Monday, April 21, 2014

H is for HOT Inchie

As usual, my life guides my art.  When I read "HOT", I immediately thought of Hot Wheels.  I know... weird.  But, my husband is a toy collector and for most of his life he hascollected Hot Wheels.  Heck, he had me out searching for a particular Hot Wheel TONIGHT!   Some people call it collecting.  I call it mental illness, but... I love him.

So, I knew I wanted to do something with the Hot Wheels logo.  I tried just going with flames but couldn't really get the look I wanted.  I ended up using my colored pencils and my super fine black pen to create this little guy.  I knew I couldn't fit "HOT WHEEL" into the logo with that tiny little canvas, so I went with the next best thing... INCHIE!


I can't believe I managed to get this done on Monday!  My life has been CRAZY... this is probably the busiest time I've ever experienced in my working life.  Sometimes I feel like I can't even find the time to just breathe.  I have to say that stepping away and spending some time working on these Inchie projects feels really good.  I'll keep making time for this.  It's a good feeling. 



7 comments:

  1. Wow! Hot wheels, there's a blast from the past - my brother used to spend all his pocket may on those :-) what a cool idea to base your inchie on the logo.
    You asked about the hot air balloon, it's a stamp that came with another slightly larger one as a free gift with Craft Stamper magazine a few years ago.

    Sally

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  2. haha I am with you on the 'mental illness' idea. Men get quite obsessive with their collecting don't they? Love your hot wheels inchie xxx

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  3. Wow, Jenn!! You blew it out of the water, (or should I say, ''You were HOT on!!!!" with this one!!!) Awesome job my friend!! :0) Share Humanity

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  4. Im so glad that you are making time for your art. No matter how hectic life is, always take time to breathe and craft on! Love this so much. BTW if you look at my blog you will see that you are not as weird as I am LOL

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  5. Great idea, love your comment about your husbands collecting

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  7. I just love your creativity. I have four sons, a husband and two grandsons. Yes, I know all about hot wheels! Great Inchie!

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