Who, me?

At Wicked Wednesday this week, the theme is

Anthromorphism

sponsored by Miezo Digi Stamps

If, like me, this word doesn't come up in your daily language very often, it means
'giving human characteristics to non-human objects'

I'm not sure what this little character has done, but he/she definitely looks guilty of something!

I coloured the main trunk and head with Prismacolour pencils, however I used glitter gel pens for the leaves as they are quite tiny.  The little orange fruit is also a glitter gel pen.

To add some more interest, I adhered the image to a coloured background which created a border.

You can find what the rest of the Design Team have created with this theme here.

Happy Crafting!

Vitamin D

The weather yesterday was glorious!

Actually, the weather this week has been beautiful and it is forecast to remain so until the end of the week.  Yes, it is WINTER here in Sydney, the nights are cold but the days have been sunny & bright.  My spring bulbs are starting to bloom, especially the jonquils (must take photo before they finish), the freesias are starting to get their blooms and the bluebells are peeking through the ground.  

I love this time of year when the flowers are blooming!

Anyhow, as I was saying, yesterday was glorious, so I took my art journal outside to have a little play.  

Apart from using the colours orange and turquoise I had nothing else in mind, so off I went spraying here and there with my Dylusions sprays.

A couple of stencils later, with what looks vaguely like sun rays, I knew what I wanted to do with Bones, complete with a hat - we don't want him getting sunburn, do we?

If you are wondering why I chose those specific colours, they are part of the Dylusions challenge on Facebook this month, along with 'Bones'.  This is the first time I've played along on this challenge but what better place to start, especially when you have some colour/theme prompts.

I stamped Bones with 'jet black' Archival Ink and fussy cut him so I could re-arrange his limbs.  The hat was stamped onto a leftover snippet of watercolour paper, and the words were stamped with individual letters and cut around.

Stamps

Dylusions - Boney Maloney

Dylusions - Couture Collection

Hero Arts - Playful Alphabet

Happy Crafting!

Wheels

My friend Kay is hosting this weeks 

Sunday Postcard Art Challenge 

and she has chosen 'Wheels' as her theme.

I thought I'd go olde world with this one, so have chosen sepia tones only.

I knew which stamp I wanted to use, then found a perfect background paper on which to stamp it.  I used 'Soft Suede' ink from Stampin' Up! as it was just the right colour. 

One of these days I should buy myself a postmark stamp, however, the 'To' ,  'From'  and  'Sydney' stamps worked nicely instead.

Although there isn't a lot of stamping, I'm fairly happy with the finished postcard.

Stamps

Deep Red - Steampunk Lady Cyclist

Darkroom Door - Mail Art

Challenge

Sunday Postcard Art - Wheels

Please pop over to the talented Kay's blog and look at her lovely creations.

Happy Crafting!

Out of my way ....

I seem to have been a bit of a social butterfly lately and as next week is shaping up to be very similar, I decided I would stay home today and have a play.

This angelic character seems to be a bit muddled but, 

hey, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

so who am I to question him?

Stamps

Stampotique - Tinglyitchiness

Dylusions - 'Say it how it is'

Other

Tim Holtz - Thinlits #660220

Julie Nutting - Belle Vie 6x6 paper pad

Challenges

Stampotique - SDC254  Text Background

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - #65 'I' is for Inappropriate

Craft Stamper - Stencils & Masks

Happy Crafting!

Hello Sunshine

Hello, and welcome to this weeks challenge at 

Wicked Wednesday

Our sponsor this week is

All Dressed Up

and the theme is 

"Sunshiney Yellow"

If there really are fairies at the bottom of my garden, then this little one is more than welcome to sun herself in amongst the flowers.

Once again, I coloured her with Prismacolor pencils, blending the yellows to add depth to the flower petals.  You can see in the photo below, the added pops of sparkle to the centres of the flowers and the wreath in her hair using metallic gel pens.  Her wings shimmer with clear Wink of Stella pen.

The background shimmers with Color Shine sprays from Heidi Swap using a combination of Teal, Mint Green and Chartreuse .  

Dipping my finger into 'Metallic Pure Sunshine' Art Alchemy Paint, I quickly added another burst of colour to the edges.

'Hello Sunshine' is made from KaiserCraft Tiny Alpha Stickers, the perfect size when working on an ATC.

Happy Crafting!

Pocket Letter

In the swap group I'm in, this months hostess has chosen

Pocket Letter - Fall and/or School Days

The idea is to make 9 ATCs to fill a sleeve, and pop a little extra something behind each one including a short letter about yourself.

I had a look through my stash to find various things that I thought were suitable.  I even bought a set of Tim Holtz's stamps "Schoolhouse" to get the ball rolling.

All that is needed now, is to write the letter and then wait to find out who my swap partner will be.  Hope she likes my interpretation of the theme!

Happy Crafting!

Beach Comber

Our sponsor at Wicked Wednesday this week is

Polka Doodles

and the theme is

"Things you might find at the beach"

It looks a little breezy at the beach this afternoon, but look what this delightful girl has found as she wanders along the water's edge - starfish, shells, even flowers.

The background paper was a leftover piece from another project, so to add a bit more colour to the lower green part, I dabbed on 'metallic pure sunshine' Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint to give the appearance of sand.

The sweet beach comber was coloured with Prismacolor pencils 

with metallic highlights in her hair and on the dress and scarf.

To finish off, the title 'Beach Comber' was added with KaiserCraft Tiny Alpha Stickers.

Happy Crafting!