Lisa Mita Artist Blog

Mixed Media Birthday Card - Chipboard, metal findings, flowers and more

new blog post... mixed media fun birthday canvas...

lots of layers - and metal findings, paper flowers and chipboard.

acrylic paints, and lots more... Video tutorial below.

 

 

Working on a Card for a Teenager Birthday Party and Male!

I have a video Tutorial On a Quick Card I made using my Handmade Gelli Plate

Click here

 

Here's the Design Team Post I did on Sin City Stamp on how to make the Gelli Plate

Here's some photos

Creating a Christmas Ornament they will remember - Altered Paint Brush

These are the new things that I just love...

Inspired by Anna Dabroska style...

The rainbow of colors...

here's some photos of the process.

I added gesso to the paint brush - then used gel medium and glued on Book Text.

 

 

 

 

Once this part is done with all the flowers glued on..  I then gesso the altered brush again Using Art Basics - Heavy Gesso White - I love how thick it goes onto the flowers.  Once Dry.

Below is a video of the process.  Please check it out. 

  

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New Art Journal Pages - first in the new journal

I hope you enjoyed the video - This is the new art journal which is really a Menu from TGI Friday's that I am turning into my new art journal.

I LOVE IT!!

 

I used:

• Gesso
• Tissue Paper
• Scraps of paper that I had been playing with my Gelli Plate
• Stamps
• Distress ink
• Embossing Powder
• Washi Tape
• Gel Medium
• Distress Paints
• Book Text
• Paint Sprays
• Acrylic Paints
• Rub ons

 

Color Lab - DIY Paint Kit by Marion Smith Designs - Delivery & Trying it out

HI All... So I was so excited coming home from work yesterday and I got my box deliveried - here's a video of opening the box and then trying out the new color Lab

I also used these sprays I created with other spray products I own jusst to see how they stand up - and how the colors go together - because i'll all about using different colors.

I wanted to just let the video run - but with Youtube I had to get it under 15 minutes.   So had to cut some things out.

Here are some things I learned...  Now remember this was very early in the morning for me on Thanksgiving Day - I just wanted to get in and play...

So being the blonde that I am - it took me a few minutes to realize that the "X" - mean scoops this part I cut out of the video... LOL...

So when it says 4XR - it means 4 scoops of Red...

Make sure to use something to protect your hands the pigments stain for sure - this just shows the quality of them as far as I am concern.

I learned from Donna Downey to use ArtGuard - afterwards alittle bit of soap and warm water and everything just washed off easy.

Here's Marion blog and where I saw the first Youtube video

Here is where you can purchase the products - I just put my order in for my 2nd deliery.

I have to say I am a FAN!!! I love these - and the possibilities are endless....

I also did some spraying with other products that I own just to see how they held up and how the colors looked together - for sure they blend perfectly. 

 

Here's jusst 1 thing I made with them...  Some Christmas Tags

 

This is just priced to perfection...   What you get in the kit is amazing... I've been playing all day with it.

Highly recommend.

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving

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Creating Fall Themed Thank you Cards

So I had a problem last weekend that landed me back into the hospital.  While everything is ok now it was alittle scary. 

So while I was hope doctor's orders resting - my daughters cheerleading team got together and sent me a wondeful basket.  Sorry for the bad photos - but I think you get the idea.

Sent a beautiful flower arrangement

Great candle & a plate of homemade banana muffins that were so tasty.

So what can I do I was so touched.  Tears came to my eyes - so I made them Thank you cards.

I did a fall theme..

Mixed media to the max...  

First used my home made Gelli plate - the size is 5x7 so these cards fit perfect onto it.  Used fall colors - Orange/Yellow first layer - then Blue & Green got the back ground going.

Then pulled out my sprays and stencils and did more layers.

After that pulled out my Dina Wakley stamps and embossing powder and heated some images onto the card.

More stamps to add textures

then started playing with the flowers and Hemp - which came with the basket.

Once it was all in place - pulled out the Heavy Body gesso and got them all the same white color - then used the sprays again to pull the flowers back to the fall colors.

I added the Letter of each of the girls names - and wrote notes onto the back.  Once it was done - I grunged it up with gelotos - and also did some black paint splatter.

 

Also used Prima Flowers Wood Leaves and I also embossed them with the different greens and added them.

It was all so touching to be honest.

I hope they enjoy the cards.

Encaustic Mixed Media Canvas - Love who you are with

Went down the Jersey Shore with the kids and we had a blast in the photo booth.  I love the black and white strip - kids got the color one... here's what I did with mine.

Below are some photos of the process.  I did alot with Acrylic Paints - Washi Tape - Modeling Paste - Embossing Powder - Stamps.

I added lots of Paper Flowers all brands - prima - etc... ribber metal trinkets - and Prima Resin.

Once I got it all on the piece where I wanted it... I used the Art Design Heavy Gesso White.

The first layer needed more.

So I pulled out my Liquitex Gesso to put another coat onto the flowers.

I used Lindy Spray - and Silks And more to get the colors I wanted.

More photos

After I got the background all done..  I pulled out the encaustics

I put a nice thick layer

Here's some close up of the wax

and more phots now that it's all done.

Here's a sneak peek of another project..

Sampling of my Art Work… Mixed Media Pieces

Here's a sampling of the pieces that I have been working on.

Mixed Media lots of textures...

Art Journal - Calendar Book

Mixed Media - Encaustic Canvas Piece

Fall Wreath

Mixed Media - Profile - Be True to yourself.

My Big girl...  Mixed Media Canvas

Large Canvas Into the Sky Piece

 

Flying Unicorn September Kit Dress Form

I'm for sure in a phase right now with the gesso - and then sprays for the rainbow colors..

 

Altered Paint Brush

Sweet 16 Card

here's anothe peak on the new piece I was working on today.

New 2015 Art Mixed Media Weekly Calendar Journal

Spent the day creating a new Art Journal that I also use for my weekly calendar

I just love my new desk set up...  the fact that everything is so organized really does help be creative.

I didn't take photos during the process of the cover but i'm doing some explaining below.. and i'll add close up photos.

