Altered Works of Art Challenge - Mike Warroll

Jayne aka Peppa Pig challenged us to create a picture in the style of Mike Warroll a Digital Art Quirks and here is my interpretation.

Credit to Suzee Que, Elizabeth Golden, NumbBumm, CAJoline and Artsyfartsyqueen.

The painting below is by Mike Warroll and is what Jayne gave us for inspiration.













Thank you for looking.

Chunky Book Challenge - Holidays

This is my piece for Victoria's Chunky Book - Holidays challenge.

This is called We Are Not Amused because the little doll with the Santa hat reminds me of Queen Victoria who was famous for claiming she was not amused. My holiday as you might have guessed is Christmas.

Credit to Ginger Scraps, Elizabeth Golden, Barbara Derksen, Efie, Tammara at Pixel Music, Cajoline, Pillow Girl, Irene Alexeeva and Granny Art. Phew!

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Three Muses Challenge 25 - Keys

This week Bev has challenged us to use a KEY in our artistic endeavours. I thought I would try a little steam punk for this theme, and where else to place the key, but the balloon!

Thanks for another inspired challenge Bev.

Credit to Efie, Granny Art and Honey Designs.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Discord of Analogy - Michael Cheval

Jayne aka Peppa Pig's challenge this week at DAQ is to be inspired by Discord of Analogy by Michael Cheval. Here's my interpretation.

Credit to Efie for all elements, excluding Man with Book, who I found in the public domain.



Original Cheval inspiration.

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Mixed Media Monday - I Am Woman

The theme this week at Mixed Media Monday is : I Am Woman and as I've just started an altered CD book with my grand daughter I thought this first page would fit quite nicely into the theme.

Credit to Vanessian Vintage, Granny Art and Efie. Font : FG Isak.

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Sunday Postcard Art - Music

The theme for today's Sunday Postcard Art is Music, and when I thought of Music I thought of Singing In The Rain. So here we are!

Credit to Efie at her wonderful freebies blogspot.

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Digital ATC Swap - For November

FLY ME TO THE MOON is my choice of theme for the ATC swap at Digital Art Quirks this month and I thought we would try something completely different. I made the swap Digital.

The idea is to complete an ATC, both front and reverse, post a low res copy (72 dpi) in the DAQ gallery and send a high res copy (300 dpi) to me. At the end of the month I will then send out an email to each participant with a copy of each ATC received, as an attachment. Mmmmmm. Let's see how it goes!

Below is a copy of the complete ATC. You can view the credits on the Reverse side.











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Three Muses Challenge 24 - In Your Dreams

This week it's my turn to host the Three Muses challenge and the theme I've chosen is IN YOUR DREAMS.

The piece I've chosen as my sample illustrates part of a poem I love for the imagery it conjures in me. (Alas I don't know the author.)

Credit goes to June at Art Freebies, Playing with Brushes and Efie at her blogspot.


However, I was in two minds this week and couldn't resist a second attempt at IN YOUR DREAMS and so for my own enjoyment, and for the surreal artist inside me, I created a little dream landscape of my own. Is someone dreaming of a nice cup of tea? Mmmmmmm.

Credit for this one goes to Rian, Bisontine, Irene Alexeeva, Granny Art, and Efie. The hand belongs to my granddaughter which I snapped whilst she was snoozing in the sunshine.

The font is Prissy Frat Boy.

Thank you so much for looking.

Glamourous Women - Inchie Challenge - DAQ

For Donna's Inchie challenge at Digital Art Quirks. All I can say is I'm glad it's digital, as my hat is off to anyone who produces these in any other way.

Credit to June at Art Freebies, Suzee Que and Texture Vault.

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Norma Jean To The Rescue

For Jayne aka Peppapig's Altered Art challenge over at Digital Art Quirks. Great Fun.

Credit to Miss Honey, Suzee Que and Irene Alexeeva.

Original Goya Inspiration.

TGIF - Alice In Wonderland ATC

For the Thank God It's Friday Challenge where this week the theme is Alice in Wonderland in ATC format.

Credit to Suzee Que.

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It Must Be Autumn

I've discovered the gradient tool, and I spent a couple of very relaxing hours this evening playing.

So here is what I did with Lumik Scraps blogspot freebie Autumn in the City Kit.

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Theme Thursday - Borders

For Theme Thursday where this week the theme is borders.

