Lunar Eclipse

Fortunate to have clear skies to watch the eclipse this evening. Discovered I don't have a steady hand for night photography, so used a tripod. Here are some of the pictures I got:

Little Beauties - Leaves

Trish challenged er encouraged me to sign up for the Little Beauties - Leaves Swap on ccswaps, when she left a comment on my blog for the Paint Scraping Background Technique.
These were the instructions for the swap: "Please create 10 Little Beauties for your partner, on the theme of LEAVES. There must be at least 4 different designs. If you duplicate your design, please use different colours for the repeats so that your partner has no identical little beauties. Little Beauties are items which can be used to embellish projects, top cards and/or ATCs. No precise size is specified but they should be no smaller than 1.5 inches by 2 inches,and not larger than 2.25 inches by 3.25 inches. Have fun playing!"
I had lots of fun making little beauties as part of the Instant Art Swap last month. I decided to give it a try, not certain if I could do 10 different leaf related pieces. I was liberal with my interpretation of the theme and ended up having lots of fun and enjoying a creative afternoon. I used a variety of backgrounds from my stash. From the top row: String Art, Paint Scraping, Faux Silk, Embossed (this one is upside down to me, but could work this way too).
Middle row: Glue Resist, String Art, Paint Scraping.
Bottom row: The two on the outside were left overs from playing around to make the pay it forward gifts. The middle one, I can't remember what or when I did this one. I think it was something that wasn't working out for a particular swap, but I saved it just in case. I'm glad I did. Reminder to self: from now on keep samples and write up instructions in new Background Noise Journal.

About Me ATCs

On ccswaps, the Feb 10:9 ATC theme is About Me. The suggestion was to think about things you liked and incorporate some of those. Some of the things I like are the color blue, quotes (words in general), fabric, a little glitz, nature and the Lord Jesus, who created all things. We've also been given the challenge to make two different ATCs (5 of each) in the theme to give the hostess a greater variety to swap out. I've been making a "Jasmine" outfit to take to my granddaughter next month. I had leftovers of this light blue tulle with beads attached and wanted to incorporate it in an art project. Here was my opportunity. A blue piece of fabric with glitz, what fun!

Paint Scraping Technique

The third Background Noise Challenge by Trish B is Paint Scraping. You can read the directions on her blog. I gave this challenge a try, even though I have a limited number of acrylic paint colors. At first, I didn't like them, worried that I over worked them and left them to dry. Now I can see that they will be fun backgrounds to play with. I will post them to my Art journal when I have more time. These photos look better if you click on them to enlarge the image : )

Winner of the One World One Heart Art Giveaway

I asked my Mom to pick a random number and she came up with.....The winner of the Art holder: Pea she said, "What a great idea...an art holder!! Please enter me in your draw and if you haven't stopped by my blog yet, please do so to enter my giveaway:-) xoI'm in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada" I have emailed Pea asking for her address and will be sending this off to her when I return home. I hope I will have time throughout this year to visit the blogs of everyone who stopped by here!

Emergency Leave

I have travelled out of state to be with family (emergency medical surgery) and do not know when I'll return home. I have computer access to keep up with posts. I will do the drawing for the art holder on the 14th hopefully : )
No guarentee when I'll be able to mail it off. Thanks for your understanding. I've only had time to visit a few of the blogs participating in the give away and have enjoyed the great art I've seen.

One World One Heart Give Away

I was inspired by Chris Bennett's blog to join in this project. I'd love to be the lucky winner on her blog. You can read more about The One World One Heart project here.
I found more trading card sheets on my table when I went to clean up, and knew I'd make another ATC holder to give away. OR, instead of holding ATCs it can hold a wide variety of embellishments, making it easy to see what you have and ready to be used. You have a chance to win this ART holder:

Front: I used some paste paper I made a few years ago to cover the cardboard. The photo doesn't show the paper well, it has a nice metallic sheen.

Inside front cover: showing how you can hold embellishments, instead of ATC's, or you can fill it with photos, or whatever you choose. There are 18 plastic pages, so 54 compartments in all. (The embellishments seen in the picture are included with the holder.)

Inside back cover: The insides of the covers were done with another sheet of paste paper I made.

Back cover with my signature, well I printed my name, because even I can't read my signature.
Details: Leave a comment on this post stating you're in for the drawing, include your name along with your world location (city/country). To be eligible, you must post your comment by Midnight Pacific Standard Time on Feb. 13th. I will do a random drawing on Feb 14th to announce the winner. The winner will then need to contact me with their mailing information by the end of Feb. 2008 to receive this holder. Thank you for participating, good luck, and I hope you'll join the fun and host a give-away on your blog too.