The Artful Bag Challenge - April - Make and trade an ATC card

The theme? Handbags, of course.  Here's mine:

I made the background by adding packing tape, painting it with champagne-colored acrylic paint, adding some ink shading, stamping and then edging with gold.  The handbag is made with washi paper.  The inchies are covered with kimono material and were a gift from a trader.  And inside the purse is a coin for good luck!

Valentines for my Grandchildren

Dress Up 2011 - Klimt

For this month's Dress Up 2011 challenge, I was inspired by this wonderful painting by Gustav Klimt:

Portrait of Emilie Floge (1902)

I really love this dress!  Blue is my favorite color; and I have always loved this type of sleeve.  The dress looks to me to be very sheer and although the skirt looks rather straight, I imagine that it billowed around when she twirled.  Here is my dress:

Take a Word - Butterfly challenge

This is for Take a Word.  Every week we are given 'one word,' and our challenge is to interpret it with art.  This week's word is Butterfly.  Here's my psychadelic butterfly: