preen: verb

   1: to groom with the bill

 

 2: to dress or smooth up : primp

 

3: to pride or congratulate (oneself) on an achievement : to behave or speak with obvious pride or self-satisfaction

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Anything But a Card - Tie it Up! ( I used chains, yarn )

 

"Challenge 11 asks you to incorporate things that can be tied: twine, ribbon, thread, wire, rope, cording, trim, chain, seam binding, etc! You don't have to really tie it, but you get the idea! "

 

 

OK, so my mind went straight to 50 Shades of Grey, ( what's new, right? ) lol But, thankfully my creativity went Bollywood instead! I had decided to work on another mermaid wall hanging ( since they seem to sell well at the Art MoB ), and I already had the background "paper", that came from the bottom of my spray box,( as you know, if you have been following my blog; I have created several projects in the last week from this one sheet of wax paper. ) So anyway, that was my starting point. And since I had been playing with an old craft hobby of mine, Gallery Glass,  I wanted to make a mermaid using it.

 

And she developed and preened, she dazzled, as only mermaids can.

 

I truly love how the Gallery Glass mixes together!!

 

I truly believe when I make them that they create their own personalities, and I wonder how much control do I really have?

 

Plaid - Gallery Glass, Blue Diamond,Copper Sparkle,Kelly Green, Cameo Ivory and Redi Lead strips
American Craft - Galaxy marker ( white )
Ranger - Distress markers
Zig - writer
Faber Castell - PITT pen
beads, yarn - misc.
Ranger - Dylusions Fresh lime