I started with the Ranger - Dylusions Journal

I was watching Donna Salazar - Grungy Girl Canvas Technique on YouTube

That gave me the idea to do the base... I started with Golden - Titanium White and then added some beige paints

I then started to glue on the Metals - chipboard and flowers etc. using Golden Gel Medium and E-6000

Once it was all glued on I then pulled out the new Art Basics Heavy Gesso White.

Once it all dried I pulled out acrylic paints.

Colors of the rainbow.  Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, Green and Blue

Once those were dried... I then pulled out my Lindy Stamp Gangs...   

Was creating so I wasn't writing things down...  

I then added Silks - Acryic Glaze to get the shimmers to pop more..

Once the base got to the point that I was happy - I then pulled out the Shimmerz Paints Spritz... I just love these...

While the paints were wet I pulled out embossing powers.

The texture that is on this cover is amazing...  The photos don't really capture it....

The last step I did was with Gel Medium and added my name and the sticker - Enjoy the Journey.

Once the cover was done and dry I started playing on the pages...

I had created a weekly calendar with excel and printed them out - I used washi tape to hold down the pages.

On the other side i started doing stencils and stamps.  Using the Shimmerz Paints Spritz to create what will be the back ground pages.

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This is my base that I would doodle and draw and scrap each week...  

This is my version of Documented Life and the other different types of version out...  This is my calendar for weekly events - work and personal events - kids stuff etc..  all at 1 location.

Her's a photo of another craft project.

October's Once Upon a Sketch "New Love"

I was sitting looking around the internet... wasn't feeling creative so I jumped onto the Once Upon A Sketch website

And something moved me....  I jumped up...

My daughter and her new boyfriend.... 1st boyfriend... were carving a pumpkin in the kitchen.

Some background...  about a month ago my daughter asked permission to start to date after meeting a boy...   I didn't want to say yes I wanted to wait until she was 16 - but I did...  This was going on for about a week or so at this point - I then went into panic mode..  Freaking out about everything - OMG is she going to make the right choices.  I made so many bad ones I was so afraid she was going to follow that same path.

Then BANG!!!!   2:30 am after they became officially dating - I had a heart attack.  I believe this was the cherry that broke the sundae.  I'm 48 and we realized that this must run in my family I am adopted so I don't have my family history.  Boy was this a wake up call.  3 kids - 3 dogs - I need to be on this earth.

So life has changed...   During that time I have to say - Jay was amazing.  He was supportive he brought the kids to see me at the hospital I was in for 3 days before being released.  He's been a good addition and im glad he came into her life.

So I wanted to do a page about them.

Pulled out me cute Polaroid Camera and started snapping some photos...

and Creativity Hit.......

Here's photos of the finished process and close up shots.

Here's a list of supplies - it was left on my desk so if I forgot something Sorry.

Tim Holtz Paper

Cheese Cloth

Dina Wakley Stencil

Crafters Workshop Stencil

Heavy Body Paints - Red, Orange & Yellow

Chalk It Up Powder - and Teal Paint - mixed together to get a chalk board paint

Washi Tape

Lindy Stamp Gang - Cowabunga Copper & Rizzo's Rowdy Red

Prima Chalk - Rusty Keys & yellow (cant read label)

Prima Flowers All different Sizes

Mon Ami Gabby Flowers

Leaves from Michaels flowers

Prima Findings & Frame

Flying Unicorn Butterfly

Art Basics Havey Gesso - White

 

Here's a sneak peak of something else I'm working on..

 

Just falling in love with Prima Bloom Girls by Jamie Severtson Dougherty

 

Finally opened my new Prima Stencils by Jamie Severtson Dougherty "bloom Girl" Stencils.

Not sure why I waited so long other than I clearly have a shopping problem... I need to get everything and then it sits until I open it.

Just going to show some photos on this one I didn't take photos during the process and cleaned up my desk so I didn't get a chance to write everything down that I used.

All the sprays are by Lindy's Stamp Gang

Below is a sneak peak of the next blog.  I been playing with the Dress Form that came with the Flying Unicorn September Kit.

Flying Unicorn September Kit - My Surfer

Got the kit last week from Flying Unicorn

September Kit

Add I got the add on Mixed Media Set

OMG!!!! I love this kit...  I might have to buy another one just to do another paint palette.

Here's some photos of the process

 

Used Lindy Stamp Gang Sprays

Did some Different Sprays and didn't like it - so I added Cheese Cloth and sitll didn't like it.

 

I added more sprays - and other mixed media products - and also started creating a wave

I also added Golden Natural Sand because I didn't like the cheese cloth

Then had some fun adding the gold leaf product.

Added some acrylic paints to the sand to get it closer looking like sand.

Then pulled out flowers..  the colors that came in the kit didn't really o it for me so I used gesso and lindy Stamp Gang to change the colors.

Also still wasn't in love with the sand so added some burlap ontop of it.

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More close ups

 Products Used:

Most came in the September Kit & Mixed Media Add on Kit from Flying Unicorn

Lindy Stamp Gang

TiffanyLou Blue

Tibetan Poppy Teal

Delphinium Turquoise

Steampunk Sepia

Cowabunga Copper

Mission Bells Brown

Prima Marketing - Songbird Vine Pink Item#539054

Prima Stamps - Finnabair - Timbres Transparents

Deep Red Water Droplets Background

Lumiere INdigo & Halo Blue Gold

Inka Gold Metallic Rub Steel Blue

Pinkpaislee - Hope Chest Label Stickers

Heidi Swapp - Stickers 

Krazy Kreations - Shaker Box beads (Blue)

Pigment Izink - Turquoise

Silks - Sky Blue

Silks - Silver Bells

Prima Metal & Lightbowl Supplies

Burlap

Golden - Natural Sand

Acrylic Paints

Cut out photo of my daughter surfing

Mixed Media Art Journal My first Butterfly…

Used pencil to draw out the butterfly

 

Playing with watercolors.

More playing

Filling out more.

And more..

Used sharpie and then pastels.

And it's done.

 

Here's a photo of a new canvas I just completed.   Sold immediately

A lot of Creating On-ging on… You know how it is when your having a flow..

