Mind Wide Open Challenge

Exciting news!

 Gail is back with the Mind Wide Open challenge!  This was always one of my favorites as it challenges you to explore your creativity no matter what art form your choose. This time her format is a little different, she allows you to chose from a variety of images and the best part is that you can jump in and play anytime! A new linky goes up every week.

(I will post the link below for you to check out too)

So, for my first challenge, I decided to go with a digital creation. I used 2 images from Gail's collection. "Take me to the Garden of Love" sheet music was my inspiration piece. The Thyme in the Garden was actually a clock face that I designed for an upcycled clock a while back and I had been hoping to find a graphic design I could use it in, so this was perfect.

This graphic can be purchased without the watermarks over at my etsy shop

CottageRoseGraphics

Make sure to visit Gails blog if you want to join in on the fun, or just stop by and see all the wonderful creativity others are sharing.

Mind Wide Open

~Spring Art Challenge~

I have wanted to host an art challenge for quite some time, I finally got around to putting something together! It's open to anyone who wants to play no matter what your art form is from graphic artist, mixed media, card making or textile artist. The best part is that you have lots of time to get it finished. This is a sharing challenge which means once completed, you snap some pics and do a blog post about your creation, then link up to the challenge page to show it off. More details can be found by going to a special page I have set up here
or you can click on the link at the top of this page for Spring Art Challenge!

 

come and play!

I finshed the Challenge!

...and here it is....



I had seen a version of this pillow done in the traditional colors quite some time ago and always wanted to make one. Since I was the author of this challenge, it seemed the perfect time to to dive into this project that I kept putting off every year. So here it is for all you whole LOVE PINK and the cottage Christmas style. I have it listed for sale in my etsy shop~just click on the photo to get there