Midsummer Night Dance

Yesterday afternoon, I took my youngest daughter to her swim team practice at Laughlin Air Force Base.  Since it's on the opposite side of town from where we live, I waited for her in the lounge area of the fitness center.  I had planned ahead, and took my iPad and a traveling art supply box with me.  First, I scanned the web, and found various challenges I wanted to participate in.  Next, using the supplies I had with me, I made the ATC below and titled it Midnight Summer Dance.

My ATC was inspired by Collage Obsession - Magic (Midsummer) Night, Craft Artwork - ATC Legs, and Artist's Playroom - #13 Sketching & Drawing.  I hand cut the ATC base and the silhouette of the lady dancing from a flyer that had an international travel seal and passport print.  I sketched a night forest scene with pencil and inked it with a black Sharpie pen.  To add the feeling of water and the flowers in the forest, I used a small scrap of hand painted paper that had a flower punched out.  I covered the back in red.  As a finishing touch, I cut a circle for the moon.  (I glazed the moon and the center of the flower when I got home, since I didn't have any acrylic paints in my supply box.)

When I got home, I used my ATC to design a card inspired by Card Positioning Systems Challenge Sketch #269, Pile-It On #24 - Let's Get Outdoors, and Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes.  I took a picture of my outdoor scene ATC and used a Kaleidoscope app to turn it into a pinwheel.  I printed the picture, cut it into an oval, and edged it with a red Clearsnap ink pad.  I used a blue card base an masked it with a postcard print.  I flipped the positioning of the elements, so I placed my banners on the right side.  I attached the oval shaped print with some foam pads.  To enhance the outdoor theme, I layered some flowers and attached them with a brad.  As a finishing touch, I added a sentiment with the word "summer."

For safekeeping, I incorporated my ATC with a paperclip in a page for my art journal.  This page was inspired by Crazy Amigos - Pinwheels, Take a Word - Floral, and Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #31.  First of all, I made an origami pinwheel using a red plaid and floral print.  I turned it into a flower, by adding a leaf to the "stem."  On a K&Company Smashpad sheet, I wrote a bible verse and glued it down.  Finally, I glued down the flag portion of a K&Company Smash paper clip, on which I had written the word dance.  I attached my ATC to the paperclip.

There is a time for everything

and a season for every activity under the heavens.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

Although I assigned each of the 3 different art projects to different challenges, they are interrelated.  This was a nice break for me, because I've been working on a large painting for my upcoming art show, which can be overwhelming.  I'd love to hear what you think about these projects, so please leave a comment and/or follow my blog.  Thank you for stopping by.  Blessings!