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  • I bind myself today to the Holy Powers: Their hands to guide me, Their wisdom to teach me, Their ears to hear me, Their words to give me speech, my heart always to love Them. —Galina Krasskova
  • "Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission: to be of service to them whenever they require it.” ~Francis of Assisi
  • Tikkun Olam (roughly translated, I understand, as Heal the World)
    “It is not incumbent upon you to complete the work, but neither are you at liberty to desist from it.” –Rabbi Tarfon.
  • "And the Bastard grant us, in our direst need, the smallest gifts: the nail of the horseshoe, the pin of the axle, the feather at the pivot point, the pebble at the mountain's peak, the kiss in despair, the one right word. In darkness, understanding." -- Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • "There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious-makes you so sick at heart-that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!" - Mario Savio
  • "They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That is too much, even for a joke. ... Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder... And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles." —Eugene Victor Debs
  • i do it for the joy it brings / because i am a joyful girl / because the world owes me nothing / and we owe each other the world / i do it because it's the least i can do / i do it because i learned it from you / i do it just because i want to / because I want to —"Joyful Girl", Ani DiFranco
  • "Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life." - Elizabeth Goudge, author of The Joy of the Snow

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Friday, 20 April 2007

Some Art, Finally . . .

I've been way too busy to create anything much this week . . . I couldn't tell you what I've been doing, for I see no evidence of anything out of the ordinary (well, the floors are clean, and that's not usual, and I did clean the kitchen ceiling fan, but I don't notice anything that would have taken up several days), but I have apparently been doing something besides making things.

These are ATCs for a Dreaming Tree ATC Book over at Fatbooks.  I did the backgrounds on 120-pound cardstock, because I had lots of it. (Now that I consider, watercolor paper would have been really good, too; the stamped tree would have had a nice aged look. Next time, perhaps.) They're Nick Bantock inks—damson plum and vermillion lacquer—sponged on with a pottery sponge; then I added chrome yellow sponged through a piece of sequin waste.

Treeofheartsbackground

After that, I stamped the tree (stamp is from All Night Media, I think; it's one I've had for a couple of years, and it's very handy for one thing and another) with coffee bean Brilliance ink. I thought about embossing it, but I was doing multiples, and I'm lazy . . . (again, next time)

Treeofheartswithstamp

After everything was dry, I sprayed them with gold webbing spray, edged them with a Krylon gold leafing pen, and added the heart brads from Artchix.

Treeofheartsfinal

And, since I am apparently unable to count, I have extras . . . so if anyone would like to trade, just let me know.

Posted at 10:21 AM in art, artist trading cards, finished projects! |

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Kai

You are GOOOOOD at paper art, my friend! You know how to texturize & add color layers without getting crazy! I love the brown tree against the reds & oranges & yellows! And the brads are a VERY cool addition! Gorgeous ATC! Now! What is webbing spray and where would I find some? That stuff sounds like great fun!

Posted by: Kai | Friday, 20 April 2007 at 02:19 PM

Tonniece

Great ATC Anita. I like how you textured and layered the colors, and the brads are soo sweet, (reminds me that I too have some cute brads around here, HUMMMMM, somewhere).

Posted by: Tonniece | Saturday, 21 April 2007 at 01:19 PM

Dianne

I really love that tree stamp, beautiful backgrounds, I like how you finished off, the emossing would have taken away from it. See this time laziness paid off LOL.. I have to get some of that webbing it's really give a lovely effect...

Posted by: Dianne | Sunday, 22 April 2007 at 10:01 PM

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