Lifebook paint over collage

Lifebook 2012 paint ove collage was another interesting and challenging lesson.  I hope by the end of the year I am able to draw a face, body and  hands.  Also, the painting has been a challenge, I'm not surprised since I have zero painting experience, but somehow I didn't think it would be that hard.  I might like the sketch, but once I paint it in, I am much less happy. Oh well, that's what this is all about. Not to mention the journey of self discovery. Ir's a lot easier to post my mediocre art then that part.

challenge - flowers

This is a card for my local stamping group, the subject was flowers, I took it quite literally. I focused around coordinating papers and made grunge flowers, added the bird and cage and stamped the saying. This is one of the first cards I've made in a while and it didn't come as easy as it once did.

Recycled Birthday card

I like to use junk mail as the foundation for cards. This was a credit card application that came in a box, like a fabulous invitation.  I covered it with steampunk papers and embellishments for a birthday card I hope my friend likes.

Lifebook page 1

Ok here she is, quite a challenge. I have no experience with faces, watercolors and the expression of superpowers was a whole other aspect.  Anyway the idea was to try the challenge and I'm sure grow from it after the cringing subsides, ; ).  There are many very talented examples, if you'd like to see the pros, select the blink on my page.

12 tags of Christmas - 5

Tim Holtz's tag 5 was made of this great acrylic material with a reversed embossing, it was very cool. As with many of his tags this year he's using things I don't have so I am doing my best to achieve the overall appearance none the less. I used white embossing on the stamped images and every color of red distress ink I had for the background. It did come out interesting, but I my have to get some of the acrylic to play with!

12 tags of Christmas - 9

Tag 9 uses Tim Holtz's grunged enamel technique. I really like the festive greenery from the die cut too, it real adds a holiday feel. I didn't have the Halloween die that Tim used so I went with the ornament in a metallic silver paper.

12 tags of Christmas - 4

The flurry of snow and the well dressed snowman. I like the date cutout back filled to look like stained glass, what next? Check it all out at Holtz's blog!