It is rather refreshing to take a break from the standard rectangular artist trading cards and to try shaped cards like this one. An additional curve or a triangle can be a jump start to inspiration. This is my entry for this week's ATC Wednesday challenge.
I'm not quite sure how I feel about riding around on a fish all day. However, this bathing beauty doesn't appear to be very alarmed at all. She even has her legs crossed! This is my entry for this week's TGIF challenge.
Where would we be without Christopher Columbus and others like him who struck out to discover new worlds, the ones that we inhabit right now? This is a round robin journal page I created. I wanted to make it humourous so I played with the world is flat versus round debate. This is my entry for this week's Theme Thursday challenge.
Happy Earth Day! There was certainly a great deal of action in the natural world this morning as I went for my morning run. Rabbits were everywhere. Robins were loudly calling. In fact, there was a cacophony (don't you love that word?) of bird sound. Most beautiful and unusual, however, were three deer grazing on the front lawn of a house I pass on my route. They just paused, looked up from the grass and we stared at one another for a few seconds. Neither woman nor animal seemed particularly alarmed. These round robin journal pages are my entry for Wednesday Stamper this week.
I have kept journals of favourite sayings, quotations, jokes and paragraphs from books since I was a teen. Some of the earlier ones are tattered and falling apart because I find that I use them to add to a card or to accompany a piece of artwork. It's always so exciting to find just the right quotation to adorn a piece. As I flip through my books, I often find sayings repeated and this is one of them....."Light tomorrow with today". It's a small phrase that holds a world of meaning. This is my entry for this week's Crazy Amigo Challenge.
To tell you the truth I have mixed feelings about mermaids. Perhaps it's because I've read too many stories of them luring sailors to their demise in the mysterious underwater world. That being said, these two lovelies don't look in the least bit conniving or sinister. I've used a tin with a window in it which adds interesting depth. I couldn't help but giggle when I added the little "Bass" embellishment....waterproof guaranteed! I think not!! This is my entry for this week's Mixed Media Monday challenge. 
There is something so striking about the combination of black and white. It just seems to speak for itself and begs simplicity somehow. This is my submission for this week's Lots to Do challenge.
Don't you find yourself attracted to black and white photographs of glamour girls? These ones have a hint of colour on their cheeks and of course those red red lips that are notorious. This round robin page is my entry for this week's Theme Thursday challenge.
So much of my artwork is inspired by nature. I wanted my "Boy of the Woods" to have a place to live that was slightly dark yet inviting and filled with the mysteries and surprises of a forest. As you can tell, it gets a bit cool in his environment. Thus the blue coat is a necessity. This is my entry for the Crazy Amigo challenge this week.
We have a vineyard nearby that I love to visit. The owner of the winery holds special events all summer into fall featuring different genres of music....big band, jazz, the blues. There is a stage on the property and wine is sold to go with whatever one packs for a picnic. Everyone just brings their sunscreen, hats, lawnchairs for an afternoon of music and socializing....ah, lovely! In the Fall, a gorgeous and bountiful brunch is served in the vineyard complete with an invitation to stomp the grapes. This is my entry for this week's Created ByHand challenge.
So much of our in-person communication with others involves the eyes. They twinkle with humour, flash with anger and dull with sadness even though the rest of the face may be emulating good humour. "Eyes" is the theme for this weeks' Think Monday, Think ATC challenge this week.
Numbers are so pivotal in childhood aren' they? When a child is a baby, their age is measured in months and days, their height and weight are charted. When we moved into our home, we discovered lines on the door frame of our kitchen marking the height of Mommy, Daddy and two little girls at one moment in time. I found it both touching and sad that this remembrance couldn't be taken with them. This is my entry for the Lots to Do Challenge this week.
I chose the theme "Wild Things" for this week's Saturday Surprise challenge and I honestly can't get the book "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak out of my mind. A blog I visited recently announced with excitement that a movie has been made of the picture book. A clip of it accompanied the announcement and it looks as though it is going to be magical! Well, my art piece really has nothing to do with the book. I am just a huge fan of elephants. If I'm flipping through the television channels and a documentary on the wonderful creatures is on, I'm hooked. I find them intelligent and utterly fascinated. I'd love to see your interpretation of the theme if you'd like to take the challenge this week!! There's even a draw for two wonderful stamp sets!!
Gorgeous batik fabric, an image transferred onto transparency, lace, embellishments and my sewing machine combined to create this fabric book page....my entry for this week's Theme Thursday challenge.
When I read the theme of ATC Wednesday this week, I couldn't help but think of this image from Retro Cafe Art Gallery. Can you imagine wearing a dress such as this one? It is obvious that she is tied tightly into a corset. It's hard to imagine how she is able to breath and move freely....all in the name of fashion I suppose! 
I don't know about you but I am less than convinced that it is Spring! I arose to walk with a friend of mine to be greeted by icy, snowy sidewalks and freezing temperatures. Let's just call this the "last blast" of wintry weather. I think this little girl epitomizes the freshness and feeling of renewal of Spring so I used her to create this 4" X 4" calendar page. This is my entry for this week's Created ByHand challenge.
This is a round robin journal page that I created around the theme of "Friends"...the theme of the last few of my posts it seems. I wanted to convey the diverse characteristics of my nearest and dearest so I did so with words. I really like using these body parts and stamping them on different but complementary scrapbook papers. They just seemed to suit the theme of the pages. This is my entry for this week's Mixed Media Monday challenge.
I think this saying really does say it all...."Sisterhood is Powerful". So many remarkable things can happen when women form bonds together. I'm a much stronger and richer person thanks to my girlfriends. This is my entry for this week's Think Monday, Think ATC challenge.
Mary Pickford has always been someone who has fascinated me. The fact she is a fellow Canadian is a point of pride for me but I'm also interested in her life and her career as a movie icon. I created this piece using this gorgeous and romantic image of her. The flowers on the left started off completely purple but, to my initial horror, some browned. I panicked and immediately made plans to replace them but as I studied the piece I realized that they added something to it....a feeling that there are two sides to stardom and that it can be very lonely and fleeting. This is my entry for this week's Opus Gluei challenge.
The theme is wide open this week on Gothic Arches! Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of just sitting and having a wonderful afternoon gab session with a girlfriend and it reminded me of the special bond between friends. We laugh together, share our secrets and our disappointments, shed tears without shame and know that we are there for one another no matter how much time elapses between visits. Have a wonderful Sunday.
What do you think of when you hear the word "childhood"? To me, it is days spent totally immersed in imaginary worlds where anything was possible. I remember hours spent with paper dolls and barbie dolls, devouring books under trees in the summer and tucked under a warm blanket in the Winter. China ornaments at my Grandparents' house came alive as I moved them around (careful not to break or chip). I'm continuing to host this week for the Saturday Surprise challenge and I'd love to hear your interpretations of the theme of "Childhood".
Have you ever noticed that when it comes to putting the finishing touches on your artwork, especially if it involves an image of a child, a hat of some description just seems in order. I gave this shy wee gal rather uncoventional headwear but she does carry it off well, don't you think? This is my entry for ATC Wednesday this week.
These round robin journal pages celebrate gardens and all of the surprises that they give to us. I was preparing my garden on the weekend and in the process ran across ladybugs and snails which just emphasized the activity of nature that often goes unnoticed. This is my entry for this week's Daily Art Stop.
