AG fun 2008

We had so much fun .... my tag project went over well and as you can see we used it in our books we created this year .... the theme of the book and the type of book is always decided on by the AG leader Jeri Aaron and as always she did a SUPER job again this year ....... click on the button that says "View all images" if you want to see them in photo form instead of slide show .... oops I forgot to mention that the views of the hanging things in the window next to the Indian page doesn't have a white background but that was the only way I could get the hanging things to show - it is really an open window where they hang free ...... enjoy

RR pages

Another set of RR pages and tag for this month ...... this artist theme was birds, retro and/or sewing and her colors were red, yellow, little blue and distressed brown ... I chose some fabric that was from the 50's and she ask that the tags be done in birdhouse shapes .... click to enlarge

3x5 Western Skinny

Well next week I will be gone for 5 days (from Wed-Sun) to Grapevine, TX to the Artful Gathering Retreat .... will be having fun fun fun ... I will demo/teach a Tim Holtz type tag that will be used in a Western Book that is being made during the retreat ...... this is a sample of the 3x5 that we will all be swapping with other attendees (note the bullet holes ... lol) ....... click to enlarge

Altered Book RR

Ok here are the photo's of the Bird AB I worked on that the sneak peek photo's were from ... hope you enjoy them I LOVE doing this tunnel effect ........ click to enlarge ... Linda

Time to Share again

thought you might like to use these on some of your 4th of July celebrations things ....... have a safe holiday ...... click to enlarge .... Linda

Sneak peek

Just thought I would post a sneak peek of the book I have been working on over the weekend .... tomorrow I will post the full pages .... this is just to wet you creative appetite ...... the RR books theme is Birds ... click to enlarge

Small project kits for AG done

ok my friend Jeri Aaron does an Artful Gathering Retreat each July for her online group (you can see the sample of the book she is doing on her blog) ... she is so sweet to ask me again this year to do a small project for the AG ... I have now got the kits together and the samples done .... so I am all fired up in plenty of time for the AG 2008 ...... click to enlarge


kits include:
3 ribbons (9 to12")
1 fancy brad
1 flourish grunge board
4 x 12" card stock
5 1/2" x 8 1/2" parchment paper
waxed linen thread
beads

I will furnish:
Walnut Distressed ink pad
Versa Mark ink pad
Memories Artprint Brown ink pad
stamps
clear embossing powder
metallic acyclic paints (bronze, copper, pewter)
foam paint brushes
circle & flower punch

Little Dresses

I am in a mingle of Little Dresses and these are some I have done ..... it's been fun working on them it's been 33 years since I made a little dress ........ click to enlarge

Western Play Day

A get together of some wonderful artist resulted in a great play day ...... I demoed the gel medium and masking tape tag (aqua & tea dye) and the paint transfer tag (metallic gold Indian girl) and the UTTE transfer (big cowgirl in hat and small sitting); Kate demoed the Gesso and distressed tag (aqua & yellow) then Brenda started the stamping on slides and Jeri did some alcohol inks on slides; oh yes and there was some alcohol inks on transparencies but I didn't get photo's of that ... a great time was had by all ....... click to enlarge

RR pages

Ok here is the second of the page round robin I am in .... this artist theme is "In the Garden" and her color choices were natures colors .... remember we are making pages and a sign-in tag for each ....... click to enlarge

Row Houses I recieved

These are the Row Houses I received from a swap that Jeri Aaron hosted ....... I love each and every one of them they are so different ... I want to thank Jeri and everyone who participated in this swap and to all of you who I was lucky enough to get a wonderful piece of your work, thank you for putting so much effort into each house ....... click to enlarge .... Linda

Renaissance AB RR

This books theme is Renaissance so I chose to do some of Michelangelo's work and since that time was know for inventions and knowledge also I tried to depict that along with a couple of depictions of "The Three Graces" - Verdure, Gladness and Splendor

Sharing again

Since it's Memorial Day and we are remembering all of our troops, near and far, past and present here are some images you might want to have .......

My version of "The Hen House"

As you all know the creation of Houses are a big thing in the art world right now and I thought a Hen House was in order ..... so this is my version ...... click to enlarge

Birthday 4x4

Happy 6th Birthday .... AAWA

"Do Your Own Art Retreat"

My friend Jeri Aaron is getting together an art retreat for 15 women on Sept. 18-21, 2008 total cost is $100 per person ....... come join in on the fun, sharing ideas, trading tips and relaxing doing your own projects that you can never get time to do at home ..... for more into just click on Texas Art Retreats

Masquerade AB for RR

This theme is Masquerade and when I hear that word I think of the Masque Balls they use to have long ago ..... as you can see I put a folded tag holding pocket in the middle of the first spread ....
the middle one is just for fun and the last is a niche with a scrap of velvet that a dress might be made of along with sample flowers to wear in your hair and a make to complete the costume ....... click to enlarge

Assemblage

Sunflowers and Cardinals doesn't that make you think of fresh air, warm sun, bird songs .... well it does me so that's what I did ...... I got the plain little shadow box from this great place on Etsy, From the Heart of Hanes .... then I did the embellishing .... click to enlarge

RR pages

Remember that Peach - Antique Linen - Walnut Ink cover I posted not long ago ... well this is the first pages for another artist of that swap ..... her colors were Caribbean Aqua and Lime and her theme was something of the artist creating it ....... click to enlarge

More sharing

This time I am sending you to a site that is doing a Mother's Day count down with free images .... Lisa Vollrath at Ten Two Studios she has some super images you will need to link to her site when you use her images just read the the highlighted area above the image thumbnails ...... Thanks Lisa ... enjoy everyone