I created this stamped candle and matching card set as a holiday gift. I used slightly non-traditional versions of red and green, so the candle could be used year round. It was a lot of fun to make and I am so pleased with the results!

Featured in a Two Peas Stamping Month Guest Blogger article, including step-by-step instructions.

Close-up of Stamped Candle

Close-up of Matching Card

Thanks for looking! :-)

Even I am getting tired of seeing this guy. Background started as a spray-painted paper from WAAR 2014.

Found poetry, on a 20x20cm mixed media canvas. I used: acrylic paint, handmade stamps, markers, Neocolors, painted tissue paper

Now available in my Etsystore www.makeartbehappyshop.etsy.com

Can't see Quby's face...

here was her real joy today. there was some tissue paper from some of the christmas gifts, and she loves to run around in it, under it, through it, and she thwaps her paws around on it like she's trying to catch some imaginary mice underneath it.

pictures taken by Yanvith Photography

an extra prompt from Tell Your Story

my blog

Index-Card-A-Day 2013

Gelli™ printed tissue paper, acrylic paint, colored pencil, gel pen, text on 3" x 5" index card.

This scrap of Gelli™ printed tissue paper had the exact shape of a deer on it! I just added a few details like the eye, ear definition, shading, and the text.

BLOGGED!

© 2013 In My Head Studios

For more information about Index-Card-A-Day see Daisy Yellow's ICAD3 FAQ: daisyyellowart.com/icad/icad-faq.html

Kid's camping lantern : www.herewearetogether.com/?p=2244

I was in awe of Cathey Love's Dragon Eye project when she posted it on Facebook, so we had to try it at McNeil. It's in the rotation now!

We drew dragon eyes, went over that drawing with Sharpies, added shaded colored pencil accents, and then the real fun happened - we used bleeding tissue squares to add color! I've never used bleeding tissues before, but I'm hooked. What a fun way to add color. For the last step, we added chalk pastel to the eye.

I really love how each eyes is as individual as the artist making it.

One square of black origamido paper on white tissue paper.

Prints and T-shirts now available to buy from RedBubble!

This was fun!

The picture's made out of shapes cut from tissue paper, laid on a piece of translucent white perspex with a flash fired underneath it (at 1/16 power): a sort of Heath Robinson lightbox. The set-up shot below might explain it better.

All framed by a piece of black card with a rectangle cut from it. No post-processing.

If you fancy trying it yourself, the perspex was £2.60 from eBay (or if that link's broken, search eBay for "3mm opal acrylic".)

This is a very simple Valentine's project. It is perfect for children and all the family. Using the same technic you can make other pouches for other holidays. You can also recycle your holiday tissue for this project.

For the tutorial video, please go to www.carlosNmolina.com, select "tutorials/videos" and then the "Pouches" button.

Happy Valentine's!!!!

Enjoy it,

Carlos N.

Barbers have a cultural significance throughought the globe. . . . the stories they'd tell you when you pay them a visit and the unique style each works with . . . This shot was taken in Saidpur Village Islamabad.

I didn't sleep too badly, but needed to get up at about 4.30am (you know why!), but couldn't get out of bed as my back was in agony when I tried to get up. Mike came to help, but he couldn't, so he rang 111. Of course, there wasn't really anything they could do either, so I waited and went back to sleep. Eventually I managed to get out of bed at about 8.40am, and once I was up I could move around - but with spasms every now and then. I can put up with it, as they quickly wear off - and the doctor who I spoke to at lunchtime said it was fine to not take anything if I was OK with that. I've been moving around from chair to chair, to change position, and it's gradually been improving during the day. I even managed to make some birthday cards. Hopefully it will improve more each day, but we shall see! My lovely tall stick with the antler horn top is proving invaluable :-)

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Week 18 of the FiftyTwo Teapots project (www.52teapots.co.uk).

Strobist:

2x Bowens GM250 in softbox, one either side of the teapot.

I love this debate. I just do.

It got really heated once when I brought it up with the kids at a youth camp. And they all went beserk when they discussed this. One lad, Dan, even goes to lengthy extremes to purposefully change the toilet from the "back" way to the "front" way, because the "back" way is just wrong...!

