Heart Book Swap

Since I was behind for so long, I decided to get a head start on this project. This heart is for Helga. I'm in a swap with a few very talented artists, and was very honored to be asked to participate in this swap. Helga's request was that we use lime green, hot pink, and red....with a theme of "I love...". As always, I love ArtChix and had to show my love by using some of Helga's newer collage sheets. I started this heart last night and came home from work tonight and started right back in on it and finished up. So guess what? I'm 20 days early! Yay!! I'll be mailing it out sometime this week. Hope Helga likes it!

Peggy's Altered Book Cover

I'm in an altered book group for the second time around with several of the same gals and some new ones.

We're on our 2nd book and ready for our 3rd. I've been a little behind on my projects lately....but I'm almost all caught up. Yay!

I did come across some Lottery cards for some other swaps that had been tucked away...and when cleaning my art room yesterday and today I found them...so, I'll be sending some surprises out for some ladies...a nice late treat for them.

Peggy's altered book's title is My Garden...and her theme was KinderGARDEN...kids and garden things. Her book was blank on the cover and was just screaming at me to do it...so I did! The cover was a plan cream color. I taped it off and painted it with H2O's...so there's a nice shimmer to it...you can kind of tell from the picture. Most of the images are from Paper Whimsy, but the fairy girl is from Collage Stuff. The little lanter picture that she's holding is glassy with Diamond Glaze, and the flowers have some beautiful glass iridescent beads on them. Then there is my zipper butterflies...I started creating these earlier this year, and rather like the addition to the butterflies.

Hope Peggy likes it when she sees it next Spring.

Backside for Sanna

Finished the backside for Sanna tonight. I used Cheese Cloth to make all of the hair. Used E6000 to attach it in little tiny strips and rows. I had E6000 all over my fingers...thought I was going to take some of the skin off when I removed the dried glue.

Since I added the hair to this side...it changed the look to the other side. So, I'm adding a new picture of the other side. I really like the snow side best. What's your favorite?

For Sanna

This heart is for Sanna. This month we're trading hearts and she made me a very lovely heart that I'll share with you all at some point...maybe when my heart book is all put together.

This is the front of the heart...I still have the back to do, but I'm making sure everything is dry on this side. I used spackling to give it that snowy look. There is a little shaker dome on the right side full of watch parts...and there are watch parts sprinkled throughout the spackling for deminsion..

Even though I'm still working on it, I've got a good start to it. I hope to finish it up mid-week and mail it to Sanna.