Artventurous Summer Daze

What's summer without my Bella Donna lilies?  Plain and simple - boring!  This summer they've taken off like crazy growing in between roses and filling in blank areas.

Every summer my Bella Donna's bloom from mid July though late August but I get a little bummed cause I only get a few to admire.  But not this year!  Each time I turn around I'm catching another lily popping out the ground!

I was recently challenged by fellow blogger, Joss, to create a series of ATCs.  Last year we went all out and pumped out an entire alphabet of verbs. Our cards had a lot of action going on!  This year we decided to make up themes of our choice for one another.  Black, Red and White is one of the themes she challenged me to and since red paint was conveniently sitting on the table, I jumped to the occasion and began to work on my first set of ATCs.

Fortunately for me, everything I needed to embellish the red painted cards came at me from everywhere.  And it seems that in little time my first set of ATCs were complete.  I think I did a good job of incorporating the color pallet Joss requested. 

It's NEVER too early for Halloween!

I owe my color pallet to "Miss February" who will be one of the Calendar Girls for my upcoming calendar workshop.  I'm doing some serious all-nighters cause I gots to get a few samples into the shop pronto!
Hope your summer is keeping you in an artful daze!