Boatload of ATCs, A Mug Rug, and Some Other Stuff

Hello Readers!

My drawing muse is in full force this week!
More ATCs to show:

Watermelon #1

ATC

markers on cardstock

Watermelon #2

ATC

markers on cardstock

Melon Rhino

ATC

markers on cardstock

Watermelon Slice

ATC

markers on cardstock

After watermelons my muse got stuck on goats again. You saw one goat in the last post!

Billy Goat Orange

ATC

markers on recycled chipboard

Green Eyed Goat

ATC

markers on cardstock

Goat with Green

ATC

markers on recycled chipboard

Gray Goat

ATC

markers on cardstock

And then masks came along:

Arrow Earrings Mask

ATC

markers on pastel paper adhered to black paper that is adhered to recycled poster board (spiderman poster to be exact!)

Purple Hair Mask

ATC

made the same as the first

Lavender Helmet Mask

ATC

made the same as the other two

Pink Horns Mask

ATC

made the same as the other three masks

Blue Owl

ATC

markers on cardstock

Four little fishes done on book page paper in markers.

Will use these, probably for a few little book covers. 

The largest fish is about 3 inches long.

Orange Poppies

ATC

markers on cardstock

They look more pink than orange but I've already given them a title and that's the way it will stay.

Pink Ladybug

ATC

markers on cardstock

Yellow and Purple Fish Mug Rug

Wool sweater material, felt, embroidery thread. This one still needs a backing which will be more sweater material from a different sweater.
I need to do a fabric hunt in the stash for some more wool sweaters. I do enjoy sewing appliques on felted wool!

This was a fun project. It's a zippered plastic storage bag covered in red duct tape with a yellow and purple duct tape duck. 

You take a new sandwich baggie, quart size freezer bag, whatever size you want ... just make sure it has a slide zip and cover it with duct tape on both sides. You have yourself a sturdy little pouch for carrying all kinds of things. This one is a quart storage bag. Not sure of the dimensions. 

Sewn Wool Sheep Magnets

I would have liked this white sweater better without all the ribbon embroidery that was on it but it came with the embroidery and that's just the way it was. I work with what I have ... therefore my sheep have pastel ribbon flowers and Xs of them. I used very little of the fabric obtained from that felted sweater for these here sheep.  Their heads and legs are the remnants of the black wool all the mug rugs are made with. I also got a hot pot mat, a couple monsters and the black cat stuffie out of that sweater! We'll see what else pops up from the white sweater in the future. There's still quite a lot of it left. The heads are held on with the two french knots acting as eyes. A few of them are stitched at the end of their noses with the black thread used to attach their legs.

Need to buy some more polyfil before I can make anymore monsters.

Chenille Stem Cat

aka pipe cleaners. I put the black lines on the orange stems with a sharpie before I twisted the kitty into shape. He's got a magnet fragment on the back side of him. 

I'll be making more of these little guys in other colors.

I need to get busy on the flamingo again. My sister asked after him the other day....

 I leave you with a dog eating a pear.

Thanks for coming to visit!

Be good to one another!

It matters!

Peace

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Books, Paintings, Drawings, and Much More in the Wings

Thanks for stopping by. We'll get right to the artwork cause I've been rather busy and because life is sliding along nicely without much commotion. That suits me fine! 

Enjoy!

Book Cover

red heart tree

acrylics on cardstock

Book Cover

City Scape by the Lake

acrylics and watercolor on book page adhered to cardstock

Book Cover

Eye-patched Ellie

watercolors on book page adhered to cardstock

Book Cover

Palm Tree

watercolors on book page adhered to cardstock

Book Cover

Red Dove

watercolors and markers on book page adhered to cardstock

Book Cover 

Yellow Tulip

watercolors and marker on book page adhered to cardstock

These are the previous book covers sewn into actual books. They are all sewn in the pamphlet stitch with crochet cotton of one color or another. Each is 2.5x3.5 inches.

Bookmark

Acrylics, watercolors and sparkly paint on cardstock. 

This one came about because instead of wiping my brush on the painting rag, I used a bookmark size piece of cardstock to accomplish the same thing. 

2x6 inches

Two Little Books

The white one on the left is 2.5x3.5 inches in size. It has copy paper pages numbering 48, sewn with crochet cotton in the long stitch. The cover is plain cardstock, ready for you own design.

Red Heart Tree Book is done in markers on cardstock. It measures 2.5x3, sewn with crochet cotton in the pamphlet stitch. It has 16 copy paper pages.

Collage Fish

ATC

watercolor on book page adhered to cardstock

The fish was done separately, cut out and adhered to the painted book page beneath it.

Ugly Fish Book

(with neat copper closure)

And yes, the closure is the only redeeming thing about this little book, in my opinion. That isn't for me to decide though. This started out being another of the heart tree books but it went horribly wrong when I was trying to cover up my fingerprints with a blue background (after I'd already painted the tree). Stupid idea! So I drew that cute little fish, painted it watercolors and adhered it to the front cover. Then I just couldn't let it be. NO! JUST HAD to a 'little' more to it...and we all know if you don't stop when the muse says stop, she's gonna sit back and just let you make a fool of yourself with an ugly picture from one that was much better before you'd mucked it up royally! 

It's still a functional little book, it's just not one you're gonna show off to your friends because you love the little fish on the front cover!

There are 16 copy paper pages sewn with thin copper wire in the pamphlet stitch. I then covered the wire with copper foil tape and a green plastic bead. The book is 2.5x3.5 inches.

Multi-Heart Tree Book

2.5x3.5 inches, marker on cardstock. 

You can see the fingerprints on this one that resulted in the ugly fish you just saw! I had enough sense to just let this one be. I traded it for an ATC, so it must not be too awful.  Sewn in pamphlet stitch with crochet cotton, 16 pages.

I forget what the heck I called this one. She's done in acrylics and watercolor on book page. Her hair was gessoed and then I wrote all over it. 

'And this morning I have tired of this constant watching shadow girl'

I wrote it over and over till her hair became what you see here.

5x6 inches

Black and Brown Poodles

ATC

acrylics on cardstock

Orange Rose

ATC

markers on cardstock

Blue Shades

ATC

markers on cardstock

Blue Sheep with Heart

ATC

markers on cardstock

Fall's Arrival

ATC

markers on cardstock

Goat

ATC

markers on cardstock

Green Eye Abstract

ATC

markers on cardstock

Green Goat

ATC

markers on cardstock

Knitting Sheep

ATC

markers on cardstock

Orange Flowers on Black

ATC

markers on cardstock

Orange Variety Flowers

ATC

markers on cardstock

Paris Poodle

ATC

markers on cardstock

Pink Poodle Hound

ATC

markers on cardstock

Polka Dot Skirt

ATC

markers on cardstock

Sheep on Green Field

ATC

markers on cardstock

Sheep with Yellow Flower

ATC

markers on cardstock

Tim The Poodle

ATC

markers on cardstock

Wooly Sheep with Flowers

ATC

fluffy sweater fibers glued to marker drawing on cardstock

Wooly Sheep

ATC

fluffy sweater fibers glued to marker drawing on cardstock

I don't know how many pieces are in this post. I do know there are other things done, but waiting on me to either take a picture or download the pictures already taken. There will soon be another post!

Thanks for taking a look! 

Be good to one another!

It matters!

Peace

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