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I've sort of finished the second version. I went to make all the fancy bits around the edge for it, but somehow, I ended up making little sewn bits for this one instead—the third version of Razzle Dazzle. Whoops!

Does anyone else get distracted like this when crafting!?

So here it is - in progress - Razzle Dazzle Number 3.

Will get back to the 2nd version (and all the pudding arts) soon-ish 😅

[viviennehollisart]

I'm in love with these artworks by @kostyantinmalginov!

And I love all the stars... being placed on the art (with the gloves 🤩), and the jacket with the stars - can you spot it? ⭐⭐⭐⭐ So much to see!

http://www.kostyantinmalginov.com

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I completely forgot I had these mini-mini box canvases until recently when I happened upon them while looking for something else. Goodness me, they are so cute to work with!

This is the second version of Razzle Dazzle. As with the other one (see recent posts), this one will be attached to a white card and will have more stitched and beaded fabrics around the edges, making this 7cm x 7cm canvas art a little bit bigger once it's finished being utterly decorated! 🤩

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There are currently 3 unframed mini abstract floral artworks on my site 🌸🌺🌼

This one shown here is called 'Nature's Bullion'.

I love that nectar is a sweet treat for all the little winged creatures that pollinate flowers. Being a bug certainly has its bonuses!

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Red Rocks

Can you see him... The Magician? He travels, disguised, as soft clouds Whenever the sky is blue (it's always blue) And that's how he likes it! He likes how the fancy Red Rocks Glow, like boiled sweets Beneath the sky in the green garden With the sparkly plants.

I'm not one-and-done with any of these pieces. There needs to be a follow-up painting... Where should the Magician go next, once he's done with his adventures by the Red Rocks?

Option 1: A volcano

Option 2: A tropical lake

Option 3: Saturn

Let me know! 🪄

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This little textile artwork tells a story about how the night sky gobbles up all the stars. I think this is why we don't see any in the sky when the sun starts to rise!

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I love, love, love this by @totheeyestothelightinsafety 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨

Sirius and Severus in a field beneath the StarLight tree

This was fun to stitch, getting the different textures for the grass and sky, as well as the blanket, was an experiment. The tree looks better in person, as it is inbedded with sparkly thread to make it shimmer. This is based on my fic on Ao3 'to the eyes, to the light, in safety', where I write these two spending a lot of time under the stars outdoors ❤️

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Want some razzamatazzle for your walls? 💃✨

All the glitzy bits are on a little canvas - sequins, beads, tiny bits of hand-sewn fabrics... the concentric circles are made with ink, paint and pencil on paper. Lots of threads!

Vivienne x

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It reminds me of a crab 🦀 😂 This piece is called Razzle Dazzle

The wall said "I want to Sparkle And Twinkle & Glitter Just for the hell of it Give me some Razzamatazzle! (te voila!)

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Gouache, inks, pencil, paper, textile art and lots of beads and sequins on canvas. It's framed!

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This is one of my first pink bunny artworks—I can't imagine making one without the silly ruffle collar. He's called Bonnie (actually, they have all been called Bonnie!) 🐇

I'm itching to make some more Bonnie paintings. They make a lovely Springtime project.

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I made this one quite some time ago - it tells the story of the adventurous ladybugs capturing the pink pumpkin. THEY ARE SO BRAVE!

In another universe, this definitely happens 😁🐞

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A great big mountain of cream 🤤 With 3 big dollops of ice cream and sugary sprinkles for the extra sin. Cherries, and a banana for health reasons. lol

Who else orders this sort of a dessert and kids themselves it's "actually pretty healthy", because it has fruit in it? Can't just be me, surely 😂

'Magical Banana Split' - mixed media painting on wooden Ampersand panel, with textile art and beadwork

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They're so beautiful, and fun, that you'd want to wear them even in the hot weather, right!?

by embroidery artist Tessa Perlow

And what a beautiful blog by ghw-archive 😍

Tessa Perlow 'The Lovers' gloves

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If you were to only live your life by these words, you'd have a pretty great existence 🩷

““Do anything, but let it produce joy.””

— Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass  (via womanbythesea)

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If I had kept this one 'straightforward' like I originally intended, it would have been finished... last week 😂 But... I *had* to faff around with it and try out a few different things before it really started to hit that sparkly spot, and so here we are - still in progress!

The whole thing is now firmly attached to a white square piece of card, and the beadwork has made the piece a little too deep for the frame I had planned for it, so I'm waiting on a deeper box frame which hopefully arrives today - can't wait to get this one finished and in the frame, I think it's going to look very, very pretty ❤️

As always, this is a small piece and the frame will be 6" x 6" :)

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This is another variation of a little mixed-media floral painting named 'Justice'.

Although my work usually incorporates beads, sequins, and textile art... I'll occasionally make things just with Gouache, inks, and pencil - like these ones!

It's on a 4" x 4" Ampersand panel. If you're a painter and you've never tried using these panels, I highly recommend them! This flower painting was created on a Claybord Ampersand panel - a beautifully smooth surface.

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Justice

One inside a pom pom

Then Summer came along

Once inside a powder puff

But not for very long

Once outside the flowery bud

One grows into its bliss

Justice for one's due reward

Like only nature is

This is an oldie, and I've made a couple more of these to go with the little poem I wrote - it would be lovely to do a winter version or two... What are your favourite Winter flowers? 💐