Triangles - Good Bad Inbetween

size: 5"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the overlapping triangles, added the words then painted with various brands of watercolors.
words: Good Bad Inbetween

ECS Env Exc - May 2026 - Jeanine Alexander

ECS Env Exc 2026 - Jeanine Alexander
Env 5"h x 7"w

Env done on Genoa Bond paper in a funky style - have no idea what type it is... using a blue, green and gold gel pens. Rubber stamped the floral border.
Card done in one of the classes I took several years ago and I put my funky lettering on it...

Forever Chasing Emerald Dreams

I was cleaning up a pile of stuff on one of my wheel-y carts and came across a bunch of glittered pieces I created eons ago... this one is emerald glitter on black paper through a star stencil.
size: 5"sq
I cut strips of just under an inch wide since the piece wasn't the size I wanted and pasted them to create my new frame. Used the cut of corners as decorative elements. Wrote the words with a green ZIG Writer
words: Forever Chasing Emerald Dreams

Emeralds, I think are my favorite gem...

Sarkis BD 2026

I created the env using Genoa Bond paper and my funky lettering style, doodling in each letter. Sponged some Distress brown around the edges. Added a bunch of stamps I liked.

The card was made after an ECS class with Sally Towers-Syblliss

Dec 16/25 post link below

https://www.facebook.com/yogi.grunwald/posts/pfbid03882WdbjXDgH9iBtyJgfAoVR93LTwWJRn2kFhxaY6DeFKfmhD5eD7vWehgEhuP8dVl

AofF_Isosceles Triangle Book - Play Is Therapy

size closed: Triangles - 3.5" x 4"h
Our AofF for June had one thought being an Isosceles triangle project... but then they decided something else... but my head was already in the isosceles mode...

We were to take a square piece of paper and divide it in half both ways and half again and trim off the excess to create perfect isosceles triangles. I did a 2nd piece and adhered them together at their edges...

I then created another one slightly smaller from Genoa Bond paper. Then I cut smaller triangles from marbled paper I created eons ago and adhered them to the Genoa paper

The whole thing folds up into a neat triangle with a little paper band to keep it closed

Then cut out letters from misc black paper to spell out "Play Is Therapy

A of F - One Page Booklet - Crazy Is

Our AofF for May is anything using 1 piece of paper. This is the 3rd booklet I've made. I guess I'm kind of addicted...
size closed: 2"sq x .5"thk
I used my Guild's Genoa Bond paper which I completely covered with various colored linear marks and filling in the negative areas with solid color.
Folded to create 16 sections. Cut the paper thru 3 squares in the 1st & 3rd section and then from the opposite side thru the 2nd section.
Glued a very thin line wherever needed to create a page/pocket and then cut out little rectangles to easily slip in and out my white page inserts.
The only text is what's visible.
words: title - "Crazy is as crazy does" on the edge of the cover.
letters spell out MIND BOGGLING

Shadow Letters - Floral Border - Trust Your Self

At our last Guild's play day till Sept... I created a couple of calligraphic pieces. This was the 2nd piece.
size: 6.5"w x 5.75"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper using a bullet tip marker and then squaring off the letters to create the text... Added the floral type border and coloring with both Prisma Colored Pencils, markers and gold gel pen.
words: Trust Your Self

Shadow Letters - Believe And You're Half Way There

At our last Guild's play day till Sept... I created a couple of calligraphic pieces. This was the 1st one.
size: 7.5"w x 6.5"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper using a Juice Up pen wrote out the words in a Shadow Lettering style. Added some shadow hearts.
words: Believe and you're half way there

Ruche Weaving - In Silence - Rumi

size: 6"w x 8.5"h
On Value Pack cream toned cardstock cut my slits for the weaving at various widths. Wove with various colors of Ruche textured paper. Added the text to the empty sections using a Juice Up Brown pen.
words: In silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves. Rumi

Linear Doodle - No Words

size: 4.75"w x 7"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper drew out the rectangle shape and then drew wavy lines using the bullet tip of a ZIG Writer. Colored some with Prisma colored pencils and doodled in others.
colors: 904, 905, 908, 910, 916, 917, 918, 919,922, 930, 970, 989, 993, 1005, 1006, 1014, 1011, 1020, 1030, 1079, 2100, 2200,
words: No Words (there are so many words that can come after these 2 words... fill in your own blanks)

Purple Geli Print - Origami Env - Bow Closure

size: 5"w x 3.5"h

I saw this cute bow origami env and had to make 1 (actually had to make 2 others before I got to this one...) 

Hopefully this gets you to where I saw it on Instagram (Raushan Willms Apr 16/26 https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXHjahnthlm/) 

I used my purple toned geli printed paper 20cm sq

I love the bow it makes. 

