Have you been to Le Petite Market?

Just wanted to pop in real quick and let you know about

Le Petite Market.

 I have been collecting digital images from their etsy shop for months,

and finally got around to coloring and creating with some of them.

These are two of the four images from the

Magical Crowned Creatures set.

I am in love with this style of artwork!

So fun and kitschy!!

I went with my usual favorites as far as color palettes, using Copics and

keeping with Violets, Blue Greens, Red Violets and Yellow Greens.

I am finding that one can never have too many unicorn images,

and this gorgeous creature is no exception.

I printed these images on a shiny, pearlized, paper making it kind

of hard to see when coloring. And blending is a whole different show, too.

I thought the fancy paper lent a nice whimsical feel to the simple cards.

Too bad it doesn't photograph at all. I also used some rock candy dry glitter

on the horn, but it doesn't show well. Looks more flocked than sugared.

Okay, thanks for hanging in there for the full post.

As a reward for your patronage, I'll let you in on a little secret.

The entire Le Petite Market site is 40% off!!

That's over 800 items on sale!!!

You're welcome.

Adios 5th grade!

My son just competed his last day of the 5th grade on Thursday.

He just started a charter school this year, and it has been a big

adjustment for him.

The workload is quite daunting, and his overall morale is a bit low.

I keep telling him it's for the best, and they are preparing him for college, but with only 6 weeks off for the summer and then back to school on August 3rd,

he's not buying it. 

So, to let him know how much his Dad and I appreciate his efforts, and his good grades, I made him this little card.

This image from Dustin Pike was perfect!

I made a boo-boo on the upper left corner, so I embellished it

with some not-so-matching fibers.

It's all I had!

My kiddo loved the card and got the message

that we love him and are very proud of him.