YES❗️Coloring IS an Artform

 

I haven't made a post here for a long time but I have still been crafting and coloring.

I've even learned how to color using an App and a STYLUS! 😲😳

WooHoo❗️😃 Laura-Lee takes a Quantum Leap into the 20th Century 😊

"Uh. Laura-Lee? We're actually in the 21st Century." 😒

I know. I know. But don't rush me. 🤨

Here's some of what I've been doing.

 And, trust me, if I can learn new things in my 50s, YOU can too. 🫵🏻

(Oops❗️🙊 Accidentally outed my age on the internet again. Sort of.)

At CHRISTMAS

My  KLINGON Reindeer 

Released to Fly

PEACOCK Colored for my AUSTRALIAN Friends on

Australia Day

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ReCreating the Classics

Mona Lisa as a BLONDE is much more likeable

There now. 😊
The Screamer  isn't quite so frightening this way.

Encouraging People to not be SHY in expressing themselves.
Being Unique makes you less boring.

Asking Thought Provoking Questions 🤔

And just having F U N❗️ 😃

Expressing my Christianity
WINGS with CROSS of JESUS

The Scars of JESUS allow us to
"Live long and Prosper"

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See how much you can say with a Coloring Page.🙆‍♀️

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Now it's YOUR turn! 🫵🏻

PRINT OUT Free Easter Coloring Pages & Bookmarks

Easter Book mark
(Hole to punch out & add ribbon)

I found a few very nice things on the Internet for creating a Christian Easter.

Books marks & coloring pages for you to PRINT OUT for FREE.

Hope you enjoy them with your kids or just to spend some quiet moments (coloring and creating) in the presence of the Lord.

Enjoy!

PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS:

Usually the best way to PRINT something is to 

HOVER OVER IT and then do a right click

OR

Look for the PRINTER emblem somewhere on your Browser Page and click on that 

... and then follow the on screen instructions that follow.

BIRD Book mark

EASTER Bookmark (blank space to add your own sentiment)

NOTE: It is often recommended that you print a book mark (like those above) on a more sturdy paper, like card stock. But I've discovered it can take a lot of time and know-how to align a bookmark on cardstock.

Usually, I will print out a bookmark on regular 8 1/2 X 11 (letter size) paper and then fold the paper over when I'm done, cut around it and carefully tape around the edges with a (clear) scotch tape. (remembering to color it first).

That way you get the added strength of a double piece of paper but without any hassles. You can just print it out on regular letter paper.

Christian - Easter Coloring Page

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter long weekend as you take some time to turn away from your hassles and turn towards the Lord.

Love Laura-Lee (Creator/ Moderator)

Trash Project - Part 2 (Completed)

In "Part 1", I collected several ordinary and thrown away items from around my home, without any preconceived ideas, and accepted the challenge of making a greeting card from them.

Read “Trash Project: Part 1” to see the items I collected for this project.


  TRASH CARD: Front View

TRASH CARD:  Inside View


LIST OF ITEMS:
* Ruler, 12 Crayons, Scissors, Bic Pen, Liquid Paper (white out), Elmer's School Glue

* Post-It Notes (pad of yellow, pad of green), scraps of printer paper (pink), computer paper (white)

* Junk Mail (“Molly Maid” advertisement), Old notes sent to me (from garbage), Cardboard Circle Ribbon Holder (Empty – no ribbon left), Kleenex Tissue Box.


 PICTURE OF ITEMS


Cut out various words from the “Molly Maid” advertisement Junk Mail


Drew outline of house and tree on pink Kleenex Box and cut it out (idea for house and tree from “Molly Maid” ad)

** Cut Out wiggly strips and from the Green and Yellow Post-It Note pads

** Cut Out little leaf shapes from Green Post-It Note pad

** Cut Out the the Red Outline Circle from the Cardboard Ribbon holder (touched up the messy cutting with white-out Liquid Paper around inside of circle)

** Cut Out little Pink Flowers from the paper old notes written on.


  Laid out all the words I Cut Out of “Molly Maid” advertisement “Coming Home; to; 100 % ; Love; Trust; Satisfaction; from; ll ; r "


Laid Out ALL pieces I cut out to put on card (Helped to give me final ideas of how to put card together by collecting all my ‘resources’ in one place)


  Used Crayons to color triangles of color to make a type of Quilt Pattern (didn’t make it bigger than the "ribbon" circle I cut out)

** Folded White Printer paper (81/2 X 11) into a Four fold Card


FRONT: Glued Cardboard red circle on top of coloured Quilt Pattern

ONCE I HAD CARD FOLDED I CONTINUED TO GLUE ALL THE VARIOUS CUT-OUTS INTO THEIR APPROPRIATE PLACES.


INSIDE BOTTOM:Glued Wiggly Yellow Paper to bottom of Inside card


INSIDE RIGHT: Glued words (wrote the word “and” with my Bic Pen)


  INSIDE: Glued on Kleenex Box Tree, Pink paper Home (drew on windows and doors with pen), Glued on 3 Green Leaves (drew on lines with pen)


BACK: It’s not a card from me unless I put my LOGO on the bottom back, “ from  ~ ll r ~” (words cut from the “Molly Maid” ad) ; Green Paper wiggles from Post-It paper.


