New art group

I have joined a new group called Art for the Creative Mind. It looks to be a great group as they do a wide assortment of art and use lots of techniques and products. I think I will be able to let myself explore a great many art forms and have a ball with all the ideas I have now in my head. I will post as I create.

Treasure ATC for an ArtChix trade

This is my little beach fairy who's been beachcombing. I even used pure Nova Scotia sand at her feet.

This summer seems not to be making much progress. Rather like me. I have planned to do lots of art this summer but a basement renovation has gotten in the way. My husband has assigned me the task of turning my large collection of stuff into a small box of stuff. What a task! However, I amazed my family by giving away/throwing away a large assortment of dear to my heart items. I guess better to send them off now and have more room for new stuff. How do you ask an arts and crafts person to reduce their collection?? Oh well - I have accomplished it. Hopefully I will get one or two "art" days next week to try my hand at some new techniques. I tried one sample but it didn't turn out quite the way I wanted it to. I will post a photo later.

Giveway

I took a little trip around some blogs and found this very cool site. Go here to check it out for a really neat giveaway - http://studiomme.blogspot.com

My attempt at Helga's challenge. It was great fun. I'm going to be trying this again! I used my watercolour crayons for the background and a blend of Artchix stuff and odds and ends from my "remnents" drawer. Trying to keep everything small was hard but fun to make stuff work for me.
Am thinking that I will get a friend to exchange a set of designed squares and then we can each embellish them and send back to each other. It will be neat to see new ideas.

Here are my red Twinchies

These little Twinchie cards are 2x2" and it was not as easy as I thought it might be. This trade is for Artchix and since I have to use their stuff, it feels a little limiting. I am fairly happy with how some of these turned out. I have four more left to do, so Saturday will be a busy day. Also need to do my card for my monthly swap.