Inpire Me Thursday : In Good Time

This was made in 35 minutes, including drying time (with a heat gun), for this week's Inspire Me Thursday challenge : In Good Time. Click on the pic to learn about the details.

Inspire Me Thursday : LET'S GO DIGITAL

An older version of Adobe Photoshop was used to create this week's challenge : digital.

Are you participating in Inspire Me Thursday or Studio Friday yet? You should - it's fun. The link are in the right- hand column, over there -------->

Inspire Me Thursday : MONOCROMATIC ART : white

white
Originally uploaded by traSEAlee.

Here's a white altered book page I did in time for this week's Inspire Me Thursday.

I printed a freebie paper from Somerset Studio onto a transparency sheet and
used gel medium to transfer it to muslin. When it dried I frayed the edges and
made my doll from a bunch of printed papers, using silk hydrangeas as wings
(painted with a little pearl paint). I added lace fro her top and sheer strip of
ribbon for her skirt. The head is cut from vintage clip-art and crystals glued
on for her tiara. The stip of paper on top reads 'beauty comes from within'. The
bottom has a scrap of printed twill tape. White doesn't have to be boring.

Inspire Me Thursday : THINK BIG : Love Bird

Love Bird
Originally uploaded by traSEAlee.

I've been following Inspire Me Thursday for about a month and half now, but have yet to join in on the challenges. Today was the day though - the challenge is "think big"... to do something bigger than normal. Yesterday I happened to hit a sale at Micheal's and picked up some 16x20 canvases... much bigger than my usual small format stuff. I figured one day I would try something bigger. So early this am I was online and saw 'think big' as the new theme - so of course I HAD to give it a whirl!

I've been wanting to try some birds for a while so here it is. I painted the canvas with acrylics, adding in some printed papers to add some texture and interest. (grass, bird, heart & sun) Lastly the eye is a swarovski crystal and it's ready to go. I had a blast doing this and I think I might even try a series - who knows. All I know is that now that I've finally taken the Inspire Me Thursday plunge, I'm hooked.