Fairy ATC for challenge on Pages in Time

  

Hi everybody

Thank you for coming back to look at my blog.  I started this blog sure that I would be able to do it at least once a week, but since I started it I had bronchitis, then a tooth that should have been a normal extraction led to surgery that then got infected.  I am doing loads better but am now in the middle of dance festivals with my 12 year old daughter.  So needless to say I have not done as much works as I would have liked or participated in challenges.  Hopefully after the next few weeks I will have more time.  Enjoy what I have put up and I would love to hear your comments

GC94 Office suppllies

This is a canvas I have done for the challenge.  I was actually trying the background technique.  I Painted the canvass the attached the image, which I downloaded from Adopt a Ancestor.  I then covered the parts of the image that I did not want covered with Vaseline.  I then took a second colour of paint and painted over the entire canvass again.  When this was dry I then rubbed the paint off that was over the Vaseline.  Got this technique from an amazing book called Collage discovery workshop by Claudine Hellmuth.

GC93 Get to work

Another ATC to enter.  This time the making of hats.

GC93 Get to work

This is a ATC I made for a challenge on the Gingersnap page.  The paper is from K & Company and the images come from a book I bought years ago by Artsy Collage.  I like the old fashioned images and it brought to mind the ladies from the past who would have done these jobs to make money for their families

Picture frames

We also did a craft at her birthday party and each girl got to decorate her own picture frame.  We then took a picture of all of them with their picturesframes to put in the frame

More of the invitations

Birthday invitations

It was my 12 year olds birthday this last week and we decided to make her invitations.  I cut the papers and collected all the goodies but she made them.  I think she did a really good job

Bird in a tree

This is my entry for Bird in A tree Challenge for Artchix.  This is a sketch I did using coloured pencils.  The picture is a study of a bird in a book from London.  Unfortunately it does not tell me the kind of bird it is

GC88 Coffee and Cream Challenge

This is my entry for the coffee and cream challenge on Gingersnaps.  Started with a blank card and covered with tissue paper in coffee and cream colours.  The stamps are Stampin Up and the coffee cup was cut from a printed tissue paper.  All my images I distressed.  Embellishments are some things I had lying around as well as Artchix

Just reposted my ATC so they were more condensed

Kings & Queens Challenge GC89

This is my puppy who really does think she is queen.  I used handmade paper for background, beads for collar and trim from Artchix

Kings & Queens Challenge GC89

Tea Bag Challenge GC87

 

Tea Bag Challenge GC87

Thank You

I would like to thank all of you for the wonderful comments.  Will put a little discription under all of my work so that you know what I have done.

Some of my paintings

This is a study of Lawren Harris also done in my art class.
I only started my painting classes in October and hopefully will be able to do an original soon

Some of my paintings

This is a study of O'Keeffe which I did in my art class

Some of my paintings

This is a piece I did following some of the ideas in Taking Flight by Kelly Rae Roberts

Hi everybody

So it has taken me an hour to figure out how to get pictures on my blog, but finally there are a couple up of my very first attempts.  The one is a kit I did and the houses were a challenge on Artchix.  I have also done 6 ATC for a valentines challenge which I will take pictures of and post soon.
Today |I spent my entire day cleaning and rearranging my art room, so that I will be able to work more efficiently.  I was inspired by some pictures I have seen of other peoples work space.  So organised.  Hopefully now I can work better and be way more inspired.  Talk to you all later