Mixed Media Monday - Maps

I used maps, the theme for this week's Mixed Media Monday, to denote travel and adventure in this round robin page with Christopher Columbus as the theme. I love this portrait of him as he does indeed seem to be pondering something...I took the liberty of deciding that he was asking himself whether the world was round or flat?!

Step Outside Your Box Saturday - Depth without Texture

My goodness....after a brief blogging hiatus, this is my third post today! I have to get caught up on my blog challenges, after all! The theme on Step Outside Your Box Saturday this week is an interesting one (as most of them are). It is to create depth in a piece of artwork without texture. These are round robin pages that I created a while ago but I have always loved them for exactly that....their depth. The background just seems almost golden and warm. They capture the evening that these photographs were taken. It was one of those evenings that just seems to glow in every way. Everything was basked in a warm orange colour. They were taken at Cape Speare, Newfoundland, Canada's most easterly point

Saturday's Workout - Chalk It Baby!

The challenges this week continue to be inspiring and particularly funny in their titles! Saturday's Workout challenges us to use chalk in our creations. I am particularly fond of the softness that chalks give to a piece. The couples' clothing in this card were coloured using them. Ah.... I can just imagine these two lovelies gliding across a dance floor. Her dress would flow as she spun and he would guide her oh so gracefully to the music. This is also my submission for TGIF this week. We were to use bits of paper from our scrap boxes!

Sunday Stampers - Little Old Wine Drinker Me

I laughed when I read the theme for this week's Sunday Stampers....Little Old Wine Drinker Me! This is a card that I made for a colleague at work who very much enjoys a good glass of wine!

Theme Thursday - Celebrate Girls

Ah, the joys of being a girl! For the most part, I'm very happy to be one! "Celebrate Girls" is the theme for this week's Theme Thursday challenge and this is my creation!

Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog - In the Garden

The gardens are certainly shaping up with the warmer weather, the rain and the disappearance of the snow. I am particularly excited about the lilacs. These are round robin pages that I created for a book with a theme "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary". They are my entries for this week's Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog with the theme "In the Garden".

Step Outside Your Box Saturday - Assemblage

I have always been fascinated by assemblage and have purchased a few pieces by amazing artists so that I could study them and gain courage to attempt to create my own. I participated in an altered cigar box swap which really forced me to take the plunge and I have, as a result, found a new passion. This is a cigar box that I created for a sweet blogging friend of mine. Now I just need to take a course in photographing art!!LOL It is my submission for this week's Step Outside Your Box Saturday.