Inspire me Thursday

The theme this week for Inspire me Thursday was TABLE..

Here is my submission ... Eggplant Mouseatouille it's whats for dinner tonight.

Hope you enjoy!...

A work in progress.

UPDATE!! Here is the completed project. I didn't do to well on the face but I am pleased with the rest. What do you think???

I am really trying hard to make some postcards that I am happy with. I have joined a swap for Handmade postcards and have three wonderful partners. Here is one that I am working on to be mailed out on Monday....

This is just the first sketches and I am praying that I will be able to watercolor it without ruining it something terrible.

I will be sure to post the final project when I am finished.

Wishing you all a blessed Sunday.

Rejoice in the Lord always.

Cindy

Illustration Friday Balloon 2

Here is another I did for Illustration Friday "Balloon"

Tatty Turtle says., " I will beat you yet you silly hare".

Illustration friday "Balloon"

This weeks Illustration friday theme is BALLOON

Here is skeeter ... After eating all his acorns he blew up like a balloon...

Just catching up!

I sure hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My family and I enjoyed our day and now I am on the computer to play. I have been busy with more swaps and just wanted to share the latest.
These first two are for the Beginner Christmas ATC swap. The first is an ATC inside a sled ornament. The second, an ATC with a Christmas charm on it.

This is a cat peaking through a hole in the newspaper. Watching out for his new home. This was made for the "Handmade postcard swap"

This lil guy was made for an Autumn ATC swap . I was pleased with the coloring of this one.

This last one is a Recipe postcard swap for Cowgirl stew. Yeah many of you guys out there say it is cowBOY stew but I added a women's touch and now it taste better then ever. HEEHEE

Autumn ATC's

I am sending these for a swap ~ Autumn ATC

The first going to M. Moon

I added this second one cause she likes moons and pink and yellow together.

The second going to A. Probst....

I am getting better at my watercolor on something so small, still needs work... and a steady hand.

Have a blessed week and I hope you'll leave a comment.

More watercolor works

Here are a few postcards I have finished. I am really trying to work with my watercolors and prefect the technique. A work in progress I tell ya!

This I did on the outside of an envelope that had to be sent out.

These are for a LETTER H postcard swap.

This was for a swap I angeled. Autumn Mice postcard

I hope the Lord will guide my hands to better my watercolor painting. Until then.... I will keep on trying!

ATC's ATC's and more ATC's

I have been playing with some atc's for swaps that I am in and here is what I have done the last few days.

I am working on my watercoloring and finding it a bit difficult on something so small. I do hope that the recipiants will enjoy them though.

I am but a work in progress!

Two new postcards off to their new homes

These are two postcards I created for a swap with a creature theme. There had to be one thing on there that started with the Letter G. I really like the goldfish card and am not REAL happy with the Goose but I worked it to death and thought I had better send it on before I totally ruin it. I hope the recipients will be happy with them.

4 day swap ~ postcards

I signed up for a postcards swap that only allowed four days to produce them. Since I wasn't really well yesterday and stayed in the bed I was able to work on all of them and get them pretty much done. I just thought I would share them with you...

the second one is the only one not finished. I think I am going to watercolor that one too. The first is marker and colored pencil, the dog and cat are watercolored, the cat is marker. I try to make them to the persons liking that will be receiving them I am just not real good at some of it. I like to make whimsical things and some realistic.

So here they are.. whattcha think?

Brown Bag ATC

I signed up for another ATC swap and it required me to make an ATC with some sort of Brown paper bag on it. Well, I thought and thought about what to do, I tried to make a small 'thing' that would resemble a paper bag and this is what I came up with...

I drew the paper bag and used scrapbook die cuts to fill the bag, so there is some sort of 3D effect.

Then this is what I received from my Partner 'Tuesday'... Now she did exactly what I was trying to do and made an actual paper bag, you can even open it. Way Cool!

Then to top it off she sent a second ATC.... she made this sweet little dress from a brown paper bag. Thanks Tuesday, I love them both. And thanks for the mouse card too!

My latest ATC's

I just wanted to share my latest ATC's that I created. I was asked to do Sad Sam and here is what I came up with...

This one was hand-drawn ... This one was cut and pasted with scrapbook embellishements.

Whattcha think???