Wood Cross, Handcarved, with Tulips

This is a carving I did from a solid

piece of wood. You can't tell from

the picture but, the Tulips 

are carved away from the base of the cross.

I have done two of these and 

was so glad to share one with a very dear 

auntie, and the other with one

of our pastors.

Felted wool bag, Mimbres Cave Cat

Made this Wool bag with a cat design

needlfelted onto the front.

Black and gray with ivory, all details are done 

with the needlefelting technique.

The design is based

on an old cave drawing from the Mimbres people that

used to exist in the S.W. part of the United States.

The bag is large and also has leather accents, as

well as a horn button, from deer antlers that 

are shed naturally. Lined it with a cream

colored brocade fabric.

'Spring Chick' and 'The Garden' hand carved and printed on cupcake paper!

Today is just for FUN!
Here are two carvings that I just finished.
Made both into cards. 
Highlighted the image with Mica pens. 
I love those pens! Adds such a subtle shimmer.
Printed them both on CUPCAKE paper!! 

Folk Art Bunny Carving Note Card

Just finished this carving.

I love folk art and this is just 

'folksy' enough for me. I also love chocolate

and of course with Easter coming up I

had to print it in cocoa brown ink.

Used PZCut's new carving medium called 

NZCut. I have to say, I love it. Not only is it 

wonderful to carve on, it sticks to my acrylic

block without any glue or other 

adhesive! Bravo Diana Hammond (stampeaz.com)

for this new version of the dearly departed

PZCUT carving material.

I would love to hear anyone's

comments on my carving or

your favorite carving material!

Thanks, Michelle

A Cat and His Girl

A very 'thin' portrait of 

an adoring cat and his favorite

girl!

Here is a carving of my little sweetie, Cosmo.

Was an interesting challenge to leave 

as much fur to the imagination as possible!

Watercolor of a Madonna Gourd

Made it into a card for a friend.

Another view of the Madonna and Child

Mother and Child Gourd

This Mother and Child gourd was painted 

using Golden acrylic paints.

They are beautiful to work with!

I have burned gourds for years and

this is my first time painting one.

                                              She stands about

8 inches tall and 5 1/2 wide.

Just wanted to let my fellow bloggers

know about the little shop

I opened up on Etsy.com

My shop name is :

crazyboutart.

Looking forward to

hearing any comments you

might have for me!

Thanks~ Michelle

Carved Flower Gift Tag

Made a gift tag out of this

recent little flower carving.

Was very quick and easy. Covered

the image with Color Box chalk ink.

Then used the brown Color box ink to

edge the image and give the 

center some definition.

Put a little shimmer in the middle

with some sparkle glitter glue.

Carving of Six Geese a Laying

Here is number 6 in the series.

Six Geese a Laying

Year of the Dragon carving, 2012

This is the Year of the Dragon

so here is my carved interpretation 

folk art style.

Needlefelting class that I held at the Burlap and Roses shop in NewVirginia.

 Photo's from a Needlefelting class that I held at the Burlap and Roses shop in NewVirginia. The gals in the class were so fun, we had a great time. The final pic is of the cup cozy (my design) that you could choose to make.

Felted Wool and Watercolor

This piece is done using felted wool 

and watercolor crayons. The background 

fabric is a medium weight muslin.

Two more Baby Cards

 

Here are two more cards,

for a new baby, using  one of

my carvings printed on muslin.

Print on Muslin of one of my own carved images

Here is a print that I did on Muslin,

with one of my carved images.

Printed with permanent ink, and then colored with watercolor crayons. Used a Copic waterproof black

marker for the  le fluer and merci script writing. 

I love those pens, they say permanent and 

that is what they are.

Baby Cards

Two little baby cards!

Used linen fabric as the base to 

stamp on and then water colored.

Butterfly Art, Ink and Watercolor Crayons

Had some fun working on Muslin

with both of these pieces.

Pencil and Watercolor Portrait

This Gal was a true farm women

in every sense of the word. I didn't 

know her personally, but I grew to know  her

through her loving granddaughter's

tales of her. She grew most of her food 

and canned it all herself, including jams and jellies.

She dealt with the farm animals. As an elderly 

lady she was knocked down by a Bull Cow and

got back up and shoved it aside. She chopped

her own wood. Not too many years before her

death she was out chopping wood when she

accidentally smashed her thumb, and 

in her characteristic 

way she left her work gloves on thinking

that it would be better later on in the 

day...only to find out it was getting worse! 

She ended up having to have it amputated.

She was one tough cookie, but tender enough to raise

a granddaughter like her own. I would have been

proud to have been able to call her my grandmother!