Prosperity Fairy Promises a Good Year

Today I created a wall hanging for my house. It's a mixed media on wood that I call The Prosperity Fairy. She is my reminder to keep hope alive and believe in good things to come this year.
We ended 2015 very poorly, and yet we had a wonderful Christmas with family, my sister got married, my grandson started talking babbling to me online (he's only 4 months), and my boss made an offer which, while dropping hours, allowed me to keep the family insurance. On the down side, my husband came home and let me know that he had been let go!
So 2015 went out with a balance of good and bad, stress and the power of love. My artwork will be a constant reminder that life is a balancing act of good times and bad, pain and peace, sadness and joy. Without that bit of adversity in our lives, we could not appreciate the prosperity headed our way.
So I will hang my Prosperity Fairy in my bedroom, so that I can go to sleep under her watchful eye, as well as waken to her promise to come.
How do you balance your life between the good times and the bad? The Path of Positivity challenge blog offers the theme of Prosperity this month to all crafters. Carve out some time to create and then link up at the challenge blog for your chances to win prizes from the guest sponsors, The Stamping Boutique and Limited Runs. My artwork uses a digi image from the Stamping Boutique called I Love you This Much Cynthia Fairy.

Challenges I Am Entering:

Not Just Cards - Anything Goes

Sparkle n Sprinkle - Anything Goes w/loose glitter (around the edge of my wooden frame)

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Crafty Time challenges - Make It Sparkly

Rhedd's Creative SPirit - Anything Goes

Creaine challenges - Bingo grid

All Hallows Eve

We've reached the midway point in the Halloween challenge over at Ike's World Challenge blog. My DT project is a piece of Halloween decoration using Skellie Gossip, one of my favorite images from Ike's Art.
The base is a 7x10 inch piece of wood. I stained it before adhering patterned papers to "set" the scene, followed by my fussy-cut image (very time-consuming but worth it, I think). I pictured them in a bar setting, relaxing after a long night of spooking kids and adults alike, yet playing it safe since it is, after all, Halloween night.
I added some moss and string stuff I snagged at the Dollar Store last year, allowing a few creepy crawly spiders to hang with the boys. I love decorating for Halloween, and have posted this as well as other projects on my Facebook Page, Patacake's Paper Play.
Like Halloween as much as I do? Be sure to create and link up your project at Ike's World Challenge Blog for your chance to win!!

Challenges I am Entering:

City Crafters - Creatures of the Night

Fan-tastic Tuesday challenges - Anything Goes w/a twist: Halloween

Inky Chicks - Halloween

Crafty Boots challenges - Autumn/Halloween