THE ARTISTIC AVENUES ....

Sunday, August 23, 2026

Sunday August 23rd

One more share for this Morning!

Easy card, use hearts, gnomies, fish, or you name it! Ohh some of the Aall & created little characters.... endless focal points besides the flower!

Here is another easy card with the leaf die on the edge.

The 'thinking of you' and the flowers are from Spellbinders. Had several of the foiled greeting just waiting to be finished! Always nice.

Anything foiled is so pretty!

Thanks for looking!

Mary

Good morning! Yes, it is a good morning. There is a fire burning here, so we were watching till late last night. The fire was closer to Doug than to us. Although, we put Lucys kennel in the car, just in case. Sounds crazy, but all that takes time. Still smells smokey, but looks clear this AM. We'll talk to Doug soon; bet they were really up late. Got a post saying they were ready if necessary. FYI: it is called the Colwash fire and there are pics all over the internet.

So that is the news from last night....... and today I share some cards!

All Spellbinder dies. Love the houses & the flowers. You will see these again for sure!

The dark color backgrounds are yummy!!

Thanks for looking!

Mary

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Wednesday

Just going to try to finish this folder on my camera stick, Maybe a bunch of odd cards to share!

Remember USA artquest. Wow, still love the old wood stamps!

Nice embossing folder. 3-D.

Easy paper strips for the background. Greeting on top!

The inlaid background die from Pocketful of Happiness & the one below has multiple frames with the butterfly! Pretty!

Wendy Vecchi cake die

About it for today, Oh one more & my favorite! Want about 30 more like this? That is Lucy Lou in her best form!

Thanks for looking!

Mary

Wednesday August 12th

Lets get started right away! I have sooo much to share, and yes, now that I am a year older, I might forget!! Besides my computer is not real reliable right now. The first cards I want to show are digital colored sheet of flowers by Caroline Webley. carolinewebley.co.uk She has featured 'a year in color' with complimentary color pallets. I have downloaded 30 awesome color combinations for the price of a coffee or two! Can not thank her enough. Some of the color cards combos have an 'extra' sheet. Maybe flowers, faces, tags, labels. These are awesome. So lets do it!

This is the number 23 color combo. I printed the cards on neenah white #80. paper. I think Caroline suggest medium over the top.

Used various dies for the background. This might be an old Spellbinders, the round one below is a 'go to' & it is from Mariannes.

This was only a begining of what I hope to feature!

Thanks for looking!

Mary

Friday, July 31, 2026

July 31st!

Just couldn't let the month end until I showed the pretty sunrise from our front door.

Just a point & shoot Canon.

Thanks for looking!

Mary

Friday July 31st

Late today, rather tonight! Just wanted to share this last card for Christmas in July. The idea wasn't mine. I found it on the Waffle Flower stamps sight, so please forgive me, I don't know the artist who made this design. I had the frame from Cheery Lynn Designs. Years old! The poinsettia is from Spellbinders, also years old! Lets start with my modifications!

They are so pretty! The cardinal is stenciled & die cut. Easy. Made 6, think I need to make 6 more!!

Thanks for looking!

Mary

Saturday, July 25, 2026

Another Christmas 'share'. This is paper, paper, paper. You will see. I bought alot of this on sale, so, here we go again! This first one shows the back of one of the papers. It is stunning! I am not sure where I got the silhouette die of the deer.