Caricatures

Welcome! What a gorgeous spring day! My tulips have finally blossomed, although I was somewhat disappointed to find out that I had planted a 'dwarf' variety.  For the last week, I kept wondering why my tulips were taking so long to grow in comparison to the already tall and blossomed tulips I'd been spotting in my neighbourhood.  Well, now I know that they were actually almost fully grown!  Nevertheless, tall or small, they're beautiful and represent Spring in a most cheerful way :))

Being in the great mood that I'm in today, I thought I'd take the opportunity to introduce my incredibly talented husband, Jim Wagner.  At the risk of sounding like I'm boasting (although how can I not?), Jim is an amazing caricaturist, who adds SO MUCH FUN to any event that he's asked to come to including birthday parties, weddings, corporate functions, etc. (on top of being a great muralist and graphic design artist).  Here are some examples of his caricatures: 

  

Not only does Jim cartoon at a variety of events, but he can also create custom invitations for any occasion.  Framed caricatures also make great, unique, personalized gifts that are sure to impress and bring a smile to whoever receives a 'Jim Wagner Original' :)  

Communion Invitations

I was asked to make some invitations as well as some menus (not shown) for the reception for a little boy's First Communion.  I kept the design clean and simple and used shimmered paper, metal crosses, and sheer ribbon to add some elegance:

Thank You Cards

A friend of mine had a jewellery party and wanted to hand out some Thank You cards along with the orders when she delivered them.  She asked me to come up with something cute and simple:

Card Recipe:

Paper: Recollections
Ink: CTMH Black

Stamp Set:  CTMH 'A Garden'

Other:  Staedtler watercolour pencils; Liquid Glass; CTMH Edge Distresser

Easter Decor

I wanted to share a fun Easter diy project that I found here via Pinterest.  This was super easy and fun for our whole family - my two young boys and yes, even Dad joined in! 

Here's our version:

Dynamic Duos #40

When I saw the colour combo of turquoise and black (with a dessert option of clouds) over at Dynamic Duos, I knew I wanted to play along!



Spring is around the corner, although you'd never know it with this freezing cold weather!  Nevertheless, I decided to go with this theme.  I used 3 different quilling techniques on this card: fringing for the little flowers on the branches; spirals for the birds' nest, and grape rolls for the eggs (however you can't really see the quilling here because of the glitter used).  The tree branch was designed free-hand and cut out. For the birds, I heat embossed, glittered, and cut them out.  I wasn't sure where to place the sentiment, and finally thought it would be a fun idea to have the birds offer it in the form of thought clouds, which, I just realized, is another fun interpretation of the dessert theme!

Card Recipe:

Paper:  Patterned paper: Kaiserkraft; browns and white: Recollections

Ink:  CTMH Black; Versamark

Stamps:  Verve 'Making a Statement'

Embellishments:  Martha Stewart Turquoise Glitter, Stampendous! Opaque Black embossing powder; CTMH pearls

Tools: Cuttlebug; Cuttlebug die; hole punch tool


Thanks for looking!

Mojo Monday #279

I've been following the Mojo Monday sketch challenges over the past couple of weeks, and finally found some time to participate for the first time!  I had some patterned butterfly paper sitting around for a while and finally decided to put it to use:

Card Recipe

Papers:  Recollections Teal Butterflies, Signature Black (glittered), white, and peach; CTMH Pear and Dotty for You

Embellishments:  CTMH pearls; Michaels' Melodie and Lace trim; Jolee's Boutique clear gems

Tools:  Martha Stewart butterfly and scalloped circle punches; Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles; Fiskars Circle Cutter;  Cuttlebug polka dot embossing folder; quilling tool (for butterfly antennae); 3-d foam tape

Zester

Anita and I both love our Microplanes!  We use it to zest lemons, limes, oranges, and to grate cheese with seemingly effortless ease!  If you don't already have one, we strongly suggest you pick one up.  You won't be disappointed!