Art Cards - Oil Pastels and Package Cord

I'm not sure I really understand the challenge, but I've made a tag using what I think the requirements were for the Art Cards challenge.

The background was made using oil pastels, which I smoothed out using odorless mineral spirits. The flower is made with punches. I glued some package cord to the tag and used it for the hanging ribbon.

PDCC - dusty rose, blueberry, and cream

Play Date Cafe Challenge colors this week are blueberry, dusty rose, and cream.  It really is hard to get the colors to show up on screen as they are in real life.

My paper is from a pack of vintage papers and actually had the dusty rose and a light version of the blueberry in it. To get a blueberry color I mixed Stampin' Up Concord Grape with the distress ink sage. The cream was in my card stock stash.

Goodbye to Audrey

Today will be the memorial service for our son's sister-in-law Audrey, a beautiful soul. We will all miss this wonderful member of our extended family.

Tag it On - Winged Things

I had just blotted the alcohol inks from my craft sheet with this strip of glossy cardstock and was looking for a use for it. Well, here it is as a tag for Tag it On (things with wings). The butterfly stamp was a RAK from Frankie a while back. I love the unique shape of it.

My Prize from Rainbow Lady

A few weeks ago I won a Sharon Duncan Embossibilities CD on Rainbow Lady's Challenge. The printed out papers look like they have been embossed and the colors are so beautiful. Here is a "Thinking of You" card I have made from one of the wonderful backgrounds included in the CD.

I am showing this on my challenge blog even though the card is not entered in any challenge.

Medieval - So Artful

The lovely image was given to use for our entries for the So Artful challenge this week. I have done a digital piece using it plus some gorgeous arches images I got from Nicecrane Designs, the medieval medallion from Dover Publications, and the background arch from Patty.

Poison Ivy

Art Cards challenge's theme today is Poison. I immediately thought of that sprig of poison ivy that has grown up in one of my shrubbery plants. So with this pad of paper sent to me by some charity wanting a donation I took my pencil and sketched the poison plant.

When I got back into the house, I noticed what was written at the bottom of the pad. (Enlarge picture to read.) I looked to see if there was some benefit or purpose for Poison Ivy. I believe it is used in some medicines.

Sorry for such a poor post today. Much housework to be done. If I get more time, I will add something else.

Just remember when you are walking in the forest,

       LEAVES OF THREE, LET IT BE!  (Don't touch!)

Edit: I took the above drawing and painstakingly removed all the parallel lines. In the spring and summer poison ivy is shiny green. In the fall it can be red, pink, burgundy, golden, etc, just as the autumn tree leaves are. All parts are toxic in any season. Sensitive skins break out in horrible rashes.

Sunrise - Sunset

Rainbow Lady's Challenge this week is sunrise-sunset. This must be sunset since I don't know any little boys who would get up at sunrise to play. The background was created this evening with Prismacolor pencils on cardstock. The silhouettes are digitally added. The trees are from Annika von Holdt. The boy and butterfly are from Dover.

Edit: The lower one is the background turned upside down and using different digital brushes.