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From time to time I have to go find myself... where I am... do I like what I am creating, can I do better, what direction do I need to take now...  etc.   I guess we all go thru that thought process one time or another... I do it pretty frequently these days...  not really sure where I really belong... 


So I decided to take a little break and regroup with myself and I pulled out a canvas  (12 x 16 inches)   and started to work.. 

I started to play with the Texture paste and some stencils that I had just received as a prize... they were all so inviting.. .but used the leaves... 

 

I started to add some textures.. .the brown shaded areas are ground Mica that I added to the Gesso...  what fun I was having...  just doing my thing... and nothing else.. 

 

I colored the canvas with Distress paints and also some Adirondack paints... as I only had a few of the distress ones at the time...

 

I added a few butterflies and also some 'stone' work... NC where I live has so very much stone work all around the place... love it all.. so I wanted to capture some of that...  but I was at a stopping point now... and didn't really know where I wanted to go next... 

 

BACK TO MY GOOD OLD PAPER .... 

 

I hope you can see this ...

(please click on pictures to get the fullest size of any pictures.....  )

 

I took a piece of white cardstock... and started to play with some more stencils...  one was of a gingko leaf... I love Gingko leaves...  they are so very wonderfully different to me... so I wanted to play with that one.. and the hexagon one I had made from one of Tim's Dies... LOL.. Love those dies... and then to get a stencil too.. .great guns... how fantastic is that...  Okay...  so then I started to lay on the textured paint... I did happen to dye it... that was something I wanted to try again.. I had done it once... but this time I went to town... embossing, and then texture paste off and on all over the paper...  what fun...

 

NOW WHAT??? 

 

Well one thing I have to confess now, is that I got so wrapped up in what I was doing... that I forgot to take pictures... LOL... so very sorry...  but when that happens, my husband even knows not to bother me... I am deep in fun, messiness and sheer play time...  music is off the walls, at times... and the room is bouncing with good energy... loving it all.. 

 

I decided to rip the paper up into small pieces and put it onto the canvas... could I really do that???  Well I did... 

 

At this stage I hope you can sort of see where I used each and every little bit of that 8.5 x 11 piece of paper... I loved it... and was amazed that I could tear it up... 

 

I also added some misc leaves I had made.. .using texture paste that was left over... I just made a bunch of leaves... sheets of them... 

 

As you can see I added tissue tape, and real live branches from the yard... and I also drew and cut out some garlic.. 

 

I added a piece of Mica that is in the lower left hand corner of this picture above... it was found on the farm...  lovely layered mica... clear and beautiful...   I still have about a 1/2 inch of it left...  love it... 

 

I used a crackle stamp and made it look old... and more tape... and painted the butterflies... 

I added a few leaves... as fall is coming... sooner than we expect it this year...  and these leaves are from kraft glassine paper from Tim's collection of goodies and stuff...  love it.. special occasions it is used.. this was one of them.. 

 

 

 

I also used a crow stamp and colored it with black and DEEP VIOLET... not sure if you can see it as well as I can...  it is perched on the real branch...  loving the whole thing... 

 

There are areas where I have tucked textured assorted papers under other pieces of textured papers... just because I felt like it... no other reason... just having that deep rooted feeling of fun and creativity.. 

 

Another crow... but this time he is made from textured paste and also a die cut that was turned into a stencil...  love him... in fact I made about 15 of them... 

(too much mixed paste... LOL.. but they will be used... no fear... have fun... make things... enjoy what you are doing...  ) 

 

A little heart...  a little sweet memory

 

 

I had bought these really neat letters from Tim's stash of stuff...  and had to use them... they were really special and so this was going to be their premier...  LOVE THEM... I didn't do anything to them other than to glue them onto the canvas... wow... LOVE IT... 

 

I dropped the A  as there is little glass corked bottle over it... not sure you can see it...

 

I had a very difficult time photographing this picture...  but I hope you can see it all..

 

 

 

A crow hiding it's face under the gingko leaf... LOL... 

 

 

Hope you have enjoyed this LONG posting... but I did want to share this with you all... I was waiting for the right moment... and I think that entering it into the Frilly and Funkie Challenge is the right moment... 

 

As the challenge this week is Summer Garden... and this is all about our farm... our gardens and our memories of this summer time here on our farm... 

 

I do hope that YOU have a wonderful day and that you enjoy everything about it...  Thanks so very much for stopping by for a visit and commenting on this part of my life, that I have shared with you... 

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie