Very Little is Need for a Happy Life

Sorry, I haven't been around much my dear friends. Our daughter was visiting and we spent 12 days laughing, eating, drinking and having a great time. We even went to visit  St Simons Island and checked out the beaches and tiny shops. We stayed in a historic 1930 hotel, where our room was named for a famous St Simon resident called William Hazzard. This is funny because coincidentally our street is named after him too!

I am showing a sweet tag  I made awhile ago. It's background was stamped and then watercolored. The image was watercolored too. Some black glitter fleur d'isle an organza rose, some black tulle and Dresden scrap were the accents. The hand cut sentiment reads "Very little is needed to make a happy life."

Hope you are having a happy week, we sure did!
take care, Gerri

Sweet Fairies song

Today for Retro Cafe Art I've created a sweet ATC. I love the ATC size it's big enough to add a lot of detail but not too big to take too much  time to make. Now that I work full time, I don't always have to time to create, so these are just right for me. I really like the color combination of pink and gold for this one too!

To make this I started by layering gold and then pink marbleized paper. Under the RCA 3 Pane Rounded ATC frame I glued the Debrina Pratt dancer images . I added their wings with gold paint! There is a Stickled crown cut out in the top window. Gold Stickle dots, water color paint and tiny pink and red rhinestones trim the entire piece. The RCA cut words  were used to make the sentiment which says " Sweet Fairies Song".

Hope you hear a sweet song this week.
Take care, Gerri

Sweet Fairies Song

       

Fairy details

Then you will remember me Fairy Shrine

               Over at Retro Cafe Art there is an amazing Fairy Shrine swap going on , you have until Aug 19th to play, so come join  all the fun. See all the directions, here. We will be using the delightful inspirational Fairy Shrines from Retro Cafe Art. You'll receive amazing art from others in the swap  and even free goodies from RCA too! I've made 4 different beauties, rather French I think!

Hope you will join us... for some Oh la la fun!

Take care, Gerri

                   

         

  

Bright Orange Life Saver

Here's another Sea themed card from Gecko Galz using the delightful Sea Shore Cuties July Collage sheet. The sea is always an easy theme for me to work with, did you know when I was young I wanted to be an oceanographer like Jacques Cousteau.... somehow I ended up in the garment industry. Imagine that!

To make this card I started with some polka dot paper and punched the edges. I added some red star ribbon on the top and the bottom with some yellow plastic stars. The image of the bathing beauty is from the Sea Shore  cuties collage sheet. I added the 3d life preserver for dimension and layered her on some blue cellophane to represent water. The water colored  painted sentiment says "bright".

Hope you have a bright week ahead of you!

artfully yours, gerri

"Bright"

Sea Shore Cuties

I love living here at the shore, whether its the bright green marsh grasses or the deep blue see, South Carolina low country is truly an inspiring place to live and create. Today for Gecko Galz using the July Ephemera Collage Sheet called Sea Shore Cuties Collection cuties I made this mixed media tag. Of course I enjoy the challenge of repurposing things , so I used a Red Gap tag as the base for this piece!

To make this tag I started with a muslim and red garment tag as the base. I attached the women in swimsuits image from the sea shore cuties sheet. I added embellishments of shells, drink umbrella, paper shells, netting, star fish confetti, pearls and the hand cut dictionary sentiment "friends". Some Stickle accents add the sparkle and shine of the sea.

Hope you will meet a friend at the ocean this summer.

take care, gerri

Friend...a confidant.

Bingo you just can't stop

Well, its another Gecko Galz art project for everyone today using something from my childhood.It's all about mushrooms. I love the look of  mushrooms and as a child would go on walks with my mother and brother to hunt for them. Not to eat them, but to look and take photos of them. I even had a scrap book of mushroom pictures. I guess I started my paper art addition early in life.

For this card I used a Gecko Galz image image and several 3D items like the flower, ladybug and tiny Retro Cafe Art mushrooms. Some fiber, watercolor paint and red Stickles add addional color. The sentiment says"Bingo, you just can't stop"

Hope you will have a fond childhood memory this week.
artfully yours, Gerri

                                 

 

 

 

Follow your heart

Making ATCs is one of my favorite things to do. It's fun  to see how much detail I can incorporate  in a little space. It's great that you can hold this little art object in the palm of your hand .

This ATC uses images from gecko galz that I added touches of water color paints. Some 3 d elements such as a game spinner and a little heart add depth. Stickles and red German scrap add the shine.  

Hope you will find a little treasure to hold in your hand this week.

Take care, gerri



FOLLOW YOUR HEART