Umbrellas on Sunday Postcard Art

What a cool theme! I immediately thought of "Umbrellas of the Cherbourg", but I didn't go in that direction. Instead, I decided to use a photo of my 6 year old granddaughter, Jessica, taken last year at a street fair. Her dad bought her a paper parasol that she just loved twirling. There were several photos to choose from, so I picked one, created a background, applied some paper posies from K&Co. and there it is. (Sorry some of it is cut off on one side, I didn't want to size it any smaller than it is now, you'd need a magnifying glass). "My Little Love"....most definitely!

ACF #73

The challenge at Art Creations Friday #73 is a lovely, vintage photo of a boy and girl. Some see them as brother and sister...well, that may be, but when I saw the picture for the first time, I remembered my cousin Paul and Barb. When they were little (back in the 50s) their mom wanted them to be musical. Paul learned the accordian, (think Lawrence Welk influence!!!), can't remember if Barb took music lessons other than dance. And there comes the memory. Cousin Paul was her dance partner. I remember walking in the house once, hearing waltz music playing and there were Paul and Barb getting ready to "cut a rug". I think their ages were close to our two young children in this photo. I can't believe I remember that...but thanks to the photo, it came back as a sweet recollection.

So, to create this, I painted a canvas paper with acrylics and glued on a strip of music tissue paper. Then I clear embossed some flower stamps and brushed over the embossed stamps with Golden violet interference paint, swiped it off with a baby wipe. Next I applied the photo of the children and scumbled some violet paint at the edges. So, thanks ACF for the wonderful memory of my cousins. And thank you for visiting!

Theme Thursday - Vintage

I used a Paper Whimsy little girl and some new Wild Asparagus paper. I stamped a scroll stamp twice, once with white and the second time, in a lower position, with Milled Lavender. Found some other bits and pieces to complete my ATC. Thanks for looking!

Steampunk Two

I'm ready to mail out my ATCs to AlphaStamps, but I decided to scan another one and put it up on my blog. Not sure I have the feel for Steampunk yet...I do believe it may be an acquired skill for me, but I'll keep trying because it is fascinating!

Three Muses - Stars, Stars, Stars

For this challenge, I went back to my roots (gosh, I've always wanted to say that! hehehe!!!) Decorative painting. I started this little wooden chest ($1 at Michael's) and just painted away...it's based on a pattern by an artist whose name I cannot recall. So, no digital and no paper and glue this time. Hope you like it! Thanks much!

TMTA - Green

I can do green!!! I have had this stamp for a long time without using it. It was funny, but I took it out of the drawer last Friday and left it on my crafting table. When I saw the theme for this week's TMTA, I had an ah-ha moment! I even pulled out some paints and dabbed green acrylics into the pears. So, here's my nod to the theme of Green!

Sunday Postcard Art - Sewing

I created my postcard background using my Lyra watercolor crayons and smearing them around with a baby wipe. I have stitches stencils, used those, did some shaky line work with glitter Jelly Roll pens. My images come from Lisa's Altered Art...she has some very sweet images! And I thought I'd give her a pair of "different" wings! Thanks for looking!