4-2-16 ~ My Eloise Turns Eleven Today

"Children are the rainbow of life. Grandchildren are the pot of gold."

~Irish Blessing

HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY, ELOISE

 I mixed textures, duplicated textures, messed around with levels, and then in the end I added Kim's beautiful "I'm Everything" texture. 

The words on her texture are:
You touched my hand; I could touch the sky.
You were my strength when I was weak.
I'm everything I am because you loved me.
You gave me wings and made me fly.
I lost my faith; you gave it back.

3-13-16 ~ Sunday Sketches

"I never look at my watch when I'm sketching!"

~Karl Lagerfeld

 I have an really old barn book, so while we were driving to NC this week, I decided to look at one and see if I could sketch it. I added bits and pieces of my owllike some of the door and fences, but it is all pen and ink. I also played with the hinges and made them different from one another.

 This piece is in my art journal. I enjoy doing little sketches about love so this is another one. This one is done with watercolors, watercolor pencils, and some pen and ink.

My sketches are linked with Sunday Sketches over at Blue Chair Diary Blog.

February 19, 2016 ~ More Red and Lots More Love

 Leave All Things and Come with Me.

Let’s Dance

Reminisce

~ Did you ever take tap dancing as a child?

~Did you ever wear a frilly outfit like this?

~I took tap and adored it, but never did I sport an outfit like this one.

She is oh, so cute.

Sorry I cannot seem to photograph my journal evenly. It seems like one side is always a bit cut off. Actually they are straight. These two are on pages side by side, but to photograph them together makes them so small you cannot read the letters. Both of these collages were made with some old papers I had for the backgrounds, common doilies, cut and paste, typing, and Kim Klaassen’s "Softly" texture. The little girl with the tap shoes came from Reminisce Magazine.

This post is linked with:
Lunagirl Moonbeams - Love
Three Muses Challenge - Love
Moo Mania - Hearts

February 5 , 2016 ~ Love Special Delivery

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