A few of my favorite things

 in Purple!

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Lots of family stuff going on -

which makes me very stressed.

I know things are out of my hands

and always in God’s hands,

so I try not to worry.

Be relaxed.

Calm.

Which brings me to thoughts of

Purple!

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Purple has been a fave color of mine for quite awhile now.

Today I want to share with you some of my favorite purple things!

They’re not in any order, really.

And no, the photos are not the color of the bold shades of purple.

Just all shades of purple,

and some of my favorite things.

All kaleidoscopes by inkspired

😁

Lilac

Jewelry Television

Amethyst 

I love using recycled postage stamps in my art!

Wisteria

Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian, Metro Museum of Art

Grape

Sandra Bullock, SFGATE 2021

Violet

Amethyst Deceiver mushrooms (Laccaria amethystina)

Plum

Iris Folded card by inkspired

Lavender

“Lavender Locks”, Etsy CA

Orchid

Olga Suvorova 

Pansy Purple

(Yes, there really is a color named that!)

Heliotrope

Evening gown, House of Worth, French, 1910’s

Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Heather

Miss South Carolina 2014 Barbie, by ninimomo

Periwinkle

Chandelier by Horchow

Iris

Purple Cichlid fish

Boysenberry 

Madame Mim, Disney, by Cory Jensen

Thistle

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Well, that’s it for today.

I have many other purple things saved, but I don’t want to overwhelm anyone!

‘Til next time,

inkspired

Favorite things shown:

Birds

Glass

Kaleidoscopes

Jewelry

Postage stamp art

Shoes

Red carpet fashions

Mushrooms

Iris Folding

Mermaids

Olga Suvorova 

Pansies

Vintage dresses

Barbie

Ninimomo

Pretty home decor

Colorful fish

Paper dolls

Cory Jensen

Watercolor painting

💜

Christmas iris folding

Welcome!

Kaleidoscope by inkspired

Today I want to share with you some more beautiful iris folded art.

In past blogs I have described how to make 

an iris folded design.

Some patterns I had to remove because the artist did not

want them shared on a blog.

That’s ok! 

As the creator she has that right and I respect that.

If you ‘google’ 

Iris Folding patterns

you can find pretty much any design you might want.

Here are a few samples of finished cards:

Unknown artist

Courtesy dee-craft.co.uk

By graphicby.com

By duloisircreatif.canalblog.com

All of the above were found on Pinterest.
Can you tell yet how much I love Pinterest?
❤️

Found this pattern that looks like the one used above.

More iris-folding:

Credit given: Craftsome.blogspot.dk

Credit: iris-folding.com

There are several sites to visit just from the above samples!
Don’t forget to search my blog with the key word
iris folding.

 Design by Joanne Sarter

Another graphicby.com card


I hope you try this easy craft out.
The results are beautiful!
(It’s our secret how easy they are to make!)

‘Til next time,
inkspired

Truth: (usually discovered before 10 am, or before coffee)
Do not attempt to brush teeth before coffee.
The toothbrush doesn’t like it.
The mirror doesn’t like it.
The floor/rug doesn’t like it either.

Kaleidoscope by inkspired

a crafty Christmas for kids

Ayubowan

How to say 'peace' in Sri Lankan

celebrating Christmas in Chennai, Sri Lanka

www.asiantribune.com

an iris folded angel design card by inkspired

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

Let's get ready for the Christmas holidays

with some fun things for you and the kids to make!

Here are some tags for the kids to color and cut out:

www.haciendolindio.bigcartel.com

Or here they are, already colored and ready to print and cut:

These gift cards are in Spanish:

Get out the scissors, and let's cut some paper dolls!

'Holly' by Bette Wells, 1988

Here are three pages of paper dolls from

Pat Stall

Pat always does such a nice job with her paper dolls!

Here is a nice nativity that the kids can cut out,

and then fold to make a 3-dimensional creche scene.

vintage Jack and Jill magazine, December, 1965

Now that you know how to put one together,

why not make one with old Christmas cards that you cut up?

Here are some vintage Christmas card images 

to get you started:

vintage 1910 Christmas card

www.rubylane.com

www.theten0clockscholar.blogspot.com

vintage card

www.imagessaintes.canalblog.com

www.ebay.com

Let's have a card-making party!

Things to set out:

scissors

glue sticks

double side tape

blank card stock, cut into both 1/2, and 1/4 sheets

lots of old Christmas cards

plain white paper

paper to cover your table surface

coloring things:

markers, pens, pencils, crayons, etc.

add some fun embellishments like:

glitter glue

glitter gel pens

cotton balls

confetti

stick-on stars

stickers

puffy paint with drawing tips

Here is a simple mitten pattern to get you started:

courtesy Jan Brett

Turn the mitten upside down.

Color, embellish.

Glue JUST THE SIDES AND BOTTOM of the mitten 

to a card front. Leave the top (wrist) part open.

After the glue is dry, fill the mitten with cut-out shapes 

as a surprise for the card receiver!

You could tuck in 

* a school picture,

* parts to make a paper snow man

*a simple picture cut into 1/8 to make a puzzle

*paper snowflakes

*a puzzle or maze for the card receiver

or....?!?

Give a mouse a Merry Christmas Muffin Gift

courtesy Dover

build-your-own snowman card

sorry, I'm not sure where I found this

visual illusions coloring page courtesy Dover

This is a card I made using circle stickers, 

and a stick-on rhinestone!

I ran the background red card stock through a corrugator.

Don't forget to drag out those old magazines.

They have wonderful images and colors to cut out and embellish your cards with!

www.MontseRubioArt.etsy.com

You can do some gift wrapping while the kids are busy too!

That's it for today!

Don't forget to stop and have a cup of tea

and do some deep breathing!

:0)

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one of the tea cups that I collect