Primary and Secondary...

colours are a part of my everyday life!! This is the challenge for MMM this week. But with the weather foul - very windy and wet!! - I chose to produce this piece depicting the morning sun rise, inspired by some photographs I took while on holiday over the Christmas period. I hand painted the background sun and then added the stamped images and wording over the top.

Turquoise

This is the theme over at SPA this week and I have combined it with Lace - the theme for WS. I hand painted the backgrouns and then scratched texture into the surface while it was still wet. Once dry I stamped the lace and other images onto the background, stamped the cage and little figure onto paper and cut them out to apply to the surface, then stamped the word dreams over the top.

Knowledge...

is a wonderful thing if used to its full potential, and that theme fit well with the image provided by ACF this week. This is a digital piece created by layering images and changing the lighting and opacity of each layer. Hope you like it.

Gypsy...

is what I am.

Gypsy is the theme over at Gothic Arches this week. I have used image transfer techniques to create the image and then painted crackle paint around the edge and added distress inks over the top. I embellished with flowers and bttons and then used chipboard elements for the main wording.

Queen for a day...

I created this ATC for TMTA this week using a vintage image and a great crown stamp. I coloured the crown and added gems for some bling. The background is picket fence crackle paint with blue distress ink over the top. The edges have been finished with gold Krylon pen.

House of Love...

This piece of work combines several challenges in one. I have incorporated CBH - Love, TGIF - Houses, and SWI&T Vintage Love to create this little house full of love. The Twinchie is an altered vintage photo which has been chalked and stickles added, the house is mafe from the page of an old book and stamped on with Paper Artsy stamps including the quote and the heart stamped onto pink paper, cut out and collaged together.

Going round in circles...

is how life tends to go!! I created these Moos for Make A Moo this week on the theme of circles. I first stamped the backgrounds in brown and stamped the silhouette figures and butterflies on top in black. I used a Kryon pen around the edge and highlighted certain parts of the images with hand drawn circles in a veriety of colours and pen types. I love these mini silhouette figures and they are just the right size to use on a Moo!

9 Lives....

ACF again provided a fantastic background to use this week and below is my digital composition, showcasing my handsome feline friend - Hugo and some of how he spends his 9 lives.....

Grunge

I started this arch for Gothic Arches at the weekend and only now have had the chance to finish it. I love grunge and all that goes with it, but wan unsure as to what I actually wanted to put on this arch. I finallt settled for a background of crackle paint and distress inks, then layered with stamping, both directly onto the background, and separately. I coloured and cut out the figure 'grunged' her and adhered to the background. I finished by adding crackle accents to the word imagine and some liquid beadz.

Automobiles...

can be great things, some of which are beautiful as well as practical! They are definitely a boys toy, which brings them great delight! I created this ATC for TMTA this week using image transfer and then hand drawing over the top, stamping and gems.