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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Goodbyes Are Not Forever

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Goodbyes Are Not Forever

Jun 1, 2019

Hello my creative friends! This card was originally scheduled to...

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Tropical Rainforest Shaker Card

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Tropical Rainforest Shaker Card

May 29, 2019

Did you know that there is a National Frog Jumping...

National Honey Bee Day Blog Hop: You’re The Bee’s Knees

National Honey Bee Day Blog Hop: You’re The Bee’s Knees

May 20, 2019

Today I am part of the To Bee Or Not...

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Jump For Joy

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Jump For Joy

May 15, 2019

Watching this child gleefully splash in the puddles just makes...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Fluttering By

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Fluttering By

May 5, 2019

Happy Sunday my creative friends. There is nothing more majestic...

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Three: Hang In There

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Three: Hang In There

Apr 16, 2019

This is Day Three of the HAPPY BEEday Release Sneak...

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day One: Rainbow Wishes

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day One: Rainbow Wishes

Apr 14, 2019

This is Day One of the HAPPY BEEday Release Sneak...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bill the “Pooh” Bear

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bill the “Pooh” Bear

Apr 7, 2019

Last fall I was in Salt Lake City for a...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Sunny Days Ahead

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Sunny Days Ahead

Feb 24, 2019

March is just around the corner, and with it comes...

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Have An Ice Day 

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Have An Ice Day 

Jan 23, 2019

I have fond memories of ice skating as a child....

Midweek Creations with Jo Ann: Such A Kind Heart

Midweek Creations with Jo Ann: Such A Kind Heart

Oct 3, 2018

I needed a card for a friend in the crafting...

Honey Bee Stamps and Heffy Doodle: Collaboration Blog Hop

Honey Bee Stamps and Heffy Doodle: Collaboration Blog Hop

Sep 21, 2018

Honey Bee Stamps is joining together with Heffy Doodle Stamps...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Faux Letterboard Cards

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Faux Letterboard Cards

Sep 9, 2018

I love the written word. As I child I used...

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Five: World’s Best Teacher

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Five: World’s Best Teacher

Aug 2, 2018

This is Day Five of the BEE BOLD Summer Release...

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Three: Life Is Sweeter

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Three: Life Is Sweeter

Jul 31, 2018

This is Day Three of the BEE BOLD Summer Release...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: You Are So Sweet

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: You Are So Sweet

Jul 22, 2018

Hi creative friends! I needed a thank you card for...

Trinity Stamps Grand Opening Blog Hop

Trinity Stamps Grand Opening Blog Hop

May 31, 2018

I am both thrilled and honored to have been included...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Go Hog Wild!

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Go Hog Wild!

May 27, 2018

This weekend is the national holiday commemorating Memorial Day. First...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Tickled Pink

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Tickled Pink

May 20, 2018

I’m not much of a frilly kind of gal. I...

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Five: Eat The Donut

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Five: Eat The Donut

Apr 30, 2018

It’s Release Week at Honey Bee Stamps. This is Day...

Stamping for Autism Awareness Blog Hop

Stamping for Autism Awareness Blog Hop

Apr 2, 2018

April is World Autism Awareness Month and Honey Bee Stamps...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: You’re My Person

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: You’re My Person

Feb 25, 2018

I hope that you have been enjoying the new Cheerful...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bee Unique

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bee Unique

Feb 11, 2018

Something about bees fascinates me. They apparently like me as...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bee Strong!

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bee Strong!

Feb 4, 2018

I love the old “skeps,” or domed straw baskets, that...

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Hello......I'm Jo Ann

Christian, wife, and proud mother and grandma. I love to create art, cook, read a good book, take photos, and travel. -Enjoy life now...this is not a rehearsal!

