House Tags

House tags made for a swap at ATCsforAll.com

Color Quote Chunkies

Purple Page by Kathy
"I never saw a purple cow, I never hope to see one ..." ~Gelett Burgess









Blue Page by Me
"I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky." ~Oscar Wilde

Green Page by Carrie
"Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches." ~Federico Garcia Lorca
"But I was thinking of a plan to dye one's whiskers green." ~Lewis Carroll

Yellow page by Bette
"There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun." ~Picasso







Orange Page by Sue
"Orange is the happiest color." ~Sinatra











Red Page by Anne
"Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
Red sky at night, Sailor's delight."
"Some would find fault with the morning red,
if they ever got up early enough." ~Thoreau

Collage Potpourri #3

Deep in the Woods I Sing

No one hears

No one judges

No one grimaces

This page was created by randomly selecting and following Sarah Whitmire's Collage Potpourri #3 prompts at Soul Journaling. She also has a blog: www.caspian.com.

First, I listed everything I did today in pen. Using a king size permanent black marker, I quickly and angrily wrote the alphabet over my list. Covered the page with clear gess and rubbed black gesso on top. Added a wash of deep woods green over everything. Took pictures of my silhouette; printed and cut out stencils. Using autumn orange, painted four negative stencil images of my my face. Dry brushed the positive images. Using orange, yellow, and green, brocolli stamped. Yes, the real vegetable right from my fridge! Black gessoed over the center of the left page. Added writing with gel pens.

Note: I can not carry a tune and usually just move my lips when singing in public. And, I artistically removed my double chin.

Same Award Twice

The lovely Kelly gave me this award after I gave it to her. Thanks for thinking of me! I'm Doubly Over The Top!!

The rules are:
I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word (I'm going to try a second time with different answers).

So here we go:
1. Where is your cell phone?… Counter
2. Your hair?… Naturally Varigated
3. Your mother?… Cleaning
4. Your father?… Working
5. Your favorite food?… Taco Salad
6. Your dream last night?… Yes
7. Your favorite drink?… Diet Coke
8. Your dream/goal?… Peace
9. What room are you in?… Livingroom
10. Your hobby?… Reading
11. Your fear?… Physical Pain
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?…?
13. Where were you last night?… Sleeping
14. Something that you aren’t?… Accomplished
15. Muffins?… Raisin bran
16. Wish list item?… Scanner
17. Where did you grow up?… Haven't
18. Last thing you did?… Painted
19. What are you wearing?… Sweatshirt
20. Your TV?… Off
21. Your Pets?… Want another rat
22. Friends?… Hello!
23. Your life?… Continuing
24. Your mood?… Up&Down
25. Missing Someone?… Nope
26. Vehicle?… Van
27. Something you're not wearing?… Makeup
28. Your favorite store?… Garage Sales
29. Your favorite colour?… Yellow
30. When was the last time you laughed?… Last night while watching Mentalist
31. Last time you cried?… Yes?!
32. Your best friend?… In my head
33. One place that I go to over and over?… Washing machine
34. Facebook?… Deleted
35. Favorite place to eat?… Red Lobster

Not so easy to give one word answers!

I'd like to pass this award on to another batch of bloggers!!

1. Cheryl 2. Gina 3. Leanne 4. Sara 5. Timaree (Alphabetically)

Blog Award

The lovely Kirsti gave me this award this week. Thanks for thinking of me!

The rules are:
I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word.
So here we go:

1. Where is your cell phone?… Purse
2. Your hair?… Long
3. Your mother?… Shopping
4. Your father?… Sleeping
5. Your favorite food?… Popcorn
6. Your dream last night?… Lost
7. Your favorite drink?… Iced Tea
8. Your dream/goal?… Happy children
9. What room are you in?… Livingroom
10. Your hobby?… Art
11. Your fear?… Pain
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?…?
13. Where were you last night?… Home
14. Something that you aren’t?… Carefree
15. Muffins?… Lemon poppy seed
16. Wish list item?… MP3
17. Where did you grow up?… Town
18. Last thing you did?… Read
19. What are you wearing?… Layers
20. Your TV?… Off
21. Your Pets?… Dogs
22. Friends?… Lost
23. Your life?… Here
24. Your mood?… Mellow
25. Missing Someone?… Nope
26. Vehicle?… Runs
27. Something you're not wearing?… Shoes
28. Your favorite store?… JoAnns
29. Your favorite colour?… Burgandy
30. When was the last time you laughed?… Hour
31. Last time you cried?… Recent
32. Your best friend?… Holy Spirit
33. One place that I go to over and over?… Imagination
34. Facebook?… Deleted
35. Favorite place to eat?… Out

Not so easy to give one word answers! Well you can see that I tried!!

I'd like to pass this on to some bloggers who are always leaving such encouraging comments. Thanks for all the warm fuzzies!!

1. Jennifer 2. Kelly 3. Laura 4. Nancy 5. Ramona 6. Toni (Alphabetically)

Collage Potpourri #2

I started with Escher's "Drawing Hands" on the left and a magazine picture of stacked books on the right. As I randomly drew Sarah Whitmire's Soul Journaling prompts, these pages evolved.

Made a border with a paint dipped plastic fork. Closed the book after blobbing yellow paint on one page. Filled the page with stamped numbers. Traced my hand six times. Added some written and magazine words. Used a pastel red crayon to write "books" and draw the yin yang symbol. Used a watercolor crayon for a purple wash. With needle and ribbon, "wrapped up" the books blanket.

Collage Potpourri #1

Continuing with Sarah Whitmires Soul Journaling prompts, I cut up the list of directions and drew one at a time to add to my Collage Potpourri #1.

1. "Drip and splatter at least two different colors of paint." First, I squeezed a line of gold acrylic across the top and some dots around the pages. I tried tapping the entire book vertically against the table but it was to thick to drip. Grabbing a straw, I spread the paint by blowing (which made a bunch of blobs). I waterdowned and splattered some blue paint (and made a few extra blobs).

2. "Use pencil somewhere." Using blue colored pencil, I made a bottom border.

3. " Cut out a silhouette of a person and paint over it." I found an image online of the yoga tree pose and cut two stencils. With red acrylic, I stenciled two positive and two negative images.

4. "Dry-brush some paint (use a color you haven't used yet)." I dry-brushed silver paint.

5. "Add tape. " I wrote TREE with double sided tape, covered it with white tissue paper, and carefully removed the untaped tissue paper.

6. "Add a wash of paint (use a color you haven't used yet)." I covered the entire page with metallic green watercolor.

7. "Make some quick lines, fast and without thinking." Sorry, but I did a bit of thinking to create a line border on top, left and right. I also made quick, fast lines around the tissue paper letters.

8. "Write your grocery list or any other list somewhere (use your nondominate hand)." I wrote the supplies used on this page: acrylic paint, straw, brush, colored pencil, silhouette, tape, tissue paper, water colors, pencil.

9. "Fill the page with descriptive adjectives (Use a permanent ink pen)." Oops, I used a deep shade 5B pencil to write words describing trees. And yes, I know some are nouns. Strong, colorful, massive, grand, majestic, rooted, giving, ancient, plentiful, usefull, providing, helpful, grand, spiritfilled, reaching, friendly, swaying, rough, alive, natural, home, shelter, rooted, seeds, hope!