Nat's Ramblings

Just a Bit of Fun

2012-01-07T21:31:00.000-08:00

12 inches x 12 inches

Titled Love Birds

My Son Made a Video

2011-12-04T03:20:00.000-08:00

To most adults, this wouldn't really appeal, but he's 9 yrs old and wanted to show case his fav toy and song. Please check it out -

http://www.youtube.com/user/NatalieBriney?feature=watch#p/a/u/0/Spbh_8vLq4o

Blue Roses

2011-12-03T17:52:00.000-08:00

40 x 30 inches.

Blue Roses are made from fabric.

Thanks for looking

Papillon

2011-11-13T07:56:00.000-08:00

Latest Painting and framed. Size is 13.5 x 16.5 inches.

***SOLD**** Thank you

Thanks for looking

More Poppies :-)

2011-11-12T00:13:00.000-08:00

This latest canvas is titled Poppies in the Wind and is 36 inches x 24 inches

Very hard to see the texture, so have included a close up of the flowers and background in a close up below

Dedicated to "Poppy Day" - 11.11.11 or better known as Rememberance Day for all of those soldiers lost or fallen.

For Sale

Please contact me if you are interested

Dark Fairy

2011-11-08T18:25:00.001-08:00

Jade the Dark Fairy

Painted for a Special 11 yrold girl who requested a Dark Fairy

Primitive Poppies

2011-11-02T01:09:00.000-07:00

Primitive Poppies is 24 inches x 24 inches

Background paper is torn pages from the Novel Gone with the Wind

***SOLD THANK YOU***

My Latest Painting Blue Poppies

2011-10-31T19:02:00.000-07:00

36 inches wide x 24 inches high

Close up of the Poppies below

Poppies are made from Texture Paste (to give dimension) and then painted over.

**SOLD THANKYOU**

Tagged Angel

2011-10-26T21:32:00.000-07:00

"Tagged Angel"

24 inches x 36 inches

(background made from shipping tags)

For Sale Please PM me if interested

Messy Flowers

2011-10-24T22:22:00.000-07:00

Painting Titled - Just Because (that's right, Just because i felt like making a mess!!)

Frame size 13.2 inches x 13.2 inches

Thanks for looking

Butterfly Girl

2011-09-11T00:18:00.000-07:00

Frame size 16 inches x 16 inches.

***SOLD****

Thank you

La Belle

2011-09-03T00:19:00.000-07:00

My latest painting which is 12 inch x 12 inches canvas board and then framed:-

This painting was completely inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's Ferroniere

oh to be able to paint like that!!

She is for Sale, please contact me on brineys@bigpond.com if you are interested.

Frida Kahlo

2011-08-26T09:28:00.000-07:00

Yes she has been painted a million times, but I couldn't help myself and wanted to be the million and oneth (not a word and i dont care) to paint her. She is such a striking beauty - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo and i hope that I captured some of that with my 12 inches x 12 inches painting -

Photo taken at night, so of course colours are not as true. Painting will be framed in a black frame :-) and is for sale.

Girl in the Garden

2011-08-22T00:15:00.000-07:00

Girl In the Garden - 39 inches wide x 32 inches high. to be framed in a gold frame and is painted on wood (my new favourite medium). Butterflies have gold leaf on them, so dont photograph very well.

Time for an update

2011-07-31T07:41:00.000-07:00

Here are a few paintings, I haven't put on here, but really should have :-)

SOLD

This was a diptych (a set of two) and also SOLD at a recent art exhibition for local Pilbara Artists.

Here is a picture of the diptych together

Also SOLD at the same exhibition and one runner up People's Choice Award. Totally chuffed.

Homage to Klimt's Tree of Life and a Commission for a Friend

Sleeping Booty, not sold

Pouty Queen

2011-07-16T07:58:00.000-07:00

12 inches x 12 inches and she has a little bit of an edge to her.. maybe it's the mask???

