nd attempt ). Then, I needed a card for a family member so I made another Z-fold. After that, I totally switched gears and went with the funny phone or my craft roulette submission. I guess I went on a little Z-fold kick.

For craft roulette 172. Parameters were:

Project: Z fold

Colors: any

Element: Old

Random: something from my mesk








Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Collage art is hard

 Started out to make a collage card. I have been watching Wendy Vechy on YouTube and since I had some of her Studio 490 stamps I wanted to copy her style. (Btw I got those stamps used so I don’t feel too bad about this card not working out). This card went through several steps and it became something non-collage. I totally abandoned my main image and just used a strip from what I had! I am happy with the result (bottom left) but it's nothing like what I intended!









Watercolor

 I’m a watercolor artist wannabe. Truthfully, I don’t think there are enough hours in the day for me to practice enough to get good at it. I...