Groomsmen

My eldest daughter, Jessica created this page of her groom and groomsmen from their wedding in December 2006.

Creative Details

This dynamic design was made with Layers of Color Beaded Frames art stamp set.

Sentimental Keepsake

Attached to the page is the actual boutonniere worn by the groom. I made it with a velvet leaf, ribbon, trim, feathers and faux berries that looked like they are sugar coated. Jessica also adorned this page with Layers of Color Garden Borders, Architectural Blocks art stamp sets and golden netting.

Details

Just above her husband’s name, Jessica added some masculine touches of metal and corrugated cardboard.  The crown and flourish are Layers of Color Regal Wings and Under the Sea art stamp sets.

Dear Blog Friends:

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for showering me with love during my recovery! I’ve been so honored and blessed by you. I’m sorry I haven’t written to each of you. I hope to be able to do that in the near future. In the meantime, Thank you so much!… and big hugs to you all!

Pierced

Jessica created a page in memory of having her nose pierced this April. It turned out that it did not fit her style, and so two weeks later she removed it. She warns that it does hurt as much as it looks like it does! I love how she combined the black & white with the vibrant colors.

Details

Jessica used Layers of Color birds from the Bird-day Party art stamp set and embossed it with silver. Such a pretty effect.

Nose Flower

Jessica’s touch of whimsy is shown in how she used a close-up photo of her nose jewelry as the flower center. The flower is Layers of Color Polka Dot Love embossed on printed paper.

Dearest Blog Friends: It’s been one week since my surgery and I’m healing slowly but surely. Thank you for your continued prayers!

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My daughter, Jessica and her husband, Chris enjoyed a special restaurant together in celebration of her Golden birthday (23 years old on the 23rd). She made this fabulous multi-layered scrapbook page about their experience. The restaurant is called Zeste Cafe!

Zeste Cafe

I think this page says “Zeste” with more than words! It’s vibrant colors and combination of creative details and layers of papers & photos give the viewer an exciting sense of discovery! Apparently the food was also, “WOW!”.

Journaling the Experience	A Wonderful Discovery
All stamps are Layers of Color Art Stamps.	Lunch was so good,they went back for dinner!
Zesty Details	Yummy!

I’m having major surgery today, May 14th, so I may not be online for weeks. I’d appreciate your prayers for recovery. Thank you and God bless!

My eldest daughter, Jessica gave me this fabulous gift for Mother’s Day! She decorated a candle with Layers of Color art stamps. The results are stunning aren’t they? I adore the color, and texture. I’m so blessed by my children and the love my creative daughter put into this artful gift.

Candle Art Gift From Jessica

Nature Walk and Dotted Delights Stamps Decorate This Candle

Bird-day Party Art Stamp

A Beautiful and Special Gift

Details of Depth and Textures

If you’d like to try this unique technique that Jessica invented, please return here, as I’ll be doing a tutorial on this artful candle in a few weeks. I hope you found this marvelous idea as inspirational as I have!

Wishing you all a very Happy Mother’s Day!

May your day be filled with love and joy!

And may your children rise up

and call you blessed!

(Proverbs 31:28)

Children are a gift from God.

Parsley as a Chick

One Month Old

For the past several weeks I’ve been creating a chicken coop for my new chicks. I’ll show you when it’s finished, but for now I’ll introduce you to one of the eight girls. This is Parsley. Her breed is an Australorp. When she looses her baby down and becomes a full grown chicken she’s supposed to be all black with a green shine to her feathers (green as Parsley). She’s sweet and friendly.

A Card Named Parsley

Well, I was thinking of Parsley when I made the card. The silly name makes me smile.

Close Up of the Flower and Leaves

I stamped Layers of Color Nature Walk on colored paper and cut them out. I created folds before attaching them to make the 3-D effect.

Card Details

This shows the Layers of Color feather stamp from Old World Flourish set and the flower border from Garden Borders set. The machine stitch reminds me of chicken wire. Wouldn’t that be fun if it came in magenta pink!

You’re invited to come visit our art galleries whenever you need inspiration!

New artwork was just posted in the Designer Galleries of ,

Melody, Denise and Sherre.

Enjoy!