in my house there is a “crown”
running late for this challenge
I would much rather play than clean/organize, but there comes a time, when…well, you know….wowee did I ever find some great ingredients in my art room
I came upon a Thanksgiving card from my good friend Lennie (not sure what year it was from), it just happened to be shaped like a house, I decided to alter the back (white side) of the card leaving the front of the card intact
a magazine page that I used to add texture to a canvas a while ago (you paint the canvas and then press the magazine page onto it several times, it adds texture by pulling paint away giving interest to the canvas AND you get a nice painty piece of paper too, thank you Misty) made the perfect background
the crown is cut from one of the only faces I’ve ever painted in a Misty Mawn class a couple of years ago now….wish I had had someone take a picture of my hands full of paint past my wrists…..that crown is laid over a winged crown sticker, the lady is from Tallulahs
the wings were just waiting for someone to wear them (I had stamped them and covered them with clear embossing powder a long time ago)
I found a ‘matchbook’ of Heidi Swapp bling, perfect for my lace flower centers, I used chalks and inks to add more color
in the end my Muse reminds me of one of my favorite movie characters, Glinda, the good witch of the South (or was it North?) from the 1939 (WOW!) movie “The Wizard of Oz”….well my version anyway
What a beautiful house! Love everything about it!
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Wow, this is beautiful, great use of the greeting card and thanks for the tip on smearing magazine pages, I will have to try that sounds neat 🙂
As for cleaning , well it does need doing eventually and I always find interesting things I forgot I had when I clean up my art room, that’s the only benefit LOL
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This is really and truly beautiful! Oh, how it itch in my fingers to make some ‘material’ art and not always have to be reduced to the computer. But that would seriously clutter up our little kitchen and that would not make DH very happy LOL. Oh well 🙂
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I love the idea of the wings and crown, fab idea!
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beautiful house !!! and thanks a lot for your messages
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Wow, love your house!! Beautiful background, the image is lovely and the crown is fantastic!!
Linda
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She’s very Glinda! I love it, Patty, and I especially appreciate your sharing the techinique. I didn’t know the magazine trick. I’ll have to play with that one!
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Beautiful!! She DOES look like Glenda the good witch…didn’t you just love her sparkly gown!! sigh
xox Rella
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Gorgeous house! great image and colors!!!
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Wow wow this is beautiful. Love the image and the design. Fabulous.
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wow your house is absolutly gorgeous !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it !!!!!!!!
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Beautiful Textures. Know exactly what you mean about rather play than clean – been doing that myself this week – a job that had to be done and still more to do. Look at all the bits and pieces you found to create a beautiful piece.
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Quelle belle maison !!!! Les couleurs sont magnifique !
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I love the way it all came together..great..
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OMG! she is gorgeous!!! and glinda was the good witch of the north…(that is my all-time favorite movie!)
so many great details…this one is special…
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Patty, your Muse is Gorgeous!!! All of the elements were just waiting to be assembled in this beautiful little house! Hugs, Terri
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Oh My Golly, but didn’t your house turn out to be magnifico, love how you put it all together from beginning to end, and Glinda is just right at home there. As always your description of the process is terrific and makes me go back a second and third time to take it all in. And thank you for the honorable mention too.
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Loved reading how you put together this absolutely stunning piece of art. Patty, it’s beyond wonderful!
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Beautiful piece. It’s such a delightful piece.
I’ve received from you, the gorgeous ATCs and a beautiful bookmark. Thank you willing to swap with me.
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This is just exquisite, Patty! Truly lovely!
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More beautiful work, Patty. I’m never disappointed when I stop by to see what you are up to.
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what a wonderful artwork,
absolut genial
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Such beautiful work you do!
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E’ incantevole!
Thanks for all your interesting hints between the lines 🙂
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Beutiful Patty, love her, What a charmer!
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Gorgeous!
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It all comes together so beautifully….and the colours are wonderful.
Great work Patty.
XO
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oooooh I love love love what you did with this card! Hallmark should be green with envy 🙂
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Oh what a wonderful house ! I love it !
Coucou du Sud de la France !
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Oh elle est Magnifique !!!!!!!! bravo, je l’aime beaucoup, merci de ta participation.
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Talk about recycle. You turned this into a fabulous Mansion alright. Background is fabulous.
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this is fantastic! gorgeous colors and beautiful art! love it! 🙂
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aww verry pretty patty….
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Oh this is fabulous!!! Great work!
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I love your muse – she had to be from the south – all the cool girls are from the south.
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Gorgeous work girl! Thank you so much for your kind words on my Blog;o)
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