 

Then playing with some 12x12 canvases - lots of layers.

Lots of fun happening in my studio these past few days.

I've made a few other posts on the step by step of those projects.

I hope you enjoy them.

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And please feel free to leave comments.

Mixed Media - Canvas- Mermaid Fun - Featuring Prima Julie Nutting

Fun 6x6 canvas that was suppose to be something with flowers and poppies... went a different way this weekend.

I'll list supplies below.

Here's some close ups

 

More Photos

Used the Prima Resin Shells - with _______

and more

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Supplies:

6x6 Canvas - Michaels

Gesso

Chipboard

Julie Nutting - Wood Mermaid

Acrylic Paints - different Blues & Greens

Lindy's Stamp Gang

Ocean Breeze Blue

Time Travel Teal

Delphinium Turquoise

Tiffanylou Blue

Bells of Ireland Green

FW Pearlescent Meadow Green

Viva Decor Steel Green

Washi Tapes

Gold Leaf Medium Adhesive Sizing

Gold Leaf Variegated Leaf Blue Shade

Masking Tape

Prima Ingrild Bolme Sea Shells Resins

Prima Ingrild Bolme Sea (1 piece)

Prima Ingrid Bolme - Oval Frame Resins

Prima  Tiny Treaures Assorted Charms Vinitage Trinkets

Beads...

 

I hope you enjoyed...  this was not a 100% completed piece.. I had to set the acrylic seal

HOpe you enjoyed... Now I'm going to figure out what good little girl to give this one too..

 

 

 

Challenge #8 Show us Some Metal or Glass Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge a Sin City Stamp Design Team Post

So this Sin City Challenge partners up with Craft Hoarders Anonymous again this challenge is to use some Metal/glass - do you hoard gears, pins, brads, eyelets, frame and other metal do-dads?   Well I do... so this one was pretty easy.  In fact I pulled out 4 plastic containers (Only 4)... and the supplies i used only on this canvas...  (Scary how much I have)

I hope you can spend some time with us today to check out all of the awesome projects brought to you by both teams.  You can click on the designer names beneath their project pictures to be taken directly to their blogs for more information.  In addition, there will be prizes awarded, and all the information can be obtained on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.  Sin City Stamps is also giving away a fabulous $20 gift card, and the CHAC blog has this beautiful selection of Really Reasonable Ribbon to be awarded to the challenge winner.

 

Took a Canvas and added my Favorite Sin City Stamps to the background.  The photo don't show the stamps showing through on the areas in the background - but you can see the leaves and the chevron.

Here's how it started

Then added the leaves - This one I actually sprayed Lindy's Stamp Gang Sunburst Sprays on the stamp let it set and then put it on the canvas.

I just loved how it came out above...

Then I started to add the metal supplies.

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Then once it was all set pulled out the Gesso.  I used a thicker one from Jerry's Art Store

I only covered the items so the stamp images came through.

Then I pulled out my favorite colors from Lindy Stamp Gang sprays... and started having fun..

Keep spraying until you get the look.

I pulled out some acrylic liquid ink in spots as well.

Then it got too dark - so I pulled out the gesso again in the center

Then pulled out the sprays again.

LOVE the COLOR....   But the letters blended to much for me so I pulled out the acrylic paints and just lightened it up.

Some close ups

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Supplies Used:

Canvas

Sin City Stamps

Classic Spark

Terri Sproul's Leaves

Lots of the metal pieces were supplies to me from Sin City Stamps for past projects

Lindy Stamp Gang Sprays

Viva DecorMetallic Rub

Brads

Metal Pieces

Flying Unicorn Flower Adornments

Belt buckels

A few metal flowers and rounds that I got off Etsy.

Make sure you visit the Design Team and check out what they have to share!

 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Designers

 

Amber Milone - http://pinkchicpaperdesign.blogspot.com/

Christy Butters - http://creatingwiththegirls.blogspot.com/

Debbie Seyer - http://crreatingwiththegirls.blogspot.com/

Donna Idlet - http://muyblogidlet.blogspot.com/

Glenda Brooks - http://glendabrooks.blogspot.com/

Ginny Nemchak - http://pollyspaper.wordpress.com

Jan Marie Ennenga - http://re-creations4him.blogspot.com/

Karen Zueger - http://lostcoastscrapper.blogspot.com

Pam Bray - http://www.pammejoscrapbookflair.com/

Kathy Clement - http://www.kathybydesign.com/kathy-by-design-news/

Tammi Bennett - http://www.tjsmemoriesblog.blogspot.com/

 

Sin City Stamps Designers

 

Sin City Stamps Blog - http://sincity-stamps.blogspot.com/

Barbara Rankin - http://blackholeartstudio.blogspot.com/

Karen Lackey - http://starshinesalon.typepad.com/

Peggy Oliver - http://mystampingobsession.blogspot.ca/

Robin Redd - http://robinredd.typepad.com/

 

 

Inspired by Donna Downey - 48 Weeks - This is Week 17 - Release

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am part of Donna Downey  Class - I am very behind but wanted to jump on this Week 17 class.  I love the abstract feel of it all.

 

Here's Donna's Piece

Below is mine.. Of course it's inspired by Donna's work... but I do love how mine came out.

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My patience level just wasn't around - proably cause I was stuck in bed all day with a bad headache and walking Pnemonia again... didn't rest enough last time and it came back.

Here's some photos of my process.

 

 

 

I love the black splatters..  This class 52 Weeks is just perfect. For people like me that are just so business I can download the videos and work on them when I can.

The technicques are just lovely... and you learn so much.

And of course Donna is just so funny

I hope you enjoy and please follow my blog and I love comments.

 

 

Mixed Media - Canvas - New Father Nice to do a canvas for a man. - AMC Dine-In Movies - RIP OFF!!

Hello Blog world...  Hope you all enjoyed your Mother's Day

I did what we all love to do... Enjoy the movies.

We went to catch the new movie Neighbors with the little hottie Zac.  Here's a few things I walked away with.

Most importantly the kids asked me to reevaulate Raded "R" Movies to see if they can see them.  Outcome:  STILL A BIG NO!!!  Holy Cow what they show in movies today is like my rated X when I was a kid...  Shocking.

