Thriving Art

  I really running late for this Tuesday's T stands for Tuesday   ...the girls have been EARLY this week, due to their Dads being the ones that are dropping them off so THEY can get to work.  Not really unusual, except the Dads have EARLY start times this week.  SOOOOOOO....the girls have been at the door from 6a.m. to 6:30a.m............before I get that second cup of coffee.......LOL   Yesterday they did a little crayon melting, then added silk flowers......idea is from Pinterest.   (Hannah's straps, on her top, vanished in this photo.....so she is NOT strapless) With the triple digit temperatures, we did take a little time and watch a movie called "Snow Days".....it made us feel slightly cooler...but I really think it was just the AC.....LOL  The little girl, in the movie, had a snow globe and I told the girls we could make those..........so we did.....only we made snow tubes....LOL  Some water, a little glycerin, and a coupl...

        Hannah's page...................what can I say?....she has been playing in my stash for years and really gets "into" it....LOL  Like her G-ma, she LOVES texture!!! Here she used acrylic paints, modeling paste, stencils, paper tubes, tissue paper and rubber stamps.  ALWAYS ready to try something new.....LOL I know this looks blurry, but it is in fact the way she added the white paint to the letters.   She was so thrilled when she read last weeks comments. Debbie of Crafty Moose said she wanted to take lessons from Hannah.  You made her day Debbie!!     Rachel was a little later getting here this week, so Hannah stared painting a bottle with SOC  colors.  First was the yellow, then Crackle and then she chose dark purple for her main color.   We added sheer purple (not blue) around the top and dangled a metal key from it.  Of course not to be out done by her cousin, Rachel,...

          Rachel chose to keep her page smooth this week.  She used water color pencils, tube style water paint, white acrylic and stamps.  I love the simplicity of her page......and she thinks out where each patch of color will be, before adding it..... a really good eye for composition too.  The lighter shades are the water color pencil.  I am so glad to see her "try" some other mediums.    Before working on our 4th of July center pieces, we thought we would do a trial run with the  SOC colors. They both painted a bottle yellow, then added Crackle.......once it was dry she choose the lavender for her main color.  We didn't quite get the crackle we wanted, but she wanted to add glitter (what little girl doesn't like glitter???)  I gave her a really quick lesson with the double sided tape and let her loose........pretty good huh??  Then she picked out her initials form a bag of foam sti...

        1 purple + 1 purple + 1 yellow are the colors for this weeks SOC and this is how my journal page looks.  Acrylic paint ( purple, lavender and a little white), modeling paste, stencils, stamps, designer paper and some bling!!  Once it was dry I did doodle around the flowers with a black Sharpie.  Of course the scanner likes to make some purples turn to shades blue.   Up next is Rachel and then Hannah's please leave them a comment.  My little artists are so excited about SOC and are having so much fun participating this year..   Thanks for stopping by for a look........see you next week   Inky Hugs Krisha

From Pinterest   Good morning T-Gang and Bloggie friends!  Welcome back on this much cooler Tuesday!   Before I get into what has been happening around here I wanted to share this darling post card from one of our T-Gang members.  It is from our own Jinxxxygirl......DEB!! With her new address on the back and a quick note.  She doodled the house and colored it with colored pencils and acrylic paint. THANK YOU DEB, I LOVE IT!   So on with the Happenings around here since last we met........yep!  MORE pics of the 8 year olds   Their drink glasses for T-day The ideas for these came from Pinterest   Here are the signs they made for their Dad, for Father's Day. They painted the wooden letters for swim, risk and beer then hot glued them on.  The other lettering is over the pencil I did for the letter LO.  They used Chalk paint pens to do this. Of course the idea came from Pinterest..........n...

