Paperrose Creations

For ages I´ve been wanting to be able to work with wire to achieve a more professional look of embellishments in my art. Now I had the opportunity to participate in this workshop and do practise my way through Sharilyn Miller´s book Bead on a Wire which teaches from basic wire handling to ancient techniques. Sharilyn doesn´t solder her jewelry which is a big plus for me because I know of quite a few women who are allergic or very sensitive to certain metals. Actually I think there are no such moments called by chance but I´m so glad I found the ArtistsoftheRoundTable, a very friendly and caring yahoogroup. Workshops are run on a regular basis working thru artists´books.
This project needed some preparations like finding resources, getting the tools and the materials.
We have been in week 3 now and it´s so much fun...
You can view the galleries here:

http://artistsoftheroundtable.smugmug.com/Workshops/447525

This is an experiment I wanted to make with chalk on acrylics... I made the background collage with newspapers and acrylic colors and then wanted to draw a lotus flower or waterlilly...
my chalks turned out to be too soft and so I went on to use acrylics. Finally added some stamped embellishments to the edges. Actually I wanted to do pastel - but you know how things emerge......
Collaged and painted on canvas board.

Haven´t shown anything for quite a while. Had to get thru September before I reduced working hours.
Now I feel halfway well rested again.
Finally made some time to play digitally....thanks to the generous members of the CM.

Rubberstamps by Sunday International, A Capella. Paste paper scraps I had made for a bookcover

We met at a friend´s home for a long weekend which included going to the Stempelmekka, the biggest German stamp convention in Hagen. We had so much fun stamping and chatting. My favorite collage techniques are all sorts of transfers of which I was glad to show some.
Here ´s the card I made(trying Distress Inks for the first time)