We caught the movie at the AMC Dine-In Theater - first it's $17.00 a person - horrible just because it's comfortable seating - shouldn't that just be part of what they do...

Then.. Check this out

This is what upset me the most.  My daughter asked for a small (Kids small) popcorn - HELLO $8.50  - not bundled package with soda we already had that.  No asking for our Stubs card to get the free upgrade - which Medium would still not be worth the $8.50... I am just shocked.

Tried to get a manager after the theater to deal with it - NO LUCK.  Waitress once she got the check disappeared.  SO Disappointed... Will never go again.

On to positive things...

Did alittle creating this weekend..   A good friend from work because a father and I wanted to do something for him - below are the photos and I'll do my best to have the list of supplies - this was one of those - just create create create...

Some close ups

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a few more close ups

 

Supplies USed:

12x12 Burlap Canvas

Modeling Paste

Gesso

Stencils - Different brands

Scrapbook paper (different colors)

Washi Tape

VIva Decor - Inka Gold - Copper, Steel Blue & Silver

Using a spacula and Gesso I dropped ink onto and rubbed it onto Canvas 

Colors used:

FW Pearlescents  Liquid Acrylic

Sky Blue

Autumn Gold

Galatic Blue

FW Liquid Acrylic

Process Yellow

Marine Blue

Lindy's Stamp Gang

Time Travel Teal

Ocean Breese Blue

Bells of Ireland Green

Milk Choclate Brown

Acrylic Paints

Faber Castell Gelatos - Orange

Stencils

Prima - Metals

Prima Frames

Flowers - all of them by Wild Orchid Crafts

 

I hope you enjoy....  It's hard to do a canvas for a "man"... 

 

Challenge #7 Ribbon, Lace, and Twine, Oh My!

This post is dedicated to the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.   Click Here!

Working as a Sin City Design Team Member....

So just alittle background was stuck in bed on "bed rest" with a very bad case of Walking Pnemoniadoctor gave me a choice Hospital (Remember: single mom of 3) or Bed Rest.  Of course I picked the 2nd option.   

So now I have to do a post and all my stuff is downstairs in my craft studio and i'm stuck in bed.  So I send me oldest son downstairs and just give me an idea of what I want to make for this blog post and some ideas what to grab - up came a bag with a bunch of stuff.  At first I was like - what am I going to do with all this...   But what came out - I think i'm going to let him pick from now on...

Would love for you to follow my blog - and love any comments.

Supplies used listed below.

I've had this Donna Downey Stamp  but wasn't sure what to do with it.  Of course I buy everything of hers but fear always gets me that I'll never do it as good as she does...   

So I stamped up the image with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Black Soot onto Gloss paper.

After cutting it out and pulling a green blank card that I got from Michaels

and pulled another stamp by Prima - Julie Netting Mixed Media Stamp I stamped it with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain on front and back

My Son pulled out different ribbons I had and twine - after all that was the challenge to use what we hoard.

I used double stick tape to stick the ribbon around the edges.  And then used Beacon 3 in 1 Glue to put the stamped image on the card.

I then started to glue on the twine for the hair - used a few pieces of Green Ribbon.  This totally amazed me on how this really started to come together... even down to the braid.

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Then pulled out my water colors to fill in the face.

More photos.  Added Tim Holtz Idea-ology Foliage on the hair.

I then added the stamped image from the Rubber Stamp set onto a Tag I was playing with the other day with my homemade Jelli Plate and put that on the inside of the card to cover where the brad came out.

Some close up photos of the card now that it's completed.

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For the inside of the card - I pulled out my fun Sin City Stamps.  I used the Flower #2 Stencils & A leave stamp with my Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays

I know the photo doesn't cover the shimmer that's on the page - but LOVE LOVE...

Here's another photo of the cover.

Supplies Used:

Blank Card - Michaels Mega Box

Ranger - Tim Holtz

Distress Ink - Walnut Stain & Black Soot

Idea-Ology - Foliage

Watercolor Paints

Double Sticky Tape

Prima Julie Nutting Mixed Media Stamp

Ribbon & Twine

Donna Downey Stamp - Fearless

Sin City Stamps:

Flower Stencil #2

Terri Sproul's Leaves (cut 1 out)

Lindy' Stamp Gang

Shabby Turbin Teal

Frostbitten Fuschia

Wild Honeysuckle Coral

Website: Lisa Mita Studios

Lindy's Stamp Gang Guest Design Team Mixed Media Canvas

I really hate having a post completely done and never hit the save button and then my internet crashes.

So here's my 2nd attempt - trust me i'm hitting save every photo add.

I'm very excited to pull together a blog post to apply for the design team for Lindy's Stamp Gang.   I'm such a fan of the products and I totally blame Limor Webber.  She's an enabler and every time she shows a new color I have to buy it..  

Here's the thing... and you will never hear this from me.  But Lindy's products are amazing... I have no complaint on anything in fact they improve them over and over and over.

Well... I do have 1 Complaint - STOP MAKING AMAZING PRODUCTS.   I have to buy them all... hurts my wallet.

ANywhere... here's my take on making a canvas hope you enjoy.

1 of the things I love to do is on wet gesso spray the sprays.

 

 

I heat set inbetween of changing colors once I get them blended.

 

And continue and move the canvas around so you get the dripping

Once this is done I added some drops of golden paints and napkins

napkins glued on with gel medium

Here's where I added paints.

I also addd strips of papers and once the background color was what I wanted I added more Lindy's Sprays onto it to get the shimmer back.

Now here's is where I wasn't sure what to do next I wanted to get the background done for the "design team side"...  But I had twine in my room and got an idea.

So I pulled out my sprays

 

And then I used glue to draw out the flowers...

I then protected the canvas and started to fill in the flowers with the sprays.

 

Once i had the color in the flowers i saw alot of open space so I used a smaller poppy stamp

 

I also added washi tape on the stemps...  And then included another Stamp to outline the flowers.

 

I had used the Prima Dolls & Donna Downey stamp onto glossy paper.  And then I also used the sprays to fill in the dolls and the background on the words.

