Buttons!

This week both FFTT and Mixed Media Mondays (MMM?) have challenged us to use buttons in our artwork. I have a lot of beautiful, but really dimensional and bulky buttons. My favorite to use on flat(tish) collage work are these old underwear buttons from Germany. They are just round cardboard discs clad with white linen, simple and to the point. An added plus: they come on a pretty printed card.
I played around and made these tags. (Lately I have been making just tags, but double sided, so you can flip them. Possible use? Bookmarks, I guess. Or carry-along pocket art?)

I made two tags, but gave the second one to my sister before I had a chance to take a picture. Eventually I will show the second one here. Two tags for two challenges, fair enough.

Domestictext left: changes temporarily
right: background shows ads for domestic help and summer houses to rent
clicks for big!

Hearts!

Arty Girlz challenges us to use hearts on our artwork. Not hard, not this time of the year. I made a crop of holiday cards, and find this one to truly capture the spirit. The sentiment reads: be merry.


tech stuff: photocopy of a holiday-themed song white-washed with gesso, then stamped and torn. Silver joss paper, gold craft, red tissue and gold non-woven material for the heart. This comes with a red envelope with black snowflake stamping.

Skinny Saturday

I'm really into tags right now, which I've been doing in this skinny format.



Sarah's Skinny Saturday challenge is asking to make a diptych. Well, I made a tag which is a diptych in itself, as both sides are needed to form a complete image.

Edit: Oh WHY can't I get the pictures to appear side by side, oh why!

Theme Thursday: Boys

Trying out the new Theme Thursday for the first time. This week: boys.
I made a tag. The "caption" reads: smart, well yes. That is boys for me; they act silly even if they're smart.

too many challenges

Life throws challenges at you and you keep jumping. I haven't followed the blog world for two weeks, and boy, does it make me feel like I'm losing touch big time!

No Script

To illustrate the point: life has no script. I made this card just before the long hiatus, as if I had known. Between now and New Year's I'm going to have very little time of my own, but I'll keep posting, if infrequently. Keep your fingers crossed I'll manage some quality time with my art supplies, soon!