Blog Party Tutorial!

Red Riding Hood

I started with a picture in a book of a painting by

Abraham Mignon 1640-1679 oil on canvas


I wanted to use this image from

Divas D'este for "Red"

Used my pressed flowers to make a collage. I then took some pictures of the arrangement.
I use a phone book to press my flowers. It is so easy, I hope you will try it!
Off to photoshop to paint and add elements of color!I had just watched an old movie In The Company Of Wolves, a dark fairy tale. The colors in the movie were so dark except for Red's coat. That is what I was trying to achieve!

http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/2010/04/blog-party.html

Happy Pink Saturday!

Happy May Day!


http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Sunday postcard! sewing!

Sew?

What?
Image from Enchanted Mercantile
http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/

Soartful Bouquets!!!!

A bouquet from California!

Native flower, California poppies. You are NOT ALLOWED TO PICK THEM!!!!!!!!!

So I went down the hill in back and took a picture of the poppies(they reseed like crazy)! Then a dry brush filter from photoshop!

Happy May Day!

http://jeanette-soartfulchallenges.blogspot.com/2010/05/lovely-bouquet.html

Lots to do! faces

Image from

http://readarteology.blogspot.com/

http://lotstodocallenges.blogspot.com/2010/04/faces.html

Once upon a time.....

....there was a little girl who would make herself flower crowns and pretend to be a princess.

She dreamed of making a crown of flowers for her father, the King.
King Arthur collage sheet by

Nicecrane Designs

Princess by

http://www.paperwhimsy.com/

Flowers by Mother Nature

Inspirationavenue /fairy tales!

Image of "Red"

http://www.divasdeste.com/

I'll tell you how I did it at the blog party. I took pictures of each step.

http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/2010/04/weekly-challenge-fairy-tales.html

4x4 friday! Beltane

A Crown of flowers!
http://4x4friday.blogspot.com/2010/04/4x4-friday-challenge-beltane.html

Created by hand! working!

Working in the garden!
http://createdbyhandchallenge.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/ive-been-working/

Theme Thursday! black and white

I've always liked the song, "Happy Trails".

This was the hand out at my mom's funeral. She was a cowgirl!

So, keeping this thought and sentiment, I created a new collage, but with the idea of just beginning life's adventure!

(front)

back

Celebrate your adventures ahead!!

Image by

Divas D'este

I wish you all happy trails in your life!!!

http://themethursday.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/thursday-challenge-black-and-white/

artcreationsfriday!

background
nest from The Graphics Fairy

background provided

Did a cut and past with paper, then photo, then photoshop

http://artcreationsfriday.blogspot.com/2010/04/challenge-72.html

Crazy Amigo's! birds

8"x8" collage

Image from

Divas D'este

Napkin background green stamps! (anyone remember them?)

http://crazyamigochallenge.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/vogels-birds-2/

gingersnapcreations! Kraft!

Free image from past issue of Somerset Studio

Pressed blue Penstemon flower!

Makes a lovely hat, don't you think?

http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2010/04/gc52-color-challenge-kraft.html

3 Muses! music!

2006

Altered book RR

My theme was

MUSIC!

8"x8"

cover

Back
http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/04/three-muses-challenge-music-music-music.html

Good to be home!!!

Me taking a break from shopping!

I have some fun pictures of the people and places in Cabo and will share this week!

I have just started to catch up on the beautiful and fun art I missed, but hope to be able to get to you all and comment on your latest !

Hope you are all well!

Sunday Postcard and One Powerful Hour!

Image from

Made In China

ISBN 0-81184202-9

I did some additions of color and then did some filters with photoshop

http://onepowerfulhour.blogspot.com/2010/04/spring.

http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/oriental/

playdate cafe

Cabo San Lucas

Photoshop


http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/2010/04/play-date-cafe-challenge-pdcc27.html

what's on your workdesk wednesday!!!

Or, what's on your door!

Cabinet that holds my special treasures of family and art friends!

http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2010/04/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-47.html

4x4 friday! City scape and AWAY for awhile!

I will not be blogging until thurs of next week. Stay well, create and can't wait to catch up and see what I missed from all of you!!!

Harbor at Cabo San Lucas.

