Do Your Prayers Take Flight?

GARDEN OF DREAMS

The weather has been gloomy the last few days, but late this afternoon the sun and a hint of blue sky finally made an appearance. The feeling in the breeze was so much like the art I finished for the next Gecko Galz Team Challenge: Garden of Dreams.

When I reviewed the collage sheets sent to my Inbox, my heart was drawn to note paper with a delicate aqua umbrella and a row of flags. But what to match it with? And there she was...a woman with a wreath in her hair, seeming to float along a caressing breeze.

I love the Tibetan concept of Prayer Flags. The flags to don't carry prayers to God, but rather it is believed they are blown and faded by the wind, scattering good wishes, peace, and compassion into the Universe to be shared by all who are touched by the breeze. The Tibetans continually pin new flag beside the old to keep the hope and wishes for the world alive.

Although I know the flags in the collage aren't traditional Prayer Flags, my thoughts and hopes mirror those of the Tibetans. The digital collage incorporates two sheets form the Gecko Galz lovely Spring Awakening and Dreams of Spring collage sheets. I also added the new Artistcellar Halftone Dots stencils.

With the gentle days of Spring finally with us, and Mother's Day just a few days away, why not make a Prayer Flag of your own? You might even add the free digistamp here compliments of the Gecko Galz.

Who knows, your hopes and wishes might be just the thing to transform the life of someone you've yet to meet.

Transformation Starts Within...

Transformation

Have you noticed certain words coming to your attention lately? For me, it has all been about new beginnings...with words like transformation, change, renovation, transfiguration, and the one I like most of all Metamorphosis, showing themselves to me in conversations and the printed word.

With this is mind, I welcomed the next Gecko Galz challenge, Butterflies and Lace. And if you peek below you will find a free Digi Stamp, compliments of the Gecko Galz to use in your work.

I started with the beautiful image of Paule Morley from the Gecko Galz collage sheets. Although not much is known about her life, we do know she was a French danseuse best known for her version of the Mattchiche, an Afro-Brazilian dance. I loved her pose in the card and couldn't wait to start work on it.  The butterflies and lacy background are from both the Gecko Galz and my own collection.  I also added a doily in the middle of the nebula circling Paule's wonderful headdress.

Sometimes life gives you a nudge in the right direction...with a word casually mentioned here or there. And sometimes life really gives you a strong shove moving you where you need to be. As long as we are listening, we can transform ourselves, like the metamorphosis of the butterfly.  But the transformation starts within. Are you listening?