In February 2017 I was experimenting with my new air brush. I tried a design out on paper, then did it on a plank of wood.
For the words I used a stencil, then airbrushed in shadows.
This was a gift for a friend. I did enjoy the airbrush, but set up and clean up is an involved process, so I don’t use it often.
I sat and colored with my kid while we were on a call. I nearly didn’t finish because the call ended but the page still needed coloring. It takes a long time to fill in, even when the sections are tiny and there is abundant white space! But I knew if I stopped, I’d never return to it.
I’m glad everyone is different. My youngest loves to sit and color for hours. It is not my zen.
Happy 7th anniversary to my blog, a couple days late. One of the traditional gifts for a 7th anniversary is wool, so I grabbed some off my counter (yes, really) and staged a photo. I also realized that I have four in-process spinning projects at the moment. Hm. I’m not going to count the number of other works in process, let’s just say that it is over three.
In April of 2016 I took pictures of my kids against the strong light of a window to get an image of their silhouettes. I then digitized the outlines and used my Cricut cutter to cut colored cardstock. My favorite result was where I layered the two cut outs on some beautiful hand marbled paper my sister gave me.
I really admire the people with the skills to cut out silhouettes free hand. I leaned heavily on technology for this setup.
I needed to upgrade my phone, which I hate doing and always wait until the end of updates looms. I do all the protective things for the new phone, and this time I purchased a clear case, and found a PopSocket with green, a cat, and dragonflies. Finding a design that had cats, dragonflies, trees, music, and fiber arts was a big ask, so I designed my own and cut shapes from removable vinyl with my Cricut cutter and stuck them to the inside of the clear case.
Now I feel that there is no mistaking the phone for anyone’s but mine.
Critters and Craft 