Neglecting my blog

2011-07-08T21:34:00.000-07:00

Yep it's been a while :-(

12 inches x 12 inches - Dictionary Angel

Grungy Flowers

2011-04-16T23:57:00.000-07:00

12 x 24 inches.

My latest canvas, flowers are hand stitched onto the canvas as well as the stems, which are black beads.

Latest Painting - Peaceful Owl

2011-04-12T01:10:00.000-07:00

Latest Canvas 12 inch x 12 inch.

Thinking about selling this one... hmmmm maybe

Grungy Angel

2011-02-06T20:48:00.000-08:00

Canvas is sized 24 inch x 24 inch.

she's a lot grungier than i was originally going to make her, but i like the texture and affect.

New Canvas

2011-01-09T14:52:00.000-08:00

Flowers of Pink and Pearl - 36 inch x 24 inch. Taken me 6 months to finish, but finally done!! For an exhibition at our local Westpac Bank. Yes these beads are all hand stitched into the canvas, hence why it has taken 6 months. I want to do another, but this time have it more grungier and a little less pretty.

Mandela Painting

2010-07-18T23:12:00.000-07:00

24 inch x 24 inch - my version of a Mandela

Just Clowning Around

2010-06-14T07:53:00.001-07:00

8 x 10 inches

New Painting

2010-05-17T18:43:00.001-07:00

8 x 10 inches - Titled - Fly Me To The Moon

Two posts in one day!!

2010-04-26T07:34:00.000-07:00

Haha yep blog neglect, so just trying to catch up -

Vase of Flowers

2010-04-26T07:33:00.000-07:00

Latest Canvas titled "vase of flowers"

Lollipops???

2010-04-06T23:08:00.000-07:00

Or at least that's what my daughter titled my latest painting:-)

Talk about blog neglect

2010-03-21T00:48:00.001-07:00

Yep that's what's been happening with me lately. Art get's put to the back of the want/need list, when I'm working 5 days a week, with 2 children, a dog and a husband and not necessarily in that order either ;-).

But I have been working for 2 months on the painting below (off and on) for a friend of mine who has just recently opened a hair dressing salon in town from her home.

I was completely thrilled and blown away that she liked my work enough to ask me to do a painting for her.

anyway here it is - titled "Teigans Place".

more art to share

2009-10-31T06:44:00.000-07:00

My second Buddha, which I completed last week... this one has been sold :-)

My latest canvas titled - Just a Pear -

It's been a LONG time in between posts :-)

2009-10-20T07:13:00.000-07:00

Latest painting 8 x 10 inches on canvas board. Am going to frame this in a black frame... I am also working on another Buddha painting with different colours.

Paintings for my Son's Bedroom

2009-08-14T00:13:00.000-07:00

The above painting was made from a sketch my son did which you can see below. I wanted to make something a little more personal.

As I wasn't completely happy with the first painting (I wasn't overly excited about the background) I decided to do a second one.

Thanks for taking the time to look.

Pink Frangi's

2009-07-21T22:00:00.001-07:00

My latest canvas which is 30 inch x 24 inch. Pleased with this one, as it's a commission for a friend, so wanted it to be 'right'.

Love that Glimmer Mist

2009-07-09T17:20:00.001-07:00

All you have to do is post a picture of their new bottles and the phrase, Glimmer Mist is the same great product with a Fabulous NEW Look! Email your link to liz@mytatteredangels.com and your name will be placed into the draw for a six pac of the brand new, never released WINTER 2009 colours.

Yellow Frangi's

2009-06-28T09:12:00.000-07:00

A painting i've been working on for a while now. I am happy with the grungy way I've painted the flowers. Photo taken at night, so hard to see the detail in the background.

Size is 18 inch x 18 inch

A Day Trip

2009-06-18T07:59:00.000-07:00

Another cute canvas done for a friends daughter. 8 inch x 10 inch and fits in perfectly with this weeks MMM - tell me a story.

Catch a falling star

2009-06-07T19:53:00.000-07:00

and put it in your pocket

8 inch by 10 inch

And now for something completely different

2009-05-30T21:16:00.000-07:00

for me that is anyway...

