a parliament of hatted owls

 for our midweek muse: put a hat on it...

images from kate's printables, dezinaworld, pixabay, and retired mischief circus kits.

love to all

gears

for sunday postcard art: gears

images from retired dezinaworld and mischief circus kits.

love to all. 

wise words from owls

for tag tuesday theme: owls

images and papers from gecko galz. there is one week left to play! 

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professor owl

 for sunday postcard art: owls

image credits: holliewood studios: bird boxes; eena’s creations: alchemist, la vie boheme; itKuPiLLi owls; mr whiskers alice theater (all from mischief circus). mortarboard is from pixabay.

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ICAD 3/61

it is day 3 of ICAD 2021 -- the index card a day challenge as sponsored by daisy yellow art. the challenge is to make art on an index card for 61 days from june 1 to july 31; this is my second year playing along. so far i am continuing with my plan to work in a mini-series using the same images for 3-5 days. the ICAD theme today was lyrics but i included a bit of a page from shakespeare's king lear, my favorite of his plays.

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ICAD 2 of 61

welcome to day 2 of ICAD 2021 -- the index card a day challenge as sponsored by daisy yellow art. the challenge is to make art on an index card for 61 days from june 1 to july 31; this is my second year playing along. so far i am continuing with my plan to work in a mini-series using the same images for 3-5 days. this sweet owl is back!

background paper, owl and crown are by gecko galz. sentiment from my stash.

love to all.

to the Queen

for sunday postcard art: queens

images from with wild abandon, and mischief circus artists itKuPiLLi, holliewood studios, miles beyond the moon (retired), tumblefish studios (retired), songbirdy.

love to all.

a "tiny" fall harvest

happy september! this month at gecko galz our customer challenge theme is "harvest time." in the northern hemisphere autumn is very near.  i was in the mood to go "tiny" so here are 2 inchies to get this started.

supplies: 1x1 inch base from inchie arts; gecko galz "thankful for fall jewel it" collage sheet; gecko galz autumn colors mini paper pack; distress ink; enamel dot.

instructions: i fussy cut numerous images from the "thankful for fall" collage sheet.  i covered the first inchie base with paper from the autumn colors pack and on the second i used an image from the thankful for fall sheet.  i distressed the edges and then arrange additional images from the collage sheet.  i added an enamel dot to the second inchie.

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how to play along with the customer challenge: you must use at least one item by gecko galz.  if you sign up for the monthly gecko galz newsletter you'll get a free collage sheet every month.  sign up at the blog here, on the top left.  there are also wonderful freebies at the gecko galz pinterest page.  and there are always wonderful deals at the etsy shop -- and if you are a newsletter subscriber you'll also get notice of the special one buck wednesday deals! for this challenge your deadline to link up is september 30!

come back here on september 14 for some additional tiny harvest treats inspiration!

love to all.

spring flowers and birds

spring is not too far away in the northern hemisphere.  this month at lunagirl moonbeams our challenge theme is "spring flowers and birds."  please link a creation on the theme for the chance to win shopping credit at the lunagirl store!

my first DT inspiration piece for you is an owl domino pendant. i started with a domino of course!  the owl is from the lunagirl "owls" collage sheet with background paper from the "victorian wallpaper: nature" collage sheet.  i also used a bit of bird themed washi tape and a bit of border from my stash.  the nice finish is thanks to judikins diamond glaze.  i added a bail and chain.

you have all month to link up to this challenge.  you do not have to use lunagirl images to join the challenge but if you do your entry is counted twice!  there are many bird theme collage sheets here.  and keep an eye on the lunagirl blog -- karen often offers freebies on the blog.

love to all.

wise owl and friend

for week two of the "owls" challenge at the cheerful stamp pad I've made a tag featuring a lovely owl and woman image from our challenge sponsor sweet pea stamps  and designed by artist norma burrell.

i printed the digital image onto designer paper from gecko galz and then colored the image with colored pencils and outlined it in black pen.  i added washi tape, letter stickers, a flower, ribbon, etc.

a randomly selected participant in this challenge will win digital images from sweet pea stamps.  there are so many gorgeous digital images to choose from at sweet pea it would be a very sweet prize for sure!  link up a creation with owls for your chance to win.

love to all.

owls in love

i love owls and here are two owls in love!  owls are our challenge theme at the cheerful stamp pad for the next two weeks and we got some wonderful digital images from our sponsor sweet pea stamps to work with.

i printed the digital image onto paper by gecko galz and colored it with pencils.  i tore it and placed on some additional gecko galz paper and added lace and some hearts i punched from designer paper from my stash.

if you link a creation with owls in it you'll be entering a random drawin to win a prize from sweet pea stamps!  so i hope you will join.

love to all.

more birds and more altered card deck fun!

at lunagirl moonbeams we are challenging you to "put a bird on it," that is, to use birds in your art and for the week 3 prompt at claudine's art corner altered card deck challenge the week 3 sample for "fall" also featured a bird. which means a chance for me to combine challenges!  here are my 2 altered cards for week 3, the first of which features a lovely owl from lunagirl's "owls" collage sheet.

in addition to the lunagirl owl on the first card, that same card also features leaves from the linagirl "autumn leaves" collage sheet.  i also have washi tape, a bit of a sun stamp from uptown rubber and stick on letters. (if you saw my monday post you can tell i was using some of the same supplies lol!).  the background of the card itself was done with distress inks (over a gessoed card base).

the second card also features an image from lunagirl -- the woman at top left, from the "steampunk girls" collage sheet.  the other steampunk images  were 3 images from dezinaworld that i combined to make one digital collage piece, then printed and cut out.  the stamped image (stamped on another sheet of designer paper) is from a tim holtz stamp set.  the background on this altered card was done with alcohol inks (over a gessoed card base).  also a fleur de lis brad!

here are claudine's pieces which we used for inspiration:

now back to that birds challenge -- you still have a week and a half to link up a creation featuring birds for a chance to win a shopping spree at lunagirl..  if you do not have any bird images to work with Karen has provided a freebie here.  and of course the altered card deck challenge is ongoing for a total of 26 weeks, give or take.

i'm linking my fall owl to the brand new and exciting october/fall harvest/hallowe'en challenge at the recycle, re-purpose and re-invent challenge blog at doodle pieces as i "recycled and re-purposed" a playing card for this piece.

love to all.

colors of the season

there's a lot of black and orange going on and this piece responds to two color challenges of the season:
at the gecko galz yahoogroups it is the "black and orange" challenge;
at the unruly paper arts reader art quest 1 it is "black."
finally i'm linking up to the "hallow e'en" challenge at dream valley challenges.

even in the scan i think you can see pretty well that the black paper here is special -- it is the from the leather paperline at paper temptress.  although it really looks like black leather it handles like paper and it was fun to use. the owl is from the "owling for you" collage sheet at gecko galz.  the rest are stash goodies.

love to all.

owl ATC

here's an ATC for the "whooo loves owls" challenge at wicked wednesdays. 

the gorgeous designer paper in the background was painted by an artist and was included in a giveaway package of goodies i received long ago.   the owl stamp is from gray wolf graphics; i stamped it and did some coloring with pencils.  the rest -- leaves, eggs, dragonfly, and words are various stash items.  i chose the words since owls are known for wisdom.  as mother goose said:

A wise old owl sat in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why aren't we all like that wise old bird?

love to all.