Abstract Doodled Circle - Start To Be Great

size: 5" sq
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper drew out my circle and doodled with more circles. Colored with Prisma colored pencils (905,906,912,917,918,922). Added text around the circle in funky monoline.
words: You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. Zig Ziglar

Pink Floral Border - An Attitude

size: 4.5"w x 5.5"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper drew out my wavy lines and then filled with flowers and leaves. Colored with Prisma colored pencils (907,913,919,928,929,942,1014,2200). Added the text with a ZIG Writer
words: Pink isn't just a color it's an attitude. Miley Cyrus

Floral Border - Bloom In Full Color

size: 4.25"w x 6.5"h
On Genoa Bond paper drew out some wavy lines and then filled them in with the floral design. Colored with Prisma colored pencils (from top to bottom - 970, 993, 2100, 1302, 971, 904, 995, 920, 1010, 922). Wrote in the words in a funky style and following the floral edge.
words: Bloom in full color

Postcards - Thank U From The Heart & Heart Felt Thank You

2 more postcards made...

size: 4"h x 6"w each
A friend's son had a heart attack while running and was kept alive by several bystanders and EMT until an ambulance arrived. She asked for postcards to be made to thank them.

Both made on Staples white cardstock. 

Top image: Drew out the funky Thank-U with a ZIG Writer and a red gel pen inner line. Basic script for the rest of the text.  Added hearts with an Outline pen. Lines in the border.

Bottom image: Serif letters with flowers colored with Prisma colored pencils in a green, yellow and pink. Thank you in a script style, A couple hearts and funky border

Popsicle Fence Booklet - R Important

I saw something on-line using Popsicle sticks and was inspired to create this little booklet.
size: 3"w x 3.5"h
I didn't have any popsicle sticks so created mine from Staples cardstock and colored with various Distress Oxide brown pads. Glued them to the cover (also Staples cardstock) over the booklet made from white copy paper hand sewn with a 3 hole basic binding using 3ply un-waxed brown linen thread. Two signatures.

A Heartfelt Thank U

size: 4"h x 6"w
A friend's son had a heart attack while running and was kept alive by several bystanders and EMT until an ambulance arrived. She asked for postcards to be made to thank them.
On Staples white cardstock drew out the funky letters with a ZIG Writer. Added a Signo Unibal gold gel pen inner line, then colored with ZIG Clean color markers. Punched out a heart shape and outlined it onto the postcard. Adhere the artwork onto a blue lightly textured cardstock.
words: a heartfelt thank u!

Woven Tag - Geli Print - All Else Fails

size: 2"w x 7"h (plus ribbon)

Weaving 4 strips (7/10" w) of geli prints done on Genoa Bond paper to create the tag. Gluing the bottom slightly... Hanging with a light blue Sari ribbon.

Punched out tags from white and blue cardstock. Wrote in the words with a white gel pen and a blue ZIG Writer.

words: When all else fails laugh out loud.

ECS Env Exc Apr 2026 - Barbara Keir

ECS Env Exc 2026 - Barbara Keir

Env 5"h x 7"w

I love making these kind of decorated cap letters.
Used Unibal gold gel pen and Prisma colored pencils on our calligraphy paper (Genoa Bond).
The card was made a while back and resting in my stash. Just some hexagons I was playing with at the time.

Mini Booklet - Blacker Than Black

size: 2.5"sq x .25thk closed
I had this little black book sitting on my desk that I had made a little while ago using Value pack Black Cardstock with a glued spine... so decided to fill it in finally
First added the wavy lines using Stamperia Contour Black which gives a raised glossy black line. Then I added the vertical lines using a Metallic Black Gelly Roll pen which kind of ends up being a silvery color. Then added the text with the same pen.
The title page used a different Black Metallic pen that seems to have a gold sheen to it. Can't remember which pen did that...
words: Blacker Than Black
If they don't give you a seat at the table bring in a folding chair. Shirley Chrisholm

Brown Bag It

size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Staples cardstock. I pulled out a Brown ZIG Writer and then just started drawing and abstract line with both ends. Then since I was using a brown pen I wrote in that word... Then colored the negative areas. And the first word that came into my bran was "Brown Bag It"...
words: Brown Bag It

Feel Free To Explore

size: 7.5"w x 4.5"h
On Genoa Bond paper using a ZIG Writer for the letters, doodling and ZIG Clean Color markers for the P.
words: Feel free to EXPLORE

The Future Belongs To The Brave

size: 6.5"w x 4"h
On Genoa Bond paper using a ZIG Writer for the letters and coloring with Prisma colored pencils.
words: The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. Ronald Reagan

Amazing - 26 Little Letters

size: 4.75"sq
I was just doodling kind of... So drew the graph lines added the Celtic lines to create a knotwork design, and then started putting doodles in some of them and then said add letters...As it turned out there were exactly 26 boxes...
On Genoa Bond paper using a ZIG Writer for the letters and doodling, then coloring with ZIG Clean Color markers and a grey for the graph behind the letters.
words: It's amazing what 26 little letters can become.