I've titled this graffiti wall and size is 36 inch x 24 inch.

Yep it started out as something completely different, but this is the way it ended up :-) Loads of layers and a bit 'dark' for me, but nice to try something different.

My girl and her bestie and a new painting

2009-05-12T22:11:00.000-07:00

My girl and her bestie (Emma is on the right) after their presentation at the assembly this morning. These two stick together like glue and are each others biggest fans. So cute!!

and my latest painting which is a gift for a friends daughter. I wanted there to be lots of sparkle, so maybe I went a little overboard on the hearts and stars :-) but hopefully my friends daugher (who is a real girlie girl) will like it.

My daughter asked why I put wings on most of my girls..... hmmm I didn't think I did that, THAT much, but obviously my fascination with wings hasn't diminished quite yet.

Next painting an abstract....

This Boy

2009-05-04T05:55:00.000-07:00

A recent LO done of Luc my son. I take the worst ever photo's (I didn't even take the main photo) and could not for the life of me get a good shot of this LO no matter how much I tried. Hubby is on night shift at the moment, so took the best of the worst and that's what I have posted :-)

Latest canvas - Koi Fish

2009-04-26T07:52:00.000-07:00

I like this painting for it's simplicity, yet I may still add some more to it :-) but overall I am happy with the way it turned out. There is loads of texture in the background.

Size is 18 inch x 18 inch.

New LO

2009-04-19T23:03:00.001-07:00

This pic is of my girl who has recently taken up BMX riding.

MMM - Mermaids

2009-04-19T21:45:00.000-07:00

This week I am guest host over at Mixed Media Monday and here is a painting that I've done specifically for the theme - Mermaids.

Page dedicated to my grandmother :-)

2009-04-08T17:11:00.000-07:00

I haven't done many scrapbooking pages, but since my Nana passed in 2007, I have been meaning to dedicate a page to her.... yeah well nearly 2 years on and here we are... we can't rush these things :-)

Such a beautiful beautiful soul was my nana. Not only in looks, but in spirit also. Would have given the shirt off of her back and given it to a complete stranger if she thought they needed it. Accepted everyone for who they were and at face value. Treated all of us grandkids and great grandkids the same. We were all so very blessed to have had her in our lives.

Yes as my daughter said the other day "another squiggly flower painting"... hehe so honest aren't they. However I was particularly doing this for my own home and entrance way.

My next painting will (hopefully) be done in an oriental style with some koi fish. well that's my aim and what's in my head, now just gotta get it down on canvas.

Latest Canvas

2009-03-17T06:29:00.000-07:00

A pic taken of my latest canvas (taken at night, so not the best photo) which I've titled "Angel".

I dont think I've ever changed a canvas so much as I have with this one. I changed the background colour 3 times, I changed the dress shade at least 5 times, I put on layers on the dress that I didn't like, then painted over.. but eventually I got to a stage that I'm happy with.

I like the way my faces are 'developing', however I'm not sure if I'll ever be happy with the shading that I do... not sure why, just being overly critical :-) I guess.

The sides of the canvas are painted with black and white stripes to carry on the black and white theme going on in the painting. This is a gift for a friend's daughter, so I hope she likes it.

Fabric Book Page

2009-02-24T04:45:00.000-08:00

It's been so long since I've updated this blog.... have been away on holidays for 4 weeks and then school, work etc etc have slowed my creativity down somewhat.

Anyway though, I've finally finished the front page for Dawnie's fabric book.... so note this painting is done on fabric and was challenging but fun :-)

Thanks for looking

Painting done!!!!!!!!!1

2009-01-03T01:00:00.000-08:00

Yes it's been a while since I have been able to get my hands mucky with paint... a lot of reasons, but the main one is a lack of mojo and interest in picking up a paint brush.

But thankfully I had a class with Karyn Gartel to inspire me and here is my piece.

Gosh it feels good to get mucky once again... I am all inspired now to paint paint paint, however we go away on a holiday next week, so I'll be really ready to rock and roll by the time I get home.

