Well, I think I found the rice paper!!  I was at Stamp Antonio today(www.stampantonio.com) and found it.... it comes in large sheets, is super soft, super thin (can see through it), pulls apart easy, and was $.75.

Does that sound like it?

I attached the transfer, applied and paint and the stamped paper. This is what I got:

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Hi Gang! I have been very busy and have, today, finally begun to catch up. I have glued my transfer to my canvas and it is drying, and my stamps are drying at this time. Hopefully, tomorrow I will be picture-ready and all caught up. If not tomorrow, then the next day, for sure ( Read more... )

So I got over my hesitancy and added my stamped up papers. It was fun and actually freeing. I'm usually not very controlling when I create...but sometimes it does kick in and keeps me from risking. So this was a good lesson in letting go. I think they look cool--and I know that more transformation is yet to come to these 3 pieces.


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today i was exhausted, but promised myself i would get into the studio this afternoon... even if just for a little. the kids were taking a rest and i sat down to watch the segment of Jacqueline on Crafters Coast to Coast. (i have it on tape) i was hoping for a little boost in energy. i got it ( Read more... )

Ok, used the blues and what a difference it makes!

The middle one of the two of them: I wanted to position them a little higher, but totally spaced when putting them down. (This is why I don't like working while kids are with me! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!)

Any input?

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Oh boy! I'm a little behind, but I painted my canvases tonight. And i'm liking this process a lot. I'm working on 3 pieces right now. They are still wet, but hopefully I can post pics tomorrow. I still need to carve some stamps and play around with that. But I was pretty siked about what was happening that I had to post this update. :)

Until later

Here are 2 samples of photos I chose to work on. The first one is of one of my sisters with her baby boy. She alsmost died after his birth from complications with the pregnancy and birth and I feel like this photo captures the miracle of both their lives. If it turns out ok I plan to give this to her.
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this is not the best photo, but you get the idea... any changes?


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Thanks for the suggestions... it seemed to work well. Who really knows what I was doing last time!!!
I'm printing it out and doing this one tonight too... fun, fun, fun! (I really am having a great time with all this...)

Here it is...


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