Oak Leaves and Summer Florals - Summer Ends

I decided to do some florals in a section I don't usual do them in... I have a tendency to work from left to right...
size: 5.5"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out  the floral design and colored with various brands of watercolors. Wrote in the text  with a pointed nib and a funky brown mix of Gouache I had created a long time ago.
words: Summer ends, and autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night. Hal Borland

Oak Leaves - In Creating

I saw some oak leaves and the rest evolved.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson XL Pen & Ink paper drew out my leaves and bal shapes... Painted with various brands of w/c. Added white gel pen highlights
Calligraphy with a green .5mm Zig Calligraphy pen in a funky style

words: In creating the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. James Russell Lowell

Flowers In Tulip Vase

Just drew a vase shape and the rest just evolved...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson XL Pen & Ink paper drew out my decorative vase. Doodled and painted with various brands of w/c and Fine Tech gold's.

Calligraphy with a Juice Up pen in a script style.

words: The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs. Malcolm de Chazal

Sunflower - Hold Your Head High

I was in a sunny mood and this flower evolved... I really like the way it turned out.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson XL Pen & Ink paper drew out my flower design. and painted with various brands of w/c.
Calligraphy with a brown Zig Writer

words: Always hold your head high like a sunflower that stretches toward the light. Malene Rossau

3 Blue Coneflowers In Gold Frame

 Just drawing flowers and this evolved
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson XL Pen & Ink paper drew out my flower design. and painted with various brands of w/c  Assed the frame with Gansai Tambi light gold

Calligraphy with a blue metallic gel pen.

words: Blue Coneflower

Red Peony - Flower Power

Another piece done while playing with the gals
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson XL Pen & Ink paper drew out my flower and colored with Prisma Colored pencils. Added the word FLOWER POWER and hatched with a Juice Up pen.
words: Flower Power

Pink 7 Petal Flower - Bloom

words: Bloom

 I was playing with the gals again and created a few pieces... 2 of which I totally finished. This is one of them.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson XL Pen & Ink paper drewout my flower and inked with a Zig marker. Painted various brands of w/c's'. Added the word BLOOM and hatched with a Juice Up pen.

BVCG Env Exc - Aug 2025 - Renate Worthington

Env created onGenoa Bond paper, Funky letters with a Marvy 5.0 Calligraphy marker and doodled with various colored metallic gel pens. Deco roses with Prisma colored pencils.

The insert (not a card) was something I created a long time ago and colored with FineTech metallic paints

Blue Flowers - Blooming Branch

I saw an image of a branch of flowers and had to do something with it...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson XL Pen & Ink paper painted the flowers and then outlined with a black Juice Up pen. Text written with a med Blue Juice Up pen in a Renee style lettering and white Uniball gel pen dots.
words: Blossoming branch of blue flowers

Floral Tentacles - Gladys Taber

I seem to be in a funk lately... not sure why.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson XL Pen &Ink Paper, Zig Writer, Prisma Colored pencils. Juice Up pens, gel pens.
words: The tentacles of today reach out like an octopus to swallow yesterday. Gladys Taber

Pansy In A Pot - Heart Of A Pansy

A friend created a card with stamps and dies with this kind of pansy image. I really liked it and said I was going to make one too...
size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson XL Pen &Ink Paper, Zig Writer, Watercolors, graphite pencil shading and paper stump.
Text written with a Juice Up pen in Weaver style lettering.
words: nobody can keep on being angry if she looks into the heart of a pansy. Lucy Maude Montgomery

Leafy Border - Another Alphabet Whispering

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
Continuing using some of my black drawing paper...
On Canson XL Black Drawing Paper using a white gel pen and Black Edition colored pencils.
Lettering done with a Zebra Pointed pen nib and Twinkles H2º "Indian Copper"
words: There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky. Dejan Stojanovic

Flower In A Teacup

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
I was playing with this flower... boy that's a lot of pink!!
On Canson XL Pen &Ink Paper using metallic Prisma colored pencils. Lettering a la Lisa Engelbrecht style using Pentel Arts Fine Point Color Pens
words: A Flower In A Teacup

Leafy Letters - Leaves Whispering

I've seen this style of letters a few times and finally got down to creating a complete alphabet using some of the ones I saw as my guide.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson XL Pen &Ink Paper, Zig Writer and watercolors.

words: Leaves whispering, shimmering, listen to their song.

Double Flap Card - Center Floral Stem

Size card closed: 4.25"sq
opens to: 9"w

I came across this cute card structure on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/DMNkDoJs9n_/) uploaded on July 17,2025 by aveereneecarddesigns called a slim line card. Couldn't resist making one...

Cut 110# cardstock to 4.25" x 9"w
Scored at 2", 2.25", 4.125", 4.625", 6.125" & 6.875"
Fold scores: v,v,m,m,v,v

I adhered geli print scraps from my stash... raided my die cuts to create the floral branch adhering only to that 1/2"w section. added amber gems to the floral centers.

Be careful when opening the card... Have both sides folded back to open the flaps to not damage the protruding florals...

Text will be added when I know what it will be used for...

 

Yellow Daisy On Black - Single Flower

Size: 6"w x 4.5"h
Continuing using some of my black drawing paper...
On Canson XL Black Drawing Paper using metallic gel pens and Prisma colored pencils
words: If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.

Leaves - Blowing In The Wind

I just bought some black drawing paper and this is the last piece I did while with the gals...
size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson XL Black Drawing Paper using metallic gel pens and Prisma colored pencils

words: Blowing in the wind

Abstract Spiral - Rhthyms and Spirals

size: 4.25"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper using a ZIG Writer, Prisma colored pencils and Uniball white gel pen.
Text with a 1.5 Parallel pen and Sumi ink
words: The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles and spirals. John Hartford

W/C Floral - Without A Wild Flower

size: 4.25"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper, watercolors, Pointed Pen, Juice Up pen.
words: What a lonely place it would be to have a word without a wild flower

Linear Flowers - Art Is A Step

size: 6.5"w x 6"h
Again started drawing wiggly lines...
On Strathmore Black Field Drawing paper, White gel pen, Metallic Gell pens, Prisma Colored pencils and Lyra Splender Blender.
words: Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet. Paul Klee