Mid Week Art Made and Received

Can you tell I have a lot of trouble coming up with an appropriate title on the spur of the moment?? Anyway this picture is of my second page in Patti Gramza's fabulous little octagon deco. It involved a few experiments for me as I haven't previously painted and stamped on an image that I have printed on inkjet fabric. I really enjoyed working with a different shape and hope that I haven't gone overboard by using the flowers on both pages but I didn't like the ones that were in the actual printed image so needed to cover them up! Besides, it is spring here and I am really enjoying all the flowers that are around the place. Talking of flowers, I must take a picture of some of the beautiful jacaranda blossoms that are scattered through this town - especially in the older parts when people still planted biggish trees on suburban sized blocks (and then spent the rest of their lives trimming them! - does that ring any bells Mum??)

I also received the last of the Tissue Paper Studies from a great exchange on the Surface Design Yahoo group. This very pretty one is from Ingrid Tiffe who has an interesting website that is really worth visiting.

Last night at our weekly get-together at Annie's I worked on my metallic inchies,which are nearing completion. Annie showed me her latest work on the embellisher. Fabulous stuff and this girl is now making fibre ATCs!! Go Annie. What's more she has made a stunning paper fabric postcard (a la Beryl Taylor) so I am trying to convince her that she has enough time (hah!) to create a blog to share her gorgeous stuff. I'll keep working on it...

Tissue Paper Studies Received in the Mail

Tissue Study by Jean Spillane

Weird week for me - I am so tired and can't really figure out why although I guess a bit more sleep would have helped. Anyway I meant to post these pictures of the two Tissue Paper Studies that I received this week days ago and have just realized I haven't blogged since Wednesday. I'll be posting again later today after I finish working on something.

Tissue Study by Cathie Recca

This exchange was a fascinating example of how much variety you can get when six people do a "tissue paper study" in a six inch square format. No other restrictions or rules. I have already blogged about my ones and the first two I received in earlier posts and I'll show you Ingrid's one once it arrives. The trades were organized through the Surface Design Yahoo Group - a great group who trade a lot so you have heaps of choices! There is no obligation to join trades though.