Rainbow Lady and Colour Create

Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog and Colour Create Challenge Blog inspired this card.

I used a background I had made a while back. It has the right colors for Colour Create (red, pink, chocolate, white, off white). I ran across this antique postcard that also has the right colors in it, so I have made my card with these elements and some red ribbon and pink heart and rose. In small letters at the upper right hand corner of the postcard are the words: St. Valentine's Day.

WS - Leonardo da Vinci

     Wednesday Stamper's challenge theme this week is Leonardo da Vinci. In my opinion, he was probably the most gifted person ever to grace this planet. His genius was in so many fields other than the one we artists know best, painting and drawing. He was also a genius in surgical anatomy, mapmaking, engineering, archeology, and botany. 

     My background is tan cardstock stamped in archival brown ink with stamps from Purple Onion Designs and All Night Media. The images, printed out on beige paper, came from googling. 

     My husband and I visited Vinci, Italy,  and saw the wonderful little museum there with Leonardo's designs exhibited. More about Leonardo can be found HERE and HERE.

The Three Muses Challenge - Water

Here is my paper collage, my entry for The Three Muses Challenge. Water is the theme. The background has lots of acrylic paint rolled and dabbed on. The pages are from an old book and have the words minnow, river, and water on them. The aqua background is misted Pearl Ex and reinkers. The fish and shell stamps were given to me. I don't know who made them. The creel and fishing rod is a stamp I got from Stubby Stampers.

Theme Thursday - Paris

For the Theme Thursday challenge this week we are thinking Paris.  My granddaughter and I decided we would work up a couple of entries for the Paris challenge. She chose the more traditional scenes; I chose fashion. The shiny rayed circle is from Patty. Thanks, Patty.

Polka Dots and Stripes - Tag Tuesday

Polka dots and stripes is the theme for Tag Tuesday. My background was made by spraying hairspray, water and a couple of PearlEx powders on my craft sheet and laying the tag onto it. When it was dried I rolled some dots onto it and drew the stripes to match. Some Moon Glow glitz spritz and some collage materials and here it is! I thought that little girl was just too cute to pass up with her dotted swimsuit.

Created by Hand -Back to School

Back to School is the theme for CBH challenge this week. This 4x4 has a typewriter stamp (SU), a picture from an old magazine, and various words I wrote. The background was made by spraying mica mists onto my work surface and then laying the card stock face down onto it. I like this picture because the kids look like they are enjoying school.

A  posterized rendition of this can be seen on my Adventures in Art blog.

Tuesday's Challenges

Four different challenges seemed like they just went together this week, so I have made this collage using a travel brochure (printed matter for Paper Minutes), postage stamps (Crazy Amigo Challenge), flowers (Artygirlz), and gold (Created by Hand).

The Belgian stamps were sent to me by Nathalie's mother. The Belgian brochure was a freebie in the mail. The flower came from a greetings card, and the gold/green background was made by me using various Moon Glow products. In addition I dropped a little gold embossing on the center of the flower, just in case, the gold in the background didn't show up.