The only energy I have when it is 93 degrees in the shade is to go to Safeway’s Starbucks and get a caramel light frappacino. Then, of course , I wander the aisles in air-conditioned comfort hoping they will not notice I am pushing an empty cart.
I was exhausted after doing Crowabout #38. Nancy was sneaky and posted the collage sheet on her photostream and NOT in the Collage Play with Crowabout group on Flickr. I think only 3 of us have posted so far.
Pinkie Taylor was so thrilled with Jenna-Ann she showed it to everyone at the office. Marlene, one of the follow up team, asked me if I’d make one for her grand-daughter. Here is Avery, the summertime fairy. This was a major cut and paste job-since I had two photos to work with.
Paper used: Wild Saffron (K&Co) for dress and hat, Marah Johnson (Creative Imaginations) background, flowers from scraps of Sasha Collection. A variety of adhesive gems (Darice & Me&My Big Ideas)
12×10 collage.
A co-worker requested a Lady-wing of her youngest daughter, Jenna-Ann whose birthday was May 19th. I suspect that there is some fairy blood in her family, as her girls all love PINK!
I wanted to do a baby Lady-wing and am fortunate that I found the right one. This is Jenna-Ann who was found under the azaleas all pink and sparkly with her pink diamond tiara and giant baby wings!
I only had a small photo of her in a swimsuit. I made the dress out of Sasha Collection and the wings from K&Co. The original is 12×12.
Today was so beautiful I just had to get outside and stroll by the magic waterfall. It was so bloody hot though, I thought I was going to faint. I bought some new designer paper and before I went to bed created this collage…
I was invited last week to join a weekly artist’s challenge on Flickr, hosted by Crowabout (aka Nancy Baumiller). The host sends out a collage sheet on Sundays to all members of the group by posting it on Flickr. From there it’s basically a free-for-all; you are allowed to do what ever you want with the images to create a piece of art. You must use at least 3 images to be in the running for the weekly prize. But you are encouraged to use all the images.
The challenge as I see it is to create an original work that uses the images in different and unexpected ways. I was so excited to play I made mine into a real game, based on the old game spinners of yesteryear , that I’ve noticed are finding their way back into vogue. So I put the collage sheet into the collage creator program and separated the spinner base from the other images and enlarged it. I printed the spinner base on card-stock. I then hand colored the spinner base and all the little faces. I made a real spinner out of another image (printed 5x in a row) and cut it out in the shape of a needle spinner. I poked a hole in the center of the base and attached the spinner to the base with a copper brad. 
This game was then placed on top of a variety of images from the collage sheet, including the tattoo of a pretty senorita. The senorita I also enlarged and flipped and printed on card-stock. Her blouse is another image of an old box of beef bouillon cubes!
I embellished the senoritas with pencil, ink and gems.
The Crow-about Challenge was lots of fun and took me most of Sunday to complete. I guess I will go outside now and enjoy some of this summer weather!