Phew, I'm Finally Making Stuff Again!

After nonstop baking throughout the holidays, I hit a creative lapse that dragged on way too long. The last thing I made was before Christmas, a gift for our great niece. I "fixed up" her first school picture.

 

Today, after weeks of procrastination, I spent a few hours messing around with my gelliplate...nothing earth shattering but some usable fodder.

 

Later, when rolling the trash bin to the curb, I found a gorgeous piece of wasp nest. I couldn't just throw it away so I made a little box for it. 

 

Birthday Card

Had to make another birthday card as, once again, I am too lazy to get in the car and go buy one.

Finished Rolodex and More

 I made a couple of "speciman" cards including the Birkin Bag card...

  

Calling my Rolodex full of art done! 

Next project was to make my grand niece's very first school picture into a piece of art for her bedroom wall. She's three years old. She has everything a child could dream for but I'm pretty sure she could use some art. 

I started a bit of the December Fodder School lessons...I did some stamping.
 

Oh, and I may have been part of the puppet crew that dress some fish puppets for the local senior center holiday party. 

 

 

 

 

Teacup Card

 Admittedly, I thought the teacup card idea kind of lame, but then I made one anyway. I ended up very pleased with what I came up with. 

 

 

Origami Star Cards and Tapestry Cards

 I made two origami star cards from the Carrie Smith bonus lesson.

 

And this morning, I sat at my table, my mind devoid of ideas for the tapestry cards...four hours later, I was admiring my version of the tapestry cards. I'm very pleased with what I ended up with. 

 

 

Two More Cards

The next card lessons involved washi tape and flowers. Since I don't have a large collection of washi tapes but I do have an abundance of scraps of fodder, I used the scraps. And since I didn't want my art Rolodex full of florals, I only did one flower card. And then I did a NYC card.

 

A Few More Cards...

 I kept putting my sequins away and then getting them back out again. Here are a few more Fodder-Dex cards. My art Rolodex is filling up faster than I anticipated.