Done for the Rachel Jefferies November Designer Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/2023-11-rachel-jefferies-november-2023-mixed-media-challenge.38624/ Journaling reads: How thankful I am for the beauty of the morning sunrise! Thank You, Lord! “The steadfast love of...

Done for the Momma O November Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/vicki-stegall-designs-momma-os-november-challenge.38602/ Journaling reads: It was a typical, earth-drenching, springtime rain. Some people curse the rain, but I love listening to the rain and I have...

Done for the Creative Techniques Challenge #3 found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/november-challenge-3-creative-techniques.38573/ Journaling reads: I enjoyed my short walk to the edge of the woods to get some pictures on this beautiful autumn day. The breeze was blowing the...

Consider the lilies They don't toll nor spin. But there's not a king With more spendor than them. Consider the sparrows, they don't plant nor sow But are fed by the master Who watches them grow We have a heavenly father above With eyes full of mercy And heart full of love. He really cares When...

Done for the Anna Color Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/annacolor-challenge-11-03-2023-11-16-2023.38639/ Journaling reads: Sunsets are so inspiring! They are so inspiring that Mark is considering cutting the trees down so the sunsets are even more visible! And...

Journaling reads: We went on vacation and the weather was perfect to keep the tomatoes ripening and blooming, even this late in the year! Mark picked a whole bowl full, more than he can eat by himself! Ilene and I had some slices on our ham sandwiches and they sure were yummy! I gave her...

Journaling reads: The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland paths are dry, Under the October twilight the water Mirrors a still sky. –William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (1865–1939)

"A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden." - Samuel Johnson

On my backgroundI blending two papers and play with blending mode.

Color Play Kits are on Sale until Monday! This morning I went on a hike to Wyanokie High Point in Ringwood, NJ. The views were well worth the hard work of getting there.

Color Play Kits are on Sale until Monday! I had a *blast* creating this scene. The forest animals in this kit are utterly adorable and I wanted to build them a perfect home. I wanted to be part of it and tried to use an AI generator to turn me into a woodland faery but the images were more...

October Art Journaling Challenge #2 - The Change of Seasons: A time for self-care! — https://oscraps.com/community/threads/october-art-journaling-challenge-2-the-change-of-seasons-a-time-for-self-care.38508 Like many of you, being outdoors is my favorite go-to when I need some self-care. Tan...

I wanted to embrace the storybook aspect of the challenge, but since the kit I was using didn't have a book element and I didn't feel like looking for one from another kit, I decided to make my own. There was a stacked style paper in the kit, so I took that, duplicated it, and then played around...

Done for the Color Play Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/october-challenge-6-color-play.38416/ Journaling reads: I am amazed that we still have an abundance of tomatoes in all stages of growth. We have blooms, green, yellow and red tomatoes. The grasshoppers are...

Still on sale today!

Journaling reads: It was such a beautiful day so we rode the bike to Digestive Health in Kernersville for a consultation with the doctor. After it was determined Mark would need to have a colonoscopy and endoscopy, we made the necessary appointment and then stopped for a late lunch at Cracker...

Journaling reads: I like to take shadow pictures of Mark and I on the bike. Today the sun was shining so nice and brightly that I took several. Mark wanted a good steak after his colonoscopy procedure on the 27th but we ended up at Arby’s instead. But, the taste for steak was still there, so...