O is for Owl

So here we go again with a new letter for  The Craft Barn Alpha/ Dictionary Challenge! This time it is the letter O. I thought of some interesting words but in the end I decided on Owl. Now I know there are going to be a ton of entries with  Owls but I have a coloring book just on owls so I decided to use a section of a page on my entry.

I loved the Owl and the Pussycat one so colored that one in pencils and cut it out. I first painted the pages in  blue that I mixed together with white. I wanted a color that could be sky or water. Where the cut outs are on the bottom of the boat I used a white gel pen to give the feeling of foam on waves. I used a foam letter O sticker and the dictionary cut out for owl.

I could have done more to the background but alas I am packing again as the landlord wants to rent the apartment to someone else and raise the rent a lot!

As always I really appreciate all the comments.

H is for Hat

The next letter on The Craft Barn Alpha/ Dictionary Challenge  is the letter H. I decided to do the word Hat.  I've been dying to use the stamp set I won from a prior letter and pulled out my Lynne Perrella stamps by PaperArtsy. The woman with the teacup HAD to be the focus of my project.

I used violet blue paint as the background, and used a few blues through some stencils. I used a written stamp from the set. I used a Tim Holtz stamp of men in hats and used a stamp set of women from the 20's or 30's in hats. The Letters are from an old sticker set I had. I then stamped a top hat and placed it on top of the H.

Got this one in just under the wire. Next letter announced tomorrow!!!!