ARTastic.........

First time playing along with ARTastic.  The March inspiration is just gorgeous.  This is my take on it.

Let's Get Shabby......

Challenge 44 is now up at LGS and it is an Easter/Spring challenge. We would love you to join in with us.  You need to show on your creation at least one item from each of the lists....a subject, an embellishment and a technique and tell us your choices on your blog.   I thought I would make a little wall hanger to pop up over Easter.  My choices from each list are 1. eggs (those little birdies there are actually tweetie birds not chickens)  2. ribbon, flowers, buttons and doily (the paper variety).  3. Painting, inking, distressing.  (there is a wee bit  of stamping on there as well but not very noticeable)

 

 

 

I made 3 little 5" squares from corrugated cardboard, painted with gesso and distressed and inked.

From scraps I've made the egg shapes and cut the tweetie birds from some patterned paper.

 

 

 

 

 

Then simply run a length of ribbon down the centre back of each of the squares and tidied the backs up by adding another 5" square of cardstock on the back of each one.  tfl and looking forward to seeing you creations.

123.........

This is my take on the first challenge for the "new" 123 challenge blog.  The criteria this month......colour:black, word:year and technique:twine circles.  I had loads of fun creating the background starting with kraft cardstock which I painted grey first then added blackened texture paste with a plastic card to create the flower outline and other blobs.  Just kept adding - washi, hesian,stamping, misting, dry brushing and of course twine circles......around the flower's centre and again a small circle in the centre and the leaves and under the photo. tfl

An award .........

I have been awarded the Liebster Award from the lovely LIZZY C.   Thank you so much, Lizzy.
 

Scrap Therapy sketch challenge.....

for March.   You can find it on the Scrap Therapy blog along with the other gorgeous DT samples. It is an Easter themed sketch but it doesn't have to be.  It's not a requirement.  Great prize up for grabs.  We would love to see what you create.

 

and my take on it.

 

 

also if you pop over to the SHOP you will find Lee-Anne has been adding lots of new stock. 

 

SWAT........

This is my take on the sketch over at Sketches with a Twist for March.  AND the twist this month is to use washi. 

 

and a couple of close ups of the use of washi...........over the roughly painted white circles (the backing part of the corrugated board)

 

and I popped some in random spots over the mixed alphas before I started distressing them with stains and paint..........

 

tfl