DESIGNING DIVAS March Project

Jill presented the project for March, not one, but three different card designs for inspiration along with some gorgeous new papers, ribbons and embellishments for us to use.  Here are the three that I made.
Check out the ribbon on the bottom card.  It is really narrow and glimmers a lot.  THANKS JILL.

March Project at Mixed Media Trends

This month, the technique was selected from Nancy Curry's Book, "Texture Effects of Rubber Stamping."  Cindy selected Nancy's bargello technique from the book for our March project.  In January I started a small board book to hold a page for each of the monthly techniques.  Below is a photo of my page for March using the bargello technique. 

Cathy's Stamp Camp CARDS

My friend, Cathy, is a Stamp'n Up Rep and recently held a card making day at her home.  Below are the designs she presented for us to duplicate.  She is so creative and talented.

March Contest at DigitalWhisper Deviantart

The theme for the March contest is ENCHANTED FOREST.  We were required to use the stock photo and develop our manipulation using other stock images from Deviantart including brushes if desired.  Below is a photo of the required stock.

And, this is what I accomplished which I call Musical Enchantment.  You can find all of the other resources I used here.

Designing DIVAS February Project

Debbie was our project hostess for February at Designing Divas and provided each of us a bottle to alter.  She knows I favor oriental so she brought some images of geishas for me to use on mine.  I painted the bottle first with gold but didn't like the effect so I stamped some paper with Chinese calligraphy and tore bits and pieces and attached them to the bottle.  I added my images and a few specks of the gold paint to soften the effect.  On one side of the bottle is a metal dragon to honor 2012 Year of the Dragon.  Everyone had fun with this project for a variety of finished bottles.

After I took the photo, I decided the umbrella needed to be level so the view from all angles would be pleasing to the eye.  Loved this project!  Thanks Debbie.

FINAL February Self Portrait Challenge at Mixed Media Trends

Finished the challenge and showed the results to hubby who said, "That's something a nine year old would paint."  I never laughed so hard.  Family and friends know I can't draw and if you put the original photo of my mom from 1930 next to this upload you would know immediately it doesn't resemble her with the exception of the pearls.  My mother liked to wear pearls.

For me, I'm thrilled that I attempted the challenge and actually finished it.  I will paste it into my ongoing board book of this year's challenges and look forward to March which might be more in line with my creativity.

FEBRUARY Book Project at Trends

The project for February was taken from the book, ART AT THE SPEED OF LIFE, by Pam Carriker.  The project selected from the book by our leader, Cindy, was Self Portrait using canvas and a pre-painted background.  I finished my background which will be trimmed and included in my board book started back in January (highly textured cover).

The photo will be added later in the month as a transfer, and, I elected to use a photo of my mother from the 1930s as a tribute to her.   Stayed tuned