This darling little girl doll was sent to me my Laura Haviland  a beautiful person and a fantastic artist http://www.creativewhispers7.blogspot.com/  I was her partner in an art swap on  art for the creative mind list....I am so excited to receive this doll as Laura inspires me to strive harder in my art work....

this little guy is a scratch art piece I did from a free workshop that Shelley Prior hosted on her website....http://shelleyprior.homestead.com.  Shelley is an amazing artist and does acrylics watercolour and scratch art.  Visit her website and see all she has to offer..  I enjoy scratch art and it is an easy art to learn and something you can do anywhere and is very relaxing.

Here she is .......

Good Morning World!! It is raining this morning in my corner of the universe...I feel bad for others but for me I like the rain...

I have been naughty again and away from my blog; sometimes I just don't feel like talking and I haven't been doing much in the art part of my life until this last week. 

I finished up this witchy art doll the other day and now she is on her way to her new home....I sent her by mail instead of broom...her dress is cat material which I photocopied on a piece of muslin.  Her shoes are silver as is her hat buckle but it shows up as white.  She is a white witch but she put on her bat wings and dark makeup because of Halloween. She has a good sense of humour and I hope you like her.

After the grim tag I made a good witch tag...that little black kitten peeking out is my very own Salem...

this little girl was still smiling when the grim reaper chopped off her head...but he was kind enough to make a pocket on her torso and stick her head and limbs inside so she would stay "together" hehehe

Here we are "my time" the days of October....my broom is newly bristled and ready to fly...the new generation of witches ride the vacumm but I like the broom....
My first day of Halloween I am putting up the tags I created for a swap on Art For the Creative Mind...
I haven't been in to much creating lately but I feel the need coming back....

these are a couple of Artist Trading Cards for another swap I did awhile back...I hear a symphony with napkins.  Sometimes I can't create until the deadline is looming then I get the ideas.
the one on the far left is from a "bird" song and I can't quite remember the name of the tune right now.Napkins, music sheets, transparency and lace
On my immediate left is the song sung by Rosemary Clooney I Hear Singing But There's No One There, I took the line I smell blossoms but the trees are bare, but wanted the napkin blossoms in the background.. Napkins transparency.

this is a postcard for a swap for a new friend in Oklahoma..It is done with napkins, original music sheets, wallpaper, vintage pictures and watercolours.  The theme was Things We are Grateful For so on the back of the postcard I listed them and some I put visually on the front.  I sure hope she likes this one as it is one of my favs...

Long weekend over, kids back to school and summer winding down...oh yeah I'll stay positive even if I hate the cold that's going to be coming our way...

Haven't been posting and I hate me when I do that because I dislike going to other blogs to check in on them and they haven't posted; I will try to do better...

Really haven't been working too much on my art lately and don't know why; more thinking about it than doing it...

I am putting up a couple swaps I did awhile back and I guess now since they are long on their way to their new home I can post them....

Here are the other two. At the time I put a piece of paper over the lower one because it had the swappees' name on it. Joyce and the zens started from that name but I didn't want her to know it was coming to her...teehee.

Here are a couple of the zentangles I did a while back for the Art For The Creative Mind group swap on yahoo.. My friend Laura Haviland requested to see them so I will add all four that I did...they were fun.
Please visit Laura's blog spot if you haven't been there yet. You are in for a surprise. Her work is amazing; she is amazing and she is a paper doll wonder....

http://www.creativewhispers7.blogspot.com/

You will enjoy her work very much!! Thanks Laura for your kind words. It is people like you that make people like me keep trying harder.

Last but not least is our Echo. He is a 20 year old Papillon and just grumbles at us all and goes to sleep.  This guy believe it or not has a Napoleon Complex and is quite a cheavonist!! If I sit down at suppertime before dinner is cooked he barks and barks at me and if I don't listen and get up he goes to his Dad and barks at him to tell him I am sitting and not getting their dinner.  Other than that he is the sweetest boy and although he is almost deaf and blind people still think he's a pup because he bounces around on his good days.