Sunday 31 July 2011

Thoughtful Friday 136


"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; 
ask yourself what makes you come alive. 
And then go and do that.
 Because what the world needs
 is people who have come alive."

Howard Thurman




Friday 22 July 2011

Thoughtful Friday 135


"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, 
how much a heart can hold"
Zelda Fitzgerald
(image courtesty of google)

Saturday 16 July 2011

More index cards

Japanese tape, gold and white paint and black paint marker

felt pads left over from the Ranger blending tool for alcohol inks

New alphabet stamps

distress inks, pastels and lace stickers

Teal acrylic paint and foam stickers

blue masking tape, alphabet stamps and gold and white paint

rubber stamp

black paint marker

blue spray paint over a doilley and violet and blue pastels

aubergine paint and various pastels

rubber stamp

spray paints and pastels

music tissue tape and cath kidston sticker

icad - celebration



Top card - spray inks, pastels and gold paint lettering
Bottom card - water colour crayon, lace stickers, paper flowers and white paint

Thoughtful Friday 134


"Live closer, every moment,
to that thing that makes you sing"
Mary Anne Radmacher


Friday 8 July 2011

More Index cards







A variety of paper scraps, paint, doodles, rubber stamps and even some sewing (immediately above)! Having fun!

Thursday 7 July 2011

Index card a day

I signed up to do an art index card a day over at Daisy Yellow which I think is a great idea.  And indeed I have been doing my index card each day but I just haven't been posting them so here is a few to start with:


I used all sorts of things on these: top one - sequin waste and spray inks; one on left - covered in Tim Holtz tissue tape then gessoed over and stamped on; one on right a mixture of script tape and fabric tape with washi tape, paint and pastels and a stamped word.  It sure is fun!

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Thoughtful Tuesday

(image courtesy of google)

"Friends who understand each other
speak with words sweet and strong
which emerge from their hearts
like the fragrance of orchids"
Confucius

Thoughtful Wednesday

"Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement – to get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes noth...