autumn goddess with birds, recycled...

i'm excited to share another bit of inspiration for the "put a bird on it" challenge at lunagirl moonbeams while also offering another creation for the recycle, re-purpose and re-invent october fall harvest/hallowe'en challenge at the doodle artifacts blog.

here's what i made, an autumn goddess with birds book:

but it started like this:

this is a little composition book, just 3 by 4 inches.  i first covered the front and back with designer paper by gecko galz. although i do own book binding tape i used a piece of dark green tape from my stash for the binding.  the goddess image and the three birds come from lunagirl collage sheets.  there is an autumn-ish sticker on the top, an adhesive felt border at the bottom and an autumn leaf brad from eyelet outlet.  i distressed around the edges with old paper and rust colored inks.

these are both great challenges!  enjoy.
love to all.

more birds and more altered card deck fun!

at lunagirl moonbeams we are challenging you to "put a bird on it," that is, to use birds in your art and for the week 3 prompt at claudine's art corner altered card deck challenge the week 3 sample for "fall" also featured a bird. which means a chance for me to combine challenges!  here are my 2 altered cards for week 3, the first of which features a lovely owl from lunagirl's "owls" collage sheet.

in addition to the lunagirl owl on the first card, that same card also features leaves from the linagirl "autumn leaves" collage sheet.  i also have washi tape, a bit of a sun stamp from uptown rubber and stick on letters. (if you saw my monday post you can tell i was using some of the same supplies lol!).  the background of the card itself was done with distress inks (over a gessoed card base).

the second card also features an image from lunagirl -- the woman at top left, from the "steampunk girls" collage sheet.  the other steampunk images  were 3 images from dezinaworld that i combined to make one digital collage piece, then printed and cut out.  the stamped image (stamped on another sheet of designer paper) is from a tim holtz stamp set.  the background on this altered card was done with alcohol inks (over a gessoed card base).  also a fleur de lis brad!

here are claudine's pieces which we used for inspiration:

now back to that birds challenge -- you still have a week and a half to link up a creation featuring birds for a chance to win a shopping spree at lunagirl..  if you do not have any bird images to work with Karen has provided a freebie here.  and of course the altered card deck challenge is ongoing for a total of 26 weeks, give or take.

i'm linking my fall owl to the brand new and exciting october/fall harvest/hallowe'en challenge at the recycle, re-purpose and re-invent challenge blog at doodle pieces as i "recycled and re-purposed" a playing card for this piece.

love to all.