I wouldn't be bothered to change it. I'd be happy if there was toilet paper. Back way or front. Any toilet paper is good when you're on the toilet. But when I do come across the back way (once in a while) I smile to myself and think about the crazy debate we once had with the youth kids, remembering that Dan is the fine and classic example to go to extremes to change it the front way. Heh.

But to some people, this is the ultimate debate of all debates.

Go vote online if you're really bothered!

First project of the fall class. The teacher's husband gave her a book about alternative jewelry making. Paper was an option. This is my interpretation. I made the wire base, covered it with tissue paper using Mod Podge. This give it a transparent, shiny surface.

This is a multi-media piece I did for an exhibition in Butte, Montana. It started out as a watercolor painting, which you can see at the very top of this picture. I then continued by layering bits of the tissue paper I had colored with acrylic inks. The idea behind the picture is that Butte is sitting on copper, which it mines, and at great depths the copper is molten.

Taken at The Regency, Laguna Woods, California. © 2014 All Rights Reserved.

My images are not to be used, copied, edited, or blogged without my explicit permission.

Please!! NO Glittery Awards or Large Graphics...Buddy Icons are OK. Thank You!

Many thanks for every kind comment, fave, your words of encouragement, and the inspiration of your fine photography,

my friends! You make my day every day!

Black flowers say Halloween, right?

Blogged (with a seasonal 'treat') here.

using cut paper and tissue paper. Cady Wire with The Foghorns and Westerly at The Tractor Tavern in Seattle. Jan 12 at 9pm.

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for Crystal's bridal shower.

directions here: www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/pom-poms-and-lumina...

Solutions logo cute out of gumpaste. I love the little roof on top of the i

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July 9, 2009

My first try at a cupcake bouquet for a very dear friend of mine. I love this idea because you can do so much with it!

the sun shone on the pink poppy this afternoon... it made the background dark, but I like it...as Dick Emery would say....

Tissue paper flowers, washi tape and a "polaroid" cut from some vintagey looking fabric.

I made using an inexpensive glass votive holder I bought at the craft store, some tissue paper, and decopage. I just kept layering the tissue paper on top of one another till I was happy with it. Cut out the butterfly from a different tissue paper and decopaged that on. Then after it all dried I went back and put another coat of decopage on it.

Mixed media collage on canvas, with a 'found poem":

Neutral colour schemes

show 'em the door!

Wake up

you can use

hot pinks!!

Blogging about it on www.makeartbehappy.blogspot.com

This is a piece of tissue paper I colored with acrylic inks. I crushed white tissue paper, sprayed it with water,

and then dropped on acrylic ink. After the paper dried, I ironed the paper, and then crushed the paper again

and repeated the process. When I was satisfied with the result, I ironed the paper flat.

Taken at The Regency, Laguna Woods, California. © 2014 All Rights Reserved.

My images are not to be used, copied, edited, or blogged without my explicit permission.

Please!! NO Glittery Awards or Large Graphics...Buddy Icons are OK. Thank You!

Many thanks for every kind comment, fave, your words of encouragement, and the inspiration of your fine photography,

my Flickr friends! You make my day every day!

For my kids the ideal summer would include a trip to the beach every day, so when I think of summer I think of making sandcastles, gathering shells and traisping through the rough grass in the sand dunes. I thought I’d cover two of this month’s themes (summertime and parties) with these treat containers and include bits and pieces that I associate with the beach . More details are on my blog stampingandstitching.blogspot.com/2011/07/bucket-and-pill....

Supplies

CL383 Antique Engravings

CG211 Magical Background

CL181 Messages

CH137 Medium Accent Pearl

Tumbled glass distress ink, pearls, florists wire, raffia, sand patterned paper, tissue paper, acetate, May Arts ribbon, coffee cup, Labels 8 & Cuttlebug.

Catholic Cathedral of St. Joseph and St. Andrew at downtown San Andrés Tuxtla in the state of Veracruz, México.

Photo taken a day before the cellebration of the traditional paper balloon festival to commemorate Independence Day (Mexico's Independence Day)

Unfortunately the festival had to be cancelled/postponed this year due to bad weather :-(

Still, we could see balloons were launched from different points in town the previous days, like the two you can see here. Mostly small ones.

Pollen and love that spring wind carried

Competition entry for [OTO no MORI Photo Contest].

The contest theme was [spring].

