Felicidades

ATC for a new Yahoo Group I joined up...Paper_Traders:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paper_Traders/
It is for the April challenge: Winner takes all...

Felicidades is a Collage ATC. Happiness(translation) is what I felt as I was able to individually cut each petal from a recycled tissue paper that was used in packaging. This tissue paper is not as thick as the tissue paper we buy in the store to line our gift bags. It is very, very thin and is easily torn. The board under the collage is also recycled as is the curled tan colored print piece.

I truly enjoyed putting together this ATC with what I call Tissue paper painting. I use a small brush to apply my mixture of adhesive. Each petal is traced with a ball point pen and given hints of color....

Blue Jay in my Journal

I have a Blue Jay in my journal.  I sold my a pastel of one and have been missing him. This one will stay and not fly away from it's home. Although I may get a glimpse of  'Jay' from time to time, I needed to draw another coronal....

These beautiful feathered creatures are very mischievous. They get into trouble when they try to match wits with a squirrel. The squirrel gets back at them, stealing their eggs. So much noise coming from the trees up above when these battles erupt. 

Spring is in the air as these blue feathered beauties build up their nests. You can see them as they fly from limb to limb. As they think what else can they get into. What other foils of trouble await them or await the unwary...look around and watch their plight for they may be watching you...