  Rachel is so excited about Summer of Color and is learning so many "new" things about art. For her page, this week, she used modeling paste and stencils for the texture and acrylic paints.   Here is her color sheet.   Having Rachel with me, this summer, has really been fun.  She is just learning to color "outside" the box, and watching her explore with color and textures is exciting........even Hannah has fun watching her.   THANK YOU to everybody who left Rachel a comment last week.  These girls are just thrilled!! and they DO read each comment.   Inky Hugs Krisha

          Here is Hannah's page for this week.  She used modeling paste and stencils to make the background and the acrylic paints.  She dropped water on the page and then mopped it up with paper towels to get the grunge effect.  The Diva Pink shows up as more of a lavender  in the photo.   Hannah's color sheet.   I want to THANK EVERYBODY that left comments on her post last week.  She grinned ear to ear as she read each comment.  She is really enjoying playing along with SOC, and the first question she asks, each Monday morning, is "What's our colors this week Grandma?"  Of course she has been "playing" with all my stash since she was about 3 years old.....LOL   Thanks for visiting Hannah's post......Please leave her a comment.   Inky Hugs Krisha

    My color sheet for this week I find it funny how color association works on memories.  There is something about pinks and orange colors take me back to the 60s, it was such a colorful time.  All the "flower" children were matching up colors that nobody had really dared to do in fashion until then.   This week I didn't make my page when the girls were doing theirs, I wanted to see where they would go with the colors on their own. (I'll be posting theirs next.)  So it was rather late when I finally started my page and REALLY late when I finished it....LOL.    I did start with Gesso, but then went with acrylic paints, and a new stencil for the background.  The letters are some old grunge board letters I painted, along with the retro flowers.  The other shapes are die cuts, I had just gotten a new Cricut  summer cartridge, and wanted to play with it......*grin*  Once EVERYTHING was on the page I did some j...

  Time!  Something that seems to slip through my fingers faster than money...*Grin* Once again it's Tuesday and TIME to link it up with Elizabeth and the T-gang  to read about their weekly adventures and what they are drinking this morning, as I AM writing this on Tuesday......not a scheduled post....there is that "T.I.M.E." thing again.   I'm pretty sure I got back to everybody who commented last week, and if I didn't I surely do apologize!!  Before I show off the pictures of the GDs .........I want to THANK all of you who left the girls a comment and your location!!   Okay.....let the bragging begin.............  The girls were thrilled with all the comments.  They worked hard on their tops and were so proud that they each made two................. Of course they decorated their flip flops to match their tops.  I had bought them each an insulated glass for the days that they are here.....each a different color.......

Rachel is 8 years old and very excited about joining SOC.  This is her first journal page.  Since she isn't allowed a blog, I will post her work for her....in a separate post.....here on mine.  They insist on their own post so they have a chance to win the prize.......haven't checked out SOC yet?  Click HERE This is Rachel's color sheet. Please leave Rachel a comment.............the little girls do read them and love to see what you say about their work. Inky Hugs Krisha

  Hannah likes to play around with lettering styles.....hmmmmm....wonder where she get's that??? Since she is just 8 years old, and isn't allowed a blog I am going to post her work on my blog. Haven't heard of /or checked out SOC??? Click HERE     Hannah's colors. Please leave her a comment, she loves reading them. Inky Hugs Krisha

          WOOP! WOOP! Summer Of Color 2015 has started!! Check out all the details HERE . A new little twist this year that is looking like tons of fun!  This week the colors are 1 blue + 1 blue + 1 green. My first journal page is to commemorate the summer days spent with Hannah and Rachel.  Also to show them it doesn't have to be difficult........just FUN!!      Kristin also provided a sheet to print off, which the girls and I are using to remember which colors we used.............................Yep Hannah and Rachel (GDs) are joining this year too.  Since there are prizes (*GRIN* go check it out) I am going to post each of their work to a separate post.  I mean, once they found out about the "loot" up for grabs they got all excited........me too!!!   Inky Hugs Krisha          

    Time to go hopping around the world to check on the T-Gang  this week.  Hope you'll join us.   Monday night ( here is SO CAL) and the start of week two with the 8 year olds.  Here are some pictures from last Tuesday's gathering:     They put Gesso on only 1/2 of the cardstock, then we use Gelatos and water color pencils to see how the Gesso effects the look of the medium. They did 3 sheets, one with the Gesso brushed on, one with the Gesso scrapped on with an old credit card and one with the Gesso dabbed on with a paper towel. They fell in love with the Gelatos, coloring, then wiping them with baby wipe to mix the colors...................oh I'm in BIG trouble and now I have to HIDE my Gelatos.......LOL!!!   Here are their finished mixed media picture frames.  I am so proud of them, they did such a GOOD job on them.  They chose to put a picture of them together in the frames, but the...