Art Class - Wholehearted

 

A number of years ago, I came across an artist by the name of Laly Mille.  I think she popped up on IG or FB as an advertisement for art classes.  I was a intrigued and when I checked out here site, I instantly fell in love with her art.  I love her style - mixed media, with lots of textures using collage, different mediums and little techniques I would have never thought of.  I was a bit shy of taking the course she was offering (Soulful Abstracts), but I ended up biting the bullet and signed up a year later. I am so glad I did.  She does a wonderful job teaching and I learned a ton.  I signed up for a few more classes over the years and this piece is one that I made from one of her classes, Wholehearted.

Thanks for stopping by! ♥ sam

Nailfie of the Day!

 

The cute and EXCLUSIVE nail set is from the 

March Colorplay monthly subscription from Color Street! 

It's called Opulent Meadow. The colors are so soft and pretty!

Are you in the club yet?

If not, join up here today!

♥ sam

Valentine Album

Ah, Valentine's Day.

When we got married, Hubby and I chose not to do the card or gift thing for any occasion, including birthdays. Our thing is to plan a trip to the coast, and/or go out for a nice supper (or lunch) and enjoy a nice bottle of wine (or two) on the patio, especially if the weather is lovely. So, when I received my January Mystery Card Kit that I purchased from Anna Griffin Inc., I decided to make an album instead. This way I can go through all the pictures of us together, print them out small and make some collage pages.

The album itself is the Create-an-Album from 49 & Market. I cut the beautiful papers to size and adhered them to the album. I used a variety of Anna Griffin Inc. dies (3D Lace Doilies, 3D Concentric Heart dies, and some of the dies from the Trellis Album set) to create the shapes to decorate, along with the lovely die cuts that came in the kit. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It will be fun to see how we've changed throughout our 25 years together.

This is the front of the album. I love the collage feel of it, all the layers and textures that keep your eye moving from one thing to the next. Below is a close up of it.

This is the album layed out so you can see the back and the spine as well. Love all the little details!

Thanks for looking and I hope you are inspired to do something different with your kit.

♥ sam

Carte Noire Slimline Cards

These beauties were made from the Carte Noire Kit from Anna Griffin. The black, gold and flowers look beautiful together.  I decided to not put a sentiment on, but instead will wait for the occasion to send them. I will definitely make some more with this kit!

Thanks for looking! 

♥ sam