Happy V Day and a New Adventure in Art!

Hello everyone! Did you have a wonderful V day?? I certainly did! With a husband like mine it's kinda hard not to. I have to admit though, everyday with him is V day! Okay, okay, enough gushy stuff! I can finally share what I made my better half for V day! I was really really bad and gave it to him yesterday, BEFORE it was even finished!!!! What's even worse is that it still isn't finished! I have to seal it and add the ribbons and charms. Working on that now....

Anyway... I made him a card and I have to say, it is not as easy as it looks! I used to look at handmade cards and say, and...? It's a card.... Well, let me tell you, it is not JUST A CARD! These people are very talented! My first attempt at a card looked like something my 7 year old would bring home from school! It was not what you might expect to receive from a so called artist! So, I buckled down and really put some thought into it and finally came up with a card I was proud to give to my special guy!
Then I made a little chipboard booklet "thingy" (real technical around here don't ya know) that contained 100 reason why I love my man.. I was so afraid he'd think it was corny but I am happy to announce that he didn't. I think he was touched. He stated that the card was the best card he'd ever received and they both were definately going in his box. (He has a trunk that he keeps everything that means anything to him in.)
So, here are the pics..... (Hope you don't mind that I shared your special gifts honey..)















Okay, enough of the love and gush.....


I am very excited about a new project I started! I have fought painting forever! I have been terrified of painting and just refused to try it! Yes, I paint all the time but I cover stuff with paint, I don't paint pictures! Why? I have never been taught to paint and there was some little nagging voice in my head that said if you can't paint something that looks realistic, then don't paint. (I need to choke that annoying little twit!) Anyway....I decided to get over it and pick up a paint brush and just paint... I pulled out a scrapbook album I have had for an eternity and decided I would make an art journal. This way, if I "screwed up" the artwork, no one would see it but me anyway so who cared? Well, I was so PROUD of the product!!! The scrapbook is covered in fabric, it was solid black and I decided to liven it up so I painted it. I used metallic copper paint as the background and then started painting in some girls. This cover is not finished but this is where I left off and I'm so glad I got over my fear of painting because I love love love these two little girls that appeared on the cover of my journal!! What do you think?





More later....

Moriah