Cards - Christmas Trees - Watercolor

I am going to need a lot more Christmas Cards so I decided today to start.

I found a tutorial video on line for these 5 trees last week.

Masked the bottom of the trees then drew 5 triangles with pencil. Painted them with watercolor, drew designs on them, and added metallic accents.  Then spattered the watercolor piece by loading brush with color and tapping it against another brush to produce the blue spots.

I traced the greeting.

Trimmed the watercolor paper to fit on an A2 card. Mounted it onto a SU Baja Breeze card base.

Add a seasonal insert and white envelope.

This one is in non-tradional colors.

Purples and warm tones of yellow / orange.

On the last 2 I worked out how to print a greeting on the printer.  Took quite a bit of time but now I can repeat it when I want.

I did add a black line to ground the trees.

The card base is SU Pumpkin Pie with a seasonal insert and white envelope.

This card is all in blue tones with silver metallic accents.

Mounted on a SU Taken with Teal card base in the A2 set in portrait orientation.

Seasonal insert and white envelope.

 

Peaches - Freezing

With no BC peaches this year I was worried I would not get any.  Friday, my sister let me know that Superstore had some.  When I walked in the door they had cases! 

I bought a case and this morning I got down to the task of freezing some.

They get a dip in hot water to help the removal of the skin, then into cold water, peel off the skin and cut into chunks, onto a cookie sheet with parchment paper, into the freezer, when solid into bags for the winter. Since they were frozen seperate it makes it easy to just take the amount I want for breakfast. 

Happy New Year 2024

 

Wishing everyone at Happy New Year 2024.  

I am looking forward to watercolor, photography and stitching projects.  Art Shows and family gatherings are planned for this year.  I am grateful, optimistic and moving on from 2023 - leaving it far behind.