Here's some close ups

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Here's the final photos  Really grunged it up with a black Tim Holtz stamps and black sharpie.

Another look

I hope you enjoy... and please follow my blog.

I also love comments - so have a blast.

 

 

 

List of supplies:

Canvas 9x12

Lindy's Stamp Gang

Starburst

Cowabunga Copper

Tibetan Poppy Teal

Delphinium Turquoise

Hottie Patottie Hot Pink

Sea Mint Green

Shabby Tuxbine Teal

Marigold Yellow Orange

Hag's Wart Orange

Red Hot Poker Orange

Flat Fabios

Aloha Avocado

Luscious Lime

Summer Lovin Sun

Glue:  Fantastic Glaze & Glue

Paints - Golden Paints

Manganese Blue Hue

Cerulean Blue Deep

Green GOld

Teal

Phthalo Green (Yellow Shade)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Black Soot

Stamps

 

 

Funny how Time just get's away from you….

What have I done in the last few weeks...

Well here is a few of them.

Spent alot of time this weekend getting new products up in the Etsy Store.

Check them out more to come.

Click here.

 

Spending alot of my time with my dogs.  As they still are getting use to each other.

 

 

Other than that have been playing with some art journaling and some canvas work.

This was planning with some acrylic paints - and the Brand New Dina Wakley Stencils and Stamps.  hello.... LOVE THEM. 

Crew #1 - Falling In Reverse NYC Concert.

We got our hair done before the concert.

Check them out - The Zion Hair Salon  Say Lisa or Nicole Mita sent us and they will hook you up.

Here's my color change and cut.

So Other fun things we have been up too.  Playing in my Art Journal

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And here's a sneak peek on the next products - very far from done.

 

Not done yet - but here's another canvas in process.

 

 

Me and my daughter did a mini trip to Atlantic City - we stayed at Revel - we got a great rate on Groupon.

Now while they have some issues on a very long line for check in - and then again if you have a questions to stand in the line again.  And things are very pricy...  we spent most of our time in other hotels.  We did the Spa day at Golden Nugget (Highly recommend).

 

View of our Room

We are ready for our Dinner Out.  Tomorrow is our Spa & Shopping Day.

Room Service is always alot of fun.

We Hit the We The Kings Concert on the way home.

Got to see our favorite The New Royalty as well as the opening acts.

 

Finally we celebrated early a dinner with her friends for my daughters 15th birthday Party.

 

I have many pieces working right now and I'll load up some photos as soon as they are further along.

 

I have an exciting announcement - I have been picked to be an artist that is part of the Mountain Lake Harvest Wine Tasting & Art Show - Save the Date:  9/6th Saturday.  Great cause benefiting the Parkinson's Desease Foundation.  More details to follow.

 

I will also be annoucing some upcoming Private & Public Classes I'll be teaching.

New Blog Design Team Member - Sin City Stamp - Sneak Peek

Tomorrow. will be my next Design Team Post for Sin City Stamps

 

 

Here's a sneak peek..

You can find the blog here..

 

Once it's posted I'll come back and add the link to the actual post.

 

Our New Family member Rescue Dog & Scrapbooking Weekend…. Mixed Media Pieces Created

So I still love to scrapbooking weekends - even though the way I do pages is very different than traditional scrapbook..  This weekend I had a blast creating pages.  Friday (really used as set up) - Saturday started at 11:30 finished around 10pm.  Didn't sleep over this weekend because something came over me Friday night I went in to the Animal Shelter to drop off some donated item and this little cutie pie caught my eye.

Those eyes...  Calling out please take me home...   He is a Smoothed Haired/terrior, Jack Russell - he's a mixed of black and white.  Looks like alittle puppy 6 year old.  He was found walking the streets of New York City and my local shelter rescued him 2 weeks ago from a High Kill shelter...  He's so well behaved so he had to be owned - how someone just put a dog out on the street I can't understand.  But he will be happy for the rest of his life with us...  He's now getting into the "pack world" of my other 2 dogs... 

Here's Ella - our Imperial Shizu

And here's Cleo our Yorkie Poo

 

Here's a handmade Flower I made.  I used a stamp onto cardstock.  Wet the paper and used a pencil to roll the edges.. I then got some Prima Flowers used gesso to get them to a white color and then used Lindy's Stamp Gang to get them to the color I wanted and put them in the center.  I also used Flower Soft to get more texture.

A gift for a friend... Not done yet (lets see if she reads my blog) LOL...  

This a a photo we took at Beachcomber in Seaside Heights, NJ and I just love it...  She is a great friend and I wanted her to have alittle bit of both of us.

Here's another piece - I'll have a seperate blog on how I made this - it's still in a work in progress and I need to come up with what I'm going to write on the canvas.  This will be for sale in my etsy store.   It's a great gift for alittle girl.

Working on 1 more piece but it's not done... I'll post photos on my next blog.



 

Lindy's Stamp Gang January Challenge

So I can THANK Limor Webber for my  Lindy Stamp Gang obsession..  Normally I would insert a picture of all my sprays, powders, mica powder (Insert blah blah blah) here but it's a bit embarrasing how many I have and the photo wouldn't capture everthing...   Yes Limor I'm going to kill you...  But Thank you at the same time.  These are by far the best color sprays ever... the shimmer just can't be touched don't waste your money on anything else!!!!

I didnt' take photos as I made this layout for the Color Challenge they do a color challenge each month and I just love doing it...   Tonight I was cleaning up my studio (still trying to find my Prima shabby cic supplies I put them somewhere and can't find them.  And I just start playing with the new colors I just got for the January Challenge and this Mixed Media Layout Just came out of it....

I did take photos at the end so here some close up photos...  A list of supplies is at the bottom.  As always I have a bad habit of taking things out of the package and storing it so if I don't know something I'll do my best to explain it.

