Princess Bubbles Creates

Aw, it feels good to be participating in Take a Stitch Tuesday again.  Thanks to Sharon B. at  pintangle.com/  for posting the instructions for Interlaced Cable Chain Stitch.  It is good for my brain to learn new stitches.  I have done the cable chain stitch but never the interlaced part.  I unnecessarily complicated it by using to threads to do the lacing.   The two threads got a little snarled but I persisted.  I am continuing to work on handmade paper for these stitches.  That can make things a little difficult but I do like the way it looks.

This technique has been around for a while.  I have always liked it.  I would like to experiment more with it.  This photo of poppies turned out kind of interesting which leads me to believe I could do more with the technique. I am linking with http://anenglishgirlrambles2016.blogspot.ca/2016/01/todays-flowers-january-8th-2016_8.html http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/ http://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca/2016/01/in-mountains-through-my-lens-nr-24.html

December Crazy Quilt block is finished.  At least for now.  There is room for improvement but I need this off my plate.  Sometimes I just have to call it good enough and move on. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

Another week, another coloring page.  I used permanent markers, including gold and silver, and pencil crayons.  The silver Sharpie shows up rather nicely.  I love the shading/blending you can get with pencil crayons but they certainly take more work than the markers.  Using both is a good compromise.  I would love to see how you color this image!

This year I plan to do experimental stitching.  I made a color copy of a piece that I really like and adhered it to fusible interfacing.  I have added stitch with  gold and silver threads by Kreinik.  I have also added gold and silver H20s watercolor paint.  I am liking how it is coming along! I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.supermomnocape.com/ http://colourarte.blogspot.ca/2015/12/challenge-7-silver-and-gold.html

I have joined a journal challenge on Facebook.  I am really hoping that I can stick with it.  The journal challenges I joined last year were not so successful for me.  This page is done in a journal I created with leftover papers.  They already have color or writing on them but weren't good for much else.  It just adds to the layers.  Not too surprisingly there is a lot of metallic on this page.  I used dimensional paint to write the words.

I love color.  I love kaleidoscopes.  I am pretty pleased with the way this turned out. I am linking with http://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca/2016/01/awakenings-through-my-lens-nr-23.html http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/