Tuesday's challenge~

Well here is a challenge for a Tuesday.... the theme is "Houses" using a template given from the site. The little verse reads: You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm~

I've used stamps, a silver spoon with glittered sugar, a vintage rose along with some vintage plastic daisies.... some old plastic do-dads popped off of a tissue box....I've gone around the edge with copper tape (fun stuff!) a silver frame which holds a not-so-happy photo of me wearing a party hat with a white bird sittting on top~

Mixed media~

Here is a mixed media piece under the theme of "romance & love"I used part of a class photo from the early 1900's. I used a xeroxed copy which I then put some paint onto the dresses & the girls cheeks. Look at all the sour puss faces on the girls.... except for the one girl next to the only boy. It just cracks me up! I glued the pieces onto a small dollar store chalk-board.... and since I like things "shiney" (I have no idea why) I sprayed it with a gloss spray. Well, that made the chalk marks disappear *sigh* so I got some white paint and one of my "forgot to wash it off paint brushes" and painted on the look of chalk . I sanded the surface slightly so it looks like its been slid in and out from under stacks of books for years. (The jute pictured at the top of the chalk-board is for hanging the piece) I think it turned out kinda cute~

Gothic Arch

Here is a Gothic arch I made under the theme "Valentine" (The arch is 3 dimensional) The little cupid is holding a bow and has a quiver with gold glitter tiped arrows. I chose to paint the arch to look like a stone sooted arch...something like you'd see in Europe. I then made a little stand for the arch to sit on.... I like to assemble :-P

4 x 4 Friday

This is my first "4 x 4 Friday"
The theme for this Friday is "The Wild West" ........ well it doesn't get any wilder than two boys acting like cowboys! I used a dark brown & gold acrylic paint as the back drop for this 4 x 4. The photo is a copy of a vintage family photo. I stamped into the wet paint... let it dry, then I stamped the words "giddy up" again over the top of that using black acrylic paint. I painted on some varnish over the top.... I love that stuff. I'm thinking I am going to sand it a little bit (later) to hide the brush strokes. I think the combination of colors and the varnish it gives it an old looking patina.... I also added the little cracker jack pistol as a dangly.

Theme Thursday: Spring~ (show & tell under this post)

Here is a little 4x4 that I created under the theme of "Spring" for the blog site called Theme Thursday (click on photo to enlarge)

Show & Tell Friday~

This week for show & tell I'm showing off something I purchased at a second hand store for $3 buckeroooooooooooooos~ *insert smile here* This is why I call second hand stores "boutiques" because you get such unusual/beautiful things there! Well, I do anyway!

This beautiful work of art is a handmade cut-out of the Hail Mary prayer. At first glance from across the store I was drawn to it because it looked "lacey" and I loved the old frame it was in as well. When I spotted it the old frame it was glued to was HUGE and gold.... soooo I cut the frame (mitered the corners) and made it smaller so the piece fit inside it better. The piece was also not painted.... you see, this piece of art is actually cut out of WOOD. Yes, tis true! It is made out of 3/16th inch wood. So I sprayed it white (my friend said once that if anyone sits to long at my house, they get sprayed white lol...)
Here is a close up of the beautiful cut work....remember this is super thin wood. What a work of art huh?Anywho, I placed it atop of some black velvet and since there is no glass to this old frame, and I wanted to keep the dust off of it, I purchased some heavy plastic and just layed it over the top and glued it to the back of the frame.

Not knowing the history behind it at all, I am pretty confident that the person who made this has passed onto his/her great rewards. Why else would they part with it? I could tell that it had been hanging on a wall for ages.... I just bet that someone didn't see, didn't "feel" the immense love of God that this piece brought the artist who made this. Well.... I'm lucky that I found it.

This show & tell is hosted by Kelli.

'been gluing~

I've felt like I've gotten nothing accomplished lately-----when in actuality~ I've got a lot of projects "in stages"...I've finished some business cards. I cut out some typing text and glued it to some vintage gift cards and had that reproduced onto photo grade paper at the copy center...I love this look. Cut it out with my trusty paper cutter and taaaaa-daaaaaa instant cute cards!
I've also finally finished these little boxes. The inside of the box has some french text glued inside. Oooooooo la-la~ The tops of the boxes have ballerina's on them. I've hidden the bases of the ballerina's so it appears they are standing "on point" atop the boxes! I've hand painted each one...glittered their outfits and gave them all a matching "ribbon" to swirl above their head as they dance. Such happy girls~