List of supplies:

12x12 Prima Marketing Romanitque Collection Hedgerow (Other size used)

Lindy Stamp Gang (January Colors you can get here)

Starburst - Bodacious Blush

Starbursst - Gag Me with a Spoon Gray

Magicals - A Bit oB'ubbly

Magicals - Cattail Copper Brown

Tim Holtz Collection Stencil - THS001 Cargo Layering Stencil

Prima Marketing Finnabair - Butterfly Stencil

Prima Fluid Chalk Teak Wall & Coltsfoot Stemens

Chipboard Beehive

Prima Stamps Finnabair Clear Stamps Item #960865

Viva Modeling Cream Pearl

Stazon Jet Blake

Pitt Penn

Misc Flowers - many from Prima, Michaels these were all left over from other projects

Prima Say it in crystals Item#563691

A Bling Thing - Ribbon Ivory Crochet Trim - From Etsy

Cheese Cloth

Washi Tape

Bubble Wrap (black ink pad then pressed onto page)

Manila Tag

Donna Downey Stamp Inspired

Jenni Bowlin - for Ranger #12 Fountain Pen - watered down and splattered

I hope you enjoyed sorry I didn't take photos of the process - but you know how it is when you get in the zone and 2 hours later you realized you have just created a page...   I just love it when that happens.

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Mixed Media - Canvas - Sin City Stamps Design Team Project

So this is my first time attempting to apply for a Design Team for Sin City Stamps.  

Below is my process for this new piece.  I am a big fan of Terri Sproul so when she put out the Design Team call I jumped at the chance...  After of course thinking I wasn't good enough - but being that it's a new year and I believe I'm an artist truely I overcame my fear and ive applied.

Video:  

So here's the process.   did a video as well.

The first thing that I did was take the water color paper spray with water and then used the Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays and let it dry.   The next day I used the punches and punched all the butterflys out.  I then outlined them with black did a few different typs Black Marker, Black Paint and Stickles Black

After I put the Gesso surface I started with using the Sprays - I don't wait until the Gesso drys I like the way the sprays mix with it.

Let it drip when it mixed with the gesso and just somehow gets cooler well that's how I feel about it.  I also sprayed some handmade spray paint that I learned how to make from Donna Downey.

I liked it but wasn't in love with it - and again this project is for a design team and I'm suppose to really impress Terri.  So I added the Tim Holtz Tissue Paper.  The Sprays bleed through the tissue paper.

The color didn't jump out so I added the Gelalos then just used water and a paint brush to get the color mixed up.  I dragged it down to the sides.

I loved how it came out - and then POP...  Tree came into my mind.  So I pulled out the Rigid Wrap out and started playing with it...   Let this dry completely.  I do this in layers to just control how the tree looks better you can you tube this process as well - but don't be afraid it's totally easy and attaches to the canvas perfectly.

 

Below is  close up after I painted the branches. 

 

 

Below is my cut out leaves.  I used the same paper as above and sprays for the butterflys.

After they are cut out spray them with water and crumple them up.

Then I broke out my flowers and started hot glueing them to the canvas.

 

Some close up photos.

I also stamped some images of Butterflys and flowers around the open area.

 

Adding the different sizes butterflys.

I used Allene's Glue to set the moss

A whole picture below with the moss tacked down.  I really loved how this was coming out.  Everything jumps off the page

 

Some close up photo's of the moss.

 

Below is another good photo... What's weird here is this is when it took the turn away from what I was thinking in my mind.   I stepped away at this point..  Need to figure out what i'm doing next.

So I add my word for 2014...  Release..  Because that's the plan for 2014 I am going to release the old and move onto the new.

 

Ive never had to keep a list of supplies - and I tend to buy and then rip out of packaging and put away so i'll do my best to list everything.

List of supplies:

Artist's Loft Gallery Wrapped Heavy Duty Canvas 10x20 - Michaels 

Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays (LOVE LOVE). 

Starburst colors:  Rusty Lanteen Lime, Hag's Wart Orange, Marigold Yellow Orange, Sea Mist Green.

Flat Fabio - Aloha Avocado and Summer Lovin' Sun

Handmade Spray Paints (Yellow and Green)

Tim Holtz - Tissue Wrap Melange

Black Pitt Pen

Black Acrylic Paint

Black Stickles

Butterfly punched out of - Watercolor Paper Fluid 8x20 140 lb.

I sprayed with the same colors above. - Then used EK Paper Shapers Decorative Punch Butterfly - and Martha Stewarts Crafts 3 in 1 butterfly

For the tree - Used Rigid Wrap Plaster Cloth.  ** Let this sit overnight ***

Gelatos - Used all the blues and greens.

Paints colors to paint the tree trunk:

Folk Art Metallic - 664 Copper

Americana - Fawn

Apple Barrel Colors - Burnt Umber #20512

Flowers Used:  ** Do my best here to list what I used many I had out of packaging and they were either Prima Flowers or Recollections that I get from Michaels.

#1 Prima Flowers - #571467 Charlotte

#2 Prima Flowers - #571610 Audrey

#3 Prima Flowers - #562519 Bosque - Zephyr (2 packages)

#4 Prima Flowers  - #562281 Perles - Romance Novel

#5 Recollections Floral Embellishments #190326

#6 Recollections #190331

#7 Recollections #279954

#8 Prima Flowers - (Bird Nest) #552879 - Cradle Robin

The Green Moss at the bottom of the canvas is Reindeer MOss Spring Green

Sprays used for the paper that I cut the leaves out of:

Dylusions Ink Spray Dirty Martini

Dylusions Ink Spray Sq. Orange

Dylusions Ink Spray Postbox Red

Dylusions Ink Crushed Grape

Shimmerz Paints - Chick-a-dee

 

 

Mixed Media - Canvas - Sin City Stamps Design Team Project Second Entry

So I was on such a roll I decided to do another canvas..  this is a very old photo that I just love of me and my kids..  Wanted to get it put on a canvas anyway - so this is the best way anyway... I get to be creative.  Below is the process and list of supplies.

This is another one I'm submitting for the Sin City Design Team contest.

 

 

So I took a 12x12 canvas.  I added gesso.  And then I pulled out my Lindy Stamp Gang Magicals - Vavavavoom Violet

I put a few section with the powder and then sprayed water.

 

When it mixes with the gesso the sparkle factor gets totally cool.  I tilt the canvas all over so the drips go down the canvas.

