So Artful - Georgia O'Keeffe

For So Artful, I am using one of my favorite watercolor paintings I made a while back. I always think of the close-up view O'Keeffe did of flowers.

Gothic Arches - Metallic

Here is my entry for the gothic arches challenge - metallic. The metal on my arch consist of a gold button, a brass wire, and some heat embossing, some of which is metallic gold. The background is inked glossy cardstock.

The photo on the left is sharper but it shows the camera flash. So I did a scan, but it doesn't show the shininess of the embossing.

Scottish Themed - Rainbow Lady's Challenge

When I was very young I remember my great-grandmother's half sister whom we called Auntie Belle. She was married to John Reid, a Scotsman. At this point in her life she was a mite strange. However, in her heyday, she was an artist and made invitations to her Robbie Burns teas. I don't know how often she had them but it seems that it was more often than once a year. I think it was like a book club, except it was all Robert Burns.

I am using one of her invitations for my entry to Rainbow Lady's Challenge today. Normally, she did a handwritten invitation, but she had this one professionally printed.

The upper right page is the program. In it we can see that they closed by having Auld Lang Syne read by Mrs. Lancaster.

(To all Scottish lassies, please forgive my Auntie Belle for saying Scotch. Scottish would have fit just as well in the last stanza.)

I'll decorate with flowers and ferns
My drawing room for Robbie Burns;
Akin to all, God's noble man,
Show me his equal if you can.

His faults were many, but his worth,
His big kind heart embraced the earth;
And that is why all Scotchmen pray
That God will ever bless the day
That gave to Scotland Burns.

So come and join our Scottish clan,
Sing Robbie's love songs, if you can,
And see how every Scotch heart yearns
In homage sweet to Scotland's Burns.

Dragon's Dream Tag it On - The Beach

There are mountain people and there are beach people. Most of my friends are beach people.  Elizabeth who formulated this challenge for Tag it On seems to be a beach person. I am a mountain person although I once lived on an island in the San Diego area. A fish out of water, so to speak.

Here is my tag for the challenge. It is mostly a watercolor background with a stamp of hot air balloons and a shell.

Sparkles - Pecreativ

This is my entry for the challenge: Pecreativ #17 (Let it Sparkle!).

I have used some really gorgeous decorative papers given to me by my good friend Laura. The paper actually has those 3 colors for Paper Minutes in it. However, PM calls for the shaving cream method. To make it sparkle  I used Stickles with a neon green shine.

Big Thanks to Peggy

Today I received in the mail a wonderful Keepsake Photo Album Calendar from Peggy. Each page has a spot to put a print of one of my blog photos. It has exciting potential. I am so grateful to Peggy for having drawn my name in her giveaway. She also sent this marbled bookmark. Utterly gorgeous.

Operation Write Home

To all USA crafters:

Are you familiar with Operation Write Home? You can be a part of this project that supplies military personnel stationed far away with greetings cards that they can send home to their loved ones. Please click on the link above to see what the guidelines are.

Art Cards - Grungy - Shabby

Here is my entry for the Artekarten challenge of Grungy, Shabby. I used various stamps and distress inks for the background.


















And then I discovered I had a grungy background ready for an image. So the second card is one I had in my stash. I just added the stamped elephants.