This and That

 

  It's  a special week because we are not only celebrating Earth Day on Wednesday, but it also happens to be  Elizabeth's (Altered Book Lover) bEARTHday! I am so sorry that I was remiss in sending out a card so please accept a virtual one here. The butterflies on the papers are all covered with glitter and I wish you could see how much prettier these are in person. Happy birthday dear Elizabeth!!  And in honor of Earth day I changed my blog header to a mixed media page I did a few years ago in honor of the day.

 We had some quite nice, and also some very chilly weather with a few snow flurries beginning on Friday. Thank goodness it came and went turning into just a bit of rain. Saturday morning I was able to sit out back at the picnic table with my coffee and a book for a bit. I had on a heavy sweatshirt and sat in the sun which kept me warm enough. 

 Dreaming of my favorite places again... and I know someone who is doing the same. Right Chris? ;)

Grab a beverage related post and join us for T Stands For Tuesday and please wish our dear hostess a happy bEARTHday too!

 Recently I was inspired by abstract, doodled bookmarks that Kim Dellow shared on Instagram so I made a set of index cards:

 This is how I began them. I chose several of my favorite vibrant acrylic paints and painted some random  shapes.

 More colors and shapes were added:

and then even more:

 And these are the completed cards with the doodling using Posca pens:

 There is a new theme for Tag Tuesday which is "Anything Goes" so as I had paints and Dina Wakley things at my fingertips I made this tag:

 Lastly for this post I have a journal page which I will link to Art Journal Journey (theme is Geometric Shapes), Try It On Tuesday (Fun With Stencils), and Paint Party Friday:

 I've been watching Dina Wakley's daily demos videos ( on her blog or on You Tube) and thoroughly enjoying the art and the chats! One day she talked about using black gesso which I really don't use often enough so that was my inspiration for this page. I smeared the black gesso onto a kraft page in the Dina Wakley Media Journal then used some of her bright paints and stencils over it. Added spattering with the blue and pink watered down paints and then some large white drops using white ink. The circle was one I had previously made and thought it went well on the page.

 Have a great week and always remember to care for and respect our earth. I hope we are now slowly turning the corner in ridding the planet of Covid 19. Stay well everyone.

   "The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”

                                                            —John Paul II