Shits & Giggles March Challenge

Here is my art journal entry for this month's Shits & Giggles challenge....lots of fun with paints and inks and mists.....





Here's the inspiration for this month's challenge....

February 'Shits & Giggles' Entry

This month I have continued adding to my A5 art journal with the February challenge from the Shits & Giggles blog.

Here is the page I made this time....



...and a close-up....



The challenge this month was to create something using the following as inspiration...



A bit of naughty one, but I chose not to use the actual quote just the colour and the sentiment behind the quote.

A new challenge blog....

Here is my entry for the first month's challenge at a new challenge blog called Shits and Giggles....you can check out this new blog here. It's a bit naughty, and a bit funny, but it looks like a fun blog to follow.

The first challenge was to create something using the following quote and design as inspiration....



And this is what I came up with.....



I've decided to use an A5 art journal to do all my challenges in. Can't wait to see what the next one will be!

Scrapchat Napkin Challenge

I went to the bi-annual Scrapchat Retreat at the Gold Coast on the weekend just gone....one of my favourite events on my yearly calendar....such good friends, inspiration and laughs!

One of the retreat challenges was to create something with a napkin, and I decided to make a canvas, and here is the finished result.....



Here is the napkin I started with...



I covered the blank canvas with plain scrunched tissue paper and Mod Podge, followed by layers of torn up pieces of the napkin. Once that was dry, I painted the canvas with a white acrylic wash to mute the patterns, and then sprayed the bottom half with some blue Tim Holtz Color Wash.

I added background detail with a Sharpie pen and rub-ons, and stuck on some paper-covered chipboard trees and handmade clouds.....



To finish off, I added some of the birds from the napkin that I mounted on white cardstock and fussy-cut around and an inspiration quote....



I had so many positive comments about this canvas on the retreat, I just felt I had to share....thanks for looking.

I also have to give a big thanks and shout-out to Nicole Pomeroy for the inspiration for this....Nic your canvas artwork rocks!

Here is the finished canvas....

This is what I ended up creating last weekend....



Seeing as I posted some sneak peak photos last weekend, thought I had better put up the finished canvas.

If you are interested in seeing the step-by-step progress photos, my Design Team post at Scrap 'N' Craft With T has the whole story.

The trouble is...now I don't know what to do with it...any suggestions?

A Sneak Preview.....

I'm working on a new project....



I lost my scrapbooking mojo last night, but still felt like creating something, plus I needed something for my regular Monday DT contribution to Scrap 'N' Craft With T's blog. So I decided to try some totally unplanned mixed media art on canvas.



The weird thing is, I don't know if it's good enough to put on Tan's blog....I can't tell if it's actually good or not. I have no trouble running a critical eye over my scrapbooking, and I am a pretty good judge as to whether I have created something decent or not, but assessing my own artwork is a whole other kettle of fish!



Well, I do actually like it, and I had TONNES of fun making it.....trouble is, I don't know if it's finished or not...I keep adding bits and pieces and getting extra possible ideas.....hmmmm!



If you want to see the progress photos and the finished???? result, you can check out the Scrap 'N' Craft With T blog on Monday after 7am, and while you're there follow the link to Tanyah's online store where EVERYTHING is drastically reduced!

TFL xxx

A card using a great new product....

Here is a card I did last week for Scrap N Craft With T using a fabulous new crackle product called Viva Decor Croco Crackling Color. I used this fab new product on the heart on this card...so much fun working with this product.....







There are quite a few processes to creating the heart used on the card, so if you're interested in seeing how I did that, you can read the step by step instructions here.