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POLAROIDS I am back to work this week but still want to post some art that I made last week when I was on vacation.  I made some card fronts that look like Polaroids.  This was done with painters tape marking of all sides of the watercolor paper, with the largest at the bottom, causing the paper to look like a Polaroid.  I love using painters tape because it does not damage your paper, it holds your artwork stationary, and it makes perfectly straight lines. One of the Polaroids I did was of a field of purple flowers on a beautiful day! I loved putting a positive message on this artwork.  This can be used as a card front and then sent to a special person to brighten their day. The next Polaroid that I painted was a take on the first but with multi-colored flowers of pink and purples.  I loved the saying. The next Polaroid that I painted was my absolute favorite.  I need to remind myself, especially at these uncertain times, to Inhale and Exhale.  I love...

WORLD WATERCOLOR MONTH and a Bookmark Card World Watercolor month is observed annually in July.  This month we celebrate are and creativity through the use of watercolors.  I encourage you to try your hand at watercolor.  I have been working with it for a little over two years.  I started with the  Let’s Make Art  subscription box and have been addicted ever since.  I have just started going off on my own projects but still love to sit down and work on the items they are creating.  I have learned to not wash my pallet after I finish a project and just re-wet the paints and try something new.  Therefore, I have to have more than one pallet now in order to do that.  It is a fun journey.   I started making watercolor bookmarks with leftover paints and have enjoyed giving them as gifts. I have been a card maker for many years and have even been on design teams and won state fair ribbons for my cards.  I saw a bookmark/card idea and...