Thursday Art

  Hi everyone. Happy Thursday. Today I have some art for a couple of challenges to share. All my art is inspired by some of the latest birds at the feeders.

  I've started having some crows feeding in my yard. They've been in the woods for as long as I can remember, and I've seen them flying overhead. But I've never noticed them looking for food in the yard. They are my inspiration for today's art.

   This first piece is a tag that I'll link up over at Tag Along (and ATC's). Brenda is hosting this month, and her theme is Blossoms, Butterflies and Birds.

   I was just randomly inking some tags one day, and I really liked these 4 colors of Versamark Claire together. I stamped  some bare trees from a newer Alison Bomber/ Paper Artsy set. The words are also from one of Alison's sets. 

   I had some scrap trim (an old die from Cheery Lynn) on my work table. It didn't quite balance fit along the bottom, but I still decided to go with it because I liked how the lace finished off the tag. I also added a small  image fussy cut from a Ciao Bella piece of paper over the part of the trim too. I put a tiny TH half person to the center of the eye.

   The crows come from some clear printed tape. I have no idea who made it, but I wish I did because I'd love to find another roll. 😏 I like to use it by cutting out the crows individually. The moon is from a set of metallic paper images that I've had for decades. I finished my tag by using a bit of glitter glue to make some stars starting to come out.

    My art journal page is one of those not so successful ones.  I am sharing it because even though not every page works out, the beauty of art journaling is that it gives you a place to learn from your mistakes.  I learned here that I shouldn't have used the black watercolor paint on the background. 😏

   I'm linking this page up to Gillena's Trees are Awesome, Aren't They? challenge over at Art Journal Journey

    I originally cleaned a stencil off on this page, and I don't really mind the brick effect. I then took a Penny Black bare birch tree stamp and stamped it twice to make the image tall enough to fit the page. I had to do a bit of fixes to the 2 images with a pen to make it become one tall tree, and I really like how that worked out.

  I fussy cut out some of the crows from the roll of clear tape I mentioned above, and I added them on some tree branches. Then I used the black watercolor paint to make a light wash. That wash was definitely too dark.  👎😞  I do like the black watercolor splatter I added after I added the wash though.

   I decided to finish the page with a small tag, the stamped the dusk word from the same Alison Bomber set as is on my bigger tag, and I filled in the hole with a black fastener.  The wooden leaf was sitting on my desk, so I painted it green and added that. 

 

  Finally, here's  three photos I snapped through the window (those crows are quite skittish)  of those crows who inspired me. I love the expression on  the one on the left. I'm not sure if it was because he noticed me a few feet back from the window and was watching me, or the look was meant for his partner.

     And here's a photo from the other day when we had (sadly) a taste of a little more winter. (And luckily that taste didn't last. 😏)

    Have a super rest of your day!