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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Ocean Border Thanks

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Ocean Border Thanks

March 17, 2019

One of my favorite places in the world is the...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Celebrate With Porky O’Connor

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Celebrate With Porky O’Connor

March 10, 2019

I had a different card ready to share today but...

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Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Home Is Where The Heart Is

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Home Is Where The Heart Is

March 6, 2019

My grandmother came to America from the Clan of Farrell,...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Party Animals

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Party Animals

March 3, 2019

It’s PARTY ANIMAL WEEK at Honey Bee Stamps! We are...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Sunny Days Ahead

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Sunny Days Ahead

February 24, 2019

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

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Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: If Friends Were Flowers…

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: If Friends Were Flowers…

February 20, 2019

The weather here in Texas has been mercurial. We have...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: My Heartfelt Sympathy

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: My Heartfelt Sympathy

February 17, 2019

Sympathy cards are the hardest and writing about them is...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Tea Light Table Decoration

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Tea Light Table Decoration

February 10, 2019

I know that it is still Winter, and many people...

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Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Hooray For Snailmail

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Hooray For Snailmail

February 6, 2019

I fell in love with the adorable Mr. Snailman Stamp...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Scalloped Heart Valentine

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Scalloped Heart Valentine

February 3, 2019

I am always looking for something fast and easy to...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Cupcake Love

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Cupcake Love

January 27, 2019

I have loved using all of the new products in...

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Honey Bee Stamps: Brie Mine Blog Hop

Honey Bee Stamps: Brie Mine Blog Hop

January 25, 2019

Today I am part of the Honey Bee Stamp Brie...

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Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Have An Ice Day 

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Have An Ice Day 

January 23, 2019

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

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Valentine Love Trio

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Valentine Love Trio

January 20, 2019

Valentine’s Day will be here in less than a month....

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: True Friends

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: True Friends

January 13, 2019

While we love our families and spouses, we also have...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Key To My Heart

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Key To My Heart

January 6, 2019

It feels like forever since I have shared a post...

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Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Winter Botanicals Background

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Winter Botanicals Background

December 21, 2018

Another Midweek Creation...on Friday! Just jumping in for one last quick...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Have A Holly Jolly Christmas

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Have A Holly Jolly Christmas

December 16, 2018

We have a new critter in town! The new “Brie...

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Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Woodland Deer Ornament

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Woodland Deer Ornament

November 28, 2018

I love the Stag, with his magnificent antlers, and the...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Holiday Birthday Ornament

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Holiday Birthday Ornament

November 25, 2018

This past October, several Honey Bee Stamps DT members were...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Joy To The World

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Joy To The World

November 18, 2018

“Joy To The World” is one of my favorite Christmas...

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Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Season’s Greetings Silhouettes

Midweek Creations With Jo Ann: Season’s Greetings Silhouettes

November 14, 2018

With the holidays rapidly approaching I find myself rushing to...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Dashing Through The Snow

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Dashing Through The Snow

November 11, 2018

I love the snow people from the Snow Buddies Stamp...

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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Poinsettia Gift Bag

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Poinsettia Gift Bag

November 4, 2018

The Design Team is back to our normal blogging schedules...

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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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