New Year's To Do List.....

A few months back I got a book called

 

Mixed Media Paint Box

Weekly Projects for a Year of Creative Exploration

 

Basically a project a week.

And it is something I want to try to do!

They will be my

Paint Box Projects

 

Now knowing myself the way I do and knowing

the way life tends to happen....

I may be doing a few of the projects out of order,

a few in the same week or maybe even skip one or two.

Now if I skip one in the book I have made mayself promise

I will come up with something different so I will still

have 52 projects finished at the end of 2013!

 

I have purchased or gotten together, if I already have the

stuff, the things I need for the first few months of projects.

I have also set it up that I will post every Tuesday the finished project!

Fingers crossed!

HAHAHAHAHA!

 

The first project is to paint on silk.

So I have bought the required materials...

 

Silk Fabric

Fluid Acrylic Paint

GAC 900 by Golden

Acrylic Flow Release

(optional..not sure which way I will go)

 

the other materials I own....

 

Embroidery Hoop

Brush

Palette Knife

 

Off we go!

 

HUGS



Been Awhile!

Wow, it has been awhile since I posted anything!

I want to apologize that I have not been around commenting on blogs,
facebook or anywhere else!
 

I am still here! LOL

I have been sick since just after Thanksgiving...

got this crud that seems to stick in the chest and make you feel like you

are going to cough up a lung every few hours!

 

Anyway...

This post is going to be photo heavy!

 

I have actual been creating a few things that I could not

post about because they were Christmas presents.

 

Both were made using mirros, different types of mediums,

and of course all types of odd and ends....

 

Here is a 12 x 12 mirror that I made for my mom...

These are the flowers, cage, bird and swirls that I painted and spritzed.

 

I saned the mirror edges after taping one of my grand spellbinder sqyuare dies to the center.

The medium is the one with beads by liquitex. I added peach paint and decided it needed a lot more! SO I used Luminere paint, Donna Salazar ink pads, and distressed inks by Tim Holtz.

 

 

All of the diecuts and flowers have embossing powder to give them some shine.

 

 

These are the charms I added and of course the bottom

of the brid and cage that I cut out using the die from Sizzix and Tim Holtz.

 

 

 

The fence I die cut and glued together...added some sand with

gold glitter along the bottom to give even more dimension.

 

 

 

 Rather than show the one I made for Jenna on this same post

I will add it tomorrow!

 

Hope you had a fantastic holiday!

HUGS



Snow Flakes Are Falling!

Only for the latest challenge at

Scrapper's Delights!

This weeks challenge is brought to us by

Miss Janice!

The wonderful and talented owner and artist of Scrapper's Delights!

And the theme is

Snowflakes!

 

Here is what I came up with...

 

 

 

I used one of the Stargazer Girls.

There is actually a lot of sparkle and glitter on this card!

I just could not get the angle just right!

I created it all digitally, printed it, and added some glitter!

Please check out the Challenge Blog for all the details

and the winner of the last challenge!

 

Last week was a rough week...

ending with the horrible tradegy that occurred in CT.

My heart goes out to each of those families.

My Christmas wish is to send healing thoughts to each of them.

 



Let It Snow!

Today starts the latest challenge over at

Guylou's Inimitability!

Miss Gina has chosen SNOW for our theme.

Now living in southern AZ we don't see snow that often.

Today is actually the coldest it's been all winter....58 and rainy!

But sadly no snow in out forcast for awhile! :(

 

Here is what I came up with using

 

Christmas Carolers!

 

 

I used paper from one of my Taylored Expressions kits,

snow flakes (can't see them real well) from Jolee's,

and of course flakes for my snow!

Hope you head over to the challenge blog and

see what the other DT members have created.

And join in on the fun!

There are prizes to win!