Pig – The Art of Cobwebs

And Pigs Might Fly! ~ an ATC painted for World Watercolour Month

I’m going to type this blog post and get it all finished and completed within 15 minutes. Yeah … and pigs might fly!

I got out my paints this afternoon (Sunday) with the intention of painting an Angel … but then a stray little ticklish memory came to mind and I found myself pencilling a flying pig, and so I went with it.

AND PIGS MIGHT FLY 1 — P ‘And Pigs Might Fly’ ~ an ATC sized painting for ~ #WorldWatercolorMonth

It was quite a quick painting project, the longest time was waiting for colours to dry so I could move onto another colour … but my heat gun helped with that just a tad.

Again, painted to the ATC size of 2.5inches by 3.5inches. You can see the exact size in the photo above – the pencil marks around the sides – but I always leave an ‘over-hang’ so that I can touch/hold the painting and move it around without getting mucky finger prints on it and spoiling it.

AND PIGS MIGHT FLY 3 — ‘And Pigs Might Fly’ ~ an ATC sized painting for ~ #WorldWatercolorMonth

I tried a white mount around it and quite liked that. But then tried the blue mount and …

AND PIGS MIGHT FLY 2 — ‘And Pigs Might Fly’ ~ an ATC sized painting for ~ #WorldWatercolorMonth

… I quite liked that too. One moment I love it with the white mount … and the next … well … what can I say. I like them both.

What about you? Which one do you prefer?

This really was an enjoyable make. Watercolour paper. Watercolour paints. Some brushes and some water … and VOILA! One teeny pig with really tiny teeny wings. Somehow I don’t think those wings would carry the pig … but hey… who am I to judge? I have no training in these things! 😇

Happy Monday!

I know, I know, you’re not overly impressed with Mondays. Lots of people aren’t. So let’s break the system. Let’s paste a smile on our faces and wear it at every opportunity today. Why? Because it makes everyone wonder what the HECK you’ve been up to. You’ll look like you’ve been up to something or know something. Keep ’em guessing. When they ask you just say “Aw, nothing, really” … but say it in *that* way which makes them think that … you might not be telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And that alone will keep ’em smiling. lol

Have a truly blessed day my friends, and wherever you go today, may your God go with you.

Petunia Piggy – ATC/ACEO No.2 – for World Watercolour Month

In case any of you missed yesterdays post, July is World Watercolour Month. You can find out more about this, here:- Doodlewash <—click. The challenge is to paint a watercolour a day for the month of July. Now I know I won’t be able to paint a watercolour every day, but I’m going to try my hardest to paint as many days as possible and share them on the blog here.

Yesterday was a pot of Auriculas. Today is the turn of … Petunia Pig.

Petunia is a folky sort of girl, a Gloucestershire Old Spot (a pedigree pig) – who has a love of grass and any thing she can eat in order to keep her fine figure.

Petunia with her brothers and sisters and mummy — Petunia, with all her brothers and sisters, and her mummy.

Aw, enough of me waffling. I shall share Petunia with you … She’s painted in watercolours, on 140lb watercolour paper, and she’s in ATC/ACEO size – so just 2.5″ x 3.5″.

July 2017 Watercolour Challenge PETUNIA PIG #WorldWatercolorGroup

No longer the baby … she’s a big girl now. 😀

Hope your Sunday was peaceful and that you found something to smile about. Have a lovely rest of your day!

This Little Piggy is a Valentine Little Piggy!

When I first saw Hunkydory Box Pops (last year) I fell in love with them and bought two sets. Farm and Jungle. And … I bought them just to make for my Grandson, Little Cobs.

I made him one at Christmas (and forgot to share it with you! tsk) – a Christmas Crocodile – in a clear box, to which I’d added a bundle of ‘snowballs’ – and he loved it. (Who says you can only make Christmas cards for children with Rudolph or Santa on them?)

You can make these Box Pops as simple or as complicated as you like, and can use them for almost any occasion too! For Children, they fit the bill and work perfectly. But … I can actually see that they could work for adults. They inject an element of fun into a card.

You make up your chosen animal using the die cut elements. Then you can either press it flat and put it into an envelope (envelopes come supplied with the die cuts), or you can make an Acetate box and pop your card into it so that the recipient can keep the card held inside the box after they’ve displayed it – or you can seal the box shut so that the card will be held inside the box and protected. (If you’re not good at making boxes then there are boxes, cut to size and ready scored, from Hunkydory).

In the above photo – I tried to light piggy so that you could see the folds of the ‘box’ which make the body of the pig. Hence the reason they’re called ‘box pops’.

Once made up, you can simply press your animal flat and put it in an envelope – but it will pop back up when the recipient opens it up when they receive it. The head is fixed to the body by a folded piece of acetate, which gives the card ‘nodding dog’ look. (or in this case nodding pig). So cute!

valentine-piggy-loves-you — **This Little Piggy Loves You.** *(Well it would …. after all, it’s a Valentines Pig!)*

I made the lid of the box out of acetate, so that the pig can be viewed from the sides and the top. And … the funny thing is … when you look at piggy through the sides, he’s looking at you. But when you view piggy from above … he’s still looking at you! How does that happen? Is it magic? Maybe piggy is Super Pig – (like Super Man).

I added hearts and stars which I sprinkled around the inside, and finally added a ribbon handle, and ribbon around the base and the lid, and VOILA! One Valentines Card, from a Grammy to her 5-year-old Grandson.

So …. Happy Monday!

I know Mondays can be drab sometimes, but give it chance. You know they nearly always get better, even if you don’t feel the ‘happy’ straight away. Give the day chance to show you the warmth, the smiles, and even the love. Allow yourself to have a lovey day!

Most of all . . . whatever you’re doing today, be good to yourself … and to each other. It helps the world go around and makes life so much enjoyable and pleasant. And the world could do with a lot more enjoyable and pleasant in it.