O Beautiful For Spacious Skies...

 

Artist's Trading Coins - New Batch

 These all were made from two pieces of 8+1/2" x 11" cardstock painted with 5 - 6 liquid acrylic paints, over patterned with paint on bubble wrap and a square of corrigated pressed ito black acrylic paint.

 

 

Artist's Trading Cards Inspiration

Recently I was watching a YouTube presentation about making backgrounds for ATC's and was fascinated by how simple the technique yet attractive the results turned out to be.  It really inspired me!

So yesterday I gave it a try, and have been collaging Artist's Trading Cards and Artist's Trading Coins made from the two sheets of background papers I painted.  

Here are are the Artist's Trading Cards I've finished so far:

I should be able to photograph some of the finished Artist's Trading Coins soon and post pictures.  There are a lot more that are not finished yet...

Here's the link for Mike Deakin's demonstration of Artist Trading Coins - Snippets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY7Hr4RyYKw

so anyone interested could copy the link and paste into the search engine.

The Full Picture

 Aha!  Today was the big opening- for the Rhododendrons!

Picture by hhc, flowers by God

SIGNS OF SPRING

ALLIUM

WILD CHERRY

 

First Rhododendron Blossoms of 2021

HIACYNTH

NEW MAPLE LEAVES

LUPINE

AND A GORGEOUS ORIOLE

 

Birch & Crab Apple Trees

Birch Tree Catkins

BACK YARD CHERRY BLOSSOMS

This little tree, a gift from a sibling a few years ago, has more blossoms on it this year than any year before, as far as I can remember.  See the tree, how big it's grown...

Now, if only it would produce fruit...  But I fear it needs a companion and there is none...