dazzel it tassels

now that I've been getting healthier and feeling more like my old self

it's great to be presented with a challenge

my friend carmi sent out this package with some wonderful

suede tassels and cord  from the new dazzle-it line

plus a few jewelry components (left)

and one of my projects (right)

a number of beads added to some chain with the tassel

as always one project leads to several more

above I found 5 different styles of chain

wove some suede lace through the larger chain

and added the tassels to the ends of another

above I decided to use a macramé square knot

adding silver beads in between

I have more to work on so I will keep you posted

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for more info on the dazzle-it line check out their blog or on facebook



encaustic

happy accidents!

some days I start out with a great idea

I can see it in my head, sometimes I dream about painting

then when it comes to getting it onto the canvas it can go wrong

for some reason I was having a hard time

I just wasn't "feeling it"

after several breaks and almost giving up

I decided to give it one more chance

after layering and scraping

ironing and adding more color

more scraping and ironing

I finally liked what I was seeing

so I added a photo transfer

and after six hours of pure frustration

a beautiful painting

lesson learned

never give up

but more importantly

patience!!!!

encaustic class

it's been a long 9 months since my last class

I've been dreaming about painting

 since leaving the hospital over 3 months ago

I have so many ideas in my head

it was a bit hard to focus at first

i had a vision of something that just didn't want to work

so instead of getting frustrated i put it aside

and started the piece above

working with several shades of blue

i just started covering the canvas

something soothing about blue

(like looking at clouds)

it made me forget about the first piece

and thinking about clouds why not add some white

and while i was at it i thought i would through in a silver lining



it was great to be back in heather's class

instant glam part 2

i just couldn't wait to get this all put together

(see previous posting)

yesterday  carmi posted some wonderful creations

on the john bead blog

it's amazing to see that everyone started with the same elements

and created such different and unique pieces

more will be posted today so go and check them out

instant glam challenge ........ you decide

my friend carmi mailed me this wonderful set of instant glam by fernando

with a challenge, what would you do with these?!

of course the wheels have been turning ever since and i could have come up

with at least 10 different ideas ( i could really go off the rails with this)

but since it is "glam" i thought i should keep to that theme

 i narrowed it down to 2

but before i get out my drill and start the assemblage process

i though i would see which one you liked

of course i got out the wire and started twisting

the first one is very symmetrical and looks like a lotus to me

it might even look good with a photo of a painting inside

and then layered with resin??

the second, i got a little carried away and then scaled it back a bit

there is something i like about an asymmetrical design

let me know what you think

i will finish it off later this week and post the finished design

texture challenge part 2

another wonderful submission from eden for my texture challenge

a few people asked about my project so above i have all the elements i used
2 of my photos, 4 of the encaustic textures found on my flickr page
some text and a clipping mask from shadowhouse
below right and left are variations using different blending modes
from the original middle project

so even when i think i have finished a project
i always go back the next day with a clear head and
play some more, you just never know what can happen
and a month from now, when i am bored or don't know what to work on
i will try adding another photo or some element
to change it again
i always save the pdf flie so i can remember what i did

texture challenge

for our 7th texture challenge i offered 6 of my encaustic textures

i love how they can change any photo

above i used 4 of the textures on 2 photos

with some text and a layermask from shadowhouse

marion

kathleen holley
glory
johanna

kathleen amt
rosie
juilet

deb
marilyn

kaylene

joanne

texture challenge

i take lots of photos at every stage of my work and love how they

make a photo come alive in ps

above, a simple tree photo and 3 of the below textures

along with some text and a frame

all of these textures can be found on my flickr page to download and use

if you would like to play along and share your work please e-mail me at

nancy_allpulpedout(at)yahoo(dot)com
i will be posting results in two weeks so everyone has time to play along

late, lost and forgotten

not sure what happened with yesterdays post

i set the image size to large and got medium

and then i noticed i didn't add in my work

(above, a tree from my backyard, using grunge 1, duplicated using

multiply and overlay blending modes, then added grunge 4 and a frame)

as well , somehow marion's e-mail got lost??

i've had this happen before and wonder how many times

that i don't know about!!frustrating and sorry marion

(above her beautiful work using 5 different textures)

and our last second ( worth the wait) sample is from eden

(i was too tired last nite to add them in)

texture challenge results

johanna
kathleen amt

ludgera

karen arts

rosie

kathleen holley

joanne

deborah

glory

texture challenge

for this weeks texture challenge i found some rust!!

i love rusty things

so i decided to keep the color as is

which made for some interesting effects

above a simple photo from a few weeks ago

i added grunge layer 5 and 6

set the blending modes to vivid light and difference

all these textures can be downloaded from my flickr page here

i will post results next tuesday so if you would like to join in

please send me your work

texture challenge results

after playing around with all 8 of the textures i settled on just using one

duplicated it 4 times , added some text and a layer mask





joanne

rosie

deborah

johanna

ludgera

marion

juilet

kathleen holley

kathleen amt