I Won a giveaway!!!

I can't believe it, I won one of the OWOH giveaways. I was so excited. I won the giveaway from http://www.thedecoratedhouse.blogspot.com/, thanks Donna for participating. I had entered several giveaways but didn't really expect to win. But I did! So I will have a nice gift coming in the mail in a few days.

I also have mailed the winner of "Lucy Valentine" to Jayedee. I mailed Lucy yesterday. So Jayedee she will arrive soon.

I had so much fun participating in the OWOH giveaway, I can't wait until I can participate again.

ONE WORLD ONE HEART WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations....We have a winner! I used the random number generator & #45 won. I counted 2 times & the winner is Jayedee from Florida. I have sent Jayedee an email & left a post on her blog to let her know that she has won. Thanks to all of you that participated & signed up to win. I have loved this giveaway, it has been so exciting to read all the comments. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO EVERYONE!!!

Home at last

Ok I finally got home tonight. Glad to be home, always good to go, but always better to get home. I had a really great time & met some really wonderful people. I even met a fellow artist, I visited her website & she has some great textured work. Her site is http://www.judiehatton.com/ so go & visit when you get a chance. I have decided to use the random number generator from the one world one heart website to choose the winner for my "Lucy Valentine". So good luck to everyone that has entered. I will post the winner tomorrow.

Friends Old & New

I want to say thank you to all of you who have visited my blog. I am so tickled that so many people would like to have "Lucy". That really warms my heart. I am trying to visit every blog that has visited my blog but please forgive me if I don't make each one before Feb 13th. I want to visit each of you but I am out of town for work. I will not get home until late wednesday night. I am in Austin, Tx. I am here to attend a seminar for work. My work partner (Lisa) & I are both here. Tonight after the seminar we went to dinner with Lisa's 2 daughter's & my long time friend Cody. We had so much fun, we laughed & laughed. Getting together with new & old friends is the best. We had a blast. We are all hoping to go to dinner again tomorrow night. It is late & I need to go to sleep. Please know that I will eventually get to each & every site, I can't wait to visit all of you.

One World Event

This is just a quick note, as I have to leave for the airport in a few minutes. I just found out it's not to late to join in on the http://oneworldevent.blogspot.com/ giveaway. I am going to giveaway the "Lucy" Valentine from the previous post. "Lucy" is a collage done on an 8x10 wrap around canvas. She has several 2 dimensional characteristics on the canvas. She would love to go home with you. Please leave a comment, comments excepted until Feb 13th @ midnight, cst. I will draw a winner & will notify the winner on the 14th of Feb.

Tried Something New

As you can see this is the Nov/Dec 2007 issue of Cloth,Paper,Scissors. I read the article "patch it together" on page 73. I have always loved Kelly Rae Roberts work, so I thought...okay follow directions for background & get busy. How hard could it be? Well as you can see my background is nothing like the photo in the magazine. I think my paint was too thick & dried too fast. But I did learn a few things for next time. And I will try again sometime. Anyway I think my "Lucy" still turned out okay. I made her into a valentine's day "Lucy". I started her sometime ago, got discouraged, put her away, finally today pulled her back out & finished her. But I am happy with the final result.

Wooden Blocks

I am so intrigued by faces, so I decided to put faces on these wooden blocks. These wooden blocks are fun to make...plus they make great little gifts. I have made several sets of blocks with different themes like: wedding, valentines, christmas, children with school objects, and friendship. This set of blocks have 2 types of faces on them which make them unique.

Collage Distress #2

I finally finished the second piece that belongs with the little children & the birds. However I did not show the sides of the last piece. This time I am including the sides which are covered with torn music pieces.

Thanks

I wanted to say thank you to everyone that has left comments on my blogsite. You all have been so encouraging. I have really enjoyed my blog. I was very intimidated to start one. But now that I have taken the leap I must say that I am having loads of fun. In fact I have found other sites that I would never have known about to visit. This is very addictive. I love seeing others art work & reading their blogs. Again thanks to you all!!!!

Collage Distressed

This is the final collage. I finished it late last night. This is very different than my usual collage work. The collage has been distressed & layered. I usually have to have every photo, every element in a straight line. This canvas is about 5x6", and I have another canvas the same size, so........I am going to work on the other canvas & make a similar collage.

Mixed Media Project

I am so excited. I started a new project tonight. I had several different thoughts running threw my head, so I gabbed a canvas & just went for it. It is more layered than what I usually do, but it is looking so cool. I am one of those people that has to have every line straight or even or else it drives me crazy....so with this new piece I have gone a little wild for me. I have actually torn my photo so that it would have rough edges (that just about did me in). But the end result was amazing. So far I love this piece. As soon as I am finished I will post it on this site. I hope everyone is enjoying their art as much as I am.

Better Blogging

Okay I finally got the pro over to my house to help me figure out this blogging stuff. Yeap you guessed...the funky art queen...Lesley came to my rescue once again. She is a whiz with this stuff!!! Kudo's to Les. Thanks for your help!!! Now maybe I will be able to navigate this site better & be a better blogger!

Collage Journal with young girl

Again this is one of my collage journals of children. I have had so much fun working on these. Doesn't she look so sweet & innocent?

Collage Journal

I recently have worked on several different journals. This one is about 4x6 inches. I used vintage look paper, acrylics, stamps, inks, & photos of adorable children. I was very excited & pleased with the way this journal turned out.

Collage Hearts

I love valentines, so I just had to make more goodies for the special day. I have collaged paper mache' hearts with bright fun colors & beautiful ladies.