Sunday Night Fever--ah, ah, ah, ah, Stayin' Alive

The other half of that book cover was just taunting me, so I had to go ahead and do it to get it to leave me alone.

This piece I did for an art group I belong to. The theme was "What were you singing in the 70's?"

The 70's songs are where I shine, baby! I could do a whole book on them, so picking just one was hard.

The Eagles are always a good choice. I finally decided on
"Best of My Love" - 1975.

What is so fun about working on a music piece is that I find myself singing it the whole time I'm working on it. And usually for three days afterward. And then every time I see the artwork.

I about went crazy with this one and this one. Just linking to them will get me started again!

I found this couple in living color and 'retroed' them up a bit in Photoshop. After that, monochromatic seemed the way to proceed. All the flowers are handmade from some favorite paper.

I'm going to go polish up the ol' dicso ball now , put on my Boogie Shoes and get down to some BeeGees!

One of the best things about blogging is finding other artists that inspire. I've been a fan of Mary's art for quite a while now. She creates some lovely wall hanging using old book covers. I have been wanting to make for a long time. I finally did:

A whole new way of altering books. The cover is a perfect canvas with some shabby and vintage already built in.

Now that I've got the first one under my belt, I can see more of these in my future.

Blogaversary

2 years

243 posts

2 banner challenges

2 pennant swaps

1 round robin

Many, many new friends

No matter at which post you first arrived,

thanks for being here.

There has been a lot of bloggity goodness these past two years.

I hope it continues to as much fun in the next two.

Inner Sight

My media of choice is obviously collage. I enjoy it for many reasons: the paper, the cutting, the layering, the manipulating of images I find pleasing into a whole piece.

That being said, I am also a doodler, but I've never applied that trait into my art so much. Why? I don't know.

Sometimes when I close my eyes at night, especially if I have just come from my art table not long since, I see designs on the blank screens of my eyelids. The card above is one such image that I purposely detailed, committed to memory and recreated on paper the next day.

I think I shall call it "Inner Sight".

Wishful thinking

We are baking here in Texas. 100+ degrees every day. These blues look cool and refreshing in contrast to the melting sun and dry heat.

This card has some embossing on the background. The faux pearl drops are accented with a little glitter.

The next card is very textured and dimensional. After gluing the cord, dots and other stuff to the card, I gessoed the whole thing a couple of times. Next I painted it with white acrylic, applied crackle medium, and then blue acrylic. The crackle didn't behave like I wanted it to, so while the blue paint was still wet, I wiped it off. This is the result:
This was an experiment that came to me as I was listening to Mozart. The CD cover notes: "Music for Creativity and Imagination" I guess it works--I cranked out 9 ATCs this afternoon.

Round Robin: The Slide Show

This little book left my possession on January 2, 2009, with a cover, sign-in page and my page created for my chosen theme: Carry Me Back (to a place or time of your choosing)

This little book returned to me on June 1, 2009 filled with art from five fabulous friends.

Thanks so much girls for the beautiful work. I will treasure it always.

Enjoy this slideshow and let it carry you back to all the wonderful times and places that fill my book!

(By clicking on the slides you will be taken to a larger version: from there you can choose full screen)

The Curtain Call:

Linda

Tammy

Cindy

Barbara

Living on a caffeine high

A friend and I share the same fondness for a

fresh pot of Maxwell House.

For her birthday this week, along with some specialty flavored blends,

I made these cards for her.

We had some laughs and then we had some coffee!

*Cheers*

Happy Birthday, Danielle!

ATC fun

Wendall, you rascal!

Collage, gesso, stamping, and see what happens.

Missy asks the age-old question:

I asked my daughter for some ATC ideas.

She said make one with a Victorian boot:

And make one using purple:

Wasn't that fun?

Victorian sisters

These three lovely ladies went up on the trading block today.  

I'm kinda getting attached to them.

I will probably hate to see them go.

But I'll hopefully get some cool cards in return.

Robin flies home

For your listening pleasure as you view the pages:

Go ahead, click it.  I'll wait.

Turn it up.    Ready?

 Ok, now you can look:

(Don't enlarge yet or you lose the soundtrack)

This is the conclusion of our Board book Round Robin.  

The last book that I worked in was Linda's: Songs of our Lives

Since the beginning of the RR, I had one song in mind.

I even had elements collected for it.

But I changed my mind at the very last minute.

I'm glad I did.  I love how this turned out.

Now tell the truth:  did that song make you smile??

 Enchanted Door Graphic: Itkupilli