DAY SIX!

DAY FIVE!

DAY FOUR!

DAY THREE!

DAY TWO!

O.K! So I said just paper and glue and that is a little Golden red fluid acrylic (paint) I added, but its my challenge and it"s just for fun so there are no collage police (usually).

ECONOMICAL ART!

Last year I participated in a Seven Days/One Magazine Collage Challenge. Here's how it works:

1. Pick one magazine, any magazine. It can even be a free flyer from your local store. (I used Lucky magazine)

2. Pick a paper - any paper - I used cardstock, but you can easily use notebook paper.

3. Every day for one week make a collage by cutting out pictures from that same magazine and gluing them down on your paper with the glue of your choice (a glue stick is the easiest, but you can easily use any glue compatible with paper).

4. No mess, no fuss. Just a way to develop your skills. Try it! I think you will surprised with what you come up with. And if you tire before the 7 days are up...who's to know. Its just a little fun with glue and paper.

My own day 1 from last year is above.

SCRAP CROW ROUND ROBIN BEGINS!

I belong to a few Yahoo! groups and one of them is doing a scrap crow round robin. Each month I get someone else's crow to embellish and mine keeps flying around until all members of the group have added one detail to each person's crow. I posted my crow today. There she is to the right, Odeana Raven. I made her from a scrap of muslin I painted with black textile paint and embellished her with a scrap of gathered black lace torn from an old dressing gown cap and a silver heart locket with a pink sticker added to the middle of the heart. I sent her along with a letter of introduction to her first "sponser" in her little brown leather portfolio (a leather business card holder purchased from the 75% off table at Barnes & Noble) and a little travel journel which I embellished with a stamped owl. "Dear Sponser, ...Odeana is famous for her big heart...and her frilly feminine side." I was very proud that I was able to make her because I don't really sew, but I figured that since I was getting her back, no one could really complain if my workmanship wasn't up to snuff. I wish her well in her travels and I may have an update here from time to time about her adventures on her 9 month trip. Godspeed, Odeana! and may you return with many stories for your brothers, Hugninn and Muninn.