Halloween Cards

Having a little Halloween fun playing with spiderweb and raven thinlit dies and Tim Holtz idea-ology Halloween paper dolls and sticker book curiosities...

 

A Few More Painted Rocks

 

Still deciding whether to add these to the rock garden or to give away as gifts...

Worlds Change When Eyes Meet

 

For my October Artfirmation card, I returned to this layout I learned in my Art Journaling class to showcase this quote:  Worlds Change When Eyes Meet.  This quote also gave me the opportunity to use this "eye" stamp.

I used an old map from my background page.  However, the map wasn't quite old enough, so I "aged" it a bit more with some Distress Ink (Tea Dye).  To create some balance to the page, I added the chain of circles accent on the left border.  I stamped the "eye" on a piece of manila cardstock and hand-colored it with some new markers which really enhanced the imagery.  I was really happy with the way this turned out and hope to experiment more with with hand-coloring stamped images.  I also aged the edges of the manila cardstock with more Distress Ink (Tea Dye) to better match the look of the map.

To complete my page, I framed the quote in a decorative bookplate die-cut that I made from black cardstock and secured it with two minibrads. 

Recent Additions to the Neighborhood Rock Garden

 

This Halloween-themed set of painted rocks showed up in the rock garden the other day!  I love that people are (anonymously) adding their creations for the neighborhood to enjoy.

I added this "Rainbow Rock" to the collection in honor of Jester, who used to walk the hill with me on many mornings.  I still miss him but am reminded--every time I see a beautiful rainbow--that he is watching over me.

 I plan to add this "smiley face" rock to the garden on my next walk!

A Neighborhood Painted Rock Garden

 

I discovered a growing painted rock garden on my walk up the hill the other day.  It inspired me to create a rock of my own ("Positivity") which I plan to add on my next walk.  Yet another way to combat the negativity around us.