Creative Tuesday

Good Morning,
First of all sorry for the lack of quality of the picture, my camera is having issues, may have to purchase a new one. Well as you can tell I really need a lot more practice in my sketches. But for this challenge I have attempted the Three Little Pigs The background is stamping chalk, then with a precise fine print pen I drew their house and then their heads sticking out the windows. I added some stamped on flowers and used markers for the grass and leaves. I then finished with a Mod-Podge sealer.
Not one of my better works and I may try to do another piece for this challenge, but this will be posted for now encase I don't have time to try again. The challenge was trio and was not one that I got inspired to creatively. I hope you all are having more inspiration and I can't wait to look at other postings. I will be posting other challenges throughout the day. Have a blessed day.

inspiration Ave Challenge

Our challenge for this week was Sunrise/Sunset which was a great theme. I have to say my creative juices were not flowing very well for this challenge. I found this picture in a magazine and loved the sunset, but never did find a sunrise that I liked. I thought I would try out my pastels which I have not used in awhile. It turned out okay, bur I don't feel the colors blended as well as I would have liked.
so my entry is pastels versus photo. Then I sealed the piece with decoupage sealer. I am going to have to work with my pastels more to get the techniques down the way I want them. Have a great Mother's Day to all of you mothers and a good weekend to everyone. I am working on several other challenges and will post them as I complete them.

Paint Party Friday

 

This week's is a little different then my usual type, this piece was also used for last weeks Inspiration Avenue challenge-high heels. Trying to match heels with your dress is always a dilemma for most women. The background is scrap book paper from the pearlescent collection. Then two strips from another scrapbook page is used to frame the sides. Stencils were used for the dresses, then I cut the same dresses out of cardstock and glued them on for designer dresses. Other side has your choices for heels to go with the outfits. Finally I sprayed with gloss Mod-Podge to seal the page. I am working on numerous monthly challenges so this will keep me busy this weekend. Have a blessed weekend.

Craft Barn Challenge

Good Afternoon,

I am trying to play catch up with pieces for the challenges I am involved with. This posting is the Craft Barn Challenge, letter A. I pondered over words and finally zoomed in on something a little different my normal type pieces. I used the word Atom.
First I gessoed the pages of the dictionary and glued them onto my page. Outlining the definition with marker. Once gesso was dry I ran chalk sideways up and down the page for some hues in the background. I drew an atom diagram on one side and a nuclear atom on the other. I added embellishments and lettering in Zigzag memory system pens. Finally I finished with spray Mod-Podge to seal the piece. It is different then most of my work, but it works for me in reference to this challenge. Hope to see your postings for this challenge. I like looking at what other artist come up with for these letters.  I will be posting for other challenges over the weekend. Have a blessed day.

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Inspiration Avenue Challenge

The theme this week for Inspiration Avenue was High Heels. I used scrapbook pearlescent page for background. Then cut two strips from a different sheet to put on each side to add some color. This was a fun piece, it reminded me of when I was young in the paper doll era. I drew the dresses, then cut them out of cardstock and glue them on. One is colored with marker. Then there are the heels done in marker to match your outfits together. Writing is done with Zigzag Memory system pens. Lastly it was sprayed with gloss Mod-Podge to seal.
This was all great and good, I liked the results of this piece, but turned around and missed the posting deadline. Oh well I still enjoyed working on the page.
Off to work on some other challenges and hoping not to miss anymore posting deadlines. Have a blessed day.

Creative Tuesday

This is my presentation for Creative Tuesday- the theme was monograms. I had fun with this one. The initials are done in Urban Subway writing. The design has been done in pencil first then I went over them with different color markers. Then using a Medium white gel pen I added the lines and dots. Lastly I shaded chalk around the designs and sprayed with gloss Mod-Podge to seal. So now I will be posting this, and then taking a peak at the other presentations which I can spend hours looking at other works of art. Have a blessed and creative week. All comments are appreciated.

New Grandson

Good Morning,
I know I am a little behind in my posting, but we have a new addition to the family. I just watched my third great grandchild enter the world. Of course I think he is a real cutie. I will be posting some works the rest of the week as I complete them. I am way behind on my challenges, so I have a lot to get done this week end along with the soccer games and birthday parties. May is a very busy month so I am going to work at finding extra time to keep up with my journal pages, paintings and sketch challenges. I hope to have time to go through many of your blogs to see what you have been doing and gather some inspiration as I always do when I look through others creativities. So off I go to work on and post some challenges. I hope everyone has a blessed and creative weekend.
I am having trouble posting a picture of my new little gem, so will keep working on it later and post when I can.