My photo and photoshop

http://4x4friday.blogspot.com/2010/04/cityscape.html

Artcreationsfriday!

Darling image provided!!!

I didn't want to change her sweet little face.

I took her to the beach!

http://artcreationsfriday.blogspot.com/2010/04/challenge-71.html

One powerful hour/ military women

http://onepowerfulhour.blogspot.com/2010/04/military-women.html

PLaydate cafe

Image from

Divas D'este

http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/2010/04/play-date-cafe-challenge-pdcc26.html

what's on your workdesk wednesday!!!

Cleaning out a kitchen drawer!

You know, the drawer that gets all the stuff you are not sure what to do with it.... and yet, you don't want to toss it!

And oh, ALL THE PENS AND MARKERS ! Some work ,some don't!

So, here's what I thought I would do with the pens. Cover a small journal!

Glue them on the front and back. Layout so far on 6"x6" art journal!

The pile on 1 corner which gets the projects I am going to do right away??????

Happy WOYD Wednesday!

http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/

Wednesday Stamper / in the sky!

http://wednesdaystamper.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/in-the-sky/

Theme Thursday! black and red

Artchixstudio image

washi papers

5"x 7"

http://themethursday.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/thursday-challenge-black-and-red/

created by hand! Earth

My statue and then a little digital painting!
http://createdbyhandchallenge.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/1061/

3 Muses!

I made this 3"x 5" assemblage for an Ofrenda in Oaxaca for Day of the Dead.

Ofrendas are shrines to honor those who have died and you leave flowers and gifts to honor them. This picture is of vera, an artist and friend who lived in Brazil. She is holding 1 of her favorite cats. I never met her in person, but we were friends for 3 years. I know, that doesn't sound like much time to form a closeness to someone but we really did connect. She died of cancer(3 years ago) . Too young. This was part of a shrine some art friends made to honor those special people in our lives. It was part of a Michael De Meng workshop.

So she had her crown and she had her flowers.

I know she has her wings, you just can't see them!

http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/04/week-47-three-muses-hats-and-crowns-and.html

Tag Tuesday! Recycle

Goat is from brochure of a cashmere shop

hotel from a map

part of an airline ticket

bottlecap

Sticker is only thing new!!!

Boy I went through a lot of stuff and threw out a bunch of stuff!!!

Thanks for the challenge!!
http://kardkrazy.blogspot.com/2010/04/tuesday-tag-challenge-49-recycle.html

Steff's Stuff Birds

Scary crow!!!
http://stephanieboman.blogspot.com/2010/04/challenge.html

TMTA triangles

Papers by

divas d'este

http://tmta.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/triangles-dreiecke/

inspirationavenue bloom and a blog hop!!!!

Country Living, Garden Decorating

ISBN 1-58816-024-6 ( 2001 )

Picture cropped and painted with photoshop.

http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/2010/04/this-weeks-challenge-bloom.html

crazy Amigo's / flowers

I took this picture of a garden in Carmel, CA on the weekend.

Then I did some painting using the paint bucket!!!

1 dry brush filter to finish it!


http://crazyamigochallenge.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/bloemen-flowers-3/

Blue Monday!

http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/2010/04/blue-monday-gum-wrapper-prom-dress.html

Mixed Media Monday! Look what I found!

1 1/2"x 1 1/2" soldered glass pendant!!!!

See the lumpy part on top? This was my first soldered piece 3 years ago and the lumpy part is supposed to be where I soldered the link so I could have a pendant. It didn't work too well but I kept it any way!

I liked this magazine garden picture and decided to make it the background. Then It reminded me of Monet's pink garden house so I made the house pink. The image made me think it could be one of Monet's family looking out the window.

A bit of a stretch for the theme, but I really did just find this in a box in my studio!

http://mixedmediamonday.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/look-what-i-found/

collageobsession!

http://collageobsessionchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/04/co-challenge-13-beach.html

Sunday postcard! Lots to Do!

Layers of Holtz inks and mixed with Pearl Ex pigment by Jacquard

pressed flowers
http://lotstodocallenges.blogspot.com/2010/04/week-15-alcohol-inks.html

http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/springtime/

Soartful

http://jeanette-soartfulchallenges.blogspot.com/2010/04/shy-beauty.html