Days of clean machines and Anahata

We just got through washing the Toyota. We only do it twice a year and boy did it need it. The door jams were full of spiderwebs, mostly because we don't drive the Toyota much. I received my new "Somerset Studio" magazine in the mail and I got very inspired with the cover picture and article about Anahata Katkin and her beautiful work. So here is my ongoing art challenge to myself. Unlike Anahata, I didn't do my little pictures on the computer, which made the process limited to what I could do. Plus, the female I chose for the pieces was in such a beautiful painting that I didn't want to cut her out of the work. I did enlarge the postcard and cut off the edges. I am happy with the outcome. Weeks ago I had sent off for a book of pre-Raphael postcards and there are some beautiful pictures in the book. This gave me a perfect subject to use. I have sent the little pieces of collage off to my new blog partners and I hope they enjoy them.

Alice is Out and About

What an amazing ATC group I belong to. This past month we made Frida Kahlo ATC's and she inspired everyone to create beautiful Frida's. This month we took rubber stamps with us to Starbucks and while we drank and talked we also stamped to our hearts content. I really wanted Judith to bring her Alice in Wonderland stamps so I could make a few projects with them. I came home and found a beautiful postcard someone had sent me and I could see Alice in the garden. This Alice theme came from the March -April, Somerset Studio mag. I already am thinking of what to do with the Queen of Hearts.

Challenge "Boo to You"

Third challenge.

I saw these little skeletons on the cover of CPS=cloth paper scissors, Sept/Oct 2009 edition. When I first saw the cover I really wasn't interested in the project ,even though the skeletons were cute, I didn't see myself making them because they were sewn and used felt. Then a couple of days ago I started thinking I had felt stashed some where and I love to embroider so I changed my mind and rounded up my old black felt and thread. I used the cover picture and copied it on my printer for a pattern. I have made these skeletons for some of my friends.

Spring into Action

Today I had such an inspiration. I have decided to work through my Cloth-Paper-Scissors and Somerset Magazines. I have been collecting the magazines for a couple of years now and they each have around 20 projects in them. I will do a project every couple of days or maybe everyday, depending on the skill level and time involved. This way I will use new techniques and products. So far I have started making Glamour Girl ATC"s and Pamela Patterson Reinhardt lettering ATC's. The Glamour Girls are on-going and for when I get inspired by the day, holiday or weather, maybe even a book I'm reading or movie I have seen. The lettering I did on five ATC's for the people in my ATC group. I started out the lettering just to see if I could do it and decided to make an ATC for my friend Jan. That way I had a project to do the lettering on. Then after I finished the three letters of her name I thought I should do the first letter of my other ATC friends.
My glamour girls came about because of some Kelly Lish drawings I saw in Somerset Magazine at the time I went to the movies and saw "Alice in Wonderland". I call my ATC "The Wrong Alice", which is a line from the movie. What a fun movie and a fun thing to do some projects around. I know I will be doing more Alice in Wonderland projects because my friend bought the stamp set and is going to share them with the ATC group.