Gone Too Soon

Gone Too Soon... No challenge, just me and the journal talking about life and loosing.   " I went though all our photographs, memories made through out the years, pictures worth a million words that bring my heart to tears...... My father gone in early prime, my brother next in line , then last my mom. And so, my wings shall visit you until my time is come." Vintage arithmetic pages, stamped and collaged, painted, colored, butterfly stamped, face painted with acrylics, colored pencil, gesso.

Artful Bag

 Frosted Petunias Artful Bag Challenge for the month of March was Embellish.   I started with a plain little green bag. Cute, but not Special. The oriental pin has been laying in my bead re-do pile for years. I added more beads and made another hangey down bead thingey that attaches to the strap. It will probably drive me insane the first time I use it, but looks cool just for the sake of ART.

 This is a up close look at the handmade pin and my ho hum attempt at beading.  To see all the bags that got a face lift this month, check out http://frostedpetunias.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-artful-bag.html

Sunday Postcard "White"

The challenge this week at "Sunday Postcard" was WHITE! Think you can't be inspired by White, well think again. My mind drifted back to my childhood playing Clue, much more fun than Monopoly cause you didn't have to worry about been a land tycoon or handling money and always landing on Boardwalk with those nasty hotels. Oh well... anyway, Mrs. White just kind of jumped out from the shadows and here she is, holding the candlestick. Too bad, she's been busted. Hop on over to http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/ and see what other cool stuff has been created with White! Thanks for dropping by!

Take A Word " Architecture"

This week at "Take A Word" the challenge was architecture. The challenge was posted last Sunday and I've been on again off again with this theme. I poked around my usual FREE image sites and finally found something to In...spire me. Get it spires... Inspire. And, since I'm on this whole paper doll kind of thing, it went together like a charm. To see all the other cool art created this month, here's the link http://takeaword.blogspot.com/

Three Muses "Land of Odd"

This week the challenge at Three Muses was " Land of Odd.  I'm not sure how odd my crossword puzzle mermaid is. As usual, I allowed my creative muse to take over and all went well. When you're inspired, it's easy, such was the case with this little treasure. You can see all the challenge pictures at
http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/

Friday Foto/Journal Prompt

Writing about the things we Love is a snap.

Writing about the things we Hate is a snap.

The grey areas of life are the one's that keep eluding us, leaving us sometimes empty and unsure of ourselves and our place in the world. Perhaps I should really tax myself and do a Grey Area Page. Maybe another day, my brain is entirely too befuddled right now.


This is a two-fer, fotocollage challenge and journal prompt too!! The image of the little girl came from  http://fridayfotocollage.blogspot.com/ , the picture below was our challenge; I altered the image and made the journal page on the top.  Our Journal prompt last month was "What do I Love:, you can see every one's pages at  http://www.flickr.com/groups/1570781@N20/.

I used transparency film to  make the three small Fleur de lis in the upper left of my Journal Page.  Amy at "Butterscape"  has been tantalizing us with transfers and other creative topics, so the transfer thing has been heavy on my mind.   A few years back I did transfers, but have since lost (well... misplaced... its around here someplace) the film. On a thrift store trek yesterday, what did I stumble upon? 100 sheets of transparency sheets for a whole whopping $2.99. I was really pissed when they wouldn't give me my senior discount, alas old farts discount is on Tuesday. Let me get my math correct here, I paid  30cents a sheet!  It might not be as good as Lazertan, but it's working for this old girl. Moral to this story, check out Amy's blog http://butterscape.blogspot.com/ and don't leave a stone unturned on your thrift store visits.

Journal Prompt " I Believe"

Roc at http://www.whatsuproc.blogspot.com/ has a great journaling monthly prompt going on this year. She started it in Janurary, but I just joined. The March prompt is " I believe".  Easy enough, right? NOT.  After I finshed the art of the page, I just started writing, Wow... It brought to mind, how very important it is for me to be True to Myself.  http://www.flickr.com/groups/1570781@N20/   Check out her flicker group, you'll see some fantastic and creative pages.