Scaredy Kat!

I'm just having so much fun working on these Halloween canvases.   There is no shortage of ideas when it comes to Halloween.  This one was inpired by one of the kitties on Happy Hauntings.  Some cheesecloth spider web and a little spider and some bling completes the scene.  Thanks for stopping buy!

My Little Scarecrow

I did not feel like cleaning or doing laundry today, so I went into my craft room and pondered what to play with.  I have a big stack of various size canvases that I got on sale at Michael's a few weeks ago and they were sitting there staring at me, so I decided to make a little Halloween canvas for one of my g'friends.

I used my Cricut and cut two pumpkins from Autumn Celebrations for the project.  One at 1.5 inches and the other at 2 inches.  The layers were then painted in 2 different colors of acrylic orange paint and the stems/leaves were colored using Faber Castell india ink pens.  I also added some Glossy Accents to the pumpkins.  Mr. Scarecrow and his little buddy Crow were both handcut.  They were inspired by several non-paper projects that I found on the internet.  The crow was painted with a mixture of black paint and tar gel to give him some shine.

The canvas is 5 x 7 and I used several colors of acrylic paint in the background.  Orange, Lime Green, Perfect Purple and Turners Yellow over scraps of Fall MME pattern paper.   Rub ons and a little metal butterfly in the corner complete the project.  This was a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon and I sure hope my g'friend likes this.  Thanks for stopping by!

I survived Circle Mania!

Last weekend was a whirlwind of activity as I traveled to Atlanta, GA for the first ever Circle Mania.  Even though I was a bit under the weather, I enjoyed the socializing, the (little bit) of crafting, the Make n' takes, the food and the shopping.  Sure am glad to be home though!  The weather was really bad on Sunday and I think I was able to fly out by the skin of my teeth.  Later tornado alerts grounded all flights in and out.

Below is a pic of my calling card and a little gift (charm/stick pin) I made for each of the 50 Maniacs.  All of the attendees made a personal calling card and many had little gifts.  The cards were all so unique and different.  I don't think I got all 50, but I got most of them. They are pretty awesome and I'm still debating how I will store them.

Finally, I made this beautiful Autumn Altered Box for our wonderful hostess Scrapalette.  I tucked a few little scrappy surprises inside for her.  I hope she enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it. 

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Fingerpainting!

I've had this frame sitting around for a few months and finally decided on something to use it for.  My granddaughter loves Hello Kitty and I have a stamp with some words of wisdom that I wanted to pass along to her, so I came up with this project combining the two.   Most of this background was created by fingerpainting, although I did use a brush and pens for detailing the clouds, grass and flowers.  I cut the HK characters awhile ago, but I think they were cut at 3".  I also dabbed lavender/pink paint on the frame because the plain white was just too dull for me.  A few little buttons finished it off.  She is still trying to decide what "wall" she wants to hang this on.  Thanks for stopping by!

Fun with paint and textures!

In my continuing saga of mixed media, I've been practicing some ideas and techniques in my little book for a fall gift I am working on.  The gift will be smaller than my practice page, so I'll have to scale it down a bit and the sentiment will be different, but I'm thinking some like the scene below.

On a side note, I am SOOOO excited for Christy's new fall classes, that I signed up for all 3!!!  Two of the 3 classes will teach techniques for fall and winter projects, so I can hardly wait!  I see myself making some unique Christmas gift this year.   Anyway, here's my most recent practice project.  Thanks for stopping by!

Practice, Practice, Practice!

So I've been practicing some of the techniques from my mixed media workshop and I'm absolutely having a blast!  I'm not confident enough to start working on canvas yet, so I bought a mixed media art journal and have been working in that.  Here's a peek at what I've been up to.  Thanks for stopping by!

August has been a whirlwind month here and I've sorely neglected my blog.  I have been working on projects though!  I just can't post them yet, because they are a surprise!  I'll be attending Circle Mania in Georgia at the end of the month and don't want to give any peeps to the peeps yet!  I will come back and post my projects for that later.

I also recently took a mixed media workshop with Christy Tomlinson.  Just love, love, love her and can't wait to practice some of the techniques that I learned and share them here.  If you have an interest and would like more information, visit her blog here.  She has links to her many, many workshops.  I can't wait to take more!

Finally, I have been working on a little project for my granddaughter's bedroom wall.  I've changed my mind on my design several times, but hope to get it finished and posted before I leave for Georgia.  Stay tuned and thanks for stopping by!