I then added Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals California Poppy Yellow powder in sections as well.

Then iI dry it with a heat gun.  I then added some washi tape - and be sure to go over it with Golden Gel Medium or the tape will lift up.

I added in some Silver Frost by Creative Inspirations from my stash I have no idea where I got this ...   And I added some Cheese Cloth - it hadds some great dimension to the piece I also paint over it.

I pulled patterned scrapbook paper that is wood Not sure the name but it's from Kaiser Craft  and tour up the sides.  Used my prima tool to tear it up and distress it.  I then pulled out my purple gelato and edged it all up and took a wet paintbrush and and let it drip around.  This photo below is prior to the dripping.

I pulled out (3) different stencils and used modeling paste - and then my Black Pitt Pen to outlet parts of the stencil and used my finger to smuge it around.

 

I then added the background paper and tour up a few others ones from DCWV Old World Stack and edged them with stamp.  I then stamped a flower image around the area.  And then put Green Acrylic Paint filling it.  I also added black splatters.

I then made sure pieces of the background paper tear up and roll up.

I then added what I hope looks like grass (ha ha).  it was pieces of green burlap that I pulled out.and then hot glued down.  I also added a few of the Prima Resins.  I never know if I should paint them or not.  I just love them white.  I added in some flowers.

Added in more flowers.  And "family" with the scrabble tiles...

 

Here's some close up photos.

And another close up.

 

List of supplies:

12x12 Canvas 

Kaiser Craft Base Coat Collection Wood (not sure of number)

8x8 DCWV Old World Stack

Flower Stamp (not sure of brand)

Stencils - Donna Downing 12x12 Hexagon Grunge

Crafter's Workshop 6x6 mini tiny circles stencil template

Crafter's Workshop 12x12 Doodling Templates - Cubist

Lindy Stamp Gang

Magicals - California Poppy Yellow & Vavavavoom Violet

Creative Imations Silver Frost

Cheese Cloth

Prima Flowers - #558352 Primmers Bleeached White

Shabby Chic Prima Treasures  #890889

Tin Holtz (Ranger) Distress Ink Antique Linen

Rub Ons - Not sure brand

Green Burlap (Pulled apart)

Twine.

I hope you enjoyed this process - and like the video...  And I really hope I get into the design team - but either way it was alot of fun making them - and it feels really good that I got over my fear and put myself out on the "artist line"

Flowers by Recollections

Mixed Media - Scrapbooking Page - Happy Times

 

Here's a good chunk of the portion that I video taped.  I'm having some computer issues I think it's time for a new one... 

 

I took a sheet of 12x12 scrapbooking page and a stencils and put gesso on it.

After I let it dry overnight.  I then sprayed Lindy Stamp Gang sprays over it and used a paper towel to dry the extra off.

I then layed the stencil on top of it and took Acrylic Paint onto the butterflys.  I taped down the stencils so it wouldn't move... it still moved alittle but I liked how it came out.  When put the paint on top of it the butterflys really came together.

Below is what it looked like after I pulled the stencil off.

 

I laided down Doilies, and a piece of the backing from the stencils, I used chip board which I painted with gesso first and then used the Prima Chalk Inks to bring color onto it

 

I then used a few different stamps and black ink and stamped around the page.  I also added some cheese cloth and the Prima Ink Chalk onto them.  I also added the flowers onto the page as well

 

 

Here's some close up photos.

 

Use the Donna Downey Banner Pieces and put Acrylic Paints and then outlined them in Pitt Pen.

 

I also put the stencil back onto the page and outlined with a Fine Pitt Pen.

 

I also pulled a tag together.  I used a stencil with Prima Chalk Ink.  And then another stamp "Happy".  As well as the round stamps.

 

Below it's pulled together more  I added some stickles black glitter paint around the banner and on the flowers.

 

 

Below are some close up

It was a fun process playing with the gesso.  The spray in resists it and then you can play with the acrylic paints on the gesso area.

Below is a list of supplies I used.

12x12 Prima Marketing, Inc. Romantique Collection Hedgerow

Amsterdam Brillant Green Acrylic Paint

Artist's Loft Deep Yellow Acrylic Paint

Tri Art Cobalt team Acrylic Paint

Lindy's Stamp Gang

Flat Fabio Summer Lovin SUn

Ocean Beeze Blue,

Starburst Hag's Wart Orange and Tibetan Poppy Teal

Shimmerz Paints Chica-a-dee

Dripped Ink Daler Rowney ProcessOrange and Process Yellow

Prima Chalk Ink - Blue Jay, Knotted Wood, Turquoise Stone and  Coltsfoot Stemens

CHip board.  Scrap Cogs

Donna Downey Studios - Canvas Banners

Tag

Cheese Cloth

Prima Marketing - Finnabair Butterflys

Pitt Pen - Bold & Fine Black

Twine

Gesso

Prima Flowers

 

 

Mixed Media - Canvas - Family Tree and Butterflies Textured Piece

I had soooo much fun working on this canvas... I made it for a gift for someone but I love it so much it's going to be hard to part with it..  Below are photos of the progress.

I used lots of layers of acrylic paints with different as well as Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays and Gelatos

I pulled out the Baby Whips and drapped into paint and then onto the canvas.

Using alot of different shades of the color wheel to get the dimension.  And then I used pencil to draw the lines for the trees.

Building the branches I used Activa Rigid Wrap Plaster Cloths

Just keep building on top of it and pinching it until it forms the branches.

Once it's all dry start painting... I used different shades of brown & tan.

I then cut out leaves from coffee filters used gelatos to color them and then crumped them up to get depth.

 

 

then start to glue them on the canvas.... making sure.

 

Just put on as many as you like to form the tree.

I also added moss to the bottom for the grass.

Added butterflys from Prima.

And then used a chipboard of birds (I love chipboard but never know what to do with it)..  

Added Prima little flowers... and then more gelatos around the edges and it's done.

Some more close up photos

I hope you enjoy... I really loved how it came out...

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New Mixed Media Canvas Family Prima Flowers Lindy Stamp Gang Sprays

Had alot of fun making this piece...   it was hard to get to this point it was really in the ugly stage for a very long time.

