The world through my eyes

A weekend in New Orleans is a weekend to remember. The amazing historical 18th century architecture of the French Quarters  to the awesome food, drinks and entertainment including phenomenal Jazz, the place has it all. The youthful lively party atmosphere keeps reminding you that you live but once and this essence of NOLA seamlessly intertwining the old and the new is  I have tried to capture through this project. This is my inspiration for the  MTW Challenge-May For this project, I used awesome colors from Lindys Gang. This is also my entry to  Lindy's magical May Challenge  (https://lindysgang.blog) The colors I used are: Bayou Boogie Gold Shimmer Spray Pop Rock Purple Magical Raspberry Lemonade Magical Hi Maintenance Magenta Magical Prima Donna Purple Magical Bling-y Blonde Magical

"Life in its difficult styles, Gives its reasons for the smiles, Live my child with a heart of gold, Tell stories hereto untold To everyone be happy and kind, Life is short but joy you'll find."                                         This is my inspiration for the  MTW Challenge-April The word baby just brings in joy and inspires me to create the pure love and innocence in a baby. Also, the pastel shades complement the thought process. For this project, I used awesome colors from Lindys Gang. This is also my entry to  Lindy's awesome April Challenge  (https://lindysgang.blog) The colors I used are: Merci Beaucoup Mint Embossing Powder Bonjour Butter Embossing Powder Sunrise Salmon Gold Embossing Powder Cape Cod Coral Magical Sea Mint Green Magical Bling-y Blonde Magical

The products I have used are stated below including clear gesso and icing paste. The clear geso was used in the frame and the canvas.  I could not use some other products I wanted to use since they did not arrive in time. Prima - Finnabair - Art Alchemy - Acrylic Paint - Opal Magic -  Green Gold Prima - Finnabair - Art Alchemy - Acrylic Paint - Opal Magic -  Aqua   Rose Prima - Finnabair - Art Ingredients - Iridescent Mica Powder - Green Opal Magic Prima - Finnabair - Art Alchemy -  Antique   Brilliance  - Lucky Emerald Prima - Finnabair -Icing Paste Prima - Finnabair - Art Extravagance -  Rust   Paste  Set Prima - Finnabair - Art Extravagance - Camouflage  Paste  Set Prima - Art Basics- C lear Gesso Prima - Memory Hardware - Resin Frames - Blanc Fleur Oval Frame Prima - Finnabair - Mechanicals - Grungy Butterflies Prima - Art Extravagance - Texture Paste - Platinum Crackle - 8.5 Ounces Prima - Co

This is my entry to  https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/04/challenge-508-4th-of-april-inspired-by.html?m=1 It is inspired by ‘Dancing Queen’ by ABBA

This is my entry to  CSI Challenge: Case 275 I tried to incorporate as many clues as I could. The evidence clues that I included included stripes, floral patterns, text prints, film strip, washi tape, leafy elements, hangers, frames, watercolor and creating shelves. The testimony included documenting a hobby (traveling),  happiness journal prompt( write down three things you would tell your younger self) and presentation(framing my journaling). The personal challenge for me was to journalling a predominantly outdoor experience with indoor elements.I have been wanting to document I travel to big island for a long time. The CSI challenge provided a good opportunity for me to do so. The initial background and closeup images are attached below.

A life dedicated to the joy of others! Gratitude is what a flower reminds me of and is the central theme of my project .  I used different layers to denote the sentiment of gratitude literally in words and thematically through flowers. Using many layers is my favorite because each layer brings in the simplicity of beauty and the different layers working harmoniously together brings out the complexity of beauty. I used the sketch from  C.R.A.F.T It is my entry for http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/03/challenge-504-7th-of-march-sketch.html https://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2019/03/challenge-572-anything-goes.html http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.com/ (sentiment, flowers, hand colored image) http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/2019/02/layers-one-or-many-and-why.html?m=1 (layers) http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2019/03/welcome-to-pennys-challenge-420.html?m=1 ( anything goes) https://scribblesdesignschallenge.blogspot.com/2019/02/challenge