Theme Thursday Challenge - Pink and Black

Wow... It's been an art filled Sunday for me!  Here's a digital entry for Theme Thursday's Pink and Black Challenge.

Stop Art Piracy Campaign Badges

I made these badges for the Stop Art Piracy Campaign Flickr Group. They are posted on the group site, but I still need to figure out how to link one to the site.

Digital Collage Sheet Sale!

Hi! I just ordered several digital collage sheets from the divas at http://divasdeste.com/collage.html ! They are having a crazy sale through the end of February... Digital Collage Sheets for $2 each!  They also have sheets printed on paper, fabric and transparencies. I love their images! Check them out!

King Raven's Ransom

Here's my piece for the 4x4 Friday Challenge... King Raven's Ransom.

The background is corrugated cardboard that was painted with mustard yellow acrylic for a piece I was going to do, but didn't. I repainted it with Plum, leaving some of the yellow showing. The frame is chipboard painted with a silver Sharpie paint pen, which made it resemble painted wood. The raven is from Artchix Studio and his crown is chipboard painted gold and then glittered. His ransom is composed of bits and pieces of cheap jewelry and acrylic jewels. Hope you like it!
ps - I finally put my new tripod into use, so my photos should be a bit clearer now.

Frustration!

I've started rebuilding my links list. I'm going to have a Challenge list and then maybe another faves links list... if I can figure out how to do it. I'm having trouble dragging the links gadget to where I want it in the right side nav bar. I'll eventually figure it out.... but for now, it's there, just incomplete and in the "wrong" place.

ARGHHHHH! I just blew my Links List away! #$&*#%&^#%!!!

Birds of a Feather Challenge Journal

I just finished my challenge piece for The Three Muses Challenge. The theme is "Birds of a Feather". My last post showed you the covers before I collaged anything onto them.

 

Here's the finished product! I distressed the bird and egg with linen colored ink. Then I reconstructed the book using green colored raffia to bind it.

The inside front cover. I told you that the walnut ink rubbed onto the inside of the cover looks like leather! I added a distressed tag with some calligraphy for the recipient to write their name.

 

Here, the collage elements have been added, but I haven't distressed the bird and egg with linen colored ink yet. The colors in this photo are darker than the actual pieces. The photo of the finished journal (above) is closer to real life colors.

Art in motion...

Michaels had these cute little chipboard booklets with craft paper pages, bound with ribbon. I bought a few and was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with them. Along comes the Three Muses "Birds of a Feather" Challenge...  So, I deconstructed the book and dry brushed avocado and Cayman blue onto the outside covers. The inside covers I wiped with walnut ink, they look like leather... really cool, but I didn't take photos of that, yet. When the paint was dry, I stamped chocolate pigment ink onto the outside covers with a foam stamp. That's it... so far...  Stay tuned...

Tag Tuesday

Here's my first Tag Tuesday tag...
The theme is "A Touch of Red"

Resource for Online Workshops

Checkout my fave links list.  I have added several links for online workshop sites.  I know I plan on taking several, as time permits.  Happy workshopping!