All the fun stuff

Dark purple, light aqua and the word "work" - this was what I was given for my challenge when I signed up for ClothPaperStudio's February colour challenge.

The colours aren't difficult to use, but I had problems when I came to adding the word "work" - so I looked thru my Brian Andreas sayings and this one jumped out at me. I made it for my daughter for her birthday - she just turned 19, and she really doesn't want to grow up (I don't want her to either ... LOL).

I enjoyed making this - purple is my favourite colour, and this stamp (from Glamour Girl Stamps) is fun to use. My daughter loved it, and is going to get it framed - I can't wait to see it done, and hanging up in her room.

A walk in the Park

A walk in the Park:

This was inspired by Claudine Hellmuth - I love her Poppets. I hand-drew the templates for the dress, the birds, and the tree. I also drew the bird in the cage, her legs and the flowers. The arms are from my doll template.

The background is scrapbooking paper - this is soooooooo useful !!! lol

I may have to keep this one - or maybe I'll give it away, and keep on making them !

My inner child

This collage was made before I made "A childs view" - it actually
inspired me to make another one, as I enjoyed making this so much.
Same as before - the face was already cut-out, so all I had to do was glue it to card, and draw & cut-out the body. I love these colours - they are so me - PINK & PURPLE & LIME GREEN. The leaves are stamped, and the flowers are punched with drawn flowers on top, and the stalks are also hand-drawn.

"My inner child" - the title says it all. I think that this is me - the me that is in my head. I don't let it out to play often enough, but I think that will change from now on. I love drawing, painting, and doodling - I especially love Sharpies - and my inner child is looking forward to playing more.

After I finished these last two collages I scanned them, and made reduced copies for small pictures and ATC's - and then I made this beaded & ribboned picture. I'm really happy with it - now I'm not sure whether to give it away, or to keep it !!!

A Child's View

Now that I'm used to the size, I do enjoy creating collages - and this one was SO much fun to make. It came together very quickly - I already had the face cut out, so all I had to do was glue it to a piece of card, and draw & colour the body.

I decided to go with a black & white theme - and I called it "A Child's View". This is because my dh and I had just very recently discussed how children only see things as black & white - there are no grey areas for children. It either is - or it isn't... a child's view.

Scrapbooking papers were used for the background, and I hand-drew and cut out the flowers. I also used punched daisies for the centres of the flowers.

Letters from Home

I made this collage today - actually, I started it last week, but I couldn't finish it till today cos I was waiting on some stamps for the finishing touches. The size is 8" x 10", which is quite intimidating for someone who's only done card and ATC size art.

But ... I'm very happy with it. The colours are new for me too - I don't usually work in muted vintage colours, but when inspiration hit me for this collage I knew that I couldn't do it in any other colours. I used Rangers Distress Inks for all the edges, and the stamping. The postage stamp surround, and the top postal mark are both from Montarga stamps. They are one of my favourite stamp companys, and the best thing about them is - they're based in New Zealand !!!