I love a good layering project, so the Challenge this week at Our Midweek Muse, Layer It - Blend It, was right up my alley.
I really did and overdid the layers and various blended ephemera, as you can see, and it was a blast! No apologies here, there isn't a single graphic I'd take out. 😊
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I had so many homophones I wanted to use, and finally settled on Flour and Flower. I actually did a little research on cake flower, and found out it is different than other flours that are available. Interesting:
Cake flour is a flour that is very finely milled from soft winter wheat.
It has a lower protein content than all-purpose flour, and it is
finer, lighter, and softer. It’s also bleached, so the color is paler
and the grain is less dense.
Because of the lower protein content, cake flour produces less gluten. When it comes to cakes, we want them to be light, soft, and tender, with a fine, close crumb. And that is exactly what you will get if you use cake flour! -- bakingamoment.com
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Our Challenge this time at Try it on Tuesday was an interesting one: Emboss It.
I didn't go down any rabbit holes trying to find embossed pieces, once I saw this one of the gold Nobel Peace Prize Medal with Alfr. Nobel on the medal, that was it for me. It's so rich looking!
It was easy to find information about the Medal. All medals made before 1980 were struck in 23 carat gold. Since then, they have been struck in 18 carat green gold plated with 24 carat gold. The weight of each medal varies with the value of gold, but the weight is set to 175 g for all medals, except for the Medal for the Prize in Economic Sciences. Its weight is set to 185 g.
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Tag Tuesday's Challenge this time is "Books/Book Pages."
I decided to put a girl in a library with a book, and chose a graphic that had the pages formed into a heart, hence, "Reading love stories in the library."
I used to love going to the library, and when I was young, I read a book-a-day, up until my 30s. I used to check out ten books, because I read so many books, I forgot which I had read sometimes, and usually each week I got at least seven books that were new to me.
Libraries aren't held in the high esteem these days as the way we thought about them when I was young, and for many, many years before I was even born. All you have to do is research old libraries and see the architecture of some of the big ones to know they were important buildings.
Now I download audiobooks from my library, not the same as reading a book, but I'm hooked on the audiobooks and I still get a lot of new stories every week.
The Challenge this week at Our Midweek Muse is "That Autumn Feeling."
There are probably millions of graphics available to use in this fun challenge, and off I went, going down the rabbit hole, or should I say "gnome hole," to find the special ones to use.
Here is a little girl having a magical evening visiting with her forest friends, the Gnome Family. (Do gnome children have beards? 😵💫 )
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Pyramids is the Challenge theme this week at Our Midweek Muse.
I loved the colors in this piece, the bright blue was kind of surprising, it worked so well with the pyramids/desert colors. Hummm, that makes me think of the abundnce of the color turquoise in our Southwestern desert jewelry and artworks here in New Mexico, USA. The sandy colors and this bright blue must be complimentary on the color wheel.
Anyway, I loved the effect but it was a bit too pretty, so I grunged it up with a bunch of overlays and I liked the end result, so that's what I went with.
Again, this was a fun Challenge and I enjoyed putting this piece together!
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Our theme this week at Sunday Postcard Art is "Peter Pan."
I didn't have any preconcieved ideas on what to do for this Challenge, and I didn't have any graphics on the subject in my files, that I knew of. But you never know, and as I was working on it, things kind of fell into place.
The text I added explains who Peter Pan was. I had forgotten all these facts for years and years, and enjoyed being reminded about him.
When I had it complete, I wanted to add some stars from Peter Pan's hand to the ship flying in the sky, so I searched through my Star graphics folder, and low and behold, there was one that had Tinkerbell with the tiny stars! How cool is that? So I added Tinkerbell to the side of the flying ship and the stars from the ship to Peter's hand and called it "done." 😊
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This week's theme for our Sunday Postcard Art is Dressform/Sewing.
This one took a while to complete; I started with one idea, and you know how sometimes you're just guided to go in a different direction? I wanted this one to be really simple, but it didn't end up that way! 😁
So, here's my version of the Seaside Seamstress Shop, with our expert seamstress/proprietress finishing up a new tail while her customers visit with each other.
Love the way this came out - it kind of makes me wish I could be a mermaid once in a while!
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The challenge for this fortnight's tag is "Roses."
I created this tag from some tea-stained copy paper I made, then added scraps of papers and materials I had on hand. Just a lot of ephemera! Everything got inked around the edges and glued down, a hole was punched and I inserted a grommet/washer on the top and pounded it down.
Then I added the stamp "Appreciate everything" and outlined it. I also colored in the little black and white picture of the flower on the lower left corner with some colored felt tipped pens.
Next I glued six fabric roses onto the branch.
This tag has a pocket, so I used my felt tipped colored pens to add color to a picture of a flower, glued one of the fabric roses on it, and inserted it into the pocket.
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Wow, this one was fun!
This week's challenge at Try it on Tuesday is Animals - Real or Imaginary.
I was looking through my graphic images and came across the cow's head, looking in at the edge of a page, and started with that. I don't know where the Paint Ball Contest came from, but it eased it's way into the artwork and here we are!
Poor paint-covered cow, she didn't have a chance! 😵💫
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The Challenge this month at ART JOURNAL JOURNEY is Fur and/or Feathers.
As dusk is coming and the light is fading, on a hill overlooking a small village below, we have three little cats in a tree watching us - representing "fur," and three black hens like my Black Australorps eating corn kernals - to represent "feathers."
It will be dark soon, time for the cats to go to their bed for a warm night's sleep, and for the chickens to roost in their tree and sleep till dawn.
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The subject of this week's Challenge at Sunday Postcard Art is "Ferns."
I had a couple of ideas, but ended up choosing my backyard and my four Black Australorps to feature with all the ferns - that are imported ephemera since I live in the high desert and I doubt I could grow ferns here in the yard. I'm sure my hens would love it if I could, though!
When it rains, all the insects come out and the hens are digging and scratching and pecking at the ground to eat the special treats - so I imported some treats for them, as well.
Surprisingly, they love the rain!
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I've never been to a real circus, but as a kid I always wanted to go to one.
At my current age - definitely a senior citizen - I'm conflicted about circuses. I don't know how circuses are considered nowadays, but I think some people worry about the animals.
I think the athleticism and expertise of the circus acts are commendable and very exciting, the clowns are funny, but have always scared me a little, and I guess I must worry about the animals a bit, too, because this is how my artwork turned out for this challenge.
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