Bits and Pieces:)

Greetings everyone:)

After spending the last week, still

down with this rotten 'whatever'

that I've been ill with, I find that

I haven't had any Art-Time of

clarity or substance this week.

Not good!!

The picture above, if from an app on

my iPad, (there are so 

many wonderful apps to

chose from for iPods and iPads

that are for drawing), 

between the iPad and my sketch

books for doodling, that's been it for my

Art-Time and energy this week.

So I decided to go through a few 'oldies'

pictures and at least post some past projects,

so you'd have some fresh 'eye candy' for

the weekend:)

Some ATC's and ACEO's

Of course, 'bird' related:)

This one was fun to make, there's

layers of inked, and printed paper

on this one:) I find sometimes with

the smaller projects, that I often feel

like I wish I had done them bigger

as I try to put lots of layers and

3D items into the pieces.

So I try to do the same with the

larger projects.

This is one of my first 'Story Boards'

the description I use for my Art Boards

on Hangers that I make.

This one was a gift to my Art-Pal

Leslie, ( and no donuts were used

to entice this time! LOL).

It's getting harder to find these little 

'French Laundry Hangers'

although, I just found a couple of

dozen new little quilt hangers that are

coming from the States, (and are now

stuck in the mail piles as our Countries

Mail Service is at a complete standstill

due to our Mail People are on strike!)

If any of you know where there might be

a few of these hangers up for sale anywhere,

please leave me a comment or email me:):)

I really enjoyed making this particular piece

and in person the layers of goodies are fun

to look at:) 8 x 8 inches.

My attempt with clip-boards:)

Love the lazier cut butterflies!

(Retro Cafe Art of course:)

It was a fun exercise in getting the paper

to stick correctly to the board. Ended up

using Gel Medium which worked great.

(quick tip...pre-sand lightly the

board to give some 'tooth' to the

glue used. The clip-boards come

usually with some sort of finish).

Another ATC:)

'Journal Page'

I'm still trying to grasp 'journaling'

as an art outlet.

This is a page from a small journal

that I have been playing with.

This is one of my 'altered photographs' that

I've posted about in earlier posts.

Again, it's taking a photograph and

sanding it with light sand paper, using

inks, stamps, pens, and such to

alter the photo...

This one was done while still waiting

for some Springtime weather to

arrive.....June 17th, still waiting!!

Well, that's it for the moment, I'll be

doing another post later today for 

you all to have something new to see

for the weekend. I'm considering going

through the pictures of my Art Room

to post so you can see what 

'motivates me':)

Hope none of you catch this 'crud'

that has had me laid up!

Cheers!

Enjoy!