Friday Smiles 74: welcome summer

Today, although on hiatus, I'm joining Annie at A Stitch in Time for Friday Smiles.

I'll start by showing a sneak peek 

of some of the things I've been working on.

I'm also welcoming summer in tomorrow
by making a spread in my latest altered book.

I hope you can see by the slight indentation, this is the template I used.  It's from an actual die cut, where mine were cut by hand (and scissors).

This is everything else I used to make

my Summer Soul-stice. 

I used a silver leafing pen to write the words, but the nib is pretty squished.

Although Bleubeard didn't do much except sleep under the AC in the bedroom and purr when I called his name, I thought he would appreciate the credit.  Unfortunately, when I tried to write our names using the silver leafing pen, it leaked lots and lots of beautiful silver all over everything, including my hands.

Now that I have a good camera, I see a need for a photo box.  The lighting sucks in this photo, even though I tried (in vain, I might add) to adjust the color in Photoshop.

This photo is much closer to the actual colors.  I glazed the face that reminded me of the sun with gold glazing liquid.

And don't think I never get my hands dirty, because this is what they looked like before I took a scrub brush to them.


Finally, the real reason you stopped by today:

this index card (IC) I made yesterday that has a bit of humor.  You'll be able to see all the ICADs I made for the third week after I make my last card of the week and post them tomorrow.

Don't forget to welcome the summer solstice and join Annie at A Stitch in Time for lots of Friday Smiles, many of which won't be nearly as wordy as mine was today!