Hot and Wild in Africa

I saw this Hot and Wild challenge on Try it on Tuesday, a challenge blog I've seen, but never considered joining before.   However, two of my good internet friends, Susi and Chris, are both design team members, so I thought it would be fun to make a Hot and Wild page in my 7 Continents AB.  Even though this is my first time creating something for TioT, it probably won't be the last, especially since we have two weeks, or a fortnight as my European friends call it, to create something for the challenge.  I give you my take on Hot and Wild.

Please join me in Africa for a hot and wild time.  As always, I started with a used manila file folder, over which I painted burgundy and yellow acrylics.

I used a genuine earring that was made in Africa, and some of my handmade paper for the wording. 

The wire embellishments were also hand made in Africa by, according to the package, "communities in the African Republic of Zimbabwe."  Also, according to the package marketed and sold by Provo Craft

(they use) skills that contribute to enhancing the lives of the artisans, mainly underprivileged women and their families.

I hope you like my take on Hot and Wild out of Africa in my 7 Continents AB.

Of course, I couldn't stop there,

not when I had genuine African glass Krobo trade beads and leftover embellishments (one metal, one an embroidered iron on) that fit perfectly on tags I cut and decorated on both sides (sorry, I really DID clean my scanner, but apparently not good enough).   These trade beads are made of decorative glass and were used between the 16th and 20th centuries as currency in exchange for goods, services, and slaves.  There are even a couple of Millefiori trade beads I added to the mix, too.  Krobos were made in Ghana and Nigeria in the 20th Century and the Millefiori in Venice in the 19th Century.

Thanks, as always for looking, thanks for joining me with my first entry for Try it on Tuesday, and I hope you learned a bit about Africa like I always do when I work in my 7 Continents AB.