Size of canvas is 12" x 24"

Another fabric page

2008-12-28T03:22:00.000-08:00

Above is my finished fabric page for Magda's book. It has taken me a while I must say, to a) get my mojo back and b) finish the beading. I find beading very therapeutic, although I'm not the neatest beader on the planet.

The background is made using Beryl Taylor's fabric paper instructions, my first time making it. I love how it is so flexible and feels like fabric, yet has the strenth and stiffness of paper. Hope that makes sense.

I'm also uploading this to the Embrace the Face Challenge Blog which has a theme of white. I know my background and picture isn't white, but the birdie is :-)

Thanks for looking

12 Days of Christmas Animation

2008-12-07T19:42:00.001-08:00

Enjoy

I wish I could paint like this..........

2008-12-03T23:20:00.000-08:00

http://asceneryforafriend.blogspot.com/

Please do go and check out Sulea's blog. One day, when I have more time (yes that elusive more time), i would like to be able to paint with as much detail and serenity as my friend Sulea.

And yes I was lucky enough to recieve this gorgeous painting from her today

How lucky am I to receive such a fabulous piece from the uber talented Sulea :-)

29 Days of Giveaways!!

2008-12-02T15:45:00.000-08:00

Check out Chrysti's very generous post here -

http://chrysti.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/29-days-of-giveaways-for-you/

I have been tagged

2008-11-18T00:21:00.000-08:00

The lovely Keron - aka Colourguru has tagged me and I am to tell you 6 quirky things about myself & tag 6 others.

Ok so here goes:-

1. I am not competitive in sport and to be honest have never really taken much interest UNTIL RECENTLY. I have started playing touch football and am finding myself like some sort of crazy competitive animal! hehe maybe not that bad, but yeah the bug has bitten.

2. I love tomato sauce (and butter) sandwiches.... hmmm good. Grosses everyone out in my family :-)

3. I used to bite my toenails.... eeeeeeeeeekkkkkkk when i was very young of course. Can't believe I was a) that flexible and b) thought that that was tasty. maybe that is too much information...

4. I love having my hair washed and blow dried at the hairdressers and often find myself falling asleep when they blow dry my hair.

5. I also love having my feet tickled.

and last but not least

6. Where we live it gets very very hot in the summer. So at night my ultimate thing just before going to bed, is to have the air conditioning going full bore, so that it is freezing cold and I can still have my doona over me... Well that's what I would like to do, but it doesn't happen in our house very often, as I'm the only one who likes it like that. I love the cold, not the heat.

I am supposed to tag another 6 people, but I never have much luck with these sorts of things, so I'm going to opt out. But if anyone wants to put 6 quirky things on their blog and then link back to me, i'd love to read what others find quirky about themselves.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

2008-10-29T01:40:00.000-07:00

Hi all

I have had very little time to do art this month and very little mojo to boot. So grabbed out my Suzi Blu kit Party Girl Kit and decided to start working on it. Basically Suzi has drawn the girl onto a piece of watercolour paper, and then provides some suggestions on how to colour and decorate your piece. So the face is not mine, but I have added my own style to this whole piece.

This also fits in with the latest 'Embrace The Face' Challenge of Who's coming to dinner :- Thanks for looking.

Been scrapping

2008-10-22T00:57:00.000-07:00

And did this LO :-)

Art Exhibition Nerves

2008-10-16T07:22:00.000-07:00

Ok so tomorrow is the official opening of the Art Exhibition here in Tom Price. THis is my first time EVER putting a piece up in an exhibition. I must say my nerves have got the better of me, as I went to see all of the art work tonight (sort of a pre-opening thingo)and I came home all in a fluster and ready to pull my piece out. All of the works are oranges and browns and of the landscape and here's my piece with a silver background and red flowers sticking out like - well you know what, those things that hang between doggies legs....

All of the art work is by professional "artists" and here's my piece that is slapped together by chucking a bit of paint on a canvas. these people draw and paint.... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ................ ok breathe Nat,,,,,,,,,, breathe.

