Three End-Of-Year ATC's

by hhc 12/2020

                                                               

by hhc 12/2020

I knew that empty tissue box would come in handy someday.

 

by hhc 12/2020

Winter Is Here!!!

A slow walk on a cold snowy morning...

OOPS!!!

 

Stairway To Christmas

 

CHRISTMAS PEACE TO ALL...

by hhc

Wishing for all of us to find some

peace and joy, reasons to have

hope and to look forward to

better days in the New

Year ahead.

Health & safety- all!

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by hhc- Painted paper bags, fabric behind cut-outs, stuffing, top-stitched edges

OBSERVATION & WARNING

 Two quick thoughts:

If you have to wrestle with a banana

to get it to part with its peel,

and you win,

it will be a bitter victory.

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and

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If you get a phone call stating

that you placed an order with Amazon

for "X" amount of dollars

and you should call back

to confirm your order,

DON'T.

Don't even pick up the receiver.

It's a scam.

It happened to me today,

I let the call go to voicemail,

and looked online to find out

who the true caller was.

It was from a foreign name in Texas.

According to the Internet,

Amazon does NOT call to confirm an order.

ABSOLUTELY NOT JULIA CHILD'S...

 I had a baking session tonight,

Sugar Cookies.  They don't

look like much, and...

Oh well...

Sugar and food coloring

Confectionery Sugar, Milk, Vanilla

SNICKERDOODLE COOKIES

Here's a first attempt

at making Snickerdoodle Cookies.

Sugar and cinnamon on top -

YUM!

Comfort Bread

 Today was another baking day.  I mixed up bread batter for three large loaves.  They turned out dense, chewy yet moist.  

Each loaf weighs about 2+1/2 pounds!!!  

Here are the ingredients:

whole wheat flour

unbleached flour

Millers' bran flakes

rolled oats

wheat germ

coarse cracked wheat berries

baking powder

ground cinnamon powder

ground flaxseed

raisins

whole milk & cider vinegar 

I already cut into the third loaf...

Good bread!!!

Baking and Arting

 I tried a new cookie recipe that called for maple syrup and pecans.  But I really wanted to make it peppermint with chocolate chips instead.  Sooooo.....  I did! 

And I wanted to make some post cards with my previous Dylusions Inks background papers.   Sooooo.... I did!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING WISHES

Art by God, photo by hhc

 To my family and friends-

May you have good food, 

good fellowship, good health

and much to be thankful for. 

Playing With Dylusions Inks

 Watching YouTube art technique demonstration can lead to purchasing new art materials and then- spending hours trying them out.

I recently ordered some Dylusion Shimmer Inks online.  Yesterday's art session resulted in these full-sheet pieces.  I used stencils on some, and flicked gold Alcohol Ink spots on others:

which made these 1/2 -sheet notes:

and these Artist Trading Card Backgrounds:

and consequently, these very inky fingers:

OOPS, no photograph available.  It did take some scrubbing to remove the ink stains.  Note to self:  wear painters plastic gloves next time.  Since these are spray inks, I highly recommend putting down lots of freezer paper or brown packing paper over the work surface to protect it.  I think I will try a spray fixitive now that the pieces are dry, as the ink still comes off when handled. 

 A cardstock or sturdy paper would also be be better than copy paper as the inks do soak in a bit when wet.

But the colors are SO gorgeous and vivid.  I can't wait to use these papers and make more sometime soon.

Sticky Snow

 Early morning pictures of a coating of snow that, 

with any wind, will be blown away.

ROCK LOVER HERE...

 I don't know why I love rocks so much...  This is my most recent batch of tumbled/polished river pebbles.  Some are partially clear, you can see through them.  They clink together like glass.  So very beautiful!