Spirit Doll Cards

I started going to the Rubber Made'ns stamp group. I'm having a lot of fun, and they are a very creative bunch. Tonight we made spirit doll cards.

Mo

Mo cracks me up. He loves hanging out all spread out. Eva really wasn't impressed with him!

Finished Halloween Wreath

Mom helped me fluff and fill out the Halloween wreath. I can hardly wait for October!

Mom's birthday present

I painted this collage for my Mom for her birthday. It's 24x24, and so I couldn't mail it to her. They are coming to visit this weekend so I'll finally be able to give it to her. I hope she likes it. I'm so pleased with it that I can't hardly stand it!

I slapped on some gesso to help smooth the canvas a bit, and to add some texture. Then I painted it black. I glued down some dictionary pages and some text about cherries. I then did this peeling painting technique where you put petroleum jelly on the spots you want to keep the black. I painted a sandstone color over that, and the jelly resists the paint. Messy, but cool.

It's really my first full scale collage, and really one of the few times I've worked without a pattern. I enjoyed it so much. I suspect I'll be playing around with this more too.

UPDATE--She liked it. She really liked it. :-) Mom was completely surprised and thrilled with her present!

Some pictures finally up in the house

I painted these flowers years ago. I tried selling them a few times, but no takers. I do like them, so I decided to hang them in my craft room. Took awhile to find some frames. Then the pansy picture was too think to put the backing on, so Tony had to add a hanger to it. Anyway--they are up over my painting desk and I really like them. It's so fun getting to use my own stuff!

I also finally hung this dragonfly/seashell print I bought last year. It's an odd size 12x18, and I had a hard time finding a frame. I finally just bought a white one and then sponged metallic brown on it. It has a neat mottled texture, and I'm pleased to have it hanging in the bedroom.

I'd prefer to forget the glass debacle with the seashell print. After painting the frame, I stubbed my toe on the glass. The glass broke and turns out I didn't just stubb my toe. I sliced a bit off. Icky business. I buy glass replacement...doesn't fit. Husband tries to trim down, but doesn't work. I take to store for glass to be cut to fit and takes the person 2 tries to get it to fit! Sheesh...should have just gone to the frame shop!

Shark Yourself

Discovery Channel has a fun little tool to morph a photo into a shark. So I had to turn Eva into a shark. I don't think Mo is shark material.

Holiday Express

I had so much fun painting on Saturday. The Heart of Texas Tolers (painting chapter) monthly meeting was replaced by a full day of holiday painting. There were two class offerings for the morning, and two for the afternoon.

In the morning, I painted a darling little snowman on canvas paper. We did almost everything by stippling, so it was super easy and fun. Once it's varnished, I'll cut him out and glue it together. It creates a shade to sit on a wine glass or votive holder.

In the afternoon, I painted a witch, a spider and a bat. All these will get attached to a wreath. She's just the cutest witch and was really quite easy to paint. I'll post another picture once it's on the wreath.