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A study in two different mediums… Tim Holtz WC D A study in two different mediums… Tim Holtz WC Distress Pencils -v- Windsor & Newton Cotman WC Paints. 👩‍🎨🎨 ————— 1. On the right is my original painting using W & N paints. I mixed equal parts Intense Blue and Cadmium Red Pale Hue to make black. I added additional water and thinned down washes to the bird to make the blooms and drips. As the paint thins out it creates lovely bluish tints. 2. On the left I used Tim’s WC Pencils. Distress Black Soot Ink has the unique property of maintaining its true black color as it’s thinned with water. The pencils do as well. Hmmm 🤔 To remedy this I quickly made a thin wash with Prize Ribbon while the painting was still wet. I alternated adding thinned blobs of the black and blue wash until I got the desired results. ————— The more I study it…the more I prefer the raven on the left! Do you have a favorite? ————— @tim_holtz @ranger_ink #timholtz #distress #distressinks #distresspencils
When you still have your new pencils out…but hav When you still have your new pencils out…but have no idea what to do with yourself. Cleaning your mess is not the answer. 😜 Then out of the corner of your eye you see Tim’s new “Unraveled” stamp set from Stamper’s Anonymous and some leftover scraps of watercolor paper. You just start to paint. Not sure what it will become when I fussy cut it. Mum(my)’s the word! 🤫 ————— (Swipe left for process pics) 1. Stamped with Antique Linen Distress ink for no line painting. 2. Antique Linen says it all. It’s in the name! But it was too dark so I made a wash and added some Picket Fence to lighten it. The brown is a mix of Walnut Stain and Black Soot. ————— @tim_holtz @stampersanonymous @ranger_ink #timholtz #stampersanonymous #distress #distressinks #distresspencils
Still testing out the new Tim Holtz Distress Penci Still testing out the new Tim Holtz Distress Pencils. And how much fun is Tim’s new “The Scarecrow” stamp set from Stamper’s Anonymous? 🧡 ————— (Swipe right for process pics) 1. I stamped the scene using Antique Linen Distress Ink for no line painting with the watercolor pencils. 2. I realized that I put the sun on the right but the shadows on the scarecrow are also on the right. 🤔 Simple fix. I wet the shadow lines and lifted them with a paper towel. The crow and the plaid shirt are my favorite parts!! 3. I wanted to create some color blends so I made some heavily pigmented washes. 4. I wasn’t sure how to add a background at this point without a lot of masking. I carefully flooded the paper with water, avoiding the painted areas, and floated in several different light color washes. ————— @tim_holtz @stampersanonymous @ranger_ink #timholtz #stampersanonymous #distressink #distress #distresspencils
I know…I know…no posts for 2+ years and now he I know…I know…no posts for 2+ years and now here I am posting again! 😜 I would have made this a reel, but after an hour of trying to figure it out I gave up. 🫤 ————— After painting the cat, crow, and bats yesterday I immediately thought of Tim Holtz’s new “Gothic Tapestry” skull from Stamper’s Anonymous. And I wanted to play with my new Distress Pencils some more…of course I did! ————— I stamped a partial picture using Hickory Smoke Oxide ink. The watercolor paper (140lb cold press) was very textured so the impression is sketchy at best, but I didn’t need a lot of details. ————— I love it! (Hubby thinks that it looks like Chewbacca!! 😂) We are going to need open stock on the black pencil!! @ranger_ink @tim_holtz @stampersanonymous #timholtz #stampersanonymous #distress #distresspencils #watercolopencils
Part Two I tested several of my favorite watercolo Part Two I tested several of my favorite watercolor pencil methods still using the Windsor & Newton professional cold press 140 lb watercolor paper. High quality paper is oftentimes more important than the quality of paint in getting good results. 1. The first swatch is pencil scribbled directly onto the paper and activated with a water brush. The Seedless Preserves is highly pigmented but a little harder to break down and dissolve. Darker reds and purples sometimes behave this way. 2. The second swatch is dipping the tip of the pencil in the water and smoothing with a wet brush. This delivers a large pigment load. You can also run a wet brush over the tip of the pencil and then paint. These offer very smooth results. 3. The third swatch is a wash. I like to create a controlled wash. Yes…you can do this easily with pencils. Add a few drops of water to a porcelain well. Run your water brush over the tip of the pencil and swirl it into the water. Repeat multiple times until you get the paint to water ratio that you want. With a wash you can add many layers to your painting. 4. The top picture shows how well the colors lift. This is useful info for adding highlights and shading or if you accidentally drop color in an unwanted area. Being Distress Inks, they don’t appear to react quite the same to water droplets as regular Distress Inks. They do lift when dry, but some colors stain more than others. (continued in comments) timholtz @ranger_ink #timholtz #distress #distresspencils #watercolorpencils
Part One I have been watching for the UPS driver a Part One I have been watching for the UPS driver all week. When my package of Distress Pencils arrived yesterday afternoon I nearly snatched it from their hands! 😂 I work a lot with different watercolor paints, pencils, and crayons so I was eager to play with them. I used Windsor & Newton professional cold press 140 lb watercolor paper to test them. It’s bumpy so you get a lot of white space when you scribble on the pigment. 1. As I tend to layer colors I immediately put them into color families. I know that you like to dig for them Tim but I need them in color order and don’t have your patience. You are a “hunter” and I am a “gatherer.” 😜 2. I swatched them out…not only to have a chart but to check on several properties. It shows me how easily the different colors dissolve on the paper but also how they “water down” into a wash near the bottom of the swatch. The black line shows their transparency. Most colors are highly pigmented, yet transparent, and easy to dissolve. So far I am loving them!!! (More in next post.) @tim_holtz @ranger_ink #timholtz #distress #distresspencils #watercolorpencils
I have been doing a lot of watercoloring this summ I have been doing a lot of watercoloring this summer and thought that I might start posting again. (I haven’t shared my art work socially in over 2 years.) I painted these three Halloween Decoration Cards this morning using Windsor & Newton paints. They are from an older Michael’s class (free) taught by Mandy Peltier. They were a hoot to paint! @mandypeltierartist @michaelsstores @winsorandnewton #winsorandnewton #makeitwithmichaels #michaelsclasses
Sometimes it is hard to step back, reevaluate, and Sometimes it is hard to step back, reevaluate, and admit that you need to see things differently!! These are powerful phrases that I intend to learn and to use gracefully. ————— Thanks my friend for allowing me to share your wise words! ❤️@turnertr03
I am learning. I am listening. #blackouttuesday #a I am learning. I am listening. #blackouttuesday #amplifymelanatedvoices
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