Credit to A Crafter's Corner and Suzee Que

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Three Muses Challenge 23 - A Peach of a Pair

It's Marie's turn to host this week's challenge and she has chosen the theme A PEACH OF A PAIR.

It could have been a pair of anything but this is what my Muse 'told' me to do.

Credit to Valerie Brincheck (free to use).

Thanks Marie for a great challenge.

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Gothic Arches - In the Style of Lord Federick Leighton

For the first challenge of the all new Gothic Artches, Nancy has chosen the painter Lord Frederick Leighton as her theme.

Here is my entry.

Credit to Suzee Que for the lovely lady.

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Sunday Postcard Art - Edgar Allen Poe

It's Edgar Allen Poe at Sunday Postcard Art this week, and I here is what my muse said to me. Ha ha ha.

Credit to Wikimedia, Honey Designs, Vanessian Vintage and CAJoline .

Thank you for looking.

Something Completely Different - Halloween

Tammara at Pixel Music tells me there's an inchie Halloween challenge across at Something Completely Different.

My very first Inchie. Ta Da.

Thanks to DBS Designs.

TFL

DAQ - Artist Studio Challenge - Paperdolls

Marie aka Ozstuff is hosting the new Artist Studio challenge across at DAQ this week and her theme for this week is Paperdolls.

Credit to CAJ Designs, Granny Art, Eifie, and Madam Mim.

TYFL

Three Muses Challenge 22 - Cockadoodle Cluck

Bev is hosting this week's challenge at the Three Muses and she's chosen the theme of Cockadoodle Cluck and says anything goes (but just pop a chicken in there somewhere).

I had such great fun with this one so thank you Bev.

Credit to Granny Art and Honey Designs for the elements.

The font is Olli Compolli.

TYFL

Altered Works of Art Challenge - Chris Mars

Jayne aka PeppaPig has a new challenge at Digital Art Quirks and for week 4 asked us to alter a piece by Chris Mars.

Here is what I came up with which is definitely tongue in cheek!

Credit to Granny Art for the rag dolls and the chairs, and to Playing with Brushes for the background.

Here is Chris Mars' original work.









Great fun.

TYFL

Texture Mask

Credit to Wiebelwuppie for the fibre texture and Honey Designs for the face. I combined luminosity and overlay layers and finished with a tile filter.

TFL

Sunday Postcard Art - Halloween

It's Halloween this week at Sunday Postcard Art.

Credit to Digicats for her Faangtasia blogtrain freebie.

TFL

Postage Stamp People

Marie (Ozstuff) hosted the DAQ challenge earlier in the week and chose Postage Stamp People as her theme.

Credit to Granny Art for the chicken, Pixel Music for the postcard, NumbBumm for the speech bubble. Mona and the crown are in the public domain. Font : Palsu

Ah and here she is again. Mona just couldn't make up her mind on the look she preferred.

DAQ October Bookmark - Remembrance

Here is bookmark No 2 for the October challenges at Digital Art Quirks. The theme for this one is Remembrance.

I chose a quote from Wilfred Owen's poem of the same name. The background image is Harry Patch who died aged 111 earlier this year but who was the last 'Tommy' to be involved in the First World War. Wilfred Owen is, of course, the foreground image (both images by Dover). The poppies, symbol of remembrance are courtesy of Granny Art blogspot.

Font is Isle of the Dead.

TFL

DAQ - Halloween Bookmark

Victoria recently hosted a Halloween bookmark swap and this one is mine.

Credit to Designs by Silky, Digicats and Disyas Designs all who created for the Faangtasia blogtrain. Thanks ladies.

Thank you for looking.

Three Muses Challenge 21 - Long Ago and Far Away

It's my turn to host the Three Muses Challenge this week and I have chosen Long Ago and Far Away.

Thinking of LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY I was reminded of Mabel's childhood. Her father Eustace, a very 'colourful' character went to great lengths to merge into the crowd for several hours of drinking and gambling, but Mabel's mother Gertie, a very determined lady, would grab that old shotgun, and with Daisy, Doris and Mabel in tow would search out the old rascal and show him the way home. Ah such fond memories of Sunday afternoon family entertainment.

Credit to Tammara at Pixel Music and Nicole Young for the elements used, and of course, Mabel is part of the family.

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DAQ - September ATC - Flower Power

I host the monthly Digital Art Quirks ATC challenge and for September I chose the theme of Flower Power.

Here is my interpretation.

All credit to the very talented and generous Efie at her blogspot for these free elements.



