it's been awhile...

...since i've blogged. i've been busy enjoying the sunshine and spending time with my daughter now that school's out. but alas, the rains have returned, so i thought i'd share a few things i've worked on here and there. everything has been made for swaps. the 3 atcs are for a geisha themed swap; the art quote postcard is for an art quote pc swap; and the woman in the garden postcard is for a swap that had to contain the phrase "i'm happiest in my garden."

marking the days

i've hopped onboard the calendar journal bandwagon. here's mine for may. the idea is to journal something every day, but i created this calendar near the end of may + couldn't remember something from every day. my calendar is 9x12 and a better fit for my scanner would be 8.5x11. oh well!

new canvas art at juneau artists gallery

here are 3 mixed-media collage canvases i recently created. they're all hanging on my wall at juneau artists gallery. i had to take photos, so you can't see them as well as you could if i'd been able to scan them.
i created "beneath the stars" because i stumbled across the quote in a book and was inspired by it. i will have prints available at the gallery of this piece soon.
"lime flowers" is a piece i created based on the cover article of the current issue of cloth, paper, scissors magazine. it was too fun, and i plan to make more in other color schemes.
"re-emerging" really speaks to me about the resilience of the human spirit wherein we can go through life's battles (difficulties), but are able to re-emerge, even tho' we may be wounded/bruised/scarred. it's definitely one of my all-time fav pieces i've created.

a little art

it was another busy week, but i did manage to get a couple of small things finished. the "house" is a magnet for a "say what?" challenge wherein the phrase "love for her window" had to be used.
the 4x4 chunky page is another one for the moulin rouge inspired swap. on this one i used a transparency, alcohol inks, rubberstamping, and collage elements from Tumble Fish Studio, available at deviantscrap.com (dancing lady [modified] from Froo Froo Elements; face from Snappy Dressers Elements; butterfly from Wild Wings Elements; + text from Random Words Elements.)

Recently I completed 3 new canvases that I'm excited about, but I hung 2 at Juneau Artists Gallery before taking photos of them. I plan to go into the gallery soon and take photos of them. The third I had prints made, so I think I'll scan one of the prints to showcase on my blog. I'm sure a scan of a scan won't produce the best image, but it should serve the purpose!

navigation

here's 4x6 postcard i made for a navigation themed swap. this postcard features a couple of images from teesha moore, as well as rubberstamps and part of an old map.

bee in her bonnet

this didn't scan well due to the embellishment (#8). it's much more vivid in real life. but it's a 3x3 magnet for a bee-themed swap. the head is from teesha moore.

her royal highness

here's a 2.5x3.5 atc (artist trading card)i made for a royal zetti challenge. i found the text in a vintage book: she lifted her chin with royal dignity. i really like old text and am thinking that it would be fun to find some cool phrases and create art around them. (as a rule, i make the art and then find supportive text--which can be very time-consuming!)
i also made an altered envelope that i love love love. it has alaska mountains in background and the ever-present raven in the forefront. but alas, i can't publish it because i already put my return address on it, and due to identity theft concerns, i think i'm better off being safe than sorry.
so...sorry you can't see it!