Well, I loved the piece I made yesterday so much that I decided to make another one. This one is the same style and technique. The only difference is that I used a gallery wrapped canvas for the base instead of a canvas board. This allowed me to wrap the clay around the canvas. I just love it. The threes were transfered onto an old hymnal page. The song on the page is A Spring Morning. It was perfect for this image of the two trees.
I just had one of those moments where your heart stops beating and you realize what could have happened. I came home after picking up both kids from school and running to the store to get something for dinner. When we walked in I heard the sound of my cat screaming. It was muffled but very loud considering I heard it over the kids talking and running around. It was not hard to find her. She was outside!!!!!!! Actually, she was at the back window looking in the house. She had to have sneaked out when I had the door open for the dogs earlier. She has NEVER ever gone outside with the door open before. She is of course, an only inside girl. And I must admit, I baby her quite a bit. Mostly because she really only loves me out of everyone and because of her terrible past.
We got her when she was only 8 weeks old. But when she was 6 weeks old, she was found bound by her back legs tied to the ceiling of a basement being used as bait for a dog fight. Terrible, I know. She is a happy girl for the most part. Sometimes her back legs don't work very well and give out when she runs. And unlike other cats, she cannot jump very high. She can jump on the bed to snuggle at night but can't jump on things that are high like countertops. I also have to have a very unusual set up with the cat box. Often times she thinks that she is in it but in reality her little back side is hanging out of the box. So you can imagine the mess and smell that I often deal with on a daily basis.
But besides all of the bad things, she is a really happy go lucky girl. She is tolerant of the kids and the dogs. So, my heart would be broken if she would have run off. I guess she knows to stay close to home. Thank you Lord for taking care of her when I was careless!

Mixed media Mondays - Texture

This is my offering for Mixed Media Mondays. The theme is texture which is always a fun thing to incorporate into artwork. So, I decided to do two of my all-time favorite things together, angels and clay. I have gotten to a point where I would like to frame some of the pieces tha I make but cannot find an appropriate frame. So, I decided to make my own. This is only the first one that I have done like this but, I would like to explore this a little more. I love how rich it looks. I am so glad that mom talked me into doing these challenges!!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day

I have been so busy this week with Valentine's Day. I had 32 Valentines to make with two very helpful little helpers which ultimately ended up being more work. But it was a blast to do it with them. I also had two parties to attend and help out with. So, my creative work has been at a stand still for this week. At least so far.
I have also committed to do at least one scrapbook layout a week. I am ashamed to say that I have gotten a whole year behind. Now, scrapbooking is not my favorite thing to do but, everytime my kiddos pull those books out to look at, their eyes light up and they talk about each picture and the story follows. The books are such a treasure and I need to get myself in gear and catch up before it becomes hopeless. I will try to upload some for show and tell. Just a warning, they are likely to be cutsey.
So, I am off to make the hubby a card.

Mixed Media Mondays

Well, it is like 80 degrees here in Texas. Now, I love it here but, I am not crazy about the drastic weather changes. It is well known that you never put away your shorts or your sweaters because the weather will change that quickly. The past few weeks have been proof of that.

Here is my offering for the Mixed Media Monday Challenge which was Flourishes. This was easy for me to do just because I have been pretty stoked by flourishes lately. I designed and cut out this white one. This picture has been sitting on my table for a while. I really like her. Probably because of the long red hair.

My little bro

My father took this with his cell phone when we went out to celebrate Alexis' birthday. This is of course, me and my little brother. It gave me such a giggle. I don't think that I have ever taken a serious photo with him. Love ya JAX!

Nature is the art of God

Mom has encouraged me to work with beeswax again. I played with it when Claudine Hellmuth's book first came out. I have all the stuff. I just have not touched it for a while. So mom told me to join a group called Step Outside Your Box Saturdays. I messed up though because we are not supposed to have any flourishes on our piece. I will have to start over tomorrow with a different piece. My bad. I should have looked closer at the instructions.

For this piece I made an inkjet transfer onto ledger paper. It is a beautiful flower that is truly an artwork of God. I added two flourishes that I designed and cut. I then added the saying "Nature is the art of God". I love the way this turned out. It is only 4"by 6". I have yet to decide whether I am going to mount it onto a canvas. We will see.

Look who turned 3

Here are a couple of pics from my baby's 3rd birthday. I told her she is not a baby anymore and that it made me kinda sad. So, now every day she has to tell me that I am sad cause she not a baby any more. Too cute!

Mom and Dad got her a big girl bike. Truthfully, it is way too big but, she could care less. She is just excited that her bike is as big as her brothers now.