My Soul Lies in the Sun

Over at 4 x 4 Friday the challenge is

This weeks challenge is Orange and Yellow!

Yellow is one of my favorite colors to see, not to work with, but I gave it a go and I am semi pleased with my piece. The face of the sun is covered with Diamond glaze as are some of the rays.

I hope you enjoy my piece.

Also if you get a chance head over and check out my new Challenge site which started yesterday. One Powerful Hour. I'd love to see your work!

Rubber Hugs
Caro

Faerie among the Flowers

Once again I have combined two challenges

4 x 4 Friday tasked us to …. This week’s challenge is Faeries! Make a 4×4 with a Faerie and comment to this with a link to your creation!

And

TGIF challenged us to… Today we want you to create something around Flowers

I made one and threw it away because I disliked the colors so much. This one turned our really nice I think...not my usual but still. I stared witht eh 4 x 4 size and covered the c ardstock with two sided tape. Next I cut out the tag from an Altered Pages Collage sheet and attached cordinating ribbons. I placed the tag on the prepared cardstock and tucked gold wings just under the edges. Then I proceded to cover the cardstock with flowers, leaving a little space here and there. To fill in the gaps i sprinkled gold glitter. Next I stamped some swirls using brown ink and went over them with Diamond Glaze. The final touch is the golden rhinstones in some of the flowers centers.

I hope you enjoy!
Caro

Le Chat

Today at 4 x 4 Friday the theme is…

This weeks challenge is PETS!!! So, do a 4×4 having to do with this theme and comment to this with a link to your blog post!

How does one choose between dogs and cats. At least this was a tough one for me considering that I have both and love them dearly. However, I have had more cats as pets so that critter won out.

The collage image and stamp are from Paula’s Kit Club. The background was made by mixing Tim Holtz distressing inks and then embossing the tapestry background that is also on the frame I made.

Hope you enjoy!
Caro

Art Under Construction

Better late than never, for some reason or another I just couldn’t get to yesterday’s 4 x 4 Friday. You know how life creeps up on you sometimes.

The theme for yesterday’s 4 x 4 Friday was… “Doorways.”

I was so over the love theme with valentines finally behind me so I threw out my first idea of “Door to my Heart” and went with an under construction theme. The Door stamp is from Stampington &Co. and I gold embossed it. It is hard to tell but the sun image above the doorway is painted with orange sparkling H2O’s. The Word stamp on the right hand side is by Tim Holtz, it is actually the word Artist. I highlighted it with diamond glaze, my first use of this fabulous product.

I’m not so sure I followed the rules close enough because the word “construction” is hanging bellow my 4 x 4 making my overall image bigger…I really like the way it looks, kinda hanging like a “wet paint” sign so I didn’t change it.

I am open to any and all comments, always looking for growth.

Hope you enjoy
Caro

4 x 4 Friday Under the Stars

This is my first ever 4 x 4 Friday entry and I must say the theme of Wild West really threw me for a loop!

When I think Wild West I typically think Gunfights, Spaghetti Westerns (Clint Eastwood), Bar Fights, Indians etc etc… But then I realized that those are all themes that movies have done over and over again. Upon further reflection the Wild West is about the unknown…the big open spaces and the night skies…so here is my contribution…I hope you enjoy.

My only regret with this piece is that the computer does not display the shimmery effect that I have all over the image. I painted the moon with sparkling H2O's, the cloud background is all shimmery and the star frame has a silver shimmer effect.

I am up for any type of comments, be them critical (I would love some critiques of my work) or just that you like my piece.

Thanks for looking.