One Stop Challenge - Monochromatic

Maybe this is a little over the top on Green, but this is my monochromatic entry for One Stop this week. The background was originally done with sprays and mists, mostly from Lindy's Stamp Gang. I now have the background image on my computer so I can keep using it.

Award from Planet Lady Janet

I received this lovely award from Lady Janet and am just now posting this. I am supposed to choose others to pass it on to but really, there are just so many deserving artists that I am giving this to anyone whose blogs I've commented on. You are all winners.

As for listing 7 things about myself, these can be seen HERE.

Lilac Wine - Rainbow Lady's Challenge

Cynthia of Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog has challenged us to combine wine and lilac. This was really a challenge for me because I thought of my multi-colored watercolor painting of a wine bottle and fruit. There was no lilac in the picture so to use it I had to do some ad libbing.  The gorgeous lace is a gift from June.

The 3 Muses - Victorian Elegance

This is my ancestor Pearl, who died in her early 20s. I don't know the cause of death, but it was a time when many died of such things as yellow fever and influenza.

The frame is from Dover.

This is my entry for The Three Muses.

Stephanie in the Rain

About 35 years ago I did volunteer tutoring in reading in one of the city schools. Stephanie was one of my students. She was energetic, playful, and full of life. I went home and did this oil painting that depicted Stephanie's traits. By adding this png of the window this could easily be a scene from a nearby building, looking out at the child playing in the rain.

Umbrella is the theme for Take a Word.

Gothic Arches - Open Theme

This week it is a free and open theme for Gothic Arches. Mine is revealing what I did when my husband was away on a week's fishing trip.

Here is another one. It is all digital using my  watercolor painting of a petunia. The background is pretty involved. First I took closeup pictures of the pink hyacinths in the front yard. I digitally made the picture I liked best into a pattern. The pattern, duplicated, filled up a blank rectangle making a pretty background. But then I used 3 more of the same background, joined together to form a larger patterned background. I made the two arches from this background, one darker than the other.

April Showers Bring May Flowers

So Artful supplied us with a lovely vintage poster to illustrate the theme: April Showers Bring May Flowers. I have used a portion of the picture plus an old barn picture I took last week and some pink magnolias  (Dover?).

Not up to snuff today. I have a bad cold and am feeling really lousy. I don't feel artful at all.

Artekarten - Zip Technology

This was a fun technique that Anja showed us on Artekarten this week. The tutorial can be seen here.

My stamp inks are distress inks.My background paper and the bird sticker came from a pad of decorative papers by Me & My Big Ideas.

Here is my second attempt using a skinnier insert. The background is a paper towel I used to wipe up stains on my craft sheet. The butterfly stamp was sent to me by Frankie.