Another year..another birthday..

Yep, it's that day! My parents are driving in from Naperville, Ill any minute for the long weekend and celebrating with me. Actually, it's nice having a b'day in the exact middle of the year--I'd be one of those who would feel gypped if it was near Christmas (isn't that terrible to admit?)

This card is one of my digital drawings for sale on my Pink Flamingo site (see upper left). I colored it with Copic markers and added glitter inside of the flowers. Thanks for looking!

Corrected Flamingo!

There! If you read the post below this, you'd see that I'd forgotten a layer! It's hard to tell in this photo, but the light pink behind the flamingo is flowered designer paper. I think layers make all the diffrence, don't you?

Flamingo DigiStamp art

Here is a sample of what the flamingo digistamp art could look like from my digi store (click pic of pink flamingo in upper left corner). I colored it with Copic markers and layered on -hey! I just realized that I forgot one of my layers! Pink flowered designer paper! Well look again soon and I will go change that! Anyway-all SU products. (of course!)
Sorry it's taken me so long to post, but I've been working on my Pink Flamingo site.
I would love to see what you come up with for the images there!
More soon...

Iris drawing-the real ones don't last long enough!

I do wish that the iris lasted longer! Luckily, I went outside and drew this one before they dried up! It is colored with Prisma pencils and Gamsol. This is one of the digital drawings (digi stamps) that I will be offering as soon as I get it set up! Keep and eye out for "The Pink Flamingo"--that's the name of my digi-stamps!
Thanks for looking!

The garage sale is over-yay! They are SO much work! But I got rid of alot of stuff that I didn't need--and got some $$ for more stamps!

Handmade Purse

I took a class on how to make a "free form art" purse with Peggy (www.thewiredangel.blogspot.com) and it is SO fun! She taught me how to crochet, and we made knitted and crocheted pieces, then sewed them onto a grid purse form. It was so relaxing and fun to sit and chat, drink and snack while worked on our creations! Everyone's turned out differently--and are beautiful! I went to another class yesterday because I've started a second one and wanted to learn a few more techniques with crocheting. Thanks, Peggy, for such an inspirational class! These are the front and back pics of my finished purse....(I even incorporated a Stampin' Up rhinestone brad and build-a-brad in my purse!)

Drawing by Jeri

I drew this from a big pot of flowers I have on my front porch (with a black sharpie fine point pen)-then colored it with Prisma pencils and gamsol. The saying is using SU's new scallop punch and matching stamp set from the mini (Oval All). Sadly, I don't have a "green thumb" and I can't even tell you what flower this is! I'm just focused on trying to keep them alive! Everyday I check to see if they are still vibrant and not dead and brown...watering helps-duh-but I forget alot since I don't have many REAL plants around! Gotta love those hearty Hostas!
Thanks for stopping by!

Digi stamp?

No, not yet...but this is something I drew from the beautiful tulips that my daughter sent me for Mother's Day. I'm thinking about drawing digi stamps--what do you think? I also went outside and drew an iris and fake frog in my front yard to color. (Will be posting those next) Any comments on if I should pursue some drawing (cartoony and realistic)??? I used to draw all of the time and it was SO FUN to do it again!! Altho, I'm NEVER gonna give up regular stamping!!!
This is colored with Prisma pencils and gamasol--they won't bleed if you print an image from the computer to color.
p.s. I'm going to send this as a thank you card to my daughter for the flowers!