Frida ATC's

I swapped these ATC's I made with Micki in the UK!! I'm excited to get to send something overseas. The theme was based on Frida Kahlo. I've been an admirer of Frida Kahlo and Remedios Varo's artwork forever so it was fun to use Frida as an inspiration. I've included photos of the original inspirations for the cards. I just wanted to show how what inspires me doesn't always translate directly to the final product and of course there is my own artistic bend that comes through. I found for this endeavor that I had a difficult time making Frida look as masculine, as she can, so my cards have a more rounded, feminine look to them.

'Blessings' card swap

Here is the card I made for the 'Blessings' card swap on 'Willowing & Friends'. Though the card doesn't really state 'blessings' it is ideas & thoughts that I wished for the receiver.

As you know 'courage' is my word for the year and I thought that it was a good word to use as a blessing, along with attributes that would be helpful for living a fuller life.

I drew the lady on colored card stock. Most of the detailing is colored pencils, but I used acrylic paints as the base color and then added water colour crayons and stamping for more details.

Eoster - Holiday Doll Ball Swap

 This is the doll I made for the swap. Her name is Eoster, she represents the Celtic goddess of Spring & fertility, which eventually became part of Easter.

 

 

Holiday Ball doll swap

Ah, the Holiday Ball doll swap is complete and it was a success. Look at this cute little guy! I love his face, it's so sweet and his big GREEN eyes!! I 'm a sucker for green eyes.
He is hand sculpted in polymer, painted and adorned with a sparkly star and tall red felt hat - so tall it's almost as big as the elf himself!
Stephanie Cadiou-White is the artist who created this wonderful elf. Her site is Pixies in the House. There you can see her more of her fabulous art - paintings, textile creations and OOAK's.