And the WINNERS ARE..........

I was not feeling so well yesterday so I drew names this morning right away!!! I drew 3 names and the winners are.....
Joanne O.
Calico Daisy
and Donna Mooney!!!!
I will get your gifts to you asap!!! Thanks for signing up and playing. Thios was so much fun for me and I hope you also!
Keep on Arting!!
Hugs,
Dawn

ONE World-ONE Heart Give Away !

What IS ONE World-ONE Heart?

It is a blog-wide giveaway event. The original idea behind this was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the process possibly win a prize or many prizes along the way. Last years event had nearly 100 participants and many connections were made because of it......friendships that are still going strong.

This is so EXCITING for me as I am a giver and LOVE to share my Art and send RAK's!
Leave me a comment including you name, email addy so I can find you to send your prize!!
I will be offering 3 Prizes to give away!! I made an inspiratation deck using the standard ATC size and collage images of vintage children along with an inspirational message's to lift your spirits! The other 2 prizes will be a surprise as they are in the making and one could possibly be a goodie bag with fun stuff for you to create with! If you have a blog please leave me your addy so I can check it out :)
The drawing will be Feb. 14, 2008 and I will announce the winner by the 15th of Feb , However should Life call and something beyond my control happens in my life or family, I will announce the winners asap :) Thanks for joining in the fun :)
Hugs,
Dawn

For the Love of ART

I'm Happy to say that so far 2008 seems to be doing better for us :). I've created some new art pieces to share with you! My Computers are not being so nice to me lately so I will have to add pictures a bit at a time :)
This Shrine I made using the collage sheets from Inka Stamps :)
I used pop dots and the little girl is sitting on a piece of lichen i got from one of our fallen birch trees in the yard,the bark on the roof is from the same tree ,The moss is from this last summer that we picked from the ground in the back woods. Moss is all over around here and I managed to gather a Large box and it stays in the garage. There is a little mushroom birdie sitting on the tree twig. I have named this shrine "The Visit". Everything in/on it is 3-D. I used 2 of the same image and added pop dots between the layers to make the girl and fairys stand out. The star was cut from foam core board and then I added molding compound to give it depth and then painted it with Goldens gold mica flake gel. I had alot of fun creating this and was totally submerged in the process and watching it come to "life". I will be adding new photos the rest of the day. I hope you enjoyed Looking into my imagination!

For the Birds?

I created this nature shrine for an art challenge i signed up for. It's made from a little wooden hinged box and i cut a piece of foam core to make a shelf and found some blue/green eggs to add to the bottom with moss from our woods behind the eggs. The top shelf has a tiny bird image that i glued onto a piece of foam core and then carefully cut out with a craft knife so it is 2D and the image behind the little bird in front is 2D also and glued to foamcore and then cut out after it dried so its has depth. The other side has an image of a nest and i glued moss to make a realistic birds nest and cut an egg in half and adhered it inside the "nest",added some tiny paper flowers and the wording. The front cover of the box is also collaged and the technique i used for the paint base was so much fun! I painted the entire box a robins egg blue let it dry (actually speed up the process by using a heat gun lol) and then i rubbed petrolyem gel on diff spots so that when i gessoed over the blue the gessoe would not adhere to the places i added the oil based gel and you end up with a very weathered surface with paint looking like it has been bubbling under the hot sun for years. after the gesso drys you rub off the paint with a paper towel where you used the petro gel. Next stop to post this photo to be voted on, how exciting!!

Hark the Herald , Angels sing!!!!!!

This was SOO much fun to make! It is for an ornament swap I'm in a One on One. I used a flat bulb and cut the angel image from Inka's Christmas collage sheet ,But first i added some angelina fibers in gold to the bottom of the bulb and then curled the image and inserted it and then had to use all kinds of stuff and finally got the image the way I wanted using wire(!). I edged around the bulb with rub n buff in gold and added stickles to the wings and headband before inserting the image. I glues the top metal cap on with glue so it won't come off. I used organza ribbon in light pink shimmer and attached an aged tiny tag to the top using another tiny image from the same sheet. It is really sparkley in person and i'm pleased with the outcome! I Love the christmas collage sheets Inka has! I Love angels at Christmas time. The way she sits in the bulb makes you wonder how she got in there! I took a gold krylon paint pen and wote the words "peace,joy and love " on the back, its subtle but there like angel whispers :) The next Angel ornie i make is going to have a white fluffy feather in the bulb to !! The ideas never stop!

a Tad of Whimsy in the air.......

OHH Looky A Charlie in a box!!! He was created out of paperclay and a purchased paper mache box ( I feel uncomfortable calling a circle container a box!). This was inspired by a book and one of my favorites too! The book is by one of my favorite artists known for her whimsical arty ways , Sandra Evertson and the name of the book escapes me right now and seems to have been pulled from my book collection. I have both of her books and they are wonderful! The other book is whimsical paper flowers and is filled with emphera and ideas and directions to make paper flowers! These are not your ordinary tissue paper flowers either. Take A peek on Amazon, I'm sure you'll enjoy the eye candy as well. Just type in the Artists name in the search bar.
Hope you enjoy him as much as I did creating him!

New News

I'm soo excited I can finally write about this.... I was asked to be on Inka Stamps design team!!! This is such a wonderful opportunity for me and will be a challenge I'm looking forward to. Inka emailed me and if you mention the design team when ordering she will give you a 30% discount on rubber stamps!!! OMGosh could it get any better then that??? Fly over to Inka Stamps
She's also got awesome collage sheets and long awaited Cut Glass in shapes of houses and so you can either make 2-D houses for ornaments or 3D houses to make your own little village!! I'm so thankful to all my friends and how suportive you've all been to me during difficult times. My Mom is having alot of problems with her memory and I can't leave her alone at all anymore, Less sleep as i wake up when i hear her get out of bed. She stood at the fridge the other day and was making a racket and came in to me in the living room telling me she couldn't figure out how to open the fridge and tore the panel for the water and ice dispencer off trying to get the fridge open. She is terribly bothered by this and worrys that she will lose her memory completly. I took her to the dr and they want to do some tests and she has to see another neuroligist, I am late mailing everything out as being sick myse3lf and taking care of mom kinda threw a wrench in the works. I apoligise for anyone waiting for mail from me. it will be taken care of asap.
Many Blessings,
Dawn