The "Aspen Wall"

It took her just a day and a half!  And it's simply gorgeous!!!  Click any photo to enlarge.  My sister, Colleen is just so talented!!!

This is called raised plaster painting.   You can get a feel for the depth here:

and here on the trunk of one of the trees:

The western sunlight is perfect at 3 pm in the afternoon:

and the leaves look like they are blowing in the Colorado breeze:

If you've been to my house....it's on the wall where all my craft cubes used to be.  Guess you'll have to come over to see where they went!  LOL!  The old studio is now a "new" library.

A quiet place to sit and read.  I remember when I was a teenager, my dad wanted a prayer room.  If he were here, I'd tell him this is my prayer room as it will be my Bible study room.  674 hours of mp3 files and 6370 pages of lesson.  All from Mount Bible Institute.  It will take me the rest of my life to finish this study, but now, I have the perfect place to do it in. 

And yes, Colleen designed and made the stained glass window.  She's pretty amazing!

The bookcases are in and loaded....but we don't have the doors just yet.  They will sort of match the wall.

We just have to drive down to Ikea and pick them up.

And then, I have to work at turning my classroom back into a dining room.  Colleen says she's going home tomorrow.  What???  She doesn't want to stay and "work" any more??  What's wrong with her??? LOL!!!

Best sister on earth!!!

Raised stencil plaster painting

Colleen is here for a week and we are going insane!  LOL!!!  We decided to turn my studio into a library, convert the exercise room to a "new" studio, completely revamp the MBR, and turn the guest bedroom into a "toy" room.

What fun!!!

So, in the new library, we are painting an aspen forest on the wall, using stencils and plaster.  It is going to be simply gorgeous!  The new bookcases are already in on the other wall and loaded.  We may even have it done tomorrow.

You can do this with your cricut!  Cut a stencil (MS stencil paper) and tape it on the wall.  Then use joint compound and plaster right over the stencil.  Pull the stencil off.....it's called raised stencil painting!

Not sure if you can see the dimension...but this is so much fun!

When we get done with the aspen wall...we are going to use metallic paint and do something drastic on the big wall in the master bedroom.

Art-on-the-wall.....being creative outside the box once again!