Here are my latest ATC cards in acrylic paint. I used Liquitex and I'm not sure that I liked it very much. Or maybe it's acrylic paint that I don't like. It seems like it dries so fast. As soon as the paint is exposed to air it begins to skin over and then becomes clumpy on my paint brush. Plus I noticed that some colors like black just were not opaque enough. At any rate, here they are....my latest feline additions.
This holiday season I was busy making many gifts for My Secret Santa partners and my kids. I finally finished an afghan for my son in the colors that he likes. I didn't take a picture of it though. It was crocheted using a Q hook and with 4 strands of yarn. So there isn't anything special about it. At least he liked it. That's the important thing.
Here is a picture of my first needlefelted doll. This took an incredible amount of work. It was also a lot harder than I imagined. But it was fun to do and I hope to make more in the future. But right now I'm taking a break as I got "needlefelted" pooped!The doll has clothes made from felt with beadwork. She is holding a dragonfly and a wand. Her wings are cut from a transparency sheet.
I really suck at taking photos!
I also made a beaded on felt dragonfly pin and beaded stocking ornaments for the ornament swap.
I almost forgot....I spent alot of time beading a felt book jacket for an ATC binder. Another gift for one of my secret santa partners.
I also had a small quilting kit and made this little pig applique wall hanging as a secret santa gift too.
At long last I finished my matroishka dolls for an art trade on Illustratedatcs.com. Painting these dolls was a lot harder than I expected and took me a long time as well. First, I used acrylic paints which I'm not so experienced in using. Second, I had a hard time holding the dolls still to draw the details. Third, the curved lines of the doll posed a problem for me in drawing straight lines. (How do those professional painters do it?) Fourth, the gloss gel I covered the dolls with ended up smearing some of the paint and when it dried it left glossy streaks on the doll instead of the nice polished finish of store bought dolls. (What's the trick??) I'm just glad to have finished the dolls for my committment to this project. I don't know if I will attempt painting these dolls again. It was more frustrating to me than it was fun.
