Clay Crowns

 Last weekend I had one of my art group meetings. This is what we created. Two of the members tag teamed to teach us, Donna J. & Jeanne showed us clay can be fun!

 This one I copied the decorating of one that Jeanne had done. I loved the colors of the alcohol inks used and the little chip board circle frame is from Maya Road. I added stickles to it and a bird photo behind the frame. Filled the frame in with glossy accents.

 You probably can not tell but I covered some of the dots with triple thick glossy sealer to give them some more dimension. I also included some stickles on some of the smaller dots.

 This one has a transfer on it of children. Did not know you could transfer toner/laser copies with water but you can. Very easy too! I added some detail to the inside of this crown on the peaks.

 This one is very brightly colored with the alcohol inks. Love the star brads Jeanne told me about at Hobby Lobby! Thanks Jeanne!!

 I added stickles to the dots on this one. It's colored with Red Pepper alcohol ink.

Jeanne and Donna had some crowns that they had sewn on. Cool idea! I watched Jeanne drill the holes in this crown for me so I could add the wire X's. Love this look!

It was great to play with a medium that I don't use very often. Learned several things about the medium plus I loved the bright colors you get with the alcohol inks.

Swap Art

I made this whimsical block doll last night at an art group meeting. Really fun project! We used Omnigel to transfer the face and dress. I have not used that in such a long time. The body, head and triangle are made from wooden blocks.

 These fabric wings I made as my swap for last night. Made from fabric, wire and little burlap flowers with ribbons hanging down.

I also added some detail with buttons and rhinestones.

Valentine Swaps

One of art groups met last Wednsday evening and our swap theme was hearts. I received this bunch of sewn hearts from a friend at another meeting, so I decided to try my hand at sewing my own. I have to say going around the hump is not that easy when your not a seasoned sewer. LOL

I wrapped mine up in tulle and put a tag on each of them. I had to make three sets!

They came out OK.

Here is what I received back from the swap. Check out the canvas with the heart on it. The heart is made with rolled up tubes of paper! Wonder how long that took? But it is oo cool! Love the purple and white heart with the spray of jewels coming out of the top. Very creative!

Look at these cards! The cupid one is just gorgous! Wonderful way to use the bingo card.

I had to share this. It is the saying on the inside of the bingo card. "I love you with all my butt. I would say heart, but my butt is bigger." So funny!!!

Swaps & Fun Art

This cute little heart paper mache ornament I did for one of my art groups. Covered it with pattern tissue paper and then added the rosette and the cupid. The cupid has stickles on it. The rosettes with the cupid looks great on a card too.

Bottle caps were the theme for my other art group this month. I painted a canvas with watered down tube acrylic paints and then stamped on it to give it some texture. Die cut the flower from a Tim Holtz die and Basic Grey Out of Print paper. Made leaves from a book page and doodled a little with a charcoal pencil. Oh and added the words I printed on the computer. I loved how it all came together!

These fabric hearts were done by my friend Donna J. I think they are sooo cute!!

I bought this magnetic chalk board this weekend. I have been wanting one for so long and had made a small chalk board from a silver tray, but it was not magnetic and that is what I really wanted. There is even a place to stash the chalk and hang something off it!

Swap Art & Snowflake Ornament Gifts

Remember in a previous post I sent gifts to two of the students that took all my classes at Mrs. O' Leary's? Well here is what I sent them. These glitter snowflake ornaments I made. I hope they liked them!

These are my swaps for one of my art groups. I used dies to cut out felt ornaments. Stitched and stuffed them with poly fill. I sewed on beads and pearls or used stickles on them and added a seam binding ribbon hanger.

This was one swap I got from Joyce. Very elegant! It took some time to stick all those pearls on!!

This is Mary's swap. She purchased the metal sign but stamped JOY on it and added the rhinestones on the left and the bird on the right. Very cute!

This is Rosalyn's swap that I received. Didn't know she had a hidden talent in ceramics. Love it!

This was the project I taught the group to make. Using pipe cleaners and wire for the orb shape then added glittered floral pics, tinsel and an ornament to complete it. Last year I learned how to do this at my other art group. I think I posted about that one in November of last year.

My other art group met last Sunday and we made these houses. Suzy did a great job teaching us. They were a lot of work but so worth it!! They even light up but you can't see it from the photos. They have glitter on them too!! So they really sparkle!