Wish me luck tomorrow as people see a part of my heart and soul and hopefully are kind to me :-)

here's a piccy of my painting again

I love how generous artists are......

2008-10-15T16:14:00.000-07:00

If you want to be in the running to win one of these gorgeous prints -

or

the lovely and generous Pam Carriker is giving them away to say thankyou for all of the visits she has had to her blog.

For your chance to win, you need to leave a comment on her blog.

Good luck!

Hidden Treasure Fabric Book - Pages for Belinda

2008-10-12T19:57:00.000-07:00

I've finally finished Bel's page for her Fabric book. Sorry for the lateness Bel :-)

Above is the sign in tag for her book.

Above is the front of the page.

Above is the back of the page with the 'hidden treasure' or tag inside the pocket.

Free Handbag Competition

2008-10-10T23:24:00.000-07:00

And they are very cool handbags at that! Here's the link -

http://www.handbagplanet.com/

Have a wonderful day :-)

Embrace the Face

2008-09-22T17:20:00.000-07:00

Jo W has started a new challenge blog called Embrace the Face. Her first challenge is Tree's.

So here's my entry -

Sorry for the quality of the pic. I tried taking a photo which didn't turn out very good and then a scan...... so here's the best of the bunch.

The background is fabric squares and the girl has been painted on to fabric. This is for my fabric book swap that I'm doing on another group, but there are several other bits I want to add to the side before it is finished. Ie beads etc... just haven't quite decided what they will be yet.

Thanks for looking.

My First Exhibition Piece & MMM

2008-09-19T23:38:00.000-07:00

We have an Exhibition in Tom Price in a few weeks time with the theme "Poetry of the Land". So gaining up all my courage, here is my piece (I think) for this Exhibition. I might do another one yet and change it slightly, not sure. Or do two pieces and put two in the Exhibition.

Any ideas on a name???? I'd love some advice. All I can think of at the mo is misty sky??? A little boring i think. Size is 24 inc x 30.

This also fits the theme for this weeks MMM which is "Show us what you love to do" which is paint of course :-)

A couple of things

2008-09-16T02:17:00.001-07:00

Firstly, I can now share the full picture of the painting I did for my friend Dawny as she has now received it. Loved doing this one so much for you D....

Also a friend of mine Jo has started a new blog titled "Embrace the Face". Please pop on over and have a look, if you are interested in looking at painted women.

Cheers

MMM Famous People

2008-09-14T15:52:00.000-07:00

This week over at MMM the theme is famous people.

Here is my card for this entry using my Charlie Chaplin Stamp -

MMM - Stars

2008-09-07T06:52:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme over at MMM is stars... ok so I'm a little early as this theme doesn't start officially until tomorrow (8th Sept), but I'm working all day tomorrow and I'm so excited about this painting, I just had to get it out 'there' NOW!! LOL I'm a wee bit impatient.....

Ok so this painting is a gift for a friend and inside the "treasure memories" frame is a picture of her children. I've blocked it out (with the red card), as she is a frequent visitor to my blog and i would like this gift to be a surprise for her.

After receiving Kelly Rae's new book - "taking flight", the idea of using a frame to place a special memory or photo inside, to make the canvas a little more personal, just appealed to me on so many levels. Thank you kelly for such a fabulous book and wonderful inspiration.

WS - Transparent ARt

2008-09-04T00:14:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme at WS is transparent art.

Here's my card for this entry -

I've used a Collections transparency and some chipboard flowers and ephemera, plus a Paperbag Studio stamp.

Thanks for looking

MMM - Nature

2008-08-31T22:28:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme over at MMM is nature.

below are the front and back of some pages done in a fabric book swap that I'm in.

Front page

Back Page

Thanks for looking :-)

WS - Circles

2008-08-27T21:52:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme at WS is circles. So here is my contribution -

Anybody that knows me, knows that I used to be quite an 'arty' type person, especially when it came to my card making. I've since decided to put my energies into painting instead, so when making cards nowadays, i'm looking for quick/easy and effective looking cards. Above is an example (I think) of this. So sorry to my arty friends who visit this blog and a lot of what they see lately is not what i used to do....

