I thought I'd try something different at my pastel art class the last few weeks, and so I have been working on a full body portrait of a ballerina. The portrait was copied from a photo on the internet of a ballerina getting ready for a show. Unfortunately because the original is 11x14 inches, I was unable to scan the entire image, but you will get the idea from what you can see below. I will be displaying this painting at the Gallaghers Canyon Art Show at the beginning of June.

Here's the Mother's Day card we're sending to my MIL. Made with Looks Like Spring, Everyday Flexible Phrases, Precious Alphabet, Tag Charms. Perfect Plum and Pale Plum cardstock and Perfect Plum ink.

Here is a baby card I made to celebrate the birth of Matt and Keira's first child, a baby girl. The tag was made as part of VSN and was mounted on SU Perfect Plum cardstock stamped with Looks Like Spring in Perfect Plum ink.

A couple of cards CASED from the SU 2005/6 Idea Book and Catalog. Enjoy!

Made with Pocket Full of Posies stamps. Mellow Moss & Bliss Blue Cardstock, Bliss Blue & Basic Black Ink, green ribbon, Bashful Blue Button, Linen Thread.


Made with Love Without End, Script, Girly Girl Stamps. Kraft & Bliss Blue & Mellow Moss Cardstock, Mellow Moss Ink, Bashful Blue Button, Linen Thread, Blue Gingham Ribbon, SU Tags, Staple.

Here are my entries for Saturday's VSN.
Challenge to use staples:

Challenge to make a 3-D tag:

Challenge to make a curvy card:

Challenge to use a food stamp:

I had a great time at VSN and hope to participate next month!

I found a fantastic web site for Stampin Up addicts. It's called www.splitcraftstampers.com. While not exclusively for SU fans, there is a concentration towards SU stamps. The gallery is great for ideas and so is the discussion. Each month they host a VSN (Virtual Stamp Night) with challenges posted that you must complete within 45 mins. This month was special with a 2-day event. Here are my challenges from Friday night (Show Me Your Diamonds challenge).

It's K's 2nd birthday today. Not much going on here in the studio.

I did do a quick count though of the number of layouts I've done so far this year, total 14 (either 1 or 2 page). I decided to set myself a goal of 52 for this year (one per week of course). I'm a bit behind but not dramatically so.

I've also done 2 6x6 plain scrapbooks - these have holiday snaps from years ago when I was a teen (Spain and Greece). I decided to just stick the photos in on the white cardstock and journal/title around them - no embellishments, no cardstock and no patterned paper. It was a relatively quick project (about 4 hours per album). I'm still working on the third (Germany).