Renaissance Scenes

This one I kept very simple. I love the new Renaissance set that TAC brought out in the Serendipity magalogue. I used a Nestability die from Spellbinders for the frame. The ink I used was the Palette "Cognac". I don't know why, but I am into browns and greys this season.

Moon, Stars and the Universe

This was a strange one and I don't even know where I got the idea. I took black paper and sprayed gold and silver paint by Krylon. Then I took the section that I liked the best and stamped a moon using SU's Craft white ink. I added some yellow to the moon but with all the bumps from the spray, it really didn't take too well. But it was fun to experiment.

Brown cats Sketch Book

Leave it to me to be the first one to get this tiny tiny book.  Well, this stamp represents my darling boy, Michael. Since I could only do brown cats, I couldn't add in all his extra coloring. It was such a tiny page so I had no idea how to embellish it until I tripped over my sticker book. I never use stickers and I don't know why. I am a collector of stickers, among other things.

Trees Indigenous to your area

This was a difficult one for me because we are in a 30 year drought. There is nothing really green here unless you have an irrigation system that uses a lot of water. We chose not to. So we have no trees. LOL

This page is a combination of colored pencil with Gamsol and dye ink sponged on.

Fun at the beach

This little girl looks like she is having so much fun! I remember when I was little. I LOVED the beach. I still do, but I don't live by a real beach anymore. I have Lake Mohave or the Colorado River. I haven't been in them yet. I grew up by the Atlantic Ocean.

Games people play

This is from a retired TAC set. It was very simple to color and mount on the red background.

Brownies or aliens in the garden

The stamp is part of a retired stamp set from TAC. In order to put the aliens in the wheel barrow, I stamped the image twice and cut out the front of the cart. I colored the front in and then pasted over the3 aliens. Whew. These themes are getting curiouser and curiouser.

Let it Snow

This is a sketchbook page that is for someone who has probably never seen snow. I hope with the glitter, I make her feel the snow. BRRRR

Stop and Smell the flowers

This was fun to do. I chuckled all the way through it.

I love the little skunks that TAC has.

Fill The Basket Sketch Book Art

I received the book with the basket stamped so I had to fill it. I actually stamped a border stamp then cut it up and used pieces to arrange in the basket. I watercolored the pansies using Lyra Aquarell pencils and my little aqua brush. I was pretty pleased with it.

Another Sketch Book Challenge

This one was a winner. I had to do a self-portrait. With my tremors, it is hard to draw these days, but I gave it a go. My friends may not recognize me because, if they haven't seen me in a while, I lost a LOT of weight!

The drawing is close enough to recognize me, but not to submit for any prize - LOL!

Sketch Book page

The picture is for a sketch book that I am doing a page in. I put this off because I had no idea what to do for this theme. I really do go out of my comfort zone on these books.

I love to do them. They really are fun. But some of them really really stump me.