Ophelia - TMTATC

Ophelia is a tragic character in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet". She seems to be doomed from the start, in love to a man that is on the edge of madness; being torn and taunted, loved and put aside.  She's manipulated by her father for his gain.  She loved and lost everything including her life.  She was found drowned, a victim of suicide.  It is from her character that we learn of the "language of flowers".  She says "There's rosemary, that's for rememberence.  Pray you, love, remember.  And then there's pansies, thats for thoughts.  There's fennel for you, and columbines."  In the end, she faded like the flowers she was associated with.

The image is from ArtChix Studios, the brighter pink flowers I cut out from a magazine.  The leaves are some punch outs that I have had for a while now.  

This was a more challenging prompt!  But I enjoyed seeing how I could do it!

MM2 - Autumn

Yeah! I finally got another challenge done!  This one is for Make a Moo 2.  The challenge prompt was autumn.  I have this yummy fall colored leaf that I used to make the image. The image itself was stamped on the back of the leafed paper and then cut out and glued onto the base.  I cut the whole thing out again to make the Moo's and inked the edges. 

The colors are much more vivid than they are in the picture.  I really like how this one turned out. 

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Free Theme!

For the free theme I decided to repost the journal.  So I guess you could theme this one - handmade backgrounds, rubber stamping, journals, book binding, recycling...

The background is an old hardcover book covered with newspaper, and layers of acrylic paint and gesso, then rubber stamped and painted with Lumiere and white gel pens.  The signatures of the book were made from drawing paper and sewn in with hemp thread.

This was a personal challenge to create something useful (the book went to my friend Diane who writes wonderful lyrics.  Please check out her songs by clicking on the link on the right.  You never know, you might find that bit of inspiration when your in that creative slump!

4x4 Friday - Dymo Labels

Dymo labels, now there is a blast from the past.  I remember my father using them to label the contents of his workshop drawers.  I even have a quote from my Uncle on clear acrylic that is just strips from the label maker.

For this challenge I recycled an ATC that I made last year with my dymo.  I had to get one more challenge in before I leave on vacation.  (I'm sorry for the slightly fuzzy photo)

Mermaids - Gothic Arches Challenge