Thursday 13 March 2008

Theme Thursday

This week's theme is Torso - Mannequins. I was quite thrilled to see this as it makes such a change to try working with a different shape. I also planned to do two but my check up with the nurse made me very late home. I had plans for a Parisien themed one as I love last weeks Paris theme. So I might just do another one just as soon as Im caught up with all my current commitments. I went for floral. The whole torso is coverd in 7Gypsies scrpit paper & inked with distress inks. I then built up my design using various stamps. The butterfly lady is mounted on foam tape. To me she represents the centre of a woman.

I was so late I had no time to get to the bank & my bank is murder on Fridays, you know the one, queue out the door on only one cashier!! I will be throwing teddy out of the pram tomorrow. I did however get weighed at my check up & am now 9 stone. I'm not certain that is correct as last week at Boots I was 9 stone 4lbs. Still I have practically lost one stone & have only 4 or 5 lbs to go! Quite an achievement in 9 weeks.

26 comments:

K said...

lovely!

Gillian .... said...

The various elements work well in this piece Paula, lovely sentiment behind this take on theme:)

Sandy said...

Wow wonderful torso. Gorgeous design.

pepeetje said...

great torso :-) love the lady with the wings.

vintage wil said...

WOW beautiful !!!

Kathy said...

Very pretty, and congrats on your weight loss. It is a hard thing to do.

Carol Q said...

that's beautiful Paul. love the image you've used in the middle

http://truutske.blogspot.com said...

Whow...this is gorgeous....really beautiful.

vintage wil said...

beautiful !!!

Gayle Page-Robak said...

Hi Paula!! Gorgeous torso...love it!

Barbara Hagerty said...

Lovely! This is beautiful, Paula!

Anonymous said...

Oh, such a wonderful torso, love all the details.

Anonymous said...

I love your artwork! Fantastic design! All the stamps fit perfectly in place. It's really beautiful and exquisitely done!

~*~Patty S said...

Beautiful torso Paula, lovely!

Heather Robinson said...

Love how you've worked with the mannequin shape. Lovely combination of elements.

Everydaythings said...

femininely beautiful! lovely work.

Laura Kirste Campbell said...

I enjoy the delicate and feminine quality to your torso artwork, as well as the coloring and layers.

Claudia said...

great work, Paula!

Claudia said...

Fantastic Torso!

Galina Varese said...

Very clever! Lovely work, Paula.

Eleni Gratsia said...

Love it Paula, and congrats on the weight loss ... didn't realise that you were doing that! :D

Megan said...

Hey Paula,

Congrats on the weight loss! That IS quite an achievement.

And fantastic torso too....very classy.

Megan xx

Susan Hurley-Luke said...

Paula, this is so lovely! And i love the Garden one below too - very soft and pretty. Also your star card is great - am going to CASE the idea with the stripes!

I do hoep your Interent server is behaving again. Mine has been giving problems this week too. We have had monsoonal rain so maybe that has something ot do with it.

And congratulations on the weight loss!! How did you do it?? That's wonderful!!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful, love it.

Anonymous said...

it's a very beautiful torso !superbe !

michelle said...

what a great shape to try! i love how it turned out. great job with the weight loss!