All about the experiments!

Moon ATC and Envelope Mingle

Fireflies dancing in the moonlight.

 

This dark envelope is on it's way to Canada to a recipient of a Yahoo group called ATC_Fun. Not my usual type of work as I love to use very bright and lively colors. 

 

The backgrounds of both are black gesso. The tall grass and lightening bugs are tissue paper. I was so surprised to the way the gesso reacted to the surface of the envelope especially. It has a glossy effect.  Because of the lighting from the room, you can't see the glitter gel pen around the edge of the lightening bugs' glow.

I will consider this experiment somewhat of an oops as is not what I expected. Now that it's on it's way home, I see more possibilities that I could have done with it before mailing it forward....

Brrrr...Maybe another flower will help!

ATC - Nature Secrets

 

It's a cold rainy day today! Thought I would warm up with another sunflower trading card. It was made for the WTA(win them all) swap on Paper_Traders, Yahoo group. The background was gifted to me by one of it's members. I believe she did it with alcohol inks. The flower and words were done on deli-paper.

My Godson the Young Marine Cadet

Happy Birthday!

He's not only my GODson but my nephew too. There's something special about his face that makes me want to draw him. 

I had to give him a special birthday card this year(again!) The card is about 4x6. His envelope was a quick pen & ink of this same image.