tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24373246074654553242024-03-05T10:05:07.656-06:00**The Art Escape** for like minded mix media artists!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-38292968044374023522016-02-14T21:42:00.001-06:002016-02-14T21:42:18.016-06:00Hello artists!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-74269369691518048502011-05-02T17:14:00.001-05:002011-05-02T17:21:15.855-05:00More art photosUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-38388230346002832242011-05-02T17:01:00.000-05:002011-05-02T17:01:21.371-05:00Happy Spring
Hello Friends and Family. I just wanted to take the first step in updating my blog. I have a couple of new photos to share with you. On a personal note, in the fall I had my hip replaced. This makes the fifth time due to complications and infection. Hopefully this will be the last replacement. It isn't great but it is soooo much better than it was. It has taken me a long time to be back in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-89368839034828751752010-03-06T03:32:00.009-06:002010-03-06T04:05:14.763-06:00New Art Hello Friends and Family. Well, I finally got around to scanning in some new art for my blog. I hope that you will enjoy it, and please leave me a comment if you will. The first piece is a double image transfer. I printed the images on matte finish photo paper, and transferred them to an acrylic background using matte gel medium. I came back in with a black pen to add a little interest to the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-25922162961500056992010-02-06T10:53:00.002-06:002010-02-06T10:58:22.566-06:00BLOG IS A MESS!Hello Friends and Family. Well, I am really happy that you came by, but hate for you to see my blog looking a mess. I was trying to install a new background and somehow I ended up converting my three column to a two column blog. I am going to have to sit down and take the time to fix it.....I hate all of that wasted space on the sides. However, I am working to meet a deadline at the moment. One Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-60683098831901410012010-01-04T03:03:00.008-06:002010-01-04T04:05:29.465-06:00Happy New YearHELLO THIS IS MY LAST PAINTING OF A GARDEN GATE DONE IN ACRYLICS ON A STRETCH CANVAS. PLEASE LEAVE ME A COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU LIKE IT OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A SUGGESTION!Hello Friends and Family. I am so excited about all of the possibilities for the new year. I am feeling creative, connected, and committed to my goals for this year. I am not really one for resolutions, but I do Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-57415175552694497452009-12-10T02:38:00.003-06:002009-12-10T02:40:36.052-06:00Lisa's Countdown to ChristmasHello Friends and Family. Just wanted to remind everyone that Lisa Vollrath is hosting another wonderful Countdown to Christmas with free collage sheets. Just click on the title of this post to be taken to her web site! Happy downloads to you all!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-79175241697513706272009-12-09T18:45:00.003-06:002009-12-09T18:53:46.620-06:00HELLO TO EVERYONE!Hello Friends and Family. I have been gone from my blog so long, and really feeling guilty about it! I have been working on some new Christmas ornaments, and I will post a photo of the one that I created and mailed yesterday for a swap. I just joined Twitter today, and I will be adding that to my blog just as soon as I figure out how! I hope you are all staying warm. It has been really cold here Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-90962671177783119982009-09-01T15:48:00.003-05:002009-09-01T16:10:25.250-05:00New CollageHello Friends and Family. I didn't mean to go so long without posting. I have just been tied up starting a new Yahoo group, and preparing for our first meetup. It was last Saturday, and everyone had a wonderful time. We all did a sort of directed collage and they came out so well. I forgot to get photos of all of them, but I have a few and I have mine. I am not quite happy with this one yet. I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-49559705140618122502009-08-17T00:46:00.002-05:002009-08-17T00:52:24.069-05:00Recent CollageHello Friends and Family. I had an opportunity to work on a collage this week at a creative nights meetups. We have a really good time there, and each month the project is different. I have met some new friends there, and am looking forward to the meetup next month. I am sharing this collage with you even though I am not crazy about it. I had limited paints and supplies, and being in a rush just Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-77076841381782364742009-08-06T22:20:00.002-05:002009-08-06T22:29:03.194-05:00More Art Today!  Hello Friends and Family. This is a scan of my own collage that I received from our latest canvas/collage board RR. My theme was Shabby Chic, and if you scroll down aways, you will see what work I did on it before I sent it out. I am very happy with it, and I will probably add just a little more to it before I call it finished! I really appreciate my group and the great work that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-10789174813188819912009-08-06T03:26:00.001-05:002009-08-06T03:26:46.984-05:00My Round Robin Christmas Book Hello Friends and Family. I have mailed off my Christmas book to be worked in by the first person, Stacy. I am excited to be doing another RR, and I hope that all of my group will have fun with it. I had been planning to do the book on Vintage Christmases, but I only got past the first spread, and then my muse took over, and I went glitter crazy on my signin spreads. That is OK though Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-4324852753051575222009-07-28T15:36:00.002-05:002009-07-28T15:47:38.191-05:00New Jewelry For Me!Hello Friends and Family. I had to get some beads for the Chotski pins I made and I had some left over so I thought I would try to make something for myself. I can't believe that I made this necklace and these earrings for me! Yes, it took me a little bit of time, but I am so happy with the results. I thought I wouldn't be able to see well enough to actually make something, but