April 14th is an interesting day in history...
...the Titanic hit the iceberg on the 14th (it sank on the 15th)...
...Lincoln was shot (he died on the 15th too)...
...on normal years, taxes are due...
...and on the April 14th, 1963 my baby sister, Laura, born
(the 14th is also my Dad's birthday and in 1963 it was Easter Sunday)!
This year my sister turns 49 (my Dad would have been 80).
So I wanted to give her a little piece of me.
Besides the background (which I confessed yesterday I nearly left "blank" and kept), I love the shorts. Laura is a math teacher in the numbered shorts made me giggle.
And I like how my poppies turned out. Aren't they fun?
The sentiment "As you wish" is from her favorite movie Princess Bride.
Yes, I seem to be doing a lot of canvas lately...but I have to tell you I'm having FUN with it!! I've also been working on some scrapbooks and tags.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTER!!!
The techniques I used follow a lot of what I learned in Christy Tomlinson's SHE ART class, which I took last summer. In the end I liked it so much I nearly didn't send it to her (wink). 
This is the birthday card I sent along. I think the image is a Lost Coast stamp. I love, love, LOVE the sentiment. It totally cracks me up! 
I have to say this is my favorite of the two...I love her dress and the texture on this piece.
The texture was created with modeling paste and sequin waste.
More texture...I love the LAYERS!!
Looks like she has a hairy arm...but that's ok. (GRIN)
She was a little lop-sided so I made her look at some daffodils.
The daffs are 3D. And since I "need" bling...they got some Stickles in the middle.
And she got a lace collar to help even her out a bit. You can see a bit of the texture behind her head. That's modeling paste. And her 'barrette" is a piece of that Tyvek background rolled into a "bead". Cool, huh?
Here are the finished girls. Believe it or not...this was just the first "week" of classes. There are 2 more weeks. I have 3 more canvases purchased...but I'm not sure I'll follow the classes. I have some ideas floating around in my head... (grin)
Only a couple more steps to go!
Making progress. It's slow because I don't know where I'm going. But I like where I'm headed! :D
After the canvas dried I went back and toned it down a bit and added a little more color. I like this much better.
I'm not 100% happy with this yet. I'll play around a bit.
So without giving away class secrets - I thought I'd take you on my journey. I started with two 5x7 inch canvases. And used gel medium to adhere random scraps of paper.