Gratitude!

Isn't this picture pretty? :) Cheerful and summery -- definitely 'hits the spot.' :) Thanks go to Ginny B from the Year of Color IV group -- this is my 'receive' from the Summer Flowers Collage Swap. :) I hope I remember to write a direct thank you note to Ginny!! I am leaving on a trip Tuesday and there are about a million things I need to do before I go. :P

Now, Ginny, no peeking! :) Here's what I made in return to send to Ginny -- the directive for the swap was ' a collage that says summer' -- beach-y was what I had in mind ... but this is what my fingers made. :)

This is a 9x12 canvas that I first covered with water soluble oil pastels in blue and green (my favorite nature natural colors:). There is hand painted gold paper, fabric, rickrack, printed tissue paper with butterflies, and two fabric flowers. This one:

I made the rose above with a length of my hand painted silk fabric and a vintage playing card with an 'Oriental' design ... the green leaves are strips of batik fabrics (from my over-flowing scrap box:). 

This flower:

 is made with more strips of batik fabrics sewn together. I tried to make a flower like one that was demo'd earlier in the spring on the year of color blog. Again, the greenery is strips of batik fabric scraps.

Our 'color' this month in the year of color group is Stripes -- you can't see them but I used a pink and green striped fabric to edge the sides of the canvas, a la framing. :)

I will let this dry all afternoon and then box it up to send off in the mail tomorrow a.m. to Ginny. I sure hope she likes it!!

Oh, here is a close up shot I took of the flowers Ginny made -- love the bees and butterfly!

My house seems very quiet without Foxy, but my heart pain has subsided to a dull ache. <sniff>

Comments

[Blanca]

very beautifull....kisss