time for tea no 1

january's conjuror of dreams anything goes challenge theme for the month is "time for tea."
 

the tea-drinking faeries are a conjuror of dreams image. the rest of the images are from retired mischief circus kits.

love to all.

jack o lantern

for digital whisper: jack o lantern 

images from fusion dream print and retired mischief circus kits.

love to all.

faery time 2

happy last day of february! it is week 2 for my "faeries" challenge at tag tuesday. today i've got one last digital and one last paper tag. you have one week left to play along.

images from retired mischief circus kits, except the faery is from dezinaworld.

the girl is from crowabout studio B (retired), with paper, a butterfly, a border, and a quote from my stash.

have fun!

love to all.

walking in nature with wings

 for tag tuesday "things with wings" and gecko galz "walk with nature" challenges. i guess these faery folk are probably floating not walking! 

images are from gecko galz shop, with flowers and dots from my stash (the word dream is stamped).

there is one week remaining to play the tag tuesday challenge; the gecko galz challenge lasts until the end of this month.

love to all!

faery love

linking to the "love through the ages" challenge at gecko galz. a couple digital valentines i made with background digital papers and embellishments from gecko galz and female/faery images from designs by aymara.

love to all!

castle

for take a word: castle

images from pixabay, dezinaworld (retired) and a butterfly from holliewood studios (mischief circus).
love to all.

faery picnic; and a bit of stamping for ICAD

for sunday postcard art: fruit

images from dezinaworld, itKuPiLLi, pixabay, and miles beyond the moon.

also today: my index card a day ICAD #14 "chamomile." 

i looked up an image of chamomile and it is sort of daisy looking. so i made this card with rubber stamps, spritzed watercolor inks, a grassy bit from a tumblefish creations digital kit, and a bit of an unsteady hand on the stamping...

but hopefully the sentiment comes through.

love to all.

faery moon

for three muses: silhouette

background is celestial backgrounds by itKuPiLLi and (retired) "cirque" by miles beyond the moon. silhouette is by floppy latte (also retired as far as i know).

love to all.

just another day in fairyland

for take a word challenge: roses

roses from marta van eck, fairy by dezinaworld, background paper by gecko galz.

love to all.

crowns or hats

for three muses challenge, crowns or hats. i've chosen crowns.

faery queen of peace 

princess bubbles

faery princesses of love

backgrounds by gecko galz and images from miles beyond the moon, crowabout studio b, itKuPiLLi imagenarium, tumblefish studios, holliewood studios.

love and faery princess goodness to all.

faery two

for take a word "two"

images by cryztal rain (altered reality and artistry ballet) and holliewood studios (mischief 6).

love to all.

springtime

every day there are a few more hints that spring might really come to my pacific northwest home in the US.  the challenge prompt at tag tuesday this week is "springtime" and i have 2 tags with spring fairies to welcome this season.

all images and backgrounds by lunagirl.  in the springtime anything is possible and i look forward to new adventures!

linking up to springtime challenge at moo mania and more challenge blog.

love to all.

vegetables (and the faeries who help them grow)

as you likely know, we have garden faeries to thank for helping the flowers and fruits and vegetables to grow big and yummy.  for the "vegetables" prompt at tag tuesday this week i am showing how this magical situation works.

here we have sweet corn, peppers and beans being helped along by faerie friends.  all images and papers are by lunagirl.  the faeries are from the "fly away home" collage sheet, the veggies are from the "seed packs" collage sheet and the background paper was created by karen of lunagirl a few years ago for a "green" color challenge.

at this time of year i make quite a few stews and soups with lots of veggies in them so a shout out to all the farmers and harvesters who really do the hard work of bringing food to our tables.  they are faeries of a sort and most of us wouldn't have a thing to eat without them!

love to all.

faeries and mermaids, 4

there is just a week remaining to enter the lunagirl moonbeams challenge blog faeries and mermaids challenge.  please consider linking up your own creation featuring mermaids or faeries for the chance to win shopping credit at the lunagirl store. here are 2 more pieces from me -- a final twinchie (2x2) and an ATC.

 

both pieces include a variety of lunagirl images from many of lunagirl's wonderful collage sheets.  i hope you will win the shopping credit prize so that you can enjoy working with these wonderful images for yourself.

