Friday, March 14, 2014

SLÁINTE!

 which means "cheers" in Irish (Gaelic). And that's how I will be celebrating this weekend with special events being held downtown for St. Patrick's Day! And in honor of that day here are two ATCs I made-both of which have been given away already:
                                                         


   The backgrounds are fabric which I distressed the edges with a black inkpad. Stickers from AC Moore including the shamrock puffy chain. I typed out the word. The second one also has an image from ARTchix Studio. I'm linking these to Inspiration Avenue for the theme of "green".

  And yes, I am still creating canvases with a mosaic background inspired by Serena Barton recently. Most of you know what I am talking about but for those of you who don't I have links in this post and in this one.

 I decided to play with scale by working on two smaller canvases:

                            This is the base of a 4" x 4" stretched canvas covered in paper squares.

                                                                   "Remember"

    Papers, images from ARTchix Studio, plastic scrap for stenciling, blue acrylic paint, mulberry paper, and a bunch of Distress Reinkers mixed with Golden Glaze Medium, black inkpad to distress the edges.  The next one is even smaller:

                                                                   2  3/4" x 2  3/4"

                                                                       "Lucky"
   Papers, image from ARTchix Studio, stencil, purple acrylic paint, dryer sheet remnants, a bunch of distress reinkers with Golden Glaze Medium, black inkpad to distress the edges.
   I'm linking these to the Simon Monday Challenge Blog for the theme "D is For Distress" .



   I'll also see you at Creative Every Day and Paint Party Friday. Paint Party Friday is celebrating  their three year birthday/anniversary/blogiversary!! Congrats and thank you EVA and Kristin!!

   Please come back tomorrow for a very special post and giveaway!!




    " May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten."
                                                                                                    Irish Blessing

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30 comments:

  1. GinnyMarch 14, 2014 at 6:54 AM

    Hi Linda, Happy St. Patrick's Day. It was such a big holiday in our family growing up. My father was so proud of being Irish and so was I.

    Your work is lovely. I always appreciate how much you create and how varied your work is. Thank you for sharing what you do each week. I am always inspired to paint when I visit your site.

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  2. Valerie-JaelMarch 14, 2014 at 7:54 AM

    Beautiful work, happy St Patrick's Day! Valerie

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  3. AlrikMarch 14, 2014 at 8:24 AM

    Very nice

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  4. Deepa GopalMarch 14, 2014 at 9:05 AM

    Interesting! Looks really pretty!The header pic looks great Linda :)

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  5. Kristin DudishMarch 14, 2014 at 11:39 AM

    I love the textures you create (I'm tucking away the dryer sheet remnant idea to try sometime!)
    Thank you for celebrating this special day with us!
    xo
    Kristin

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  6. Frieda OxenhamMarch 14, 2014 at 11:51 AM

    St Patrick must have been one of those happy Irish saints who enjoyed life to the full and it seems to be reflected in the way we celebrate him. The ATCs looks gorgeous, full of that wonderful greenness. I must follow the links for the mosaic technique as I love what you've done with it.

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  7. NettyMarch 14, 2014 at 12:45 PM

    Smashing work Linda, Happy PPF, Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  8. carol l mckennaMarch 14, 2014 at 1:26 PM

    Love your Irish creative, cloth and paper collages ~ all very creative and inspiring ~ xxx

    artmusedog and carol

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  9. Arnoldo L. Romero, MLAMarch 14, 2014 at 2:15 PM

    I love the texture and depth that you acquired in both of your stunning canvases through the use of your mosaic backgrounds. By the way, my wife is Scotch-Irish, so we celebrate St. Patrick's day every year too. May your weekend be filled with blessings.

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  10. AnnabelleMarch 14, 2014 at 3:09 PM

    Oh Linda, you are the gal that sent me to Serena Barton's site and learned so much from you and her as well as the others I mentioned on my site. Unfortunately I have such a mess on my history that for the life of me I couldn't remember who had given me the link to her site, now I know! I will add your name to my post!!! Thanks a bunch! Love your Irish cloth and paper collages and reminding me to post a pic of a wooden pipe I found at Sally's a few years back….good luck charm, I guess you know : ) Happy Saint Pats Linda!

    Annabelle : )

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  11. LeoviMarch 14, 2014 at 3:19 PM

    A beautiful clovers, exquisite composition! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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  12. FayeMarch 14, 2014 at 3:29 PM

    Linda, your work on fabric is amazing. I think the St. Paddy's Day art is so neat. Those puffy shamrocks really accent it well.

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  13. GlorV1March 14, 2014 at 4:31 PM

    Wonderful cloth work Linda.

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  14. GlorV1March 14, 2014 at 4:33 PM

    Sorry Linda, my iPad just doesn't want to type right. Excellent work and very inspiring. Happy PPF!

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  15. alarmcatMarch 14, 2014 at 5:26 PM

    happy St. Patrick's day to you … and happy PPF!

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  16. Abigail DavidsonMarch 14, 2014 at 5:33 PM

    Lovely St. Patrick's Day inspirations and happy PPF!

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  17. ChristineMarch 14, 2014 at 6:56 PM

    wonder St Patrick's Day inspiration pieces! Have a great week!

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  18. Paper rainbowMarch 14, 2014 at 7:48 PM

    As we would reply on Scots gaelic. Slainte mhath ! Cheers to you too a very happy st patricks day. Lots of creative magic this week Linda. You have been busy!!! :)

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  19. Carola BartzMarch 14, 2014 at 8:13 PM

    The two canvas look terrific!! I will follow your links to read more about this technique. It looks very intriguing!

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  20. CarolMarch 14, 2014 at 10:28 PM

    Love your St. Patty's Day art :) You have been busy this week and it all looks good,

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  21. GigglesMarch 15, 2014 at 6:29 AM

    Happy St Patricks day my dear...wonderful art work in celebration!! Enjoy some green for me!! I just love coming here with that new banner greeting me!!

    Hugs Giggles

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  22. craftytrogMarch 15, 2014 at 6:49 AM

    Wonderful collage art!

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  23. dentheMarch 15, 2014 at 7:05 AM

    Wow, these mosaic canvases are really tiny! Love them! And the 2 ATC's you made! Celebrate well this weekend!

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  24. www.dorissdaughter.comMarch 15, 2014 at 7:36 AM

    Wonderful work! happy St. Patrick's day :)

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  25. UnknownMarch 15, 2014 at 9:13 AM

    Hello Linda! ATC:s for ST. Patricks day look wonderful. I also like your collagecards. The one with shamrock/hemlock is my favorite. One of my friends just told different meaning of the count of hemlock leaves- they are all for good luck but the one with four leaves is "Super luckt" :) -Niina

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  26. *jean*March 15, 2014 at 1:03 PM

    how fun! happy PPF!

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  27. ErikaMarch 16, 2014 at 1:27 PM

    Wonderful paper art, dear Linda! I love your work with squares on canvas. Think, this is a perfect style and the colors also.
    Greetings from Erika

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  28. MaggieMarch 17, 2014 at 7:05 PM

    I love your Irish ATCs, as well as your other pieces :-) So festive!

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  29. EVAMarch 19, 2014 at 6:38 PM

    Great pieces to celebrate St. Paddy's!

    Thanks for being a lovely part of PPF, Linda!
    xo
    EVA

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  30. lorikMarch 27, 2014 at 3:23 AM

    Beautiful work..both the orange and the green!

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