Seems like years

 Seems like years since I've been here. Hope everyone is well. I lost one cat. Cosmo. She was 20. Casanova cat is still going strong and is 20 this year. I've added a dog and a stray cat has decided to live here. A couple of raccoons that think that cat food is for them and who knows what else. 

Meet Nyx. She's mostly Pit Bull but seems a touch of something else. She's already spoiled. 3-1/2 months old, and already 22#.  I said I'd never have another dog. Yeah, that worked out. 

This guy turned up one day, hungry, friendly, young. So naturally I fed it. Someone around here said it was a boy. I never bothered checking, just started calling him Boris. He was getting awfully chubby so I checked to see if maybe I should have already checked to see. . . Turns out Boris is a girl. Seems like she's been spayed though so YAY! She's fat, sassy and happy now. I still call her Boris. 

These are done with stamps from www.stampotique.com

And I'm still making art.

Thanks for stopping by. 

A Little Bit of New Art

It's been a while since I posted. I have done a few things. Not a lot though. I got out of the habit of making art everyday. Shame on me. I will try to do better.

A birthday card for a friend who has a "thang" for giraffes:

 A mixed media post card using a stamp called Take your Time by Daniel Torrente from Stampotique Originals:

A trio for an ATC, Twinchie, Inchie swap with one of my stamps called 3 Daisies from Stampotique Originals:

And a doodle on an ATC just because it was there:

Thanks for looking -

trees

I painted this tree for my mom. She saw an ATC I painted for a friend and asked me to paint her one. Bigger. It's painted with acrylics on corrugated cardboard. It came out a little too blue for me but she likes it. But then being my mom she likes all my artwork. 

18"X25"

 This tree is done with acrylics on corrugated cardboard as well.  It scanned a little darker than it really is. I like it. Guess you can tell I'm a tree hugger lover.

 9"X13"

This owl is something I started a while ago and just got back to. It's still a work in progress. It's just progressing slowly. The owl is done in acrylics and the background is done with water colors. It's painted on loose canvas. I'm not sure why I ever bought canvas sheets to begin with. Journal covers maybe?

9"X12"

And naturally I have to draw a face, with bad hair and one eye. Same as always!

Thanks for looking.

journal pages

More messing round with no plan. I do that a lot.  I did a few pages in my journal-s. I have several unfinished journals and several loose pages that need to be made into a journal. I'll get to it some day.

tree frog - apparently a very happy one! Doesn't it look like he's smiling?

 

Don't you just love dragonflies?

I just felt like small on this day.

Sewing

Someone on one of my groups put a link to a blog where the lady had put a zipper on a stuffed owl. Zipping up her inner critic. I'm sure I read the blog but really, I can't seem to remember it or find it. So whoever thought this up - I'm sorry I can't remember your name.
 I love owls so my inner critic certainly can't be an owl, but it can be a doodoo doll. (sorry I don't voodoo ~ no pain pins allowed). Next step is a stuffed one.

Zip it bub

 This is from a photo someone sent me. Well, it's sorta from it. OK, the photo does have a tree and a light post in iy. After looking at it on here I think I'm not finished with it.

Thanks for looking.

Artist Trading Cards

I really enjoy trading my small works of art with others. Some people are so talented. Some that I have never traded with are so talented. (you know who you are)!

 Cats ~These first three cards were done a couple of years ago.

This was suppose to be my calico but I goofed so it became someone else.

The second try it became my cat.

Catwoman

 

Just being goofy

I saw some art online somewhere, (before I even knew there was a Pinterest) I'm sorry that I didn't keep her information but she does the most beautiful cat faces and flowers with pastels on a black background. I was really impressed and inspired. Then I forgot! Which I'm pretty good at! 

Cat noses are not easy!

Thanks for looking.

bloomin' tree

I took this photo in my yard with my phone a couple of weeks ago when the weather was faking Spring, and finally got around to painting it today. I really need to work on my backgrounds. How sad!

It's done with acrylic paint in my mole skin sketch book.

Thanks for looking.

messin' around

In my ATCFUN  group the month's lottery is anything with 'bee' or 'be'. I can't decide which one I want to put in. I really should have stopped at one!

The rest is just foolin' around.

Bluebird ATC

Juvenal Robin ATC

Bee happy journal page - This is where the other bees came from.

trees

Thanks for looking.

Tags

I joined a tag swap on the ATCFUN group.

The flower on the this tag is a stencil I made, the background is a heavy coat of gesso. I really like the texture.

 This tag has a thick messy coat of Glossy Gel medium on it. More texture.

These last two are just watercolors. no texture.

Thanks for looking.

OWLS

There is a livecam of a Great Horned Owl that built a nest in an apartment flowerbox. She's in the process of hatching her 2 eggs. Hopefully the babies will peek out soon. 
You can watch here http://www.ustream.tv/okcowlcam

Here's my journal page from a few days ago. 

 Thanks for looking.

acrylic face & owls

A woman's face, this time in acrylic paint, done on a canvas sheet. I may turn this into a book cover.

acrylic on 9X12 canvas

Constructive criticism appreciated!

I also joined an ATC swap over on the ATCFUN group. Owls! naturally I joined! These are done in watercolor.

Thanks for looking.

Bird Brain

Yes! I still have birds on the brain. What can I say I love birds.

Short bird story.
After hearing a ruckus on the deck I walked out to see what wonderful little tid-bit my cat brought me. He was surprisingly innocent.  I interrupted a Mississippi Kite about to invade the birds at the feeder. Brazen bully! I'm glad I interrupted him. I love my little birdies. Now if it would have been an owl I would just say, "Well it's gotta eat"! (The feeders are too high for the cat, Just sayin')

I have a couple of friends that also love birds, if you can imagine that, (not that I have friends but that they like birds), so I did up a small watercolor for each of them.

5X5 Bluebird

5X7 Owl

Hope to get these in the mail tomorrow.
Thanks for looking. 

Nothing Much

I have been in a funk now for way too long. I just haven't been in the mood to be creative. I made a few ATC's but not many. I haven't worked in my journal, I've been doing a watercolor for a friend that I just can't finish. Hopefully all will be well soon!

Pink boots ATC

I found these boots and hat in a box as a line drawing. I'm thinking it was drawn early last year. About time I added a little color.

This month's lottery on the ATCFUN group is Medieval architecture/castles. I like castles. Well really I like Dragons and they are always going after the princess in the castle so . . . I drew a castle for the lottery and a dragon for me.

I also joined a swap on the ATCWORLD yahoo group called "Snow Day". I realize most kids now probably just play video games on snow days but there weren't such things back in my school days.

Thanks for looking.