Sadly…

I discovered that 2 of the challenge blogs I have been regularly taking part in have ceased to be this week. Dear Sandy has given up – too much work and a real drain on her time. She has been running them for 2 years though and we all know what a job it is [...]

Stars…

Diane chose “Stars” as her theme this week for Mixed Media Monday and has created the most gorgeous canvas to inspire us! I am taking a different approach and sharing a canvas I painted for a lovely woman whom I am proud to call my friend (well, our friend, to be truthful!) We see each other [...]

Oriental Layer Love!

I have wanted to make a small canvas for the “Wealth Corner” in our new home for some time and today’s challenge at Created by Hand – Oriental – was the perfect creative shove for me to get painting!
Here is my red and gold 5″ x 7″ money canvas… hope it works as an attractant!

I [...]

Helping Hands

That’s our theme at MMM, chosen by Janny this week and she’s made a lovely collage to inspire us all. I found myself drawn to this image of little girls sewing beneath a vintage sewing machine – definitely their idea of  ‘helping hands’!! So here’s how my 5″x7″ canvas turned out.

Image: Stitch in Time Collage set [...]

Spring Greens….

Haha!! Spring greens – curly kale, no!! I love kale as a veg and I’m just joking. Wednesday Stamper’s theme this week is Green and how we ’see’ it as a colour… how we use it in our artwork. Here’s a 6″x4″ canvas board collage using one of the larger images from the Green Things [...]

“Romance”

Today I am delighted to play Guest Host to Diane’s Mixed Media Monday again – one of my fave challenge blogs! I created this fabric collage on canvas, using one of Lisa Vollrath’s wonderful romantic images from HERE.
Yes, I am having a love affair with fabric and collage at the moment and this one was [...]

Fave colours?

I am always hard pressed to decide what my favourite colours are… it depends on the time of year, my mood, even the time of day! Bearing in mind that I have been using orange a lot and green too, I decided to combine them – without making a flower – heehee!! Here’s a 5″x7″ [...]

Artygirlz – fabric

Julie and Crissi have made some great examples – whimsical and fun – using fabric on their artwork. That’s the Artygirlz challenge this week. I too am entering a canvas, though the use of fabric may not be too obvious. However, if you look closely you can see I have used a fair bit of [...]

Guest Host at Mixed Media Monday

I’ve wanted to be Guest Host at MMM for a long time and then I finished my canvas and I thought, “Yes! This piece is worthy!” I call it ‘The Seer’…

And finally, a glimpse of the texture layers!

I’m very honoured that Diane liked this theme and can’t wait to see what you all create with blues [...]

Thinking ‘big’ with Paint!

Lisa Gifford continues to challenge us to Step Outside Your Box with ‘Think BIG’ and Mixed Media Monday’s theme this week is ‘Paint’, so I’ve painted two 10″x8″ canvasses this afternoon… one is “Blocks” in greens and blues and the second is a collage on canvas, using Trish’s Collage Image for this month’s challenge #3 on ArtBuzz.

And [...]