xmas cards

a variety of different styled cards using the same stamp.

Bling - mixed media

This was a DT challenge for southern girls challenge. Ive used a magazine collage face and added a bling applique for clothing as a head piece. The silver part is a Chinese dragon. Used a lot of gelatos. have decided that gelatos are so worth it!!  Work is on a canvas.

Circles..Baby!

This layout is one I saw in an Australian Magazine about 5yrs ago and thought id have a go at recreating it. I have 2 copies of the same photo and cut out the subject of one photo.
Using many circle sizes ( glasses, cups, saucers, bowls etc) you lightly draw a pencil line around each until you have 5 different circles.
smallest inner circle after the centre piece is paint - using the stick end of a paint brush dipped into paint and dabbed on to paper and lifted off creates a great circle dot.
Second circle is created the same way using a larger paint brush stick end.
Third circle is created using punched flowers.
Fourth is a handwritten script saying, repeated.
Fifth circle is the paint dots again and brads and even spaces.

One just cant help but want to create this fantastic circle layout!!!!!!! Enjoy as I did and a big thanks to the lady who invented this layout whoever you are - its great!

For Southern Girls Challenge NZ  click on this>   Southern girls challenge

whimisical mermaid faces for "Mermaid Circus"

First drawing to last drawing. Havnt drawn ladies faces since i was 15!! Followed Jane Davenports method and just had a great time and kept on drawing and i think this last mermaid with the blue and green hair is the best one so far. made her more fish like and used Inktense pencils on her hair. We have to now scan and decrease our faces to fit into the little collage book we are making gor the class. This lets us use out own art work. I love her eyebrows and eye shading the most. Also tried drawing seaweed hair that looked like it was floating, happy how that looks too.

SING

This is my ATC monochrome card. Using the couture bird die and stamping up punch leaves. Chipboards are from Dusty Attic. My post for Southern Girls challenge.

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Art Journal

We are doing an Art Journal for Creative Dreams in Dunedin , South Island. These are the covers on my journal. Inspired by Teesha Moore, Sansarty Designs and Jane Davenport (aus)

Right, a last minute decision to enter the "F" challenge on "Southern girls challenge"! I altered a canvas with gesso, and then added screwed up tissue papaer.
painted with turqoise and whte and gloss gel medium all mixed together.
Then i cut up some fairies from off a childrens party tablecloth thats paper from a clearence shop and stuck them on with pva.
Of course did the whie and black thing around the edges with zig painty pens and accented some of the magazine cut outs with them as well.
Got to bed at 12.00pm hoping it didnt look to bad, as the wrinkled tissue paper made it really hard to draw on with the pens...wont do that again!  Will sell it at fair!
Forgot to mention, love to add corrugated board from an old box around the edges and painted them with left over paint in a very slapped on way so it didnt look perfect.