Steampunk Debutante Cards!

Today I took a little class using this wonderful paper to make greeting cards.What fun!! Do I ever LOVE this paper,which uses art by my favorite artist of all time,Mucha.Here are the 6 cards that I made: :

SPider! And...new Marie Antoinette art

UGH!I HATE spiders,but love spider webs!Anyway,this big guy was on our back deck today...it's slightly out of focus because the breeze kept moving the web.

These 2 journal pages were done for Lee in the Marie Antoinette group.Marie is trying to escape the stress of being Queen by escaping into the gardens of Versailles.She is dressed simply,and is surrounded by flowers.Her afternoon treat will be an apple tarte  using apples from her garden.The French recipe is included for Lee.

ORANGE for Artchix contest

    Helga at Artchix is having a photo contest starring the color orange...here are my entries!

"Ugly Warty Gourds"

 Orange October Tableau

Chinese Lanterns

Fantasy art for Tracy's Journal of Dreams

Tracy loves fantasy journal pages,so I tried my best here.The woman's face is from a yoga journal page.

Fall at the Chicago Botanical Gardens

My brother Rick is the head horticulturist at the CBG,and is in charge of the Fruit and Vegetable Island. Terry and I spent a beautiful few hours out there last week,taking in the fall colors!

Silvery grasses blowing in the breeze

Terry inspecting the gardens

Beautiful colors and sounds

Decorative lettuces

Fall gourds

Gourd & Pumpkin Tower

Love the shadows here...looks like a path in Provence!

Late blooming roses!

Water lilies

Day and Night Gothic Arches

These were both made for a Paper Whimsey swap entitled: Begin the Day...When Nightfall Comes...".What fun!

   

Perfume Lady Nudes

These were done for a swap for Ali's group.We had to use vintage perfume labels and vintage nudes.I loved doing these...I even added leaves for a small touch of modesty!

Vintage Oriental Name Lucky Dip ATCs

These are three ATCs done for a swap on Ali's UK group.You had to choose 3 Oriental names/meanings,and then do appropriate vintage cards using them.I don't know why I like vintage Asian images so much...there's something very mysterious about them!

New Moleskine Journal Pages

Carpe Diem

If only she had know that day what she knows now...what would her life have been like?

Elena's JOD Zetti pages

1. I just finished these 2 pages for Elena's Journal of Dreams...I decided that her JOD was getting just WAY too beautiful and dreamy,and so,decided to shake it up a bit with some Zetti zaniness.Elena is only 1 of several other artists that I know who really "GET" and appreciate Zetti.For me,doing this style of art is really Zen-like...great to do when you are stressed! VERY cheap therapy!

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Translation:When Elena drank too much delicious Cuban coffee,her dreams became very weird!