4x4 Friday Round Challenge & So Artful Challenge - Green, Blue, & Pink

"Another Spring Mandala"

Whenever I see a challenge that is themed Round I automatically think of a mandala. I began by finding two different mandala images from Dover Publications. The smallest image directly in the middle was already colored while the larger round design was in black and white. I really liked the layering so I decided to color coordinate the larger round to the smaller one. I then found a coordinating background and a frame border. I do think this works well for both challenges. You can view more images from other artists at the two following links:

http://4x4friday.blogspot.com/2012/03/4x4-friday-round.html

http://jeanette-soartfulchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/03/here-comes-spring-green-blue-and-pink.html

Another 4x4 Friday image

I went to play in Photoshop CS last night. I was trying to find an impressionist brush and although I couldn't use the art brush I was looking for, I did have fun with the others. I purposely used a 4"x4" size just in case it would work for the 4x4 Friday challenge and I do believe this works well. Spring Greens is the theme this week. Hope you all have a great week!

"Raining Neon"

4x4 Friday Challenge - Green and Vintage

Last week in 4x4 Friday, the challenge was to create something Vintage. I didn't have a chance to do that last week but when I saw that this week was Spring-Green, I thought why not? I could do both challenges in one image, right? So... I created this using Photoshop CS and a Dover Publications Vintage Irish Lady.

To see more images with the theme Spring Green, you can go here:
http://4x4friday.blogspot.com/2012/03/4x4-friday-spring-greens.html
Hope you all had a wonderful Saint Patrick's Day!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

We may not be Irish but we certainly enjoy Corn Beef and Cabbage on St. Patty's Day! Here is the recipe we use and, of course, I just had to create my own recipe card for that! Feel free to copy and print one for yourself if you care to do so. Hope you have a lovely St. Patrick's Day and May the luck of the Irish be with!