I just had to share this quilt because it made me smile. I can totally relate. You can find this quilt and lots of other beautiful artwork at Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's blog, Balzer Designs. Her pen and ink art is a whole lot of fun. Check it out!

I know it's been a while since I've posted a free digital scrapbook design, but I felt like sharing the love a little this month. Brave Girls Club has been a huge blessing to me to help fix some negative thought patterns and help me focus on the positive, so I decided to do a kit with a "little bird" theme. I've included some of my recent favorite quotes in the word art as well.



In order to get your free kit, hop on over to my digital scrapbook Facebook page and "like" it. Then I'll send you a link to download the kit. Sound good? Great! And... if you would like to see any of my other kits, please feel free to stop by Stock Hop Studio, my digital scrapbook blog.

Be aware it could take up to 48 hours for the whole process to take place, so be patient if you don't hear back right away.

To say that I am really enjoying my Soul Restoration class is an understatement. It is really going to be valuable to me both as an artist and as a person. Below you can see some samples of painted journal pages created using techniques from the class.

I didn't get a chance to take photos of the ornaments I made for the ornament swap...at least, not that I can remember. However, I did re-invent them as neighbor gifts and took a photo of them before they went out to their various new homes. I wish that I had thought of some of these ideas in time for the ornament swap, but, alas, I didn't. Enjoy!

I am considering posting a tutorial for this project if I get ten or more requests. It's really very easy to do!

Got the painting bug this weekend and spent a few hours in the studio painting from a photo we took in Hawaii eleven years ago. I've always wanted to paint it, and now I finally have. I really loved the result at first, but as I look at it I realize how flat the painting is. Still, I love the colors and that's a start!


I reworked the bird late last night and got the result below...I don't know for sure if it's an improvement or not. You can tell the photos were taken in very different lighting.

What fun! I really enjoyed the chance to do a fun little hybrid postcard. Using an ink-jet iron-on transfer, I created fabrics from some current scrapbook faves, then cut and stitched, embellished and painted to come up with this:


I love participating in this kind of swap. It's a great way to fill my studio with original art from around the world. This card will be making its lovely way to Argentina this week! Thanks to the Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap.

Digital Kits Used: Jessica Sprague, EchoesofAsia, "Dark Blue Solid"; Design House Digital Fall Blog hop, Deena Rutter (yellow zig zag), Design House Digital Fall Blog hop, Jen Allyson (plaid papers)
Fonts: kevinandmanda.com  "boring showers", "mr. & mrs. popsicle"