Shameless plugging

2008-08-25T18:23:00.000-07:00

Used my Stampin!Up new punch today while making a fathers day card for my FIL. I LOVE IT!!!!! Ok so shameless plugging, but it's the punch that makes the wholes that look like you ripped teh page out of a ring bound book (wholes on maroon bit of card. Isn't it awesome. The punch is so easy to use too. I thought it would be complicated as it came with an instruction booklet, but it's so not. LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT.

MMM - Numbers & Recycle/Repurpose

2008-08-24T03:24:00.001-07:00

Recently I did an online painting course with Karyn Gartel. So along a similar line to what we did in that class, here is my row of houses titled "My Street".

This also fits the theme for MMM which is numbers *****edit***** seeing as I only just scraped into the MMM Numbers theme, I'm going to use this one also for teh recycle and repurpose theme. The background has loads of scrapbooking papers in it that i dont like the pattern of any more, so covered with paint. Also the frame is one I bought from ebay and is 16" x 20" and was actually a brown stain. So I painted it with black Gesso and along the sides have painted stripes of white gesso. thanks for looking.

A Stamp Giveaway!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-08-24T03:19:00.000-07:00

Check it out here

Latest Painting

2008-08-15T08:39:00.000-07:00

I've just finished my latest painting. Size is 8" x 10" and titled "she took flight from the eyes of the world".

I'm not all that happy with my shading still... I dont know if I ever will beor with my noses either :-)

On a lighter note, i've noticed that when i paint a set of eyebrows onto my girls, they are always crooked. But my own eyebrows are like that, so I guess I put a little bit of a self potrait into each painting.

I think I'm going to move on from faces for a little while and paint something else... but who knows, I'll let the paint and brushes decide for me.

WS - Keyholes

2008-08-13T18:13:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme over at WS is Keyholes.

I've made a bday card for a friend using aluminium alfoil glued onto Tim Holtz's grungeboard, then covered with a wash of golden paints. Stamp is Paperartsy.

Thanks for looking.

Back Page for Tina

2008-08-09T23:53:00.000-07:00

Finished this off this arvo :-)

First Page for Tina Shoaga

2008-08-09T16:28:00.000-07:00

I've only managed to do one page so far for Tina's fabric book.

So here it is -

Hope to get the back page and her pocket decorated today/tonight. Her book is looking so AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

Stampin' Up! and me :-)

2008-08-07T17:18:00.000-07:00

I have now joined the wonderful world of Stampin' Up! as I was no longer able to resist temptation :-) I mentioned to a friend the other day, that I wish these products were around when I first started stamping, as there's really no need to shop anywhere else. They have everything!! I was blown away the first time I flicked through a catalogue at how much stuff they cover. From Versamark ink pads, to stamps (including a variety of quite arty stuff) to rubons.......

So on that note, if you're interested in having a peek at any of the SU products, here is the latest Idea Book and Catalogue for 08 - 09 which is full of loads of scrumptious stuff -

and the new Spring Mini Catalogue -

Buttttttttttttttt dont worry I'm not going to do the hard sell, as I think these products speak for themselves. However saying that, if you are interested in a catty or any products, please contact me on brineys@bigpond.com or check out the SU website .

She raised her face to the moon......

2008-07-30T07:46:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme over at WS is Summer Tea Party.

Seeing as WS themes are always open to interpretation, my canvas is along the same lines as Dymphie's in that it is a midnight tea party. My girl is enjoying the moonlit night with her friend the butterfuly and her steaming hot cup of tea is beside her :-)

The stamps are very faintly in the background. I have actually used sandpaper to take off some of the roughness of the paint. There are a couple of fleur de lis's and some script stamps.

Thanks for looking

MMM - Generations

2008-07-27T22:36:00.000-07:00

It's been a longggggggggg time since I've participated in a MMM, but this weeks theme is Generations, so here's my entry -

It's been a while since a post with some art in.

