diva tribute tag

i was visiting desire's blog recently and learned about the "anything goes" challenge at the art by miran challenge blog.  although you do not have to use an art by miran stamp to play i was inspired to treat myself to a new digital stamp at the art by miran shop.  our prompt at tag tuesday this week is "diva" so i specifically chose a stamp to match that challenge!

love that pink feather boa!  i colored this image with pencils, outlined her and fussy cut her.  the background papers on the tag are from an old alphastamps kit.  the dragonfly is from eyelet outlet and the rest are items from my stash.

i'm linking this to the new year of blogger challenges at scraps of color for challenge #1 "anything goes."

by the way, i love that our tag tuesday prompt is "diva" on january 13 which is my late grandmother's birthday.  she was a true diva in the best possible way!  so this is a tribute to her as well.  she could sing like a bird, decorate a home on a dime, she sewed her own clothes, made hats and all of it was super fabulous. no pattern required and almost always recycled/upcycled before upcycling was invented!  she had deep, rich spiritual faith and was a guide to all our family.  and she had eye-stopping style even into her 90s she has been gone now three years.  here she is at 90:

i miss her but seek to carry her creative and loving spirit wherever i go.  happy birthday Dear.

happy week; love to all.

too hot!

for week two of the "weekend activities" challenge at the cheerful stamp pad i chose a summery digital image by designer bb kakes from our challenge sponsor stitchy bear digital outlet. i guess her activity is trying to cool off!

i colored the digi with colored pencils and cut her out to arrange her on a die cut with coordinating cardstock.  i added a sun and a word which tells the story -- it is so hot she has to sit on ice, drink lemonade and use a little hand-held fan!  i can relate.

link up your weekend activity inspired piece for a chance to win shopping credit at stitchy bear.  i hope you will play along.

i'm linking this piece to the "anything goes" challenge at artbymiran challenge blog, the only requirement being that your image be hand-colored.

love to all.