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  • Life’s Peachy Paper roll blooms

    Some time ago I found a tutorial on creating stamps with paper rolls. What a great idea! For the complete tutorial head here. Love the simple. Ok, today’s stamping with ribbon and acrylic didn’t work but there are lots more ideas to come. Oh wait, the acrylic green background with a quote looking like a…

  • Peach Ornament Stamp Flowers

    I love painting these ornament stamp flowers. You take a small ornament, dip it into paint and apply to paper in a swirl motion. Or is it a circle motion? I have a typical smooth shiny red ornament. I wonder how that would work? I added a splash of blue paint to the mix. With…

  • Creatively Hue Readers

    Thank you so much for being a fan Every day there are more of you. Did you know that I have a shop where I house over 100 of my designs? I have a stack yet to be added. In the next week I will be adding more art. I’ve got to add these to…

  • Listen to Me

    I was about ready to throw this out. I kept layering the background and suddenly I have the moon and the stars. The moon and the stars, flowers, everything in nature speaks of truth.

  • Art is such a wonderful world

    Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Pablo Picasso What a wonderful quote. And just now as I was about to work on this post, another blogger posted about feeling like your work isn’t enough. You play a comparison game. I should fill up the page. I should work on patterns…

  • Words by John W. Gardner

    Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. John W. Gardner When I work on a painting, I don’t use a pencil. I don’t even think about sketching, anymore. I haven’t in a long time. But I saw an artist on Instagram. She painted abstract flowers. Pencil marks were visible. Beautiful work! Part of…