2008-07-25T06:08:00.000-07:00

Yep it's been a long time. Working lots and with any spare time I do have, I've been busy beading.......

This is the front page for a fabric book swap I'm working on with a super bunch of girls. This book belongs to Patti Gramza in the US. So far her book is awesome and the work contributed by the other girls, is awesome. I think she'll be so over the moon when she gets her book back.

And the back cover.

thanks for looking

Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

2008-07-20T18:42:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebs - Collage - Morph

MMM - Monochromatic

2008-07-06T18:15:00.000-07:00

It's been a few weeks since I've submitted anything for MMM. But here is an ATC for the theme Monochromatic....

Thanks for looking :-)

Fabric Page for Martha Brown

2008-07-04T17:08:00.000-07:00

Hi All

Unfort Martha doesn't have a blog, but this is FINALLY my first page finished for her fabric book. size is 6 inches x 5.5 inches. Still have to do the back page and this should have been finished in June :-( so i'm a little late....

and as this is a hidden treasure book, here is what is hiding under the middle flower.

Lookie what I got today

2008-06-19T22:52:00.000-07:00

I'd love to say that I painted these myself, but alas no. I got them from a super place called Allpopart.com. I totally love them and am really pleased with the way they turned out.

Try Something New No2

2008-06-16T22:18:00.000-07:00

Another first for on-line classes. This time with Paulette Insall. This was her organic backgrounds class. I do love my backgrounds I have to admit I do them a lot, but I haven't sanded my backgrounds before, so that was new. So the background although it looks textured, it's quite smooth. cool huh!!

So just to clarify this was a backgrounds class, and you could add what ever you wanted over the top of the background, although she does give some ideas as to what you can do. Anyone thinking about doing an on-line class, I highly recommend her and karyn Gartel.... both really cool and informative teachers.

So this canvas is 8" x 10" and is titled "An Awkward Friend". Still trying to get my faces right and my shading/trees right where I'm happy with the way they look.

So this is my second entry for MMM - Try something new.

MMM - Try Something New

2008-06-15T23:16:00.001-07:00

Ok so this weeks theme over at MMM is try something new.

Here are pictures of 2 canvas's I made doing an online class with Karyn Gartel. Firstly this was my first ever on line class and i loved it. Secondly it was my first time making 2 canvas's at the same time.

thanks for looking.

WS - Sisters

2008-06-11T01:01:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme at WS is Sisters.

This is an 8" x 10" canvas board that I made for my sister's birthday a few weeks back. The stamping is with "bubble wrap" both big and small bubbles. :-) thanks for looking.

MMM - By the Sea No.2

2008-06-09T17:41:00.000-07:00

Another entry for this weeks theme over at MMM, this time it is an 8" x 10" canvas titled "La Sirene" which is French for The Mermaid:-

MMM - By the Sea

2008-06-08T21:07:00.000-07:00

Here's my card for this weeks theme over at MMM

WS - Eyelets

2008-06-04T16:35:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme at WS is eyelets. here's my card -

Niche Canvas Swap

2008-06-03T07:05:00.000-07:00

As my partner Julie H has now received her canvas (see this post for more details on this swap) that I made for her, I can now share it here on my blog.

She is happy with it, so that's always a good feeling.

MMM - Bingo

2008-06-02T01:13:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme over at MMM is Bingo.

THis is an 8"x10" canvas that I have done as part of an online class with Karyn Gartel. I have enjoyed doing the class and will try and make more of these funky looking canvas's "one day" when things quieten down a bit.

Anyway here is my piece for bingo.

Wed Stamper - Be Square

2008-05-21T08:28:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme over at WS is squares.

This is a page I've been working on for a fabric round robin book which belongs to the uber talented Jo W and is actually the back page (see this previous post to see the front page).

To be honest, I've yet to add something to the right hand corner yet to "finish" it off and it needs a "hidden treasure" which is the theme of all the books. But I think I'll work on that tom as it's late and I need to hit the sack.

Night all and thanks for looking.

