Art for Bazaar

These are the paintings I have done to donate to the November bazaar that our church is having. The one I finished this week is the top left. This is my entry for Paint Party Friday.

PDCC Bookmark

I usually don't enter challenges that have a hundred or so entries because that's just too many to try to visit all. But today I loved the colors for the Play Date Cafe Challenge. They look so Christmasy to me - evergreen, olive, smoke, and cherry blossom. I need to make about 50 more bookmarks to sell for the church Christmas bazaar. One down, 49 to go!!!

Green and White - Paper Minutes

Here are my entries for the new Paper Minutes challenge: Green and White.

Using "Toppers"

My sister sent me some "toppers" to decorate cards with. I had never heard of them till I saw one on her blog. The black parts are resistant to water based colors. I colored this one with watercolors and tried to make the background look like old newspaper. My topper is mounted on purple cardstock. It was lots of fun to use her gift.

Edit: The name of the product is Ebony Color Me Lace Card Toppers by Hot Off the Press, Inc.

A Card for the Bazaar

Each November our church has a bazaar, a fundraiser for church projects and missions. For several years now I have been making cards and bookmarks, which I sell at the bazaar and donate the money to the bazaar funds. This is one of the latest. I will probably be showing off my handiwork more as the date gets closer. The background was made by spritzing real maple leaves with inks and pressing them onto watercolor paper. The stamps I used are by Stampin' Up. I think the leaf punch was Fiskar.

SoArtful Challenge - circus

SoArtful challenges us this time to use a circus theme, red and white stripes, and blue and yellow. This is my ATC-sized digital piece with images from Wikipedia and google.

4x4 Friday

Here is my entry for 4x4 Friday - just a bit late!
The theme is "Chasing Rainbows".

Art Cards - 3 layer technique

Here is what I have made for the Art Cards challenge.
The theme is Triple Time Technique.
A video on this technique can be seen here.