 

Started out with gluing down scrapbook paper in different places.. Then pulled out my Lindy Stamp Gane sprays.  I'm sorry I don't remember all the colors I used but here's a list of the ones I do..

Hag's Wart Orange, Marigold Yellow Orange, Aloha Avocado, Luscious LIme, Sea Mist Green and Summer lovin sun.

Then pulled out a bunch of different stencils...   And stamps with modeling paste and black ink.

Then I glued down more scrapbook paper and some green burlap.  I also glued down some Green Moss.  Close up below.  The moss looks great one the canvas.

 

Then I pulled out my Prima Flowers - Scrabble Letters, Twine,  Prima Junkets, Metal Flowers - and took acrylic Paint to them as well.

 

More close ups

More close ups

more close ups

I hope you enjoyed the blog post.   Below is a sneak peak on the new mixed media canvas i'm doing...  Its not done yet... but i'm very excited to share it...  

Mixed Media - Canvas - Family Fun - Love Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays

 

So had a fun fall photo shoot (my taking pictures - they yelling at me to stop) and just got the pictures from CVS - which FYI I hate they photo paper they print on.. not worth it.  SnapFish was having issues which I usually pick up the photos from Walgreens - it's for sure a higher quality photo.  Never again - not worth the money at CVS.  Jut my opinion.

Sorry I got so into the zone I didn't take photos during the process I just starting playing and the flow happened.

What I love most about Lindy's Stamp gang is the high quality colors.   What I do most with them is I take the canvas and gesso it.

While the gesso is still wet I spray them with the Sunburst.   The glimmer in the colors embeds into the wet gesso.

After getting lots of different layers of scrapbook paper, washi tape, Donna downey Joint Tape (MY FAVORITE).   Then playing with stencils and sprays - and dripping paints.  I finally added the Prima Flowers to the canvas.

Pulled out the Gelatos and played around the edges.

Also did some stamping with a pumpkin rubber stamps as well.  Pulled out some small black prima flowers.

Some close up

Hope you enjoy.

 

 

Here's a sneak peek of another canvas I'm working on - that I used the same technique with the wet gesso and Lindy's Spray.

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10-3-13 Mixed media Canvas ReDo... Gesso is so forgiving..

So here's tonight Canvas... I had done this canvas a few weeks ago and hated it once it was done...   so I put it to the side..  Here's a photo of the base that was done on this 12x12 - I had added alot of scrapbooking paper - flowers words all over it and didn't take a photo of the infal because I didn't like it.

When your working on your art you do layers... and then you get to the point that it's ugly and you hate it - then the next thing you do changes it... This is a perfect example of that process.  I love it now.  I love the colors.  I love the flower...  And I almost just stopped.  SO work thru your process... and don't be afraid to use your gesso.

So today I took it out and Added Gesso - then started playing with Rope.

You can see alittle more of the background - I pulled the flowers off.

Added Gesso

After the Gesso dried (almost)... I added some Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals.   First color up was California Poppy Yellow.

Then I added Red Hot Poker Orange

Then pulled out the Tibetan Poppy Teal

And then added some Ponderosa Pine Olive

More photos

Then pulled out the Daler ROwney Liquid Acrylic Inks Black

I also added some Daler Rowney FW Pearlescents Liquid Acrylic Macaw Green

With my finger added some Golden Arylics Teal, Pyrrole Orange - and used Bone Black to do outlines.  Also added Adirondack bright Dabber Sunshine Yellow.

Took out my pitt pen black marker to do some outlining.

Printed out a saying I saw on Facebook today:

Live a full life

Make Mistakes

Laugh Endlessly.

And if you want to fly

Get rid of the Shit

That is holding you down.

I love this.. this is so true...   This is my new life... Dropped the "heavy husband about a month ago" and have loved life every day since.

Used Black ink by Colorbox to distress the outside.. then of course I didn't wait for it to dry and got some spots all over... so pulled out Tim Holtz Distress Inks Anitique Linen and filled in the white..

Glue them on with glue.   Used black paint around the edge of the canvas.  Use the black Pitt Pens around the words.

More close up

More photos

More close up

More photos

 

I also started another canvas here's a sneak peak.   I didn't take photos during the process because I totally got into the zone.  Also this is my first full body (sorta) painting...

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Mixed Media 10-2-13 Mothers & Daughters Submitting for Lindy's Stamp Gang Color Challenge October.

So I don't always do these challenges from other blogs but lately I have been doing a few.  I came across Lindy's Stamp Gang color challenge for October.   The reason I did this is because I love the colors.

Below is the Color Challenge Block...   So I picked all of them of course LOL

 

Here's my process to get to this:

Started with a White 8 x10 Hard Canvas Board.  I start tearing paper and modge podge paper onto the canvas.

 

So added a few layers - and with some stamping we moved ahead.

These are a bit hard when your starting out.  I usually art journal with no purpose other than to Let out what I'm feeling.   This week has been a struggle with my daughter with the push and pull that comes with a 14 year old freshman.

Added a bunch of Lindy's Stamp Gang products here I didn't want to add more layers of paper so I used Magicals - Red Hot Poker Orange

Silver Frost

Spring Green

Light Purple

Royal Purple

Titer Lily Red Orange

Ponderosa Pine Olive

Added from the sprays Glitz Stpitz Steel Slimmer

Flat Fabio Luscious Lime

Flat Fabio Wicked Witch Purple

Used Airbrush Colors Golden Opeque to drip down from the top.

Used MOdeling paste on a few different Stencils

I used by The Rubber Cafe the Extra Large Daisy #j-1148 - put black ink and then immediatley dropped Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Power Oakleaf Olive then heat gun them to bubble.

Here's some more close up

Adding the Photos and starting to come up with the letters.

I added the photos - glueing down the Letters - anding the stamped girl after I colored her...  Pulled the hot glue gun out and started gluing.

Here's another closer photo

Then I cut out the Stamped Girl.

Adding her to the board.

Adding the flowers - 

And more

After it dried I made some more changes - with the White Montana pens and Black Pens

Added more flowers.

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