Thought is the Wind

Quotations & Lyrics is The Craft Barn blog challenge for 2014.

A new prompt is provided every other week,

leaving two weeks for us to think about & create our artwork.

The current prompts are

Knowledge & Hurt

I chose Knowledge & decided to use a quotation by Augustus Hare.

This is the front of my bookmark.

This is the reverse.

I used patterned papers by Papermania, Distress Marker (black soot)

& an image cut from old paper stock.

Retro Easter

A project from a few years ago ...

Take the initial letter from each word to spell out

Easter.

Each one inch squared tile is cut from a sheet of mountboard,

covered front & back, in patterned paper from K & Company

designed by Brenda Walton.

I found six beautiful faces on Blanca's blog,

which I digitally remastered

(altered the colour, tone & resized).

The edges were sanded

to add a little aged, distressed, shabby feel.

After looking deeply into their eyes,

I gave each lady a description

which I felt matched their mood.

To add a hint of colour & focal interest,

I used Cherry Blossom flowers

leftover from my Nice n Easel decoupaged greeting cards.

These little beauties will stay on my desk throughout

Easter

& raise a smile each time I look at them ...

Changing the World

Quotations & Lyrics is The Craft Barn blog challenge for 2014.

A new prompt is provided every other week,

leaving two weeks for us to think about & create our artwork.

The current prompts are

Change & Truth

I decided to use this quote from Mother Teresa.

"I alone cannot change the world,

but I can cast a stone across the waters

to create many ripples."

This is the front of my bookmark.

This is the reverse.

I used patterned papers by Papermania & Distress Marker (black soot).

Daisy ... Daisy

Quotations & Lyrics is The Craft Barn blog challenge for 2014.

A new prompt is provided every other week,

leaving two weeks for us to think about & create our artwork.

The current prompts are

Flower & Travel

I chose Flower & decided to use a line from a song, written by Harry Dacre in 1892,

entitled Daisy Bell.

"There is a flower within my heart"

The alternate title for this song is Bicycle built for two, so it covers the travel word too.

This is the front of my bookmark.

This is the reverse.

I used patterned papers by Papermania & Distress Marker (black soot).

Whilst the original song is over 100 years old, it is still a well known & much loved song

& has even been performed by Blur,

featuring on the special edition release of their Modern Life is Rubbish album (2012).