Watercolor cards

It is snowing in Colorado and I'm at my sisters having a great time doing simple watercolors that I will use as cards. I've stacked the cards one behind the other to dry and set one of Linda Petersons polymer clay characters in front to hold them up. I thought it was too cute and had to share it with you. Visit her blog and see what wonderful work she does.
http://www.lindapetersondesigns.blogspot.com

Another "Teardrop for Anna"

As another year draws to a close I am trying to get back into my studio. Another" Teardrop for Anna" is part of my collection for children born with heart defects. This piece was made by rolling a coil of clay and draping it around a piece of diachroic glass and looped from front to back to form the bail. The leaves were made from leftover clay in one of "Krafty Lady's" molds and attached with silver paste. The design idea was my sister-in-laws. Thank you Mary.

If any of you would like to make a piece like this I do have diachroic teardrops in various colors and sizes. Email me for more information.

Simple and Elegant "Class" project

How easy it is to make beautiful bracelets using metal clay. For this piece I used 35 grams of low fire/slow dry Art Clay and rolled it out 2 mm thick. I added the extra thickness for strength. Then I used one of Stamp of Excellence's stamps and pressed it into the clay for this design. I free formed this piece and let it dry then sanded and finished the piece as usual using Rio Grande's Black Max to patina. Now I have this simple yet elegant bracelet that I can wear to any outing, causal or formal. Judy, at Stamp of Excellance, has several great stamps that can be used for bracelets such as this. http://stampofexcellence.com/