Easter Bunny - Think Monday - Think ATC

This week week the challenge over on Think Monday - Think ATC was to show us something beginning with E.
I thought the Easter Bunny would be perfect!
The bunny is a magazine picture that is glued onto the card with gel and then I draw over them and paint over them with water colors. Then I seal them with gel.

Valentine Hangie Dangie from Jeri

Many thanks to Jeri for the beautiful Valentine Hangie Dangie. I love it and I will enjoy it nearby where I craft.

Here is her blog if you'd like to see more of her work:
http://artfulgathering.typepad.com/

Old Barn Roof - Think Monday - Think ATC

This is my entry for the Think Monday - Think ATC challenge. This image is from Scrapbook Factory Deluxe bonus graphics CD. I printed the image out on old newpaper patterned paper and the image was barely showing. Then I decided to draw over it and then water color over that.
I think old barns are the most interesting architecture around here.This is an old Gambrel roof barn which is what my old barn out in the back is. I love that the mountains are barely showing in the background as we are at the foothills of the mountains here and catch beautiful glimpes of them depending upon where we are at around here.

Red Lottery Challenge & Postage challenge - Think Monday - Think ATC

I have decided to combine two challenges in one. Our online art group has a challenge to
do something red for the lottery this month
and Think Monday - Think ATC has a challenge
this week to do an ATC having to do with mail, postage, fonts, letters, crayons or pens.
The pencils were stamped over patterned paper that looks like writing. The stamp is from Lost Coast. The girl is an inchie stamp from Inkadinkado that is hand watercolored. The chipboard button is Michael's $1.00 spot. The "Thinking of you" is also an inchie stamp from Inkadinkado that is distressed with red ink. And the real stamp was just removed from a letter.

Janis Joplin - Think Monday - Think ATC

Janis Joplin is my favorite Rock Star and Rock star is the theme over on Think Monday - Think ATC. I found this image of Janis online and then I altered her to a watercolor special effect on a photo editing program. Then I printed her out and hand watercolored her.

bingo valentine hangie dangie

This is the bingo card Valentine hangie dangie that I made for my online art group. I used a Vintage Bingo card from Tim Holtz's Distressable elements CD. I printed it out and attached it to a piece of matboard. I inked it with red distress ink. I wanted it to look like a vintage valentine with lots of hearts. The frame is grungeboard painted with crackle paint and then distress with lightning black Brillance ink which looks gold to me. A friend gave me some cupids and I pop dotted two to give it some depth. The white rub-0ns are from Quickutz and American Crafts Mini Marks. Some of the hearts are grungeboard that is inked with red distress ink and topped with red stickles and some are gems from Michaels from the $1.00 bin. The Cupid is from an image from here:http://www.pennywisearts.com/freebies.html

Dragonfly wand

I had to make a wand for our online art group and I decided to do a dragonfly wand. The main dragonfly was done by me some years ago and it is a cross-stitched and beaded dragonfly. It was originally designed to be a pin but I never worn it much. When I was searching for a project to do for my wand, I came across it and thought that it would make a good project because it didn't get appreciated shut up in my drawer and I've always thought it was so pretty. The dragonflys on the back and on the tag are srinky dinks. I had a small dragonfly stamp and a friend let me use her larger dragonfly stamp.I found the poem and thought it would go well wish the wishes theme.