October Joy with CBD

Good Friday afternoon! I have been churning out the art cards these past two weeks, and having the time of my life. I am getting ready for my very first arts and crafts show in three years. As most of you know in 2009 I was diagnosed with COPD with emphysema and am now on oxygen 24/7. I am still on O2, but I am so much stronger. I finally decided that this year is the year and I getting back in the swing of getting ready for art festivals and becoming more involved with design teams online. This one is just for one day, but baby steps are a must. Still, I am rather excited.

On to why I am here today...we have a new challenge for you over at Crafting by Designs. I am the hostess for one of our challenges during our second week in October and the theme is “Falling Leaves.” You can create any thing your mojo tells you too, but we want to see lots of leaves, be they in a pile, falling from a tree, laying on the ground just looking pretty, added to a wreath, you get the meaning. We want to see leaves.

As I said in the beginning of my post, I have been churning out cards, so this little piece of art is just that, an art card. And I have leaves galore! My image is from a wonderful artist that I discovered a couple of months ago, (and I am now on his Elite Design Team), Rick St. Dennis MFA (you should read his credentials!). I feel in love with this little elf, October Joy! (At the moment, it is not listed in his Etsy shop, but I am sure you could send him a message and he would get it right over to you.)

Do you know when you have all the leaves raked in a pile, go inside to get a drink, come back out to bag, and you have to rake them again? The “rake them again” part was accomplished by this little Autumn elf. He looks like he thoroughly enjoyed jumping in your pile of leaves, and making them magically fly around. He did have fun.

Supplies used for October Joy are:
Dies: Spellbinders Foliage, Bitty Blossoms, and Standard Circles. Marianne Creatables LR0156 Flower & Leaves.
Designer Paper: SCACD
Cardstock: SU in Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard, and Really Rust. Cryogen for Copic Coloring.
Distress Inks: Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge, and Forest Moss
Paint: Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam in Chandelier
Copics: Ys in 11, 15, 17, 21, 23, 26; YRs in 00, 12, 15; YGS in 91, 93, 95, 97; RVs in 91, 93, 99’ Rs in 20, 27; Es in 000, 09, 11, 35; Cs in 5.
Skeleton leaves: my stash.

This little elf would like to go play with:

Craft Us Crazy – Children and/or Fall

DL.ART – Linky Party, Anything Goes

Pixie Dust Studio – Full of Fantasy

For Fun Challenges – Fall

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you can join us at CBD for our Falling Leaves challenge, or any of our weekly challenges. Contact me if you have any questions.
Aletha Jane

Shades of Black

I hope that everyone has had a fantastic week! We were cooling down in Oklahoma, but some of the heat has come back. When this happens in Oklahoma, that means only one thing...get ready for severe thunderstorms. Hopefully, tornados are not one of the happenings during this thunderstorm, but who knows. This is Oklahoma!

We, at Delicious Doodles, have a brand new challenge ready to go. For our 6th Challenge our theme is “monochromatic.” We want to see anything you want to create, but using shades of one color. How fun is that? Your deadline is October 18, so you have plenty of time.

For my little piece of art was created with one of my favorite images by Teri, Lycaonia. I colored these beautiful kindred spirits with Copics, but I used only the Ws and the Cs. Lycaonia’s skin was colored with E000 with a touch of red pen for her lips.

My designer paper is from Delicious Doodles, but I could not find it in Teri’s shop. The name is “Fireworks in Black and White.” Give her a nudge, I bet she would put it back in her Delicious Doodles shop. I felt like it fit this image perfectly. It reminded me of ice crystals on a window pane.

Lycaonia will be entered in the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge – Monochromatic

Simply Create – Anything Goes

Crafts and Me – Anything Goes

Divas by Designs – Anything Goes

Now, after you have entered our Delicious Doodles 6th Challenge, head over to our Facebook group and show us your little piece of art.

Thanks for stopping by! Contact me if you have any questions. Have a fantastic and creative weekend.
Aletha Jane