ICAD 2 - 2013 - PEONIES

I picked this flower on my walk the other day

 and was looking forward to sketching it.

But for me, peonies are pretty daunting.

They are gorgeous but look at all those petals!

I just love the quote!

 I know nothing about this person Bashō,

so I went to Google to find out. 

Wikepedia says he 'was the most famous poet

of the Edo period in Japan and

that during his lifetime,

Bashō was recognized for his works

in the collaborative

 haikai no renga form; today, after

centuries of commentary, he is

recognized as the greatest

master of haiku (at the time called hokku).'

Great stuff!

 

 

Please take a few moments to check out some

of the other artist's cards and visit:

 

 

Happy Sunday and enjoy your day!
Take care,

Fran T xo

 

 

 

ICAD 1 - 2013 - starting off!

Wow, I can't believe that its June already.

Well, I've jumped in with two feet and
I'm going to participate in
 ICAD 2013

Woohoo!

Here's my first ICAD, below.
I got this from a quote on a fortune cookie.
I was going through last years ICADs for inspiration
and saw that fortune that 
I had glued on my card.

 

 

I couldn't find any loose cards that I had last year.

I had used colored index cards and

they were so cool to work with.

I have to dig some more, I know I have more.

Anyhow, I grabbed my son's spiral bound pad.

I kind of like that its in notebook form.

Maybe they make it in a larger 4x6 format,

because I really prefer the larger cards.

 

Be sure to check out the other cards!

Tammy has it so well organized.

You can post on your blog and link up to her blog.

You can post on Flickr, Facebook, Instagram...

go check it out!

 

Join in the fun:)

See you tomorrow!

 

Take care and enjoy this wonderful Saturday.

We're having a gorgeous day here on the island.

Fran T xo

Weekend Work

I was able to get alot of painting done this weekend.

 

...and drawing too. The backyard had alot of good pickings.

 

 

Good stuff.
 

The dandelions have taken over this year,

either that or they have just caught my attention.

 

 I found a good organic weed killer recipe and am going to test that out. But not before I got a chance to paint them ;)

 I received mail this past week and found the pattern book from Ankepanke. She held a pattern contest and the winners received a sample booklet.

My page is to the right.

 

Well that's all for today and I hope everyone is having a great week. A day left til the weekend!

Take care,

Fran T xo

Glue It Tuesday - mini books

hello! Here's what I got for Glue It Tuesday: not my typical collage but a project involving glue nonetheless! I have been working on a some little books and there is a fair amount of glue used, particularly on the smaller purple book.

 I got excellent instruction from Esther K Smith's 'How To Make Books'.  Here is the booklet I made below.

I put together about 4 of those/signatures together and then glued them all back to back. Then I glued the front and back of that little booklet I made to the purple paper.

 

 

I stitched the other book together rather than glueing it all [I just used a tiny bit of glue on the cording but I still "GluedIt!"] I sewed the signatures to the 'spine' which I created by folding the green paper. I added the beads and that is the first time I tried that. I can see how you can get carried away with embelishing the stitching! I had such a good time making these.

 

 

 

 

I was able to get a bit of drawing done the past few days. Mostly working with my markers these days. Time is not allowing me watercolors right now, but soon!

 

I hope everyone has a great day today:)

Lots of SUN & SMILES

Take care,

Fran T xo