This week’s challenge at Mixed Media Monday is most apt as this week we are celebrating Australia Day! And the challenge is to create something that represents our country. I spent my Australia Day on the water, sailing my fathers 32′ yacht, up Port Phillip Bay with the tall ships. The weather was perfect, the [...]
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19 Jan
Mixed Media Monday – Primary Colours
My first Mixed Media Monday foray for the year is into Primary and Secondary Colours. I decided to stick to the primary ones. I’m not really confident with colour mixing – I can tell when it’s not right, but I can’t always pull it together. I’m hoping, with practice and experience, it’s something that can [...]
30 Apr
MIM – Quotes
I just LOVE quotes! So when Make It Mondays challenge was for a piece with quotes in it, all other projects were pushed aside. This project started as a series of ATCs, but as I’ve done a few of those lately, I decided to join the ATCs together to make a concertina book. Here are [...]
26 Apr
MIM – Cartoons
Cartoons is the theme for this weeks Make-It-Monday. I don’t usually do a lot of drawing, except with my two boys. But this week I was inspired by a picture story book we had borrowed from the library; “It came with the Couch” by David Slonim. This book has us in hysterics and it was [...]
18 Apr
MIM – Music
I’ve managed to get my Make It Monday challenge piece finished by Friday – hoorah for me! This week’s theme is Music. For those who haven’t yet had a look around the Go Make Something site, it’s definitely worth a visit. There isn’t much you won’t find there! Background made using the credit card paint [...]
8 Apr
Paris – MMM & MIM
By some bazaar coincidence, both Mixed Media Monday and Make It Monday (Go Make Something) have the same theme of Paris, only a week apart. I had lots of fun making this piece. The background is made from credit card technique, with three colours and gold. I added the black card border to cover up [...]
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