Black and White with Touch of Red

Mixed Media Monday's theme this week is black and white and a touch of color.  I used this photo of my grandfather and stuck on the Dezinaworld freebie Dalmatian.  A red bow is my touch of color.

International Women's Week/Day

International Women's Week is March 8-14. Jeanette at So Artful Challenge is using this as her theme.

I thought of the many women friends that I have had through the years and how important each of them has been.  There is nothing quite like a chat with another woman to help one sort out the real from the imaginary. And a real friend will tell you what's what.

I also thought of blogland, where I've made many women friends from all across the globe. So I have used Jeanette's charming 1860s map of the world as my backdrop. The images of the 2 women from opposite sides of the world are from Art Creations Friday and Dover Publications.

This 4x4 also qualifies for 4x4 Friday challenge with almost the same theme: International Women's Day.

Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog - Fans

I used Rainbow Lady's fan template (misshapen image is my fault) and several Dover freebie images, plus a few digital brushes of my own.

Theme Thursday - Art Words

I made on my craft sheet a soupy mix of blue and green Pearl Ex, gum arabic, and water, The card stock was dipped into it. The tag and the card are using that background material. Both are for the Theme Thursday's challenge of Art Words like dream, imagine, cherish, etc.

The neat flower on the card was made using the punch-outs that Laura, my crafty art pal, made today at our crafting play time.

March

Tag it On's theme this week is March (the month). I thought tulips and the color green. This tag was liberally embossed with a new embossing powder I got from Lindy's Stamp Gang called Midnight Emerald. It looks like black until it is heated and then it turns greenish. The card has been watercolored with pink and rubbed with green mica powder. The ribbon is the same color as the embossing so it didn't scan very well. The tulips were stamped with Archival Black ink and colored with watercolor pencils.

the Three Muses Challenge - Oh, Man!

Using a photo of one of my husband's ancestors I have made this digital collage for The Three Muses Challenge: Oh, Man!

The barn is from one of the freebies offered by Dover Publications. It is an illustration from a book. The car is also one of the Dover freebies.

Tuesday Challenges

Louise at Tag Tuesday has us using brown and one other color for our tags this week. I used brown distress ink and one other brown ink around the edges. I stamped one of my new See D's stamps in the center and colored with water based markers. The tiny plastic lavender oval says "health". While the brown ink was still wet I rubbed in some Misty Lavender Pearl Ex powder and sprayed with hair spray.

Crazy Amigos Challenge has the theme of Tags.

TMTA - Orange

Here is my orange ATC for the Think Monday Think ATCs challenge this week. The background was made by laying down acrylic paints and mica sprays onto my craft sheet. I then laid down a sheet of card stock to soak up some of the colors. I am sorry that this wasn't able to scan well. The butterfly is a 3-D bead so it warped the scan a bit. Above the butterfly is a wonderful metallic ribbon. The tulips were stamped onto watercolor paper and then colored with watercolor pencils. I'm tired of winter so I decided to go spring.