memesartplace: May 2011

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Chapter 4 - Week 4

Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'

`If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, `you wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM.'

`I don't know what you mean,' said Alice.

`Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. `I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'

`Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.'

`Ah! that accounts for it,' said the Hatter. `He won't stand beating.'

-- Chapter 7, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Time marches on so it's time for a new challenge, and the challenge is to make something that represents TIME! Take your time, you have until May 27 at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4:00) to show us YOUR timely creation!

Our sponsor this month is Fresh Brewed Designs, and they have some fabulous Alice in Wonderland digi images that some of the design team will be using. The randomly chosen winner of this month's challenge will receive five digi stamps of their choice from the Fresh Brewed Designs store!

While it is not required that you use Alice in Wonderland images, we do encourage it. Entries that feature some aspect of Wonderland will be entered twice for the prize drawing!

Now head on over and enter your art for your chance of five digi stamps from Fresh Brewed Designs.
Go to the Altered Alice blog to enter.

On another note, want to share the newest member of the family around here.

This new baby is a girl and here name is Zena. She gives her mom a run for her money. She is very, very active and a little trouble maker.

Just wanted to share.

Have a great day!

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Chapter 4-Week 3

TIME

Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'

`If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, `you wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM.'

`I don't know what you mean,' said Alice.

`Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. `I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'

`Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.'

`Ah! that accounts for it,' said the Hatter. `He won't stand beating.'

-- Chapter 7, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Time marches on so it's time for a new challege, and the challenge is to make something that represents TIME! Take your time, you have until May 27 at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4:00) to show us YOUR timely creation!

Our sponsor this month is Fresh Brewed Designs, and they have some fabulous Alice in Wonderland digi images that some of the design team will be using. The randomly chosen winner of this month's challenge will receive five digi stamps of their choice from the Fresh Brewed Designs store!

While it is not required that you use Alice in Wonderland images, we do encourage it. Entries that feature some aspect of Wonderland will be entered twice for the prize drawing!

My inspiration this month is something I have never done before. All this stuff was sitting on my desk and I thought....try it! So here is the outcome......

I knew when I spotted this design from Fresh Brewed Designs, I had to have it. It speaks to me. So when I looked at it and the theme was TIME, I have so many people that I miss since I have moved to Colorado I knew excatley what I needed to say.
Time stands still without you! I guess somethimes thats the way I feel. The tear, yeah, I shead some of them from time to time.
Okay enough of the soft stuff......how to do.....
Fluid matte medium is the whole key to this piece. I took a piece of cardboard and brushed the medium on added Graphic 45 paper "A Proper Gentlemen Collection Timely Point of View". Again brush medium over it and apply some muslin over it and ontop of that brush more medium over it to get all of the air bubbles out and make sure it is really stuck down. (ha at this point I was wondering if this was even gonna work) I had pre traced the design from Fresh Brewed Designs onto some plain white tissue paper and now applied that over the muslin. Be very gentle with this part, once the tissue paper gets wet it get very fragile. Some wrinkles add characture. Let all of this mess dry.
After it was all dried I just took a paintbrush and some Ranger's Distress inks and painted it like a water color. Then outlined it and then distressed the outer edges and thats it. I think that I will be trying this a bit more as I liked the way it turned out. This is something you could do a lot with. You could really crumble up the tissure for more texture. Get a lighter piece of muslin so that it would show thru more. Off to do some sewing.....thanks for stopping by.

Sorry blog went on late......technical difficulties........ME!
I put in the wrond date, duh!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

WOW!

It has been a crazy time around here! I had my daughter and g-daughter out for a visit. In a flash that was gone and I had to make a trip back to Minnesota. My Dad was ill and I had to go visit him. It was Easter. A foal was born. Gheez......where does the time go?

I have no art to share, no, not a piece! But I have a few cute pictures from the month.