Haiku in August

Slide Show too fast? Click the Pause (||) button and then you can use the arrows to click through at your own speed.....If anyone can tell me how to slow down a Picasa slide show I am all ears (or eyes and fingers....) You can click any image to be taken to a link for the stamp used.

We've been experiencing a 10 heat wave here in the Northwest. Seattle set an all time high and here in Portland we missed our high by 1 degree, but the length of consecutive days above 100 may have beaten the records. We mostly don't have air conditioning in our homes as we hardly ever use it so I have been a prisoner of the basement!

Hope you enjoy this slide show. Mention the Art Neko Blog when ordering any of our Haiku collection between now and August 15th and get 25% off on any of our haiku stamps or sheets.

Keep cool! I'm trying to!

Candice

Korea Sheet

Hover your mouse on the slides above to see the item number and the name of the person who created the samples shown. You can also slow down, speed up or pause the slides by using the buttons below the slide window.

Well, hopefully we are back on track--but then one never knows what is waiting around the corner. We still are working on moving up and resettling my husband's mother from Albuquerque to Portland and I have grandkids arriving next week for two weeks -- but barring any unforeseen calamities I should be able to changeout our specials every two weeks or so.

This week we are featuring our Korea Sheet. You can see the individual images as well as some samples in the slide show above. Dee, Heather and Bonnie created samples especially in honor of Father's Day as well as others. Barbie Dopson, Sandra Grimes and Kavi Coulson also have samples in this posting's slide show above. Send us a copies of your work with Art Neko and Taylored Stamps and we will add them into our slide shows.

Garden Friends and Masks

I leave on Monday for Albuquerque and what will probably be the last time we will see my sister-in-law. No orders received after 5/10 will be mailed until 5/18.

Beginning with this post we will be changing out the specials every other Wednesday until further notice.

This week's blog specials include:
Garden Friends Sheet
and
Tribal Masks Sheet
Some stamps available individually or in small sets.

Blue Butterfly

I love this image which can also be found on the Garden Friends sheet or purchased individually in three sizes.

It was stamped this time with embossing ink and then embossed with Adirondack Espresso by Ranger.

The butterfly was then colored with Prismacolor pencil crayons.
Layering on complimentary colored card stock and patterned paper completed the card.

In Your Pretty Colours

I call this tech "Chalk on Chalk". Three chalk colors are blended to create the background and spritzed with hairspray from the dollar store to fix the chalk.

When dry, ink stamp with VersaMark or similar embossing ink and stamp on prepared chalk background. With a Qtip, dab different chalk colors to the Versa Mark stamped image.

Use a soft brush to brush away excess chalk dust.
Easy yet quite effective.

This Swallowtail Butterfly is available in two sizes.

Mother and Daughter

Another "Chalk on Chalk" card. This time the this butterfly image has been stamped in two of the three sizes available on the Garden Friends sheet. (May be purchase as sheet or individual images).

The butterflies were then enhanced with gel pen and peel off dots and layered as shown.

The patterned background paper is from Basic Grey.