The Last Tulip

The last Tulip....what lies within.......withering but oh so beautiful.

I am sharing this with Sweet Shot Tuesday  and

Floral Friday Foto.  New ones this week are Tuesday Muse and
Tuesday Around the World.

May Flowers

 My lilacs are blooming nicely as well as the alliums.

 My apple tree was gorgeous but the high winds have since blown all the lovely

pink blossoms off of it.

I am sharing this with Weekend Flowers and Floral Friday.

There were so many tulips this spring.

Thousands of these too.  I could have had as many wishes as I wanted.

Hope your wish comes true......make one.

Small Joy

A quick little card....

I am sharing this over at Stempeloase. This is a brand new quote stamp

from Hero Arts.

Wishing you a good weekend!

Up Close and Personal

Get up close and personal with this tulip....click on it

for more enjoyment.

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.

I am sharing my tulip with I Heart Macro.

A Few Cards

From my batch of lettering cards. I added some of my

favorite washi tapes.

Washi tape is so much fun to paste onto cards.

Here,,, a card full of sunshine for you.

Have a good start to a new week.

Don´t forget to leave a comment on my GIVEAWAY!!!

My Color Adventure

What do pigs, cotton candy, a panther and a singer have in common?

Yes, you guessed it.....the color PINK!

A more apt title for this post would be "Patty´s Playground of Perfect Pinkness" .... of Magpie´s Nest.....let me explain why.

This tag is for you Patty,,, thanks for turning me on to a color I never really took notice to until you posted these beauties below.

It all happened one cold day last February. Patty posted this beautiful foto of these pink tulips on her blog, Magpie´s Nest. That same day I had been talking to a painting buddy about colors we never seem to use
and then I even read a blogger that was saying "pink stinks".......

When I saw the second foto of Patty´s I thought to myself....well, heck,,,this pink does not look the least bit "stinky" at all. I was actually being drawn to the color pink!

Patty´s fotos so inspired me that I even went out and bought some pink tulips and ended up painting them in watercolor.


One of several versions of my pink tulips in ink and watercolor.


I painted yet another small grouping of pink tulips in watercolor. I was beginning to like a color I always seemed to ignore.

All thanks to Patty´s wonderful fotos.

Patty and I then began to email each other about the color Pink and eventually we decided we would send each other PINK things as a color swap ......

Before we knew it we were collecting every pink thing we saw.
I could not believe how much pink I saw in advertising, magazine covers,,,,even all over the inside of my local phone book. Pink was found everywhere and before I could turn around I had a box brimming over with pure, perfect
PINKNESS.It began to get so full I thought I might have to hire Bekins to ship it to the USA!


Here is what Patty sent to me as part of our exchange.
Some of her art collage cards. I love her work!


A closer look..............



She even made me one of her birds nest charms out of pearls and copper wire. Isn´t it gorgeous.
It looks great hanging from a chain. Thanks Patty, I love this!

Patty sent me all sorts of paper for my collage stash. Different textures and weights and some vintage pages. Many have already been put to good use.

A lovely pink lantern and fan to cool myself off during these hot summer months.

Some pink energy tea,,,,cut outs, buttons and lovely small embellishments.

Another look.............

A wonderful pink illustration and still more paper.

More cut outs and interesting papers.

Don´t you just love all this pinkness!

A pink advertisement for a market in her area.

Here is a "pink freebie" for you Patty and all who come here to see our fun swap. Thanks again for making me stand up and take notice to the color Pink ,,,in all it´s beauty.

Wishing you all,,,,, and especially you Patty,,,,a perfectly fun,,,pink kind of day................

If you want to see what I sent to Patty ,,,go over to her blog the

Magpie´s Nest and have a look.

Tulip Cards

The card was stamped with various graphic elements and then gesso and jaune gouache were randomly dabbed on in order to produce a recessed effect.

I painted some watercolor paper with random reds and yellows and a little gesso. I stamped the quote with shadow ink so it would blend into the background.

I then stamped the tulip from Penny Black and added gold spritz.....distressed the edges and added a gold heart brad.

A few other examples using more of the same paint and paper.