Cleaning inspiration

Over the weekend I started picking up my art space. Putting it back to rights after a shameful amount of time of just moving enough stuff to get a few inches to work within.

Of course, as I was sorting through my piles of papers, I found a blank ATC background ready to use. The stamps where also within sight so…this simple ATC was born.

Next I found this raven image and knew that I already had a pre-painted page in my Playtime AB that would likely look pretty good. When I have extra paint on my palette I paint it onto a random page in a book. Waste not, want not.

Lastly I grabbed my Nature book from the AB 101 class my friend Elizabeth taught several years ago. If you are interested she is currently teaching it again

…for FREE…

on her blog.

I’m not thrilled with the outside edge. I may go back and cover the dots or make them a little more subdued.

I’m hoping to get my art space completely cleaned up and show some “shameful” before and then clean after photos soon. I have a knitted dishcloth order to fill before I can commit anymore time to my art. Totally forgot that they were needed by next weekend!! AGH!

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AB 101 class, Altered book, ATC, Playtime AB

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Postcard Challenge week 9

Switzerland was chosen by Darcy this week.

I thought of many options for this weeks card including a mountain chalet, a Swiss cow, chocolates…just to name a few.

I decided that Maggie should keep sending “her” paintings as postcards as much as possible.

I started with a piece of black cardstock. It gave the much needed depth and shadow to a two color palette. I learned this technique from watching Bob Ross painting series on our local PBS station

I mounted the finished painting on an oversized piece of white cardstock then cut it down with my deckle edge scissors.

Maggie writes of days filled with painting and the wonderful chocolates. She slips up an mentions that she may have to let out a seam or two…how embarrassing for her.

The stamp and tiny flag are from my Swiss friend, Margaret who is also participating in this challenge.

She also sent me the Swiss cow ribbon and flag pick that I’ve added to my page. They add that special pop of color and whimsey to the page.

Thanks Margaret!!

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painting, postcard challenge

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My new domain

I’m working by trial and error on creating a new site. Hopefully I’ll get a good grasp on it very soon. Until then, if you happened upon this site…Welcome but please note that it’s not quite ready.

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Snow Day

The two words every kid longs to hear.

I was shocked when the call came through at 5:30 this morning.

I figured we’d maybe have a 2 hour late start but CLOSED. Really!?!?

We are 5 houses from the edge of our school district…if we were on the next street, the kids would have had school on time, no delay today.

Weird, huh.

We got rain then sleet then snow then freezing rain then sleet again then snow. Needless to say it’s very heavy. Check out my neighbors Spruce tree.

Another neighbor has a tree leaning down into their driveway.

Our dogwood looks pretty encased in ice.

I wanted to take even more pictured but it’s rainy-sleety again and I didn’t want to get my lens wet.

It’s so pretty out and warm.

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day in the life, photo, photography

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Early for Tea Tuesday

…with my coffee.

Another busy morning but I’ll be back to check in with my tea friends over at Kimmie’s later today.

I have a workout, babysitting and knitting group on my morning schedule after I get everyone out the door.

What are you doing today?

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Postcard Challenge week 8

Darcy picked Cuba for this weeks challenge postcard and it definitely proved to be a challenge.

I know so very little about Cuba…other than what I remember from history class about the Cuban Missile Crisis and Fidel Castro.

Oh yeah and that Cuban cigars are illegal in the USA.

None of these proved to be great inspiration.

So I ripped a page from an old atlas…

Thadeus writes:

Greetings Maggie. Hope this finds you in good health. I took your advice and looked at the bigger picture. It is exactly that which brought me here to Cuba. A powerful “friend” sent me here on an errand of sorts. I hope it is not a fools errand. At least the weather is nice. I do hope we can meet and discuss our common interest in the near future. We both should have some time if all goes as planned very soon.
Take care, Thadeus

I did have an old postage stamp from Cuba so that clearly made me giddy to use. The postmark was on it from a weird direction though so I improvised. :)

Here is the accompanying book page.

Pretty simple in design this time… but it seems to have yet another grainy photograph…

hmmm…wonder what that is all about.