Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Nick Bantock Inspired Vintage + Phenomenal Lemon Bread Recipe

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When I was creating this journal page for my Art Journal Basics class, you watched me create a little envelope that I didn't use on the finished page, so I'm showing the card I created that matches that page and I used the sweet little envelope.

I remember reading Griffin & Sabine SO VIVIDLY - opening all the little envelopes on those beautiful page, and it was just so very magical. Any time I can grab a small envelope die, I do it for that reason.

This envelope die set is cool because a) it fits these little stamp ephemera strips perfectly and b) you can create an optional window in the front so the contents are visible - for this one I used matte duralar. Those little stamps then become a gift attached to the card front - you can send this to a crafty friend and they can use those as ephemera on their next card! (Or enclose real postage stamps!)

The supplies I used are essentially the same as in the journal page class - the paper, stamps, envelope die, thanks die, paint and more - you can find the full list on the class page here - click supply list lesson. The process is the same as well.


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I hope you have a great week lined up!

I have a yumtastic recipe for you today! Whenever I can find local lemons, I buy as many as I can because they are not waxed, and I zest them and freeze the zest - I won't zest a grocery store lemon or lime - too much gross stuff on them. So Farmhouse had a bunch of Meyer lemons and I bought a TON and zested and juiced them all. Normally before I freeze the juice and zest I will make lemon bars, but an Irish woman I follow on TikTok caught my eye with a lemon recipe I thought I'd try and boy am I glad I did. The texture of it is amazing - it has a very tender, cake feeling - not that denseness you get with banana bread. I'm not sure if that's because it's part almond flour? I also got some vegan powdered sugar to make the lemony glaze with. I HATE powdered sugar - it tastes like death to me, and I think it's because it's made with bone char. I hate jello and non-vegan marshmallows for the same reason - they smell and taste like roadkill to me. And after I posted about this on Facebook, I found out that most of my friends didn't know about bone char in sugar either, so there you go. There are lots of vegan brands of regular sugar - just google them. The one I used is this one - I get it on Instacart, but it's in lots of places.

Saturday, March 18, 2023

VIDEO: Fresco Resist Technique

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Here's the video I promised with this gorgeous embossing folder, this resist stick 

There's a giveaway on YouTube so be sure and click "more" to see the full description - 
you can watch on YouTube here.


Loveyameanitbye.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

New Fresco Resist Technique & Live Watercolor Video

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This has been the craziest week, with an unexpected oncology appointment for Splotchy - that's a whole thing because it's so far away - complete opposite side of town, and I have to just wait in the car for hours because driving back and forth is expensive and dumb, to the time change, and any number of associated insanity with that. It's just a whole thing, this Ides of March!

I've been so busy I haven't even cooked at all, so I have no new recipes for you at the moment, but I do have some pretty cards - will that work?

I'm super excited about the technique behind the first two cards, but the video - you will have to wait three days for that - you can see that on the YouTube hop WITH giveaways that I will be a part of on Saturday.

It's a modification of my fresco technique, with a fun twist. I used a new 3D embossing folder, this resist crayon, Inktense blocks and the MISTI - on the card on the left - to get that pink  glow on the sentiment - just stamp the sentiment in one color, then very slightly shift your cardstock and stamp it in the second color - so easy! 

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AND I have a video for this card too that you'll see later, but this is an incredible layering and interactive egg crate die! I can't wait for you to see how it goes together and how much fun it was to watercolor all the pieces. But can we talk about the basketweave paper please? My art journal is crying out for this and now I only have a little bit left! PAPER HOARDING ENGAGED.

I chose all granulating watercolor from my Daniel Smith splits for this, because both egg cartons and eggs have porous surfaces that needed to be highlighted with granulating watercolors. 


And for the first time in a LONG time, I stamped my sentiment on colored cardstock - why don't I do this more often?? The complementary color is just what I love. 

There's so much more to come, but I can't leave you without showing you these gorgeous layering bird dies. If you missed the live today, here's the unedited video complete with chitchat showing you how these beautiful birds go together. Finished card coming soon.


Enjoy me ramblling about all this here LOL.


I really hope tomorrow is easier than this three days has been!

Loveyameanitbye.


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