CHECK THIS OUT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

2008-05-20T03:38:00.000-07:00

Is this AWESOME or is this AWESOME!!!!! This stunning piece of art is from my friend Julie H (check out her blog) as part of a swap that I'm hosting on INKredibly RT. The swap is basically that we pair up with somebody and we create a piece of artwork using the back of a stretched canvas (the niche) and send that to our partner. So the above is my STUNNING piece from Julie. Now all I have to do is make something as sensational as this to send back to her :-)

MMMM - Maps

2008-05-18T04:25:00.000-07:00

Made the above "farewell" card for a friend who is leaving town (very very sad as her boy and my boy are besties), but unfortunately that's part and parcel of living in a very transient town (mining town). Tried to make it as bright and happy as I could, as the whole family are just gorgeous and bubbly/happy people. They will be greatly missed.

Anyway, this weeks theme at MMM is maps, so I have used maps on the pot and flower petal and then smushed over them with oil pastel crayons.

Thanks for looking :-)

Another Fridge Magnet

2008-05-16T17:12:00.001-07:00

Finally finished both fridge magnets that I was making as birthday presents. The one above is of my DD No.1 and I'm inspired to make the same for my own fridge (when I've finished off all my other committments of course :-)

Wed Stamper - Art

2008-05-14T09:01:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme over at WS is ART. I have made the house below as a birthday present for a family member and the picture is of my son. This is a fridge magnet and the stamping is located on the right hand side of the frame.

The houses are Collections along with some of the papers I've used.

Thanks for looking :-)

Fabric Book Page + MMM

2008-05-11T18:36:00.000-07:00

Below is one of my pages for the Fabric Book Swap that I'm participating in with a fabulous group of gals from all over the world. This page measures 13cm x 13cm and is for the very uber talented Jo W . Check out her blog for more piccies from her book so far. I'm not sure if this is going to be the back page or the front, as I'm still working on the "other" page (we have to do two pages for each gal, ie back and front).

And co-incidentally this ties in with this weeks theme over at MMM which is transparencies. My transparencies are underneath the letters A R T.

The trees have been hand stitched and the rest of the stitching has been done with a sewing machine. Yep me using a sewing machine!! Dont ask me to take any pants up
though :-)

WS - Diva

2008-05-07T05:22:00.000-07:00

This weeks theme over at WS is Diva.

I've gone with a very simple card for a birthday coming up - titled "Asian Diva".

Latest Canvas

2008-05-05T17:38:00.001-07:00

My latest canvas finished last night. Size is 30" x 40" and has been made for the local hairdresser in town. Hope she likes it.

MMM - Paint

2008-05-04T16:54:00.001-07:00

This week over at MMM I have the pleasure of being the guest host. Of course seeing as I'm using it in just about everything I do these days, i picked the theme paint.

Here's what I made for this theme using an 8" x 10" canvas board:-

Thanks Diane for asking me to host.

Also this painting is for sale at my etsy shop which you can see here.

Another birds on the wire canvas

2008-05-03T21:10:00.000-07:00

This time it's larger - 30" x 24"

WS - Stripes

2008-04-30T00:48:00.000-07:00

Another cool theme over at WS

Here is my entry which is a 4" x 4" page.

Artful Blogging Mag

2008-04-28T21:53:00.000-07:00

Wow so EXCITING!!!!!!! i received my copy of this wonderfully produced magazine by the makers of Somerset Studio.. SO many delicious blogs out there for me to explore and I can't wait to sit down with a cuppa and have a good proper read of this mag.

It is made even more exciting, as one of my pieces features in the magazine on the Mixed Media Monday blog page, as a regular contributor.

Here is a sneak peak of the pages:-

Page 1 of the MMM article.

My piece is featured on this page. It is the blue tag down the bottom titled "dream angels". This is REALLY exciting for me, as it's the first time I've been published in a US mag. Ok so it's not a big article, but still............ very exciting for me.

Page 3.

Page 4.

and a big hand to Diane (the owner of MMM) for such a great article and for keeping us challenged each week with inspiring themes.