Judith Handmade Treasures: 2014

Happy New Year!

My art badge

First, I want to thank all who came by my little world in blogland and wish you a Very Happy and Safe New Year in 2014.

This past year I was not so sure that I would return to my little world of treasures that I so loved to create and blog about.

It was also a first for me that I took some doodling classes and joined some art groups on Facebook.

Wow, unblieveable! ME....

It was a blessing, that I could go and getaway from all the stress in life for a brief moment in my journals, classes and creating a little bit of art.

I am happy that I have gone to a place that I never thought in a million years would bring me back to living.

Today's posting is a One Year celebration for April Cole-The Studio, a thriving artist commuity that I joined in 2013.

April Cole who formed the Facebook group one year ago today, challenged us to create an Art Badge.

Now, in no means I am no Artist!

But, I wanted to challenged myself at the start of a new year and give it a try.

(Please forgive the photos, I hurt my back and being still for any long periods of time was not in the cards.)

Click on the photo for a larger view

For my art badge, I used a recycle holiday starbucks coffee cup in red and gold.

I used a butterfly stencil that I purchased at the IQF in Houston two years ago and cut it out.

Instead of spraying with Heidi Swapp color shine, I dipped a round paint brush and colored in the details of the wings and also with Ranger's Sliver dabber.

I used a white sharpie waterbased poster-paint to outline the wings.

My first attempt did not go so well, so I gesso over the wings and let dry completely and started over again. As you can see, I liked my second attempt.

I found in my stash a heart from Heidi Swapp collections that I sprayed with dylusion spray twice and dotted up with the white sharpie waterbased poster-paint.

The card is that of a queen sitting on her throne and was fitting for the phrase and placed the heart in the center. I colored in the center of the heart with Tim Holtz red brick dabber with a paint brush.

I did not like the red brick alone, so I dotted it up with the white sharpie waterbased poster-paint.

I need a little bit more to the wings, so I splatter with some paint and spray.

I used a cosmetic sponge and a dotted stencil and dabbed with white acrylic paint on the wings.

I also found some scraps around and a few pieces of ribbon.

(For a closer look, click on the photos for more details of my Art Badge)