Vase of Flowers

This is a doodley sketch done while watching TV,

done in Caran d'Ache watercolor crayons.

Altered Book

Here is the inside cover of my book that I am altering.

Altered Book and Board Book Pages

I have started painting the pages of my altered book.

The scanner is acting up this morning so I can't do

closeups of each page. I can tell this is not my field 

to be in. Such a mess to my more organized nature.

and here are two more board book pages:

This is my entry to PPF.

Metal Tape Cards

Here are a couple of cards I have finished off today.

They were made using metal duct tape that I dry embossed.

The flowers are from Michaels and the decorative stripe

are from A. C. Moore's bargain bin (a real great deal).

I used 2 strips side by side for each card. The seams

are not too visible after I applied the acrylic paints.

I'm staying in today. I had a bad start to the day because I failed

to listen to the news before leaving for church. Last night the

forecast sounded fine and we would be up in the 40s by noon.

So I traipsed out to the SUV and took off down Rte 711 before

really warming up the vehicle. I did notice it was drizzling, but

I thought it was rain. After a mile, the windshield quickly became

a sheet of opaque ice. I almost panicked because I could literally

not see out the front. By going about 5 mph or less and peeking under 

the windshield wiper blades I was able to make it to the only place

within 4 miles where I could turn around. Very scary. I learned

a valuable lesson… warm up the car before leaving the driveway.

Board Book - pages 5 & 6

page 5

page 6

collage on 8 1/2"x 11 cardstock

These are my entries for Paint Party Friday.

Board Book - pages 3 & 4

Here are pages 3 and 4 of my board book from Jo's class,

using her prompts. (See side bar for Jo's link)

They were made using gesso, acrylic paints, hand cut stencils

and paint pens. This is my entry for Paint Party Friday.

I just thought that I should explain "board book". I started

with a children's book with thick pages. I sanded the front,

the back and both sides of each page before starting to work

on the pages with collage and paint.

Board Book - pages 1 & 2

 Here are pages 1 and 2 of my board book made in Jo's class.

There were prompts given for each page. I am entering this

in the Paint Party Friday challenge.

A link to Jo's blog is in my sidebar.

Altered Board Book

In Jo's Saturday class we altered children's board books by

sandpapering off the shiny finish and then doing collage,

painting, stamping, etc. according to her prompts. I will

be showing my book gradually. Here are the front and the

back covers. This is for Paint Party Friday challenge.

Jo's blog has a link in my sidebar.