'Beauty in Shadows' Gothic Arch

"Beauty in Shadows" Gothic Arch

Today I wanted to create something... and so I created another Halloween item. This is a gothic arch. If you arent familiar with Gothic arches you can visit http://gothicarches.ning.com/ to learn more about them. The Witchy graphic came from a collage sheet freebie by Gaby at http://gaby-cajubrasil.blogspot.com/ The background is acrylic paints using the credit card technique. Stamps are from Purple Onion Designs. The flowers at the top were just flower punches in oranges, brown and black and braded together.

You can find Beauty in the Shadows....

“Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.

My Cluttered Mind

"My Cluttered Mind"
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On Illustration Friday the theme for the week is 'Clutter.' This is my creation... Have you ever had a day where you can not concentrate because you have sooo much on your mind? Have you ever had a night where you couldn't sleep because your mind continually ran through all of your thoughts continuely? Have you ever wanted to SCREAM just to try and relieve some of the stress and tension in your head? I instantly thought of a cluttered mind filled with all sorts of troubles as my inspiration. I wanted to try something different and used a mixture of materials. I wanted a drastic difference between the thoughts and the person, and I wanted to show the emotion of frustration. I am considering putting this in my shop for sell, but I dont really know if its really 'sell worthy' *sighs* I really enjoy the challenges on I.F. It really gets my mind working =]

Business Web design frustrations

Ok. I am about to pull my hair out with this stupid website designing crud! I have been trying for a few months now to find a good place to build my business site for my artwork. I want something professional but something that still says ME... I want to display my artwork in a nice way. I have tried Geocities, it didnt work. I have tried Wordpress, I have tried Blogger, and now Im trying Typepad. WHY CANT I FIGURE THIS CRUD OUT?! I just dont understand. I have seen BEAUTIFUL sites from typepad and others but I guess I do not have the expertise to make those kinds of things online. Im just so frustrated and let down about all of this. Im tired of having to download and upload all of my drawings over and over again to these different places. Its soooooooooooo frustrating. Im about to lose hope on all of this, I dont know what else to do and I just ugh.. I just dont know. sorry for the ranting, but needed to say something about it...

Angel Themed -Inchie Cube- Creation

In Paper Imagery Designs there was a swap for Inchie Cubes. I neglected to get my cubes in on time to participate but I still wanted to try my hand at the new form of inchies and I had such a fun time with it! The template for the Inchie Cube was created by Shelly Rae Wood and can be located at http://shellyraewood.blogspot.com/2008/08/inchies-cubes.html
I thought these would make adorable tiny Christmas tree ornaments so I made one in an angel theme...

Here is my Inchie Cube:

Time for the theatre atc

I have been putting off blogging for a few days now and am a little behind so I thought I would catch up with what I have created. I created this ATC for a prize in Artistic-Creations via a Bingo game I was hosting.