Princess Bubbles Creates

I bought a Lensbaby Muse  a few months ago.  I haven't played with it as much as I would like to.  Today I bought the Creative Aperture Kit to go with the Muse.  My son's girlfriend bought some fluorescent nail polish and my son has a black light.  I think that was the perfect subject to try out my new star aperture disc.  Too fun!

I showed the start of this book a while back.  I have since finished it.  I have added a heart to every page.  I have also penned words of love on each page.  I really like this little book and wish it was easier to show it.  It is difficult to photograph.

This is the second piece I have had accepted into the Grand National over the years.  It is no less exciting the second time around!  It is gratifying to have a judge or curator deem my art as acceptable to hang in their gallery. 

Thank you Judy Lovell for awarding me the Stylish Blog award.  I truly appreciate it.  You made my day!   I honestly don't really understand it but I do enjoy being told nice things about my blog.  Thank you. It seems that a little encouragement always comes along at the right time. Life has not been smooth sailing lately.  I hate to be a whiner so I suck it up and take solace in my art.  Creating comforts my soul and brings me peace. I am glad to have a blog where I can share my art, experiments both successful and not.

I was not willing to give up on the transfer I posted about below.  I made this transfer with fabric medium and it left a high shine which I did not like.  I decided to try adding transfer foil to it to hide that plastic look.  The picture did not work very well but really it is still not a very good looking piece.  I am still not giving up on it though.  Actually, I kind of like it when something doesn't turn out great because then I am not afraid to go further.  I am not overly attached to it and therefore not afraid to wreck it.  

I am on a roll.  Although this isn't pretty it is still an interesting transfer.  I used Sharpie markers and colored onto a transparency.  I painted matte medium onto white fabric and applied it to the colored transparency.  The transfer worked pretty well.  I think this method has possibilities. My apologies, this transfer was done with Textile Medium by FolkArt.

I have been experimenting with transfers again.  I was told by Sandra that an acrylic transfer could be done with a permanent marker and tempera paints.  I love experimenting so I gave it a try.  I was surprised that the purple Sharpie marker bled a bit when transferred.  I was also surprised that the regular ink pen also transferred.  See top photo. The tempera paint transferred well in some places but not in others.  I think possibly the paper wasn't stuck down very well.