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

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

Doodling - Squeezed In Nowhere To Go

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the leafy design with a ZIG Writer and painted with various w/c paints adding white gel pen highlights on the circles.
Text with the ZIG Writer
words: Squeezed In - Nowhere To Go

Blue Flower - Beauty Is In The Eye

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the flower and leaf design and painted with w/c adding gold Mica paint for the stamens.
words: BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder.

Heart Accordion - Floral Advice

I seem to have forgotten to upload this structure...

size: 2.5"sq closed
size: 13"w x 5"h x .25" thk

I folded a piece of 5"h x 13"w Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper accordion style. Cut into it for the heart shapes, as well as cutting to create the square shapes. Colored the petals in the hearts with Prisma colored pencils.

Text written on separate pieces of paper (speckled gray toned stationary paper) and adhered to the structure (it hid the fold lines). Added the title to the cover

Words: If you're going thru hell keep going... but stop and smell the flowers.

A of F - Accordion - Cut Out - Spring Has Sprung

size closed: 2.5"w x 5.5"h
size open: 12"w x 5,5"h
Our AofF for April is anything to do with Spring... That seemed like too open a theme. I have a tendency to like parameters... but I knew I wanted large letters to doodle in... and within very little time this was finished without really thinking... originally I thought I would color the florals but decided to leave it alone.

I used basic Canson Mixed Media 12 x 12 white 98# paper, pencil marked my 1.75" sections for my letters, scored and folded then drew my 1/2" border around the whole thing... Drew my letters, outlined with the bullet end of a ZIG Writer and cut around the negative areas. Drew the floral designs with the fine tip of my ZIG writer and painted the backgrounds with Holbien Peacock Blue.
Wrote in the rest of the text with the fine tip of the ZIG Writer in monoline.

words:  Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I wonder where the daisies is.

Funky Flowers - Floral Wonder

size: 4.5"h x 6"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the funky florals using watercolors with gold borders. Added the words with lots of water and a blend of 2 w/c
words: Floral Wonder

3 Page Geli Print Card

Size: 5"w x 6.75"h
One of our Crafty Dozen gals made a card like this and brought it in to show us. She'll be showing some of the gals at the next Wed get together which I won't be at. I only go to P&I for the past while... So thought I'd give it a try on my own. I love the results but left it without words since I have no idea whom to give it to...
It almost reminds me of a baby card...

I used Value Pack blue and some pale pink cardstock and my geli print paper.
The card base is folded with approx 1/2 gutter in the middle for the middle page to fit in and have room for the embellies.
Rounded the corners. Added the pockets for the bookmarks to each page.
Raided my boxes of pre-die cut or electronically cut butterflies and flowers etc. When everything was glued down... I added some mini rhinestones or butterflies made from woven threads.

 

Dragonfly With Glitter - Change Of Mind

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the butterfly painting with several US ArtQuest Mica Color palettes, then adding glitter to the large circle/ovals
Created the Dragonfly word in shadow lettering with a ZIG Calligraphy marker.
words: Dragonfly arrives and leaves like a change of mind. David Mitchell

Three Flowers - Happiness To Hold

size: 6"w x 7"h
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 gel pen created the flowers and colored with Prisma Colored Pencils. Added the quote with a Gelly Roll 08 pen
words: Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands. Japanese Proverb

Doodled Leafy Vine - String Along And Play

size: 8"w x 7"h
I loved Helen Williams artwork... and then... years ago...she stopped posting. Have no idea why. I resurrected this leafy design from my stash while looking for something else... I can't remember whether it was my design or something I copied from Helen... but decided to finish it.
On St Armand w/c paper painted the artwork and added some doodling. Painted the stems with gold paint. Added the text in a funky style and then filled in the sections with line work using a Juice Up pen.
words: string along and play with me.

wk 1 - Rainer Quote - Welcome New Year

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Black Drawing paper wrote out the quote using a pointed nib and my style of script writing using Bleed Proof white ink. Added  some floral edging.
words: and now we welcome the new year full of things that have never been. Rained Maria Rilke

On Black - Heart Flower - Heart Of Mine

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Black Drawing Paper using a Gelly Roll white gel pen created the heart flower and leaves. Colored with Prisma colored pencils.
Main word painted with US Artquest Mica Color "Interference" set
words: HEART of mine

Shadow Letters - Promise Me Forever

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the words using the shadow technique using a red ZIG Writer and graphite shadow, then added the floral design to give a bit more interest using Prisma colored pencils.
words: Promise Me Forever

Doodled Florals - Be Bold Be Bold

On Canson Mixed Media paper created the design with a ZIG Writer.
Lettering done with the Zig Writer and a black Staedtler Calligraphy Duo pen.
words: Be Bold Be Bold and everywhere be bold. Herbert Spencer

Funky Floral - Fantastica - Shadow Letters

size: 4.5"h x 6"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew my funky floral... painted with w/c and Kuretake gold paints. Added the shadowed lettering in 2 sizes to fit the design.
words: Fantastica

Shadow Letters - Leafy Branch - Love You More

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew my leafy branch with pencil, then creating the lettering and erasing the negative part of the letters. Colored with Prisma colored pencils.
words: Love you more than words can say.

Shadows - Floral - Cosmos

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the shadowed screen type circle, added the florals (Cosmos my favorite flower) colored with Prisma colored pencils adding the leafy strokes with a ZIG Writer.
I made shadow letters a looong time ago but am having fun resurrecting them...
words: Cosmos