Study of a kingfisher 

mixed media : alcohol inks, watercolor

2020

8 x 10 inches

Study of a tree frog

mixed media: Alcohol ink, watercolor

2020

8 x 10 inches

Study of a kingfisher

mixed media: alcohol inks and watercolor

2020

8 x 10 inches

Maddalena

watercolor and colored pencil

2023

4 x 7

Maddalena

caran d'ache on pastelmat

2022

8 x 10 inches

Rita

Caran d'ache on pastelmat

2021

8 x 10 inches

Davide

 

Caran d'ache on pastelmat

 

2023

8 x 9 inch

Conner and Alexa

Caran d'ache on pastelmat 

2024

8 x 10 inch

Dante's Inferno

Acrylic on canvas

2021

31 x 25 inch

Untitled

Acrylic on canvas

2021

50 x 70 cm

Untitled

Acrylic on canvas - pour

2021

50 x 70cm

Untitled

Acrylic on Canvas

2021

50 x 70 cm

Tiger

Prismacolor on Pastelmat

2020

10 x 10 inch

Luca

Caran D'ache on pastelmat

2023

8 x 10 inch

Giogio

Pastels on pastelmat

2024

8 x 10 inch

Untitled 

Acrylic on wood and Decoupage 2019

2

Cinzia

Caran d'ache on Pastelmat

2025

8 x 10 inch

Polar express to extinction

Acrylic pour on canvas

2025

30 x 30 cm

Vanishing Ripples

Acrylic pour on canvas

2025

30 x 30 cm

Using Distress Oxide Inks

Hello, today I wanted to show you how fun Distress Oxide Inks are! When they first came out I wasn't quite sure if I needed them since I already use Distress Inks and love them! But, after watching Vicky Papaioannou's blog on how they do not mud up when layering, I decided that I just had to have them. I love the colors and the silky chalky feel.

Card Challenges

  

Today I want to show you a couple of cards that I made for various challenges. When I saw the challenges my mind was "whirlin''". I really wanted to make some cards that had a masculine feel, so, looking through my dies I saw the Tattered Lace Sailing Ship and decided on this. I also just received some new Hero Arts ink pads with vibrant colors of the Sardinian sea so I knew that I just had to use them.
One card is the color of the sea and the other is just a plain crisp white.

I am entering it into the following challenges. 1. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge- Use More Than One Die or Punch http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ 2. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- Layer It Up http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/ 3.MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 325 http://www.cardchallenges.com/search/label/sketchchallenge

 Oggi voglio mostrarvi un paio di biglietti fatto appositamente per il Challenge di My Favorite Things di Mercoledì. Quando ho visto il disegno il mio cervello incomincava girare. Volevo fare alcuni bigliettini che avevano un tocco maschile, così, guardando nel mio stash di fustelle ho trovato Il Veliero di Tattered Lace. Ho anche appena ricevuto alcuni nuovi inchiosstri di Hero Arts con i colori bellissimi che me fanno ricordare il mare di Sardegna.

Spero che vi piaciono! Un abbraccio.

Simple sympathy card.

The other day I was playing around with my stamps and colors to see what I could come up with. I found my Hero Arts Musical Collage Design Block. I love this background stamp. It covers a whole A2 card and then some. I wanted to create a background that wasn't too dark and somber with vibrant colors (while I wait for my order of Distress Oxides to arrive). I used Brilliance Archival Pigment Pearlescent Coral and Orange. I waited till they were dry then smudged in Wendy Vecchi's Archival Ink in Tea Rose. I then printed with the stamp using Brilliance Archival Pigment Pearlescent Chocolate.
Since I wanted to get more out of my dies, Memory Box Tall Chloe Stem and regular Cloe Stem, I first cut them out with brown craft foam, used them to stamp the background in Wendy Vecchi's Archival Ink in Hydrangea then flipped them to use on the card itself. Once satisfied with the result I added Glossy Accents all over the stems to give it more depth. 
I finished everything off using Lawn Fawn's Stitch Rectangles with gray cardstock and a sentiment stamp that I don't remember where it came from....sorry. I've had it forever!  
Enjoy!