what a happy Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-15773431569337862622009-07-23T20:03:00.003-05:002009-07-23T20:18:53.513-05:00New Round RobinHello Friends and Family. I was going to mention that I am starting a new Christmas Book Round Robin with my group. If you have been wanting to do a RR, then you can read and follow along as I prepare my book, and do the first couple of spreads in it before I send it to my mailing partner. I will be happy to walk you through the steps as I go, and you can made a similar one, or one with a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-64654755057097416452009-07-23T19:54:00.002-05:002009-07-23T20:02:32.411-05:00CHOTSKI PINS  Hello Friends and Family. Here are two Chotski pins that I made for a swap. The blue and green one is for my friend Jo Ann, and the one with the vintage and a couple of new beads is for my friend Deb. Now Deb knows a lot about Ireland, and she says that a Chotski pin that looks like a big safety pin, sort of, is what hold the kilt of an Irishman closed. Neat huh? Well, I think that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-35625291148517158722009-07-16T18:20:00.002-05:002009-07-16T18:23:04.263-05:00Altered Books Group has 10th Birthday! Hello Friends and Family. I hope wherever you are that you are staying cool. I’m sure trying to, but this Texas weather is not wanting to cooperate. If you have been in altered objects, books, etc., then I know you have heard of the huge Altered Book Group on Yahoo. They are celebrating their 10th birthday! So many of us have come from that group, forming new groups, new projects, new friendsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-60363609221179501552009-07-13T00:42:00.001-05:002009-07-13T00:42:55.062-05:00COWGIRL COLLAGE FINISHEDI have finished working on my friend Deb’s collage board, and here are my photos with an explanation of what I did. I hope she and you will like it! Here I am trying various papers and images on the board. In this photo, I have glued down the red paper in the left top corner, and done some rubber stamping in the background, including a crackle stamp, and the cowgirls on the left.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-22858292070894442742009-07-05T22:36:00.012-05:002009-07-05T23:13:29.905-05:00HOWDY PARTNERSHello Friends and Family. I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday, and that you had good food, good family and friends, and good fun! I had a great time right here at my new apartments. We had a catered lunch for the 4th, and I didn't even have to leave my place to see a wonderful fireworks show at the Rangers Ballpark. A great show and it was free! I am preparing to work on another round Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-4713741558800804812009-06-25T15:38:00.010-05:002009-08-06T02:18:33.501-05:00Goofy Day, Goofy PlayHello Friends and Family. I am goofing off when I should be getting some things done around here, and I'm going out to the pool in a little bit. I had fun yesterday putin on the red, white, and blue that I picked out from The Cutest Blog on the Block! I also went to Blingee.com and played and played with the glitter, and sparklies. Here is a new blingee photo of me. It would look pretty good, if Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-82860956306913692882009-06-22T22:59:00.004-05:002009-06-24T15:56:06.972-05:00Trash to Treasure ArtHello Friends and Family. I hope you are all doing OK tonight, and if not, well email me, and let's talk. I am a good listener, and I won't repeat a thing.I wanted to tell you about a new friend, Lynn, who has a blog. Just click on the title above, or here, and check her out. She is celebrating at the moment because of receiving her 200th post! That's great! Also, in these difficult economical Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-13426171380633778252009-06-21T23:42:00.007-05:002009-08-06T02:20:42.752-05:00Some days are diamonds and some days or stones….what a week of stones.This whole week has been nothing but stones. I have been really down the last few days, but I hope things will be looking up soon.I am looking into a couple of local groups to join, since I left my last group, because I just love the meetups.Also, I lost my brother Charles a year ago today to cancer, and so I have been dreading this day, and I’m still missing him so much. Why do the good ones Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-32646387476090070482009-06-09T18:48:00.002-05:002009-06-09T19:04:32.818-05:00Canvas for Round RobinHello Friends and Family. Here are my beginnings for a canvas RR. My theme is shabby chic. I started with some pale colors of pink, green, and blue, and I just played with them and ended up with the suggestion of flowers. Next I added an image of a rose and then I over-painted it with acrylics, and I added the pink ticket and the three little girls. I don't know what that has to do with my theme,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-21144647250370279792009-06-07T15:34:00.002-05:002009-06-07T15:38:22.157-05:00Hello....it's meHello Friends and Family. I have been way out of pocket lately, and working on my apartment. Today and yesterday I have been sick with a bad cold. Hope to feel better tomorrow. I am going to load some new photos soon. I had some problems with my computer, but things are better now. Please let me know what is going on with each of you. I will be visiting your blogs soon, just to look around, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-81343131747757343422009-04-05T14:47:00.001-05:002009-04-05T14:47:37.418-05:00More Eggs!View Full Album Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437324607465455324.post-8754962489787834192009-03-30T00:28:00.007-05:002009-04-05T13:59:25.907-05:00Easter Eggs Everywhere!Hello Friends and Family. I am working on my Easter eggs for a swap in one of my groups. We are swapping 6 inch tall eggs and they will be punched and tied together to make a book. They could also be connected one beside the other to make a really cute egg garland. I hope you will enjoy seeing the other 11 that I have to get done Pronto! We are decorating the front and back of the egg shape Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1