remembering...

This is a watercolor collage I have titled, "Remembering" in honor of all of those we loved and will always be remembered....

greetings from LaLa Land

Here is a mixed media collage I made today in one of my experimental moods.

I call it Greetings from LaLa Land.

It seems I have a thing for circular flowers lately. Hmmm don't know why but i seem to have a theme going on here...

kp

a page from my journal...

As you may have noticed, if you peek at my blog(s) at all, I like to make things. I like to make all sorts of things. Too many things, I sometimes think.... but I can't stop. And when I really think about it, I don't even want to stop. I give myself permission to make lots of things. I like to doodle and color and make with my hands. I like to put things together. And I like to blog.
I started this blog with this sort of vision that it was going to be a certain way, that it was going to be different from my "other blog". It was to be a card making/stamping blog with this sort of set theme. That was a great vision and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, however, it just isn't working out that way. I just don't have the time in my life right now to keep up with the set schedule that I imposed on myself and I am finding that I just don't want it to be so rigid anyway. I just want to make stuff and share it and hope that you like it. So that's what I am going to do! I hope you will still come by to see what I am creating. I will still be posting tutorials and have plenty of ideas to share.

Here is a journal I made last night:

Made from an old book cover and one of my doodles (which I turned into a stamp for the card from my last blog entry!).

x's & o's
kp

it's not just black and white...

Nope it's not just black and white. It's black and white and YOUR favorite color! That is the card challenge this time over on my Papercraft Planet group! I hope YOU will come and play along! If you are not already a member, please join (it's free and really easy) visit here http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/kpink to check it out !
Here is my inspiration card for this challenge:

:)
kp

creative women

I have some really exciting news! I finally got my aceo trade going and WOW!  What a fabulous, talented, generous group of women artists I have gathered! Our theme is Creative Women and the art will be collected on August 5th. I hope you will continue to follow along as this 'story' unfolds...
...more about this soon :)
In the meantime I made up this little atc with all of the creative women in mind.

x's & o's
kp

owl love this card...

I feel just terrible. My dear friend Julie sent me this great, colorful, whimsy card that she made with my new owl of us clear stamp set, and I saved it and did not post it.  Oh shame on me for not sharing it sooner! ( so much for being "on track") LOL!  Well, I wanted you to see it now... Please visit Julie, at her wonderful blog, Julie's Open Window and give her some oohs and ahhs!

Julie made this card just for me!!

x's & o's kp

doodling

Lately I have been experimenting a lot. Maybe it's because of school that I have gotten into such an experimental phase. I guess that being exposed to many different techniques, styles and mediums has sort of given me a new perspective and the opportunity to try different things. Years ago, I used to make cards a lot. In fact, I thought of myself as a pretty decent card artist. I mean, I have designed stamp images for years, but this fact does not mean that one is automatically a good card-maker. And lately I find that I am sort of struggling with the making of cards. I have tons of ideas and inspiration but I am just not sure which direction I want to go. So I find myself doodling a lot.....this is one of my 'doodles' that sort of came out and I just went with it. I am not really sure it is even a card, although I am sure it could easily be one...I think I would either frame it or turn it into a wall hanging or journal cover....
What do YOU think?

doodling with watercolor paints!

 x's & o's
kp