Today I mail out my tags for a swap I am participating in with
 Denise Phillips of birdnutsmixedmedia.
       The theme was open and the challenge was to create 3 tags for swapping using graphics from one or both of the very talented Deviant Scrap Designers- Tumble Fish Studio or Crow About StudioB
 
    These are my three entries...

                                                               "BEE YOURSELF"

                                           "The dance of the gypsy scarves"

                                                               "Peas in a Pod"

      For each tag I was able to incorporate graphics using both           Marsha Jorgenson of Tumble Fish Studio  &
Nancy Baumiller of Crow About StudioB.
    Other items used :
Golden Fluid Acrylics as well as Golden Matte Medium
Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue in favorite shades.


 These tags were a blast to create as I love combining paint and  collage! - hope my swap partners enjoy them too!! ")

     Over the last few days I have been working on three separate sketches from the same prompt.
     A very talented artist,that I follow, Dion Dior, was guest host over at  "Sketchbook Challenge". The prompt for the February challenge is Windows.  In Dion's post, she asked the question, 
            "What are you looking at through your window?" 
                            and so,this is where I began.
     This first sketch is looking out my bedroom over the the deck and pond...Sunday was so spring-like I thought this would be great!

   as you can see in the next photo, the weather turned nasty this morning...blurring and changing my previous sunny view !

       My second sketch is from the car window as we were pulling out of the driveway...this is the Black Walnut out back... 

            and the third picture is a quick acrylic with heavy gel painting. This is from my studio window where I limited what I put in, as that is what I saw through that pane.

                        This...is how it looks out my studio window now...you know, where I took the nice sunny photos of the birds the other day?

  It's back...for awhile they say...we aren't heading South, so, I'm heading back to the studio to play till it's over! 
ps
will someone please tell my hub to leave a plate of food -with chocolate- outside my door? teehee
pss 
this post was started Monday and the weather has now turned even worse! I may need a week's rations ")

      No time to blog or play in my studio the last few days as the Grandkids came to visit. We had fun~ playing games, finishing up a jigsaw puzzle, spending time on the 4 wheeler with Poppa and most of all- we laughed like crazy!!! 

    One day,from my studio window, we had the chance to finally glimpse signs of Spring!

 Look at this beautiful Robin- such a sweet song to hear once again!
and these little tail feathers hanging off the peak outside my window...

 

  well, they belong to the same little guy who seems to be setting up housekeeping here...

 

  Here he is,dressed in Nature's splendor-the Eastern Bluebird.
The Bluebird's colours are so vibrant- you can tell it's him when he flies by, it's like a streak of blue - a Monet blue.
 

  Together, the Bluebird and Robin, were pecking around the grass hoping for a grub or two...ready for a fresh meal!
  Later in the day when we went shopping for more birdseed, I bought my Bluebird and his friends a bucket of dried Mealworms! 
                                 I hear it's a favorite!   yum!   
       
        Now I am convinced, Spring is not far off! Hooray!

      Our next adventure was off to check on our chicks!
 Oh Yes, we are! We have six Hens or Pullets,as they are called, and a Rooster on order to pick up after hatching at the end of March... We will have our own eggs- fresh everyday! and a Rooster to wake us with his morning call! Let's just hope we can program him for the correct time! teeheehee 
  This photo shows how big our chicks will be on the day they hatch...    

                                                    How adorable- and soft!

   Our chicks will be almost all black with tufts of white... 
You can see what breed we have and what they will look like here-  Barred Rock Chickens

   While at the farm,we met this sweet little guy, who was a rescue at 5 days old..his name is Jasper.

    The grands and I were really sweet on him and I thought, hmmm we should have a lamby, till I found out, he is going to be at least-400lbs! Yikes !
  The folks that rescued him are now his forever home. You should hear him blat when he is left alone! Such a baby") Jasper has become a house lamb with his own room~I wonder what they will do when he gets full size! heehee
 


Hear that? A quiet house today as we dropped of the grands last evening..
Off for some fresh coffee and then to the studio !
 Enjoy your weekend!