Angels at My Door Again!

 In my part of the world when we should be 

seeing blue skies and Australian Summer sunshine

we are experiencing

constant rain, storms, thunder and lightening

but it is warm and for that I am grateful

as

I continue to create it seems a never ending pile of

Angel greeting cards.

 

 

and quite frankly I really couldn't think of many more

things to please my heart and soul

  

 as the exercise in choosing and manipulating fabrics

like satin, silk, chiffon and lace

 

 

 keep challenging me to find an expression that is truly me

 

but one which is ever evolving!

Can you see how much I love texture and layering?

 

 

 The subjects may often be the same but

 

 the way in which they are incorporated into my artwork

I never tire of.

 

If you love angels then one of these could be yours

as they are now available in my Etsy shop.

xox Suzy

 

More Christmas Greeting Cards

I hope you are enjoying these beautiful images

just as much as I am

as 

I couldn't resist creating with them - 

i.e. more Vintage Angels and another Madonna and Child

so more Christmas Greeting Cards are now finished

and ready for sale in my Etsy.

 

This card and the next card almost have a 3-dimensional

effect in the way that fabrics sit on the card

and

these soft burn out velvets and chiffon

make this possible.

 

I have used similar fabrics (but not the same)

in both cards

 

as I felt they suited the images.

 

They don't come in a set but they could

as they look so complementary

 

 

when you see them together.

 

I'm linking this post to What's It Wednesday over at

Ivy and Elephants -  you may acquire some

Christmas inspiration over there!!!

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Thank you all for your kind comments

I do appreciate them

and 

I hope I am able to give a little inspiration back.

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Isn't this such a beautiful quote:

"A single rose can be my garden -

A single friend my world" .....L.F. Buscoglia.

xox Suzy

Some New Christmassy Items

I'm sure there are lots of bloggers as busy as myself

at the moment creating gifts for Christmas

and

these are just a few completed.

Seeing that there's still plenty of time to send a card

I've added more to my Etsy shop as these have

proved to be very popular!

Both are of the Madonna and Child - this one!

 

 

 

 as well as this more colorful one below

 

 I'm very fond of the beautiful textural burnout and silky velvets

used here with chiffon and vintage laces

with a couple of added stars.

I've also added this sweet little Christmas angel ornament influenced

by my reading of Jeanne d'Arc Living. 

 

 

with many layers of frothy vintage laces and pearls.

 

 

 For something a little different - this clutch

I created from two cut lace doilies, a linen napkin,

vintage laces, wedding lace, suffolk puff

and finishing off with

a pearl embellishment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This would also make lovely gift for the bridesmaid

or it could accompany any wedding outfit

or even be used as a keepsake

for

those precious pieces of jewellery or special finds.

So that's it for today and I will be back soon!

So nice to be sharing all this with you.

Take care of each other and yourself too!

xox Suzy

More Christmas Greeting Cards to Share

A very important part of Christmas

is the giving of a greeting card

and here are two more

recently finished

cards 

 which I have listed in my Etsy

 

 They are actually collages of themselves

which could even be framed and

 where I have used an image of Madonna and Child

 sewn onto layers of sari fabric with gold thread,

scripted fabric, chiffon, black cardstock

with vintage lace

and

below here another which has even more layers of brocade fabric,

lace fabric, chiffon, velvet, sari silk ribbon,

 vintage lace, netting, a fashioned rose from thread

with a vintage brass button in the centre

with the words "Rejoice"!

 

The two cards below were created as

"Thank You" cards  have already gone!

 

 

 I couldn't resist using this dear little angel image once again

 

 just because I love her!

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 Trusting your weekend is going as well as ours here!

Love and hugs,

Suzy