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Three Muses Challenge 20 - Hair

Marie is hosting the Three Muses Challenge this week and she has chosen Hair as her theme and as no one does Hair more beautifully than Mucha I chose one of his famous ladies for my interpretation.

Credit to SuzeeQue, Caravan Scraps and Granny Art.

Thanks Marie for another great challenge.

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Gone Fishing - Be Back In Two Weeks

Gone fishing ...... be back in two weeks.

No, just kidding, not going fishing at all, but we are taking a couple of weeks' holiday to have some fun, soak up the sun, take in the culture and relax.

See you in a couple of weeks.

Take care.

Three Muses Challenge 15 - Zlightly Zetti

It's Marie's turn to host the Three Muses challenge this week and she has chosen the theme of Zlightly Zetti.

So here I am zlightly zettified.

Credit to Caravan Scraps, Farrah's Design Scraps, Cleome1 (Flickr) and Clix at StockXchnge. The photo is one I took earlier this week, the keyboard is my own and the pigs are public domain.

Thanks Marie for another fun challenge.

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Artists Studio Challenge No 3 - Slightly Surreal

Marie hosted this week's new challenge at Digital Art Quirks and she chose the theme of Slightly Surreal (Autumnal), and I had great fun creating this one for the challenge. Thanks Marie.

All credit for the background and all elements goes to the very talented and very generous Efie at her blogspot. Thanks Efie.

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KIRKSTALL ABBEY - CLASSICAL MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA

Leeds Met Council, here in the UK, staged one of its free events in the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey a couple of weeks ago and this one was an evening of classical music.

The idea of this particular event was to enjoy an evening of music, lightshows and fireworks with family and friends and by bringing along a picnic and a bottle of wine, a great time was had by all.

Here are a few of my photos.

Artists Studio Challenge No 2 - Mermaids

This is Daisy, Mabel's other sister, who married well and therefore was in a position to indulge her every fashion whim. Say what you like, but I think there's something just a little bit fishy about this outfit but Mabel says there is no accounting for taste.

Credit to Clearly Vintage (Flickr free to share) for Daisy, and also to a lovely French artists I discovered, (Cajoline-Scraps at her blogspot), for the remaining elements other than the fish tail which started life as a guppy and was altered by me.

Created for the new Artists Studio challenge at Digital Art Quirks.

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Three Muses Challenge 17 - Windows

This week it's my turn to host the challenge across at the Three Muses, and I have chosen the theme of Windows.

Am I looking out of or into this window ....... I'm not sure?

Credit to Playing with Brushes for the backgrounds, Kubivet for the window, Aprilmouse for the flower, whilst the images of Marcel Marceau are from the Public Domain.

Thank you for taking the time to look.

Collage Play with Crowabout - Week 53

It's week 53 at Nancy Baumiller's Collage Play with Crowabout Challenge.

Credit to Nancy for the collage sheet.

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Mixed Media Monday - Metal

Metal is the theme at MMM this week, so here is my metal man, hope you like him.

Credit (big breath now) Missy Lyn, Truly Toxic, Efie, NumbBumm, Artsyfartsyqueen, Momparadise Designs, Scrapity Scrap and More, and finally Tammara from Pixel Music. Thanks ladies. Border and keyboard are my own.

TFL

TGIF - It's Magic

Created for the Thank God It's Friday challenge where the theme this week is : It's Magic.

Credit to Nicole Young Designs for the backgrounds and word art (altered) and the sparkles (also altered) are courtesy of NumbBumm. The hat was in the public domain.

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Digital Art Quirks - Moo

There's a new challenge across at Digital Art Quirks and this week it was to make a Moo. So here my Mabel Moo.

Credit to Designs by Kelly, Tracy Did It and HBFIC, and the fonts are Kenteken and Palsu.

Mabel, of course, is part of the family.

Thanks for looking.

Theme Thursday - Flourishes

Here is my entry for Theme Thursday where this week the theme is Flourishes.

I'm not sure what you'll think of this one, it sort of turned out a bit of a dark one, but I have to say sometimes I'm not totally responsible for what my muse supplies. If you know what I mean.

Credit to Truly Toxic, Tygers Tidbits, Sarah Bryan Designs and MomParadise Designs. The stripey bits are my own.

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Collage Play with Crowabout - Week 52

My entry for Nancy Baumiller's Collage Play with Crowabout across at Flickr.

All parts are courtesy of Nancy.

Thanks for looking.