Days Of Constant Change

 Hi Peeps, hope everyone is doing well. In addition to it being St. Patrick's Day on Tuesday, and the first day of Spring this Thursday for those of us in the Northern hemisphere, we are ALL feeling the constant changes and effects due to the continuous spreading of the Corona virus.  More than ever though, it is so important to NOT panic and follow the precautionary measures as issued. That said, let's get on with some fun and art!!

 Of course our weekend St. Patrick's Day festivities were cancelled but that didn't prevent me from celebrating at home and in the form of art on paper;

 Products: Americana Green Tea acrylic paint; Premiere Oxide Chromium Green paint; Dina Wakley Lime paint; white and black paints. Stencils- Tim Holtz- Mosaic, Dylusions DYS34018 (circles), mandala circle design (Plaid/FolkArt). Jet Black Archival ink; white cardstock; shamrock stickers (Mrs. Grossman's); deli paper gelli print scrap; watercolors; black Micron pen; girl clear stamp - Long Hair Flair set (Inky Antics); computer generated sentiment; paper flower; rhinestone.

 I am joining Art Journal Journey (theme is "green"), the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge (Use Some Green), and the Simon Says Monday Challenge ( Stencil Fun).

 And keeping with the celebration mode- for T Stands For Tuesday:

  morning coffee, and then my dinner wine and  birthday cake on Sunday:

 So that I wouldn't have to cook hubby got take out pizzas and my Mom picked up this extraordinary chocolate bomb cake which had a layer of chocolate pudding inside, and a layer of chocolate ganache- rich, and decadent, and oh SO good! Cheers!

 Oh, and we finally convinced hubby to use these:

 Metal straws! He always drinks his coffee with a straw and it was the plastic ones. I think Kyra (future DIL) and I guilted him into giving them up by showing some examples of sea life with straws stuck in their noses, throats, etc. These are the best option for him as he did NOT want the paper/bamboo straws. He needs to remember though that he can't chew on these lest he wants to visit the dentist:):):)

At Tag Tuesday the theme is "women/Mother's Day/feminine" and I think these tags are quite feminine:

 I had also made these for an IG moodboard challenge hosted by Darkroom Door Stamps. Stamps used- Darkroom Door: Coffee Time, Fine Flowers Vol. 1 stamp sets; Dina Wakley  Good Idea stamp set.Tim Holtz Clippings Stickers, Distress inks in Shaded  Lilac and Weathered Wood, Distress card stock. Other: PSX Old Rose ink which I can't believe is still juicy after all the years I've had it:):), tiny buttons, washi tape, white gesso.   Happy Spring!

 Speaking of Tag Tuesday, Valerie is the blog admin, and also hosted recently. She offered a random giveaway and my name was chosen. And look at all the goodies I received!!!:

 Tags, die cuts, a cute notepad, a sewing theme stamp set (of all the MANY stamps I own I do not have anything sewing related;), dimensional butterflies along with that darling sheep and bird which will be displayed for Easter  as will her fabulous bunny tag art. What a truly generous gift dear Valerie- thank you SO much!


Lastly, this is another abstract piece I did in my mixed media journal:

These Dina Wakley paints- Ruby, Tangerine and Peacock used together made it quite difficult to photograph as nicely as it looks in person. Why is it that certain colors can give one a hard time...oh well.

 Joining paint Party Friday too as always!

 Stay well everyone. XO

" Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life will get warmer."   Anita Krizzan