There are a couple things that I want to share. First these little circle cards. They are so pretty!

I thought I already had shared these, but I know one was for a friend and I didn't want her to see it before her birthday! The background die is a Marianne Creatables. It is about a 5" circle, so it makes a nice background. The other dies used are Spellbinders heart or butterfly circle, and the regular spellbinder circle dies. There are purchased and handmade flowers. Add a greeting tag and lots of glitter!

It is the month for the Hatch Chilies.  We bought our first 25 pound box. That seemed pretty intimidating. We bought them at Smiths and had them roasted free. After they were roasted there was a lot less. We actually got 19 quart bags of 6 chilies each. They went in the freezer on one shelf. Easy.

 

   

 

 

The guy at Smiths was really nice, he fired up the flame so I could get my best pictures!

We made yummy cornbread last week and yesterday we made the Hatchtastic Cheesey pork tenderloin. There are several steps, first the marinade, then the filling, and then the puree. Believe me the puree makes it! I could eat that on any tortilla! Here is the link for the recipe..http://www.centralmarket.com/recipe/main-courses/Hatch-tastic-Cheesy-Pork-Tenderloin-With-Hatch-Pur

 

I am not sure about the link I posted, so here is my pinterest link. http://www.pinterest.com/theartis/good-food/      

Here is a twist on my blog. Hope everyone is okay with a little variation from the cards & paper arts to some camera exercises. Yes, got a new camera for my birthday. I started the 'photo a  day'  in 2010. We got Gracie, puppy, and that was the extent of the next 363 pictures! So this time, since this camera is

even more awesome, I am going to try again. It is fitting that Gracie is the first picture in the 2014 series!

The next two pictures are of Kyle. The darker (too yellow) picture NOT with the flash that the camera suggested. I don't usually use flash, but today I took different shots and I have to say the camera knows best. I photo shopped the second picture. Notice the green around the jawline??

 

 

Day 2....Gracie  She is so sweet!

Day 2... Wish I would've seen this sooner! I deliberately didn't edit it.

 

This is just exactly what it appears to be, wheat, grass, blowing in the wind. Yes, I know I need to get out more!! The second picture was edited in the camera after the picture was taken. Pretty cool.   My other camera had that (or a similar) feature too. 

Canon Eos 70D. Pretty classy. In the next weeks I will add some pictures and maybe some pointers for using this camera. TIP ONE... This is a DSLR and it has the LED screen we love. However, to enable the screen, I have to push a Start button for Live picture. That was new to me. I have always had the image appear on the screen when I turned on the camera. So I asked a rep.Canon and he said that using the viewfinder is optimum. Sometimes the screen image is not what the camera 'sees'. I feel like I should have known that, but honestly I never thought of it. Think about it, the sun could really affect the screen. I have been outside in such bright sun that the screen looks black.

 

 

 

 

August Summer, august heat!! Its been in the 100's for a while. Think yesterday was a little cooler, although we did get some rain and the humidity!
Okay, I am through with the 'grungy, distressed, water colored' cards for awhile. Just thought I would add a couple of the blue and lavender colored ones. Really liked the 'altered' look.  Felt spontaneous, just like the old days!! 
I changed the font size here... Let me know what you think. Do I need to go back to the smaller font? I pretty much like a blog that you can read easily. Leave me a comment & Thanks!

Here is a quick look at more cards made with the 'splats and splashes'. I really have fun making these. It is SO time to clean up the mess, but I just can't seem to quit. The cards are made on 4x6 Neenah white cardstock. I have tried a bunch of ideas for the 'perfect splat'! I used a craft sheet, an acrylic block, or just plain re-inker on the card. Usually I followed with dust-off or water spray or even both to move around the colors. They are embellished with regular thread, cheesecloth, molding paste, flowers, stickers, banners, washi tape, punched scraps, or my favorite, leftover papers!

 

 I will just include my two favorites...

Thanks for looking!

Last post I couldn't get the words to line up. Believe me that is not news! So this time I will do all the writing in the beginning and hope that nothing winds up out of place! Another, (lots of 'new') loves! More coming tomorrow. Oh, just hang in you will LOVE these digital stamps from  Power Poppy. Here is the link... http://powerpoppy.blogspot.com/  Her new post wasn't up yesterday, so now I have to go back and read it too! Let me say one more thing, the beauty of digital is that you can make they any size you want. I did two cards pretty standard, but the last card shown next is a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. I reduced the size of the image of the vase of flowers.

 

 

 

They are all colored with copic markers.

Really like the Prima dolls by Julia Nutting! I forgot what I wrote about them in my last post. ( Oh no! )
The hot air balloon is a die from memory box.

The newer dolls are named. The  red-head is 'Kate'. Her sunglasses purse and bags were done with the Silhouette. The cat is a punch!

All the words were done in Photoshop.

I used a font called Honey Script. It is on my Pinterest 'Printables' board in several places. Here is the link. http://www.pinterest.com/theartis/
Okay, I made the images LARGE so you could read the words. Yes, I had fun and have more to finish and share!