Insects - Things with Wings

This looked like a perfect opportunity to create a 2-in-1 entry to challenges.

Crazy Amigo Challenge's theme is Insects; Created by Hand Challenge's theme is Things that Fly.

My background is a shirt board that I sprayed with some homemade mica mists and some of the Moon Glow mists. 

Mixed Media Monday - Giggles

My lovely sister is laughing at her giggling granddaughter in the super-sized mortar board at the gd's graduation party. My background is one I made from my glimmer mists and a little gesso. I used two photos for this plus some digital brushes to finish it off. Mixed Media Monday has as its theme: giggles/laughter.

Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries - So Artful

Life is just a bowl of cherries is the theme for the So Artful Challenge. My entry has "anachronism" written all over it. First this background was a Dover freebie of a Monet painting. Second the cherry tree story in George Washington's life happened supposedly when he was a boy. Therefore, the picture of Martha Washington is certainly out of place and time sequences. But there you are. I had this drawing someone did of Martha (Dover freebie) that I wanted to use.

The lyrics are to the song Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries as sung by Rudy Vallee.

4x4 Friday - Princess Raven

Princess Raven's background is one that I finished today after starting it a few days ago. I had laid down some acrylic paints and sprayed with various mists. Then I put the card stock face down onto the puddles. After it dried I didn't like all the gaudy red and yellow so I rubbed white gesso over some of it to tone it down. Then I sprayed with various Moon Glow colors.

My castle and blue basket of flowers are thanks to Dover. The girl is one of Nan's freebies. The crown is a freebie from Graphics Fairy. The raven was the result of googling.

Other entries can be seen at 4x4 Friday.

Art Creations Friday - Wil's Background

Wil at Art Creations Friday has produced for us a really gorgeous background that looks like stone. I decided to make it into a digital pattern and form a wall for this Dover geisha. The greenery is a digital brush. The character (Beauty - Beautiful) is the result of googling.

Theme Thursday - Girls

When I was a little girl my mother used to say this rhyme to me:

What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails and puppy dog tails.
That's what little boys are made of.
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice and everything nice.
That's what little girls are made of.

This digital piece is the merging of two of Nan's freebies. I think it may be the same girl in two different pictures. This is my entry to the Theme Thursday challenge: Girls.

Tag Tuesday - Cute

Louise at Tag Tuesday has us trying to do a "cutesie" tag this week. This is most certainly a challenge for many of us. I have very few cute stamps and my first love is making backgrounds, so this was a head-scratcher. This is one of the backgrounds I made about a week ago. I have used some new clear stamps I got today at Michaels. The bunny and the my heart belongs to you are used stamps my son got for me on eBay.

TMTA - Exotic

My entry for the Think Monday Think ATCs challenge is this digital piece using the Taj Mahal image from Dover Publications.