Today I had a play day with my friends Billie, Chris and Arlynne. We tried another technique from Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin. In this technique you build a textured background with tissue paper and paint. I used a metallic paint so my backgrounds all looked like recycled candy wrappers. [...]

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I’m still playing with the phone book pages. I combined this one with some papers I painted several months ago and with the white pen from Ranger.

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Today Recliner Man and I celebrated our 29th Wedding Anniversary. So far, so good. I have to say this whole marriage thing isn’t so bad.

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Happy Memorial Day to all of our service members, past and present. I’ve had the privilege to live among you for all of my life. I’ve seen your sacrifices and hardships as well as your dedication and professionalism. I’m proud of you and I give you my gratitude.
The picture is of my dad and was [...]

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This ATC was made using is another technique from Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin. It’s actually more of a clever suggestion than a technique. Bernie suggests that you begin your background with a page torn from an old phone nook. Of course she goes on to give you a little [...]

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I have lots of catching up to do! I’ve been home for a week and I feel like I am just now starting to catch my breath. Let’s see how many of the highlights I can remember…

Before we left Abbey decided to bolt out the front door and right up the Jacaranda tree. [...]

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