Hurt

 

I continue to be unable to leave comments, even on my own blog.  I plan to reinstall Firefox in a few days, although  I'm reluctant to do so because I lose everything, including all my saved cookies.   

For several years, I played along at a British website called Craft Barn.  Although they are no longer in business, they originally sold various mixed media and wood products.  They also had annual twice monthly challenges, and in 2014, it was Quotes and Lyrics.

The following post is one of those challenges which was from April, 2014. 

 Craft Barn's Eighth Challenge: Knowledge and Hurt

The eighth Craft Barn lyrics or quotes challenge came out today.  I checked before I went to sleep, and decided the word I would use would be HURT, mainly because all the DT examples were Knowledge.  Of course, those of you who know me, or follow along on my blog, know that I'm a positive person, with no room for pain or emotional baggage.  So finding a good quote was priority # 1, and finding one I could use recycled materials with was priority # 2.

Once again, I started with one of my used file folders cut in half lengthwise.  To that, I glued a background of Tootsie Roll Pop wrappers, things most people would throw in the trash after consuming the candy.

For the detail shots, I cut hearts from red Tootsie Roll Pop labels that I outlined using a Sharpie marker.

To set the CB 8 apart, I used a shiny wrapper I found in my stash.

I added a chocolate image to this heart.

I continued with the red raspberry  wrappers I turned into hearts until I came to the 

word "hurt."  In case you can't read it, here is what it says:

All you need is love.  But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

~Charles M. Schulz

Although he died in early 2000, I’m sure most of us remember this cartoonist who gave us such Peanuts characters as Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and my all-time favorite: Lucy, who, like me, thinks everything should cost 5 cents.

This is Day 6 of 22 leading to bEARTHday.  For this prompt and subsequent artwork, I recycled 10 candy wrappers and half a file folder.  I also used two magazine images.  I hope you had a super Easter for those who observe it.
 

As an aside, I was really impressed with how many different children I found on the covers of the Tootsie Roll Pops.