BOTTOM FRONT: Glued below Quilt Pattern Circle, 3 Pink Flowers (cut from paper that had old notes written on it), Green Leaves from Post-It Note pad


CARD SENTIMENT READS:
Front: “Coming Home to …”
Inside: “ 100% Love Trust and Satisfaction”
Back: “from ll r “ (my card logo)

(NOTE: Words cut from “Molly Maid” Junk Mail Advertisement)


FINAL VIEWS:

CARD OPEN & LAID FLAT (Shows Front and Back)

CARD OPEN (Inside View)


CARD OPEN (Inside View – Bottom)


CONCLUSION:

So that is my “Trash Project”. I enjoyed doing it, although my creativity doesn’t come quite as fast as it used to. I did it in the hopes that you would be motivated to do something similar or at least come to the conclusion that you don’t need a lot of equipment or the ability to reproduce the Mona Lisa in order to create something.
 The idea is to use whatever is at hand and make something that is uniquely YOU. Go ahead. Give it a try. And don’t forget to have some fun.

I would love to hear comments about what you think of this project and I would REALLY love if you sent me a photo of anything you create as well.

Love Laura-Lee

HOUSEHOLD HINT: Finding End of “Invisible” Tape

It can be absolutely frustrating when using Scotch Tape (or any “invisible” tape) and you lose the end because it sticks back to the roll and you have to pick at it with your fingernails to pull it up again.

Or, when Scotch Tape is used on something and you have the horrible task of trying to remove it. I’ve learned the hard way how to over come this and here is the secret …

 BEHOLD: An Ordinary Roll of Scotch Tape


 Take a tiny part of the end of the tape
  ( 1 cm about?) and just bend it over and tape it to itself.

Not only does it keep the tape from re-sticking to the roll and save you from trying to pull it up again with your fingernails …
But when you use it to attach something and it still has the little “folded over” piece …

FOR EXAMPLE:


  Taped a piece of paper to the fridge. (NOTE: see little fold at top of tape?)


  Flick up the fold with your finger …


  And just pull it off. No problems. No tape remnants left behind.


  Works exactly the same with masking tape or any other kind.

NEVER LOSE THE END AGAIN!

Simple, eh?

Fruit, Fertilizer and "Going forth ..."

Discovering my abilities with crayons is something very new for me. I discovered it after I turned 40 years old.

I have an older brother (by 3 years) who is extremely talented when it comes to drawing. When you add to that the fact that he is also a perfectionist, you are faced with a person who is magic with a drawing instrument in his hand.

When I was little, I was pretty good with a coloring book. I could almost always color inside the lines and I never did anything weird like , color the grass purple. But each time I would see what my brother could create by merely using a burnt match on a paper napkin, I came to the realization that, "I am not the creative one in the family." So, basically I gave it up and turned to writing for my creative outlet. I've always excelled with my writing, so I never bothered to try my hand at anything else. My brother did "his thing" and I did "my thing". "A place for everything and everything in it's place". Right?

Imagine my surprise when I was watching TV and doodling on the side, only half paying attention, only to discover that I had a little bit of talent in that direction. It's true, I'll never be my brother. But the interesting thing about that is, I'm NOT my brother. I'm ME.

So, now we get to the point of this entire blog. It's time for you to express yourself. That's Y-O-U-R-S-E-L-F! Forget about who appreciates it and ask yourself, "am I enjoying doing this". Because I can guarantee you that no matter what you create, nobody else will be able to create the same thing. 

Apparently, the mathematicians have calculated that over the course of all of human history there has been approximately 107,000,000 people who have lived. I don't know if that is accurate. But I know there are almost 7,000,000 people on the planet right now. But only one YOU. If God went to the trouble and pleasure of making sure there was only one person that would ever be you, it seems to reason that He would wish you to find a way of expressing your individuality. To do that "thing" that only you can do your way. PLUS, each one of us has an ability. we usually have several, but all have at least one.

So that's what this blog is about. It's not to sell you a machine that can cut out 20 shapes exactly the same (although there is nothing wrong with that). It's to show you and mostly to encourage you to try. Try what? To try whatever you want. Just start. Do anything.

Look around you and you will see people expressing themselves everywhere in a myriad of ways. Now it's your turn. And I know God will love whatever you do, even if the rest of the world thinks it's trash. It'll be a treasure to Him because YOU are a treasure to Him.If God had a refrigerator, you would be on it. And if that doesn't encourage you, nothing else will.

God said, "be fruitful and multiply" and I don't think he just meant have a bunch of kids. He meant in everything you do. As a tree produces it's fruit that is specific to itself, you create something that comes from yourself. And, maybe, with some pruning and fertilizer, you will be able to multiply yourself as well.

So let's "go forth" ...

(Check out the "Trash Project - Part 1")

Love & Doodle ... Outside

Welcome to my newest blog.

If you have been receiving any snail mail from me in the past, no doubt you have already encountered the phrase: "LOVE Expressed Through DOODLES" because I write it on just about every envelope I send  out that is of a personal nature. Along with an envelope covered in doodles!

This Blog is predominately for the creative side of me to be expressed. The part that works with it's hands. For most of my life I have expressed myself through writing, but now I am branching out in my expressions. I no longer wish to limit my creativity in any way.

The closer I get to God the more I realize just how different we are. Not just slightly different, but drastically so. And considering the fact that Billions of people have been born up until now, that is pretty amazing.

I hope to encourage and inspire you to build on the ideas I have and take them farther, as well as be encouraged you to express your self.  You are unique and special in a way not even close to anyone else. Only YOU can do what YOU can do.

So let's be brave enough to DOODLE outside of the lines, while we LOVE outside the box.

Let's do it.