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Showing posts with label forest. Show all posts

Monday, June 17, 2024

Inspired by C. S. Lewis and the Path of Positivity challenge blog

 Hello, crafters! Today's make is an 18" round wooden canvas. Using acrylic paints, I created several layers by painting and pressing leaves from a neighbor's tree onto the wood. I used a wash (water and green paint mix) in between each layer of leaves. The covered layers of leaves were painted with Titanium white paint, while the top layer has a mix of white and green leaf imprints. It gives the canvas a lot of dimension, don't you think? I finished off the canvas with a coat of loss varnish.

The Path of Positivity challenge blog offers a challenge this month with an optional twist: be inspired by a few quotes regarding Dreams and/or Goals. I chose one by C. S. Lewis:

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” ― C.S. Lewis

I've always wanted a summer getaway ever since Girl Scout camp when I was younger. Just before COVID hit (and after turning 60+), my dream came true. I now own an RV in a park close to Starved Rock State Park in Illinois. I've spent many enjoyable days at the pool, met wonderful park neighbors and toasted many a marshmallow around the campfire on summer nights.

                                       Enjoying s'mores with nephew and his family last Fall

My trailer overlooks a small ravine so that I can hear the water flowing past after a good rain. It's hard to find as it's completely surrounded by trees. and i can't wait to get out there again! It's a dream come true, even if I did have to wait a few decades...

How do your dreams or goals inspire you?  Come show us at the Path of Positivity challenge blog this month!!

Challenges I am Entering:
Simon Says - Let's Paint




Saturday, October 1, 2016

Into the Woods with Scribbles Designs

Hey, crafters, I'm here with a reminder that the newest challenge at Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog is now at the halfway point. The theme is Woodland Animals, and if you use a Scribbles Designs image you double your chances of winning. Don't have any? Check out the FREEBIES.
My card today is a hybrid, mixing paper-crafting with digital papers and elements. I printed and colored up a Scribbles Designs digi image called Bunny Bum (several times, as you can see). Using Photoshop Elements, I added my images to patterned paper and used a couple more papers and elements to finish off my card. Here are the details of my project:
Copic-colored Image: Scribbles Designs’ Bunny Bum; 
MischiefCircus’ Holliewood Dramatic Scenes Paper 1 & Pixel Scrapper KakleiDesigns Back to Nature Blog Train Patterned Paper 8;
Pixel Scrapper Tina Campanale's Dear Dad Border 1; 
Font: Cleaver’s Juvenia Shadowed.

What will you create for this Woodland Animal challenge? Whatever you make, don't forget to link it up with Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog. Happy crafting!