Princess Bubbles Creates

I painted the tissue paper with inexpensive metallic tempera paint.  I really like the look of it.  The paper appears sheer but metallic.  It is really hard to capture a digital image of it.  I am not exactly sure how I will use it so it will get stashed away for now. 

I have been wanting to post for  a while but either my computer or the internet connection were not co-operating!    Mind you I only finished  my bead journal project today.  I tired of working on my snowflake journal pages.  After all spring is here.   Today I played with kirigami and kaleidoscope kreator.  I combined the two together in this project.  I adhered the pieces to some painted rice paper.  I then added some stitch with metallic thread.  Of course I also beaded this.  It is odd that both pictures are not accurate in regards to color.

I found some easy to carve stamp material last month.  I love spirals and thought the round shape was perfect for a spiral.  I was really impressed with how easy it was to carve.  I have nine more of these round stamps to carve.  I need a few more ideas as to what to carve into them.

This was an interesting exercise that has some potential.  We were told to pull out magazine pages that had a color we wanted to use.  We were not told what we were going to make with the scraps.  I decided to look for blue pages.  I wasn't disappointed when I was told to make a tree.  I don't have a problem with blue trees.  I might color copy this and do some more experimenting.  I was also thinking about scanning it so that I can play with it in Photoshop Elements.  I intentionally glued the pieces down in a crinkled fashion.  I like the texture. 

My Mom was given an amaryllis bulb for Christmas.  She asked me to photograph it as it is particularly stunning.  It is loaded with five blooms!  I should have used my Nikon - what was I thinking?

I bought a Lensbaby Muse  a few months ago.  I haven't played with it as much as I would like to.  Today I bought the Creative Aperture Kit to go with the Muse.  My son's girlfriend bought some fluorescent nail polish and my son has a black light.  I think that was the perfect subject to try out my new star aperture disc.  Too fun!

I showed the start of this book a while back.  I have since finished it.  I have added a heart to every page.  I have also penned words of love on each page.  I really like this little book and wish it was easier to show it.  It is difficult to photograph.