Peeks revealed

In amongst all of the things going on around me this last month or so, I participated in a swap with some friends - showed you a couple of peeks along the way. The swap's done now, so, I may share all of my pieces.

This first I'm keeping. It's a bit "darker" than I'd envisioned, but, it was my starter piece & I do like it. Can you see where I was trying to use what I'd learned in the online class this past summer?
Then I decided to lighten things up a bit, using paints & stains & stamps ... I think I pulled out most everything I have in my stash at one point or another!
And of course I had to incorporate seam binding ribbon ... love playing with the colors!
The pictures don't show quite as well as I'd like, but the 3 pieces I mailed out had one difference from my first that I had fun with. I covered each woman's image with a microscope slide - after I tinted the slide with paints. One's 'old silver' from Viva's Decor paints, one's a copper 'rub on' paint, but when seen in person, I thought the paints added a wonderful additional touch of age to the images.
So, there you have it ... what's kept me busy lately. I've received 3 wonderful 'pages' as well - can't wait to do another swap!