Going wild in Wyoming

Well, not really crazy wild... but this afternoon we are heading into the wilds for a weekend of camping. I have been in Wyoming for the past week, visiting family. I've taken lots of photos while I'm here so I'll make a longer post with pictures when I get home next week. For now, I need to help get the trailer packed so we can head out! Hope I get to see a bear =)

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

I altered six of these postcards to represent what I love about the place that I live - SNOW! It's hard to tell from the photo, but I used fun flock over the tree, shrubs, and slope to give it a fuzzy, snowy effect. These are for a Paper Traders swap.

Love my Padres!

About 20 minutes ago, I climbed into bed and turned on the news to wind down my day... they announced that the Rockies were hosting the Padres tonight and the game was tied 8-8 in the 8th inning. I quickly surfed through channels until I found a broadcast of the game and now it's the top of the 9th and the Padres have earned 7 more runs this inning... and there's still only 1 out... the score right now is 15-8 Padres... and I'm sitting here with a big ol' grin on my face =) I love my Padres!!

Crowned Crane

I made this ATC for the monthly Winner-Takes-All lottery on Paper Traders. Still struggling with my muse but anything asian is always a favorite for me.

Aces

Our Paper Traders group is doing a monthly challenge using a deck of playing cards - it's called "52 Card Dress-Up." This month's theme is "wings" using the aces. I'm still struggling to find my muse but managed to put these together this week.

Asian Houses Redux

As I mentioned earlier this week, I haven't been satisfied with the quality of my recent artwork. So I decided to remake my asian chipboard houses. I didn't start over from scratch but did take them down to the background paper and rebuilt them up again, adding more features, more distress ink, and adjusted the layers. I am much more satisfied with the results:

Pushing through

Last Friday, I had the WORST migraine! And ever since then, I've been exhausted... and that seems to have left me unmotivated and muse-less. I have been pushing through the artistic block and trying to create something each day. This week, I managed to do these chipboard houses - all with an asian theme (one of my favorites). Unfortunately, I'm not loving what I'm creating.... but still pushing on...