K for Kite

So, there seemed so many options for the Craft Barn's challenge letter this fortnight - with a K - quite fancied the word 'knickerbockers' with a line of knickerbockers hanging on a washing line but instead went for a safer and easier set of 'Kites'. Have to say that I am very happy with this picture, I really love the bright colours. The kites were just lots of painted circles (done with fingers) and simply doodled around - love it when you can do in front of the telly!

I thought that I would make the background a bright pink to tie in with the 'pink' challenge going on at the That's Crafty blog too, plus a purple, turquoise and magenta theme over at the Rubber Dance blog.

Challenges entered:

thecraftbarn alphabet challenge - K

thatscraftychallenges - pink-challenge

rubberdance.blogspot june - purple, turquoise and magenta

Thanks for visiting,

Rachel

T for Triangle

I've completed another letter in the Craft Barn's fortnightly Alphabet challenge - T for Triangle - and I'm really happy with it, I always love looking at Tracey Scott and Kate Crane's beautiful vibrant pictures and feel as if my page has a flavour of them. 

It's funny but when I think that I have finished my picture, once I've posted it onto the computer I can always see something else I could have added - not sure whether anyone else has that happen?

Anyway, am loving my triangular girl!

Challenges entered:

thecraftbarnblog-alphadictionary-challenge - T

allsortschallenge-366-great-outdoors

Thanks for visiting,
Rachel

HOUSES

This was a page that I had already applied the blue Moroccan design and the black flowers to in my journal. It's so much easier to liberally apply left over paint to several pages throughout a journal - then when you turn the page you aren't confronted with a completely blank page.

Anyway, I had the houses already printed out from a stamp set, sitting on my desk and thought, maybe, just maybe I can turn it into a picture to enter into the Paperartsy blog challenge this fortnight, which just happens to be 'Our House'.

Looking through the inspiration that Darcy from Paperartsy came up with, I was very happy to see a video by Nicoletta Zanella entitled 'three little houses', this was one of the first mixed media videos I ever watched and was fuel to start my journey into the arty world! 

I wasn't really feeling that the picture was working throughout most of the process, just that I was throwing a lot of different media pieces at it, until the idea of the sunset formed, then I started liking it! So with that in mind too, I am entering into also into the Our Creative Corner blog challenge with the theme of 'A beautiful mess', seemed quite apt!

Challenges entered:
                                           paperartsy-our-house-challenge

                                           ourcreativecorner-a-beautiful-mess
Thanks for visiting,
Rachel