Art Of The Fold - One Page Booklet - Think Green

size closed: 2.75"w x 2.25"h x .5"thk
Our AofF for May is anything using 1 piece of paper. I've done a few of these but this time I decided to glue some of the pages and create pockets so the booklet opens like a normal book... I love the results and decided I wanted an all GREEN theme...

I used my Guild's Genoa Bond paper, folded to create 16 sections. Cut the paper thru 1st & 3rd lines from the left edge thru 3 sections, then from the right edge thru the 2nd line thru 3 sections, and folded starting at one end till the end.

Glued a very thin line wherever needed to create a page/pocket and then punching a semi circle either at the edge or top depending on how the page was glued. I reinforced the glued edges with a very thin piece of geli print scraps.

Used various gel pens and Clean Color pens for the colored text.

Created tags to fit the pockets with the Genoa Bond paper and then adhered a piece of a dark green heavy paper. Wrote in green color names using a Gelly Roll white gel pen.

Art of the Fold - One Page Booklet - Flower Circle - Blossom

size closed: 2.5"dia

Our AofF for May is anything using 1 piece of paper. I've done them in square shape where it opens and lays flat again. But this time I decided to glue some of the pages so the booklet opens like a normal book... I love the results.

I used value pack black cardstock which is medium light weight. Folded like a normal construction (fold in half (landscape mode) and each section folded in half again and repeated in (portrait mode.) getting my 16 little squares.

Cut the 1st and 3rd score lines from one edge to the 3rd score line. Repeated from the other edge and cut the middle score up to the 3rd score lines. Then start accordion folding from one edge to the end. You should have a nice little booklet.

But you don't have a NORMAL booklet... so start gluing to make them pages... 

Draw a circle that's larger than your folded booklet and cut the corners away to give the illusion of a round booklet which will keep your spines safe.

I used geli prints, pink and blue cardstock using a floral punch and adhered them to each page alternating color etc. Then cut smaller flowers and Peel Off glitter centers.

Added text to the geli print flowers in a funky hand with a gold gel pen.

words:  Blossom (on the cover) and Blooming (on the inside - 1 letter per page).

Mini Booklet - Celtic Knots

size: 4.25"w x 2.25"h closed
I've been playing with Celtic letters recently because of a class by the Edmonton Calligraphy Society. I decided to make a booklet of the two lettering styles I liked so I didn't have large pages to carry around...
I had these paper ends from my Guilds genoa bond paper laying in my stash and decided it would make a nice booklet. Then the booklet was laying on my desk and decided these letters would fit in nicely...
The letters look similar in the images but they have quite a few differences within the alphabet.
The cover was a piece of cold press w/c paper I had done some sort of background on and laying in my stash. Hand bound with 3ply un-waxed linen thread. Wrote the word "Celtic" in one of the styles with a pointed nib and misc white ink.

Celtic Knotwork 3 - Iris

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
I'm continuing on with the Celtic style lettering from  Pauline Baynes (Edmonton Calligraphy Society). This one uses the 3rd exemplar which I still don't really like but keep going back to it....
On Canson Mixed Media paper using a ZIG Writer & Prisma colored pencils for the Flower and doodling.  Gold Uniball Signo pen and a Juice Up pen for the text.  Iris

Celtic Knotwork 1 - No Excuse

size: 4.5"h x 6"w
I'm continuing on with the Celtic style lettering from  Pauline Baynes (Edmonton Calligraphy Society). This one uses the 1st exemplar.
On Canson Mixed Media paper using a Juice Up pen for the outlines and text and Prisma colored pencils and a gold Uniball Signo pen for the center area of the letters.
words: No Excuse

Lettering - Explain Yourself

size: 4.5"h x 6"w
I saw something on line and thought I'd play with the concept...
On Canson Mixed Media paper using a ZIG Writer and various watercolors
words: Explain Yourself

Celtic Letters - Dream Big

Continuing on from Pauline Baynes Celtic Letters class last month. Thought I'd play with all 3 BIG GRIN. This was the last exemplar. It's the most tedious which I probably won't play with again...

Dream Big...
size: 9"w x 5.75"h
Used the Mica gold for knot outline and Prisma pencils and a splendor blender for the coloring. Thought I'd play on the "big" word

words: Dream big