(May,2012)

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ある春の日。

いつもと同じ朝、いつもと同じ駅のホーム。

いつもと違うのは、俺の鼻だけ。

なんで、こんなにﾑｽﾞﾑｽﾞする？

いや、鼻だけじゃない。

のどは、何か薄い膜が張ったように気持ち悪いし、

目には勝手に涙が溜まる。

まさか・・・・花粉症？

いやいやいや！！

思わず、わしわしと首を振ってしまった。

隣に並んだ女の子が、びくっと体を震わせて、こちらを見る。

あちゃ、キョドってると思われた・・・。

彼女とは、毎日同じ電車に乗っている。

見かけるようになったのは4月になった今月の始めからなので、新卒の会社員なのかもしれない。

デカいマスクと、懐かしのアニメキャラみたいなメガネをしていて、

顔がわからないのが残念だ。

スーツのセンスもいいし、何よりあんないいスタイルしてるのにもったいないなあ、と、

横目でこっそり眺めた時、さあっと風が吹きぬけて、彼女の前髪を揺らした。

その直後、

鼻のﾑｽﾞﾑｽﾞ度がMAXに跳ね上がり、

「ひ～ひゃっ、ぶはっくしょんっっ！！！」

メガ盛りくしゃみをしてしまった。

なんだ？！今の風、なんか、黄色く見えたぞ？！

いや、そんなことより・・・

彼女の視線が俺の顔に固定されている気がする。

そして、この鼻の下のイヤ～な違和感。

・・・もしかして、俺、鼻水垂れてる？？！！

ティッシュ、ティッシュ！とポケットを探ってみたけど、そんなものを持ち歩く習慣なんてない。

紙、とにかく紙！！

朝一で使う予定の資料が鞄の中にある。出力し直す時間あるか？

いや、もう背に腹は変えられない。どうとでもなれと鞄に飛びつこうとした瞬間、

「あのっ！」

いきなりの大声に思わず振り向くと、目の前にはボックスティッシュが。

え、ボックスティッシュ？

差し出しているのは彼女だ。

うつむいたまま、両手でテッシュを差し出している。

「どうぞ！！使ってください！！」

その迫力に、思わず手を伸ばしてテッシュを引き出し、鼻をぬぐう。

やっぱり出てた。ああ、恥ずかしい。

これで、彼女とも終わりだなあ・・・別に何も始ってなかったけど。

「ぁ、ありがとうございます。助かりました。」

かろうじてお礼を言って背を向ける。明日から気まずいなあ。

「あの・・・花粉症、ですよね？」

ああ、俺って昔からこうなんだよなあ、別にモテない方じゃないのに、

気になる子の前に限って、なんかやらかしてポイント下げちゃうっていうか。

「私もなんです。あ、こんなおっきなマスクしてたらわかりますよねｗ

春の間はずっとこうで・・・今月から社会人なんですけど、こんなだからなかなか顔覚えてもらえなくって。」

前にやっとこさ飯までこぎつけた子から連絡なくなったのも、フレンチの店で俺が派手にワイングラス倒したからだろうな、やっぱ。

「はるがこのみです」

春なんか好みじゃねえよ。みんな浮かれてるけど、別に楽しいこともないし、

おまけにとうとう花粉症に・・・ん？

振り返ると、知らない美人が立っていた。

いや、メガネとマスクを外した、笑顔の彼女だ。

「皮肉ですよね。花粉症で春が苦手な私の名前が、春賀好美って。

でも、おかげで顔はともかく名前だけは覚えてもらえるの早くって。

・・・で、あの、よかったら、名前と顔、セットで覚えていただけませんか。」

もしかして・・・・春が来た、かも

for 365 days, flickr group roulette, and the theme: can i get a tissue?

Cut Paper. www.ruralpearl.com. Prints available. See my profile for etsy shop link. (original available - email me for details.)

Copyright 2009 Angie Pickman. All Rights Reserved.

6 of each design. I guess you are meant to give it as a gift to your friends... I see the To and From bubbles there...

Paper Hot Air Balloon made by a friend and myself, members of Turma Citlalmina.

This is the second balloon I made and the first successfully launched. My first balloon caught fire during inflation.

Launch Sequence. Photo 2 of 8

Watch the entire set.

Watch the video outside flickr.