Grover from Sesame Street

I went to Seaworld today and got to have my photo taken hugging Grover! (I told Elmo I didn't want him in the photo LOL) It's hard to explain how happy this made me but I think my smile conveys the message. To understand why I'm this happy you would have to know about my slight Grover obsession:

Above you can see some of the Grover toys I have in Melbourne (there are more in QLD) and some of the different books I have which star Grover. Of course, now that I have a picture of me and Grover I can finally create a scrapbook LO dedicated to this obsession. Because that's what normal people do, right? :)

Project 365 - More ATCs

Two more ATC's for Project 365 (clink the button on the sidebar if you want more info). First one is mixed media - acrylic paint, cut out image, paper flowers. Second one is a Zentangle which I've had half-done for ages. Good to finally get that one finished.

Card 43/ 365: Mixed Media Vase

Card 44/365: Love Zentangle

More Figure Study Cards

Turns our I had a couple of reference images already printed out for these figure studies so I finished another two cards last night. Looks like I'll be signing up for the swap. :)

Card 41/365: Figure Study 3

Card 42/365: Figure Study 2

Figure Study 1 ATC

There is a swap going on at ATCsForAll.com which is for hand drawn or painted figure studies. I've always thought human figure studies had a certain beauty to them but wasn't game to try any myself. I had so much fun painting the different skin tones on my passion/love/soulmate cards that I thought I'd give a figure study a try. I must say that the shading was a lot easier since I purchased an extra skin coloured paint that's a shade in between the two I previously had. :) If I can russle up another two I like I'll join the swap.

Card 40/365: Figure Study 1

An another topic, this is post number 90 to my blog. I'm planning on celebrating with a giveaway when I reach 100 so keep your eyes peeled. I also noticed that I'm now up to 13 watchers so hello to the couple of new people. Also wanted to point out that quite a few of these Project 365 cards are available to trade. If you see something you like, check to see if it's in my available gallery and ask for a trade. :)

Project 365 - Catch Up Cards

Just a few non-specific cards I created on Sunday to try and catch up with Project 365. I'm still a bit behind, but not as far as I was in danger of becoming.

Card 37/365: Orc Maiden

Card 38/ 365: Flying Monkey

Card 39/ 365: Japanese Mountain

Mixed Media Mermaids

I had these mermaid images cut out from a napkin ages ago and just hadn't gotten around the creating cards with them. After all the hand-drawn and painted ATCs I've been making recently I just felt like it was time to do some mixed media work again.

Card 34/ 365: Mixed Media Mermaid 1

Card 35/ 365: Mised Media Mermaid 2

Card 36/365: Mixed Media Mermaid 3

Funky Mermaid ATCs

I'm taking part in a swap for funky mermaid ATCs and these are what I came up with. The first one is based losely on a tigerfish, the second is a gothic Orca mermaid and the third is an asian koi mermaid.

Cards 31, 32, 33/365: Funky Mermaids.

Project 365 - Koi

Here are my cards for the Koi and Pond swap over at AtcsForAll.com. This sees me at only 7 cards behind target again. :)

Card 27/365: Koi 4

Card 28/365: Koi 3

Card 29/365: Koi 2

Card 30/365: Koi 1

Project 365 - Crimson Rosella in Acrylics

I have no idea how this occured, but I think I may be happier with my acrylic work than with my pencil work. This is quite strange considering that I've been working in pencils for 4-5 years now and only started doing acrylic paint work in the past few months. Maybe it's still just the newness factor that makes me like them more? Anyway, here is another Crimson Rosella in acrlic paints. I really do love these birds.

Card 26/365: Crimson Rosella in Acrylics II

Wanna win a scene?

How adorable is the chipboard collection above?! I want to win in, so I'm posting a blog post here to be entered into the comp. Want your own chance to win this or a beach scene? Check out The Paintbrush goes Spotty. Leanne has a great range of chipboard available and creates some stunning scrapbooking LO's.