 

as for me, i can never quite get enough of faeries and mermaids. so it has been an enjoyable month of creativity on this theme.

 

one last week to link up.

love to all.

faeries and mermaids, 3

week three of the month-long faeries and mermaids challenge at lunagirl moonbeams is here! join our challenge for the chance to win a shopping credit at the lunagirl store.  here is my third piece: 

yes, it is yet another twinchie, a 2x2 inch creation, featuring a mermaid from the "mermaids 2" collage sheet by lunagirl.  the background paper is a freebie long ago offered at the lunagirl blog.  i added a sea star, shimmery border paper and some little enamel dots "bubbles" to finish the piece.

you do not have to use a lunagirl image to enter the challenges but if you are eager to have one,  here's a faerie freebie for you! (hint: if you search the label "freebies" at the lunagirl blog you'll find many many more wonderful images free for your use!)

enjoy; love to all.

faeries and mermaids, 2

the challenges at the lunagirl moonbeams blog now run for a full month so i'll be posting another creation every week.  this is week two of our faeries and mermaids challenge.  you are invited to post a creation to the blog featuring a faerie or mermaid.  you'll then be in the running for a prize of shopping credit at the delightful lunagirl store. 

this week i am sharing yet another twinchie (2 x 2 inches) this time featuring a faerie from the lunagirl faerie fantasy showgirls collage sheet.  the wings i gave her are from the lunagirl fly away home collage sheet.  the background paper, prima flower, leaf ribbon and text are from my stash.

three more weeks to link up a creation, i hope you will!
love to all.

faeries and mermaids, 1

faeries and mermaids, oh how we love them!  they are the theme for the new challenge at lunagirl moonbeams (find a lunagirl faerie freebie here).  i still have beach and ocean and other summery thoughts in my mind so i am starting with a mermaid for my first DT piece.

this creation is a "twinchie," just 2x2 inches -- if you saw my earlier post today you saw twinchies there as well.  stay tuned, september is gong to be a very twinchy month!

the mermaid is from the lunagirl "mermaids 2" collage sheet.  the papers in the background came from a magazine article and a seashore sticker set.  the only other embellishment is distressing and enamel dots.  oh, and a little fish sticker swimming to the mermaid!

please consider linking up a faerie or mermaid creation of your own at the lunagirl blog for the chance to win the prize of shopping credit at the lunagirl store!

love to all.

pink saturday tag

here is a little something for pink saturday.  the background on the tag is a variety of pretty pink colored watercolor jewels from stamp zia.  these faery stamps are ones i have had for many years.  they are so old they fell off their wooden blocks and i re-mounted them with ez mount so i no longer know the company they came from.

this is also one of my DT tags for "things with wings" -- the latest challenge at the cheerful stamp pad.  check it out and include one of your winged creations!  the challenge is open for one more week.

i hope you are having a happy weekend.  love to all.

more mixed media -- winged lovelies

last week the talented Cindy Adkins posted amazing creations for faerie wishes week with a lot of wonderful faeries hidden in garden settings and she got me inspired to make this creation.  sometimes when i get downloads i print them and just look at them for a long time.  well, i had these faces from dezinaworld and these wing sets from moonlightjourney and it suddenly became clear to me that the wings really wanted to be placed in a creation with the faces.  cindy's inspiration plus these special items led to this piece.

so meanwhile i bought canvases on sale awhile back and i've been giving myself the pep talk for quite some time to go ahead and set aside my fears and use one!  so here is what i did.  i painted the canvas with gold gesso (i'm told the only place to get such a thing is from daniel smith) and i made a collage background using random stash items such as papers, lace, etc. and also some vintage images from twisted papers. 

i glued my faces and wings together and placed them carefully then added a dragonfly and a bee from k and company.  i also did some white dots with a sharpie poster paint pen.

i struggled with capturing the image but got some help from DH and his photographic skills.  so here it is.  i am so excited to have made my first-ever canvas and am also thrilled to be trying new techniques.  i also want to give a shout out to the amazing Liesel Lund. taking her transformational art journaling and mixed media classes has really helped to move me to a new freedom and joy in creating!
thanks for looking dear friends.

love to all