Day 303 of 365 (Oct 31)

Happy Halloween! 

Gothic Arch - 4 x 6: stamped script & leaves background, paper napkin, image on tissue, inks, beeswax

Day 302 of 365 (Oct 30)

Artist Trading Cards - decorative paper, vintage images of skeleton calendars from 1898, thread, brad, inks.
Made for local ATC trade.

Day 301 of 365 (Oct 29)

Altered Playing Cards - alcohol inks on playing cards, stamped webs, decorative papers, sharpie pen, inks. Made for local ATC trade.

Day 300 of 365 (Oct 28)

Interesting fungi in the backyard... hearts are everywhere! 

Day 299 of 365 (Oct 27)

Rocks along one of the paths at Heather Meadows, near Mt. Baker, Washington

Day 298 of 365 (Oct 26)

Mirrored Fall colors at a small lake near the Mt. Baker ski area.

Day 297 of 365 (Oct 25)

Photos from a lovely day spent with my husband at Heather Meadows, near Mt Baker, Washington. We are so blessed to have this beautiful place a 40ish minute drive from home.

Day 296 of 365 (Oct 24)

Gothic Arch - 4x6 arch made with decorative papers, stamping, inks, and owl image.

Day 295 of 365 (Oct 23)

Inchies. Distress Inks on glossy paper, stamped images

Day 294 of 365 (Oct 22)

Inchies -  cut from mono-printed paper. Small squares raised by dimensional foam tape

Day 293 of 365 (Oct 21)

Inchies - Distress & alcohol inks on glossy paper, leaves punched from mono-printed paper

Day 292 of 365 (Oct 20)

Charms made using Tim Holtz reinforcers and diamond glaze.

Day 291 of 365 (Oct 19)

Artist Trading Cards - mixed media collage - for our local art group Halloween party.

Day 290 of 365 (Oct 18)

Altered Book - theme is Cut Up, Cut Out. My theme for the spread is Books/Reading. Collage using The New Yorker cover and mixed media.(Book originally was The New Yorker desk calendar)

Day 289 of 365 (Oct 17)

Altered Book - theme is Cut Up, Cut Out. My theme is Books/Reading. Collage on acrylic background using The New Yorker cartoon etc. (Book originally was The New Yorker desk calendar) This is second and third page spread.

Day 288 of 365 (Oct 16)

Altered Book - theme is Cut Up, Cut Out. Collage using The New Yorker cover as base (Book originally was The New Yorker desk calendar)

Day 287 of 365 (Oct 15)

Artist Trading Card - mixed media collage using gesso textured and acrylic paint background

Day 286 of 365 (Oct 14)

Artist Trading Card - mixed media collage using torn paper background

Day 285 of 365 (Oct 13)

Artist Trading Card - mixed media collage using torn paper background

Day 284 of 365 (Oct 12)

Artist Trading Card - collage using torn paper background.

Day 283 of 365 (Oct 11)

Artist Trading Card - collage using torn paper background, inks and postage stamp

Day 282 of 365 (Oct 10)

Artist Trading Card - collage using torn paper background and postage stamp

Day 281 of 365 (Oct 9)

Artist Trading Card - using torn paper background from a few days ago... collage

Day 280 of 365 (Oct 8)

Artist Trading Card - beeswax collage using vintage dictionary page, paper napkins, images printed on tissue.

Day 279 of 365 (Oct 7)

Leaf Charms - mixed media project for a harvest party coming up soon

Day 278 of 365 (Oct 6)

Mixed Media birds - WIP using the background sheet from a few days ago.

Day 277 of 365 (Oct 5)

Added a few layers to the Blue journal...

Day 276 of 365 (Oct 4)

Torn Paper background - acrylic paint wash, stenciling, stamping with inks and paints. It's nearly ready to cut into backgrounds

Day 275 of 365 (Oct 3)

Beginning of backgrounds - a variety of decorative papers torn and layered randomly, then a layer of dress pattern tissue and paper napkins. This is destined for backgrounds of ATC's and a few birds.

Day 274 of 365 (Oct 2)

Journal Background - my "blue book". Torn text pages layered randomly, then tissue and napkin pieces added. More layers are coming...

Day 273 of 365 (Oct 1)

Artist Trading Card for swap on atcsforall.com: Gesso layer textured with punchinella and other items, painted with acrylics and sanded to bring out the texture. Added turtle image and very used punchinella bits (the plastic piece I've used for 4+ years is falling apart)