Left of Center.......New Challenge

Today's card is a design team make for the wonderful team over at Left of Center Creative Challenges. A new challenge is just about to begin and will run for the coming week. The theme for this weeks challenge is LOC..so basically the stranger the better..lol. Seriously though if you need to know what the LOC challenge means...all the details are on the blog.

We are lucky enough to have been sponsored by the fabulous team over at Shadow Clocksy.

There are some fabulous images available at Shadow Clocksy..so I hope that you will pop over and take a look. I chose to work with this great picture because it reminded me of a lot of some of my favourite music videos and Anime films. I painted the image with a mixture of my H2Os and my Lyra watercolours. The background was painted with my Lyras and then I stamped the ivy with a mixture of distress inks. I painted the roses in orange as a note to Henry and then I stamped the sentiment.
It has been a lovely day..my friend Dotty came on a visit, the weather has been lovely and there was athletics on the tv. Dotty was so surprised not to see many cats when she was here. Normally she is covered in cats when she visits but today because it was sunny, they were all outside. Rave did pop in for a peep and Nosey of course, had to have a look. They have been in for their dinner but have now gone out again. I went for a wheel down to turnaround tree and Nosey, Gannie, Simon, Raven, Tank and milky all came with me. They just love stopping the traffic..lol.
Well the coffee is calling and then it will be back to my painting. I'm working on a couple of mixed media pieces..I will be sharing them on Monday...provided that I get them finished..lol. So until next time..take care and happy crafting.

Left of Center....New Challenge

Todays card is a design team make for the wonderful team over at Left of Center Creative Challenges. A new challenge has just begun and will run for the next week. The theme for this

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this challenge is 'Lots of Layers'. I cannot explain just how hard it is trying to type with a cat sat on your wrist. As I'm typing Milky is determined to help...no trying to move her..she is not having it..lol


This challenge is being sponsored by the fabulous team over at Shadow Clocksy. What an amazing variety of images they have. I chose to work with this wonderful image of a dream catcher.

As the theme is lots of layers..it seemed the perfect time for some decoupage. I coloured the image with my promarkers. After printing the image 3 times, I decided what I wanted to decoupage and coloured the areas needed. When the image was coloured, I mounted it onto 3 layers of card mats. So all in all there are 6 layers on this card.
I hope that you will pop over to the Left of Center Blog and take a look at the wonderful makes of the rest of the team and why not join in the challenge.
Well the coffee is calling and I will be back in a short while with another design team make. So until then...take care and happy crafting.

Left of Center....A Little Sparkle

Todays creation is a design team make for the fabulous team over at Left of Center Creative Challenges. The theme for this weeks challenge is 'Sparkle'. If you don't feel as if you can do sparkle, you can of course go for a LOC theme. All details are on the challenge blog.

We are lucky enough to have been sponsored by the great team over at Shadow Clocksy. The dress that I have chosen to sparkle is one of their designs.

For my creation, I chose to go with my not so hidden love for glitter..lol. It gave me the chance to get all my glitters out..and goodness me I have a collection. I have to hold up my hand to 3 boxes of dry glitter and 2 boxes of wet glitter. That is without counting all my whites and clear glitters...which have their own box. And last night I went into the studio and found a small set of drawers which are all filled with glitter. Even I didn't realise just how many colours I had..lol.The last time Pretty was here he said he couldn't believe just how many colours I had...and that was without these drawers..lol. The way that I look at it...a girl has to have a little fun.
For my dress, I began by colouring it with shades of green and purple. I used my promarkers. I think that my not so hidden goth has arrived with my choice of colours..lol. I had so much fun with this image..and I can honestly say that I would wear this dress. And of course I do believe that everyone needs a little sparkle at Christmas.
Well the coffee is calling and then it will be time to deal with the kittens. As soon as they heard my voice this morning..out they all shot..meowing at me. As soon as I sat down, they all wanted to come on my knee. Nosey is still the bravest and the one with the most confidence and cheek..lol. Bumble the black loves to sit by you and talks away. Gannet is still the most into his food and Fiesty is still not having any of it. I did convince her to look at the milk but she had one lick and walked off in disgust..lol.She will do it when she's ready. The weather here is still a little violent..the wind and the hail has been quite vicious today. I hope that it is being kinder to you. So until next time..take care and happy crafting.

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A Step In The Dark....New Challenge

Todays creation is a design team make for the wonderful team over at A Step in the Dark. A new challenge has just begun and will run for a month. The theme is as always is anything goes as long as it is on the dark side.
For this months challenge we have been lucky enough to be sponsored by the fabulous artist that is Shadow Clocksy. If you get the chance please pop over to her facebook page to see all her wonderful artwork and take a visit to her etsy shop.

For my creation I began by painting a background canvas using my acrylic and pearlescent paints. I was intrigued by Shadow Clocksys design of a beautiful womans head with no face. It made me think that if we didn't see someones face would we judge them differently as a person. So many times in this world..outer beauty seems to be all that matters when really we should not be concerned with that but rather what the person is really like inside. I found this quote about beauty which seemed to sum up what I was thinking. I coloured the digi with my promarkers and then added the quote to the face.
All is quiet here in the mountains today. The sun is shining and all the cats are quiet for once. As you all know, I'm on a number of design teams and so enjoy being on them. I'm lucky that they are all very different and I get to enjoy all the different types of art work that I get to do. I have had some delightful images coming through and am excited in thinking how I will get to use them. I count my blessings every day and crafting has helped me so much during these past hard months. I like to think that Henry would be glad to know that I'm continuing to work and loving it.
Well the coffee is calling and I've got to sort out my work for the weekend. I have to make a list and work my way through it. I'm so much happier when I have a long list...it allows me to work on more than one at a time. I tend to have loads in different stages as I'm waiting for others to dry. I often have a couple of canvases drying..trying to keep them away from the cats..lol. As I'm sitting here there are crowds of people walking past...they are groups who are all paying good money to walk the mountains that I am lucky enough to live in. It always makes me laugh when I meet them and they can't believe that people actually live here in somewhere so remote. Each to their own I say...personally I couldn't even imagine living any where else now. I'll head off and help myself to a caffeine hit and then back to work. So until tomorrow...take care and happy crafting.