paper sorting

It took 3 days off & on to sort thru my new box of patterned paper. I sort it by size & color.I have them sorted by floral,geometric etc in color families. While I was @ it,I mended my 12x12 box w/glue & duct tape. I reorganized the paper in there before I added the new paper. Now I have Vellum paper up front, my Easter & spring next so I won't forget to use it,floral,geometric ,western,patriotic paper @ the back of the box. I found some paper I used on my new project that had gotten buried in my stash.
I dumped out my box of colored card stock on the table. It had been in a box laying flat. I had it organized but I hate rummaging thru it looking for a size I wanted.I have 2 JoAnn C-mas card boxes that now have mat sized pieces in it. I have it in color order, white .red,orange ,yellow pink,green,blue,brown grey & black, This paid off Fri. while s/booking. All I had to do was just flip to the color I wanted for a mat. My L/O's worked up so quick this way.
The problem is w/the bigger pieces.I used a tall priority mail box for these. the tall skinny pieces are in color bundles w/a rubber band around it. I was afraid if I just put the bigger pieces in loose even in color families I still have a mess finding them I 1st started using the big black clamps w/ 1 color family. I ran out of them. I tried using smaller paper clips since I out of the bigger paper clips. I noticed later when I was thru the box,the paper clips were coming off.
I have ATC size pieces sorted out & put in my drawers w/rubber bands. Some of them are going to a Swap-bot buddy
I have a flat box on the floor w/odd sizes of patterned paper sort by sizes.

STAMPSCAPES,must have

Allen drove out of Ruidoso,saw a sign realized the lake was closer than he had been told. We already eaten supper @ a Chinese buffet. We get to the area & we had been driving down a narrow dirt road. ( Which is all the ranch roads were) I was looking to the left when Allen hollers look. @ 1st I didn't see them they blended in so well w/ the ground. There were 4 does,they didn't even run away when we stopped.They were so gorgeous, I haven't seen deer this close in years. they kept eating the grass. We had come when it was feeding time, deer come out when it cools down from the heat. I luv their eyes. I told Allen I quit hunting in 9th grade, the eyes did me in. If the deer was dead,then I help my father skin it,cut it up to go in the freezer. Then it became food to eat which we appreciated since we live on a teacher's salary .
I kept looking @ them to observe their coloring. Oh I wished I could draw them grazing, the image is so vivid in my mind. I really want to put the feel of what I saw @ the lake into a set of cards. I looked @ the pine trees against the lake shore ,the mtns, up close,the silhouette the trees made, the contrast of light & dark, looking @ the colors etc. The closest I can come will be Stampscapes l/scape stamps. I need more greens in the Prism color pencils to do the trees. This is a tech. I need to learn.
Down the road we see 2 cotton tail bunnies playing & eating. they were so adorable. Yes I did observed their coloring grey w/ some brown on their back w/ a white puffy tail .We had seen a jack rabbit the other day in El Paso. He was skinny,not a puff ball like these rabbits were. It was time to head home to El Paso, about 2-2 1/2 drive,it was getting dark. As Allen was about to hit the main road, 3 deer run out in front of the car. @ least Allen was going slow since a stop sign was ahead. Deer can really mess up Ur car if U hit one. These 3 deer were afraid either. They started grazing grass as soon as they crossed the road.
I observed how the sun was setting in the sky,where the shadows were, thesiilhouettes it created. I'm trying to keep these images in my mind as the house heats up & I have to rest in my room or the recliner. I'm so grateful for the beautiful earth & its creations God has given us. Grateful for portable 0-2 so I could get out in nature. I wish my body would let me go camping for a few days.
as it was after I got up from my nap in the recliner i had a hard time going to sleep,getting the pain under control from too much walking, trips to the potty etc. I have to get my bracing off or I would had stayed in the recliner.

Coloring time

I'm getting out my Prism color pencils,w/color pencils,& my clip art to color in front of the a/c unit. Laura sent me some of her old oil pastel crayons. They are expensive new. this is a media haven't tried. I was up early this morn. needed s/thing to work on. I started coloring on s/thing that I wouldn't care if I ruined. It wasn't until I got out the Q-tips to try to blend the crayon together did I see the effect. The friction of rubbing must make the crayons blend together. This was fun to do.I also tried color pencils w/ them on some whimsical c/art by Dover .
I also tried Sat.,the Generals chalk pastel pencils. They work good on printer paper where I can't use the w/color pencils. the Q-tips worked great blending them into my colored pencil work. It softened up the look on the paper.