THE POSTMAN CALLED AGAIN. YAY.

I did a little mail art swap with June (aka Junibears) this past week and look at the goodies she sent me.

Not only a lovely decorated envelope but also a gorgeous card too.  

Thank you so much June my friend.

THREE MUSES 70 - VICTORIAN

Bev has chosen the theme of Victorian for this week's challenge at the Three Muses.

Victorian ........ mmmmm .... should I give Queen Victoria a steampunk makeover or may be I should do something with Victorian fashion!   Finally, however, I  settled on the great Victorian Gothic Novel, and what better one than Wuthering Heights by our very own Yorkshire lass Emily Bronte.

A couple of weeks ago I visited Haworth and the Parsonage where the Bronte sisters lived with their father Patrick and brother Branwell.

Emily, writing under the pseudonym of Ellis Bell, wrote Wuthering Heights from there, and just behind the church where her father Patrick was vicar is Haworth Moor and the scene where in Emily's imagination the drama unfolds between Heathcliff and Cathy.  Mmmmmmm ...... one of my very most favourite novels EVER.

Thanks Bev for the inspiration.

Thank you for looking.

PATRICK BRONTE'S CHURCH

GhostWorks Texture Comp #20

Texture with thanks to Skeletal Mess

The church door at Haworth is from my own photograph collection.

Thanks for looking.

AUTUMN GLORY

It's Autumn colours at Sunday Postcard this week and so here is my interpretation.  Kind of like walking into Autumn, I suppose!  :D

The Lady is copyright free and is blended with one of my photographs taken in the rain forest of New Zealand.

Thank you for looking.

THREE MUSES 69 - ART ENVELOPE

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

I had lots of fun with this one, especially when I found this shameless young lady taking a dip.

Credit to NumbBumm for the pin and staple, Sherrie JD for the reclining lady, A Crafter's Corner the scroll.  The water and the sky are from my own collection.

Thanks Marie for a very enjoyable challenge.

Thanks for looking.

SMILE PLEASE!

I made this for Nancy Baumiller's Collage Play With Crowabout challenge across at Flickr.

Here is the sheet Nancy provided this week for our inspiration.

Credits for the sheet :

Background/Room by: Nancy Baumiller
Bugs by: jack and cat curio
Bat/spider/framedspookygal/snake by: neefer
Quija piece by: Suzee Que
Deathly girl by: MrsInman
Crows by: MrsInman
Words-Halloween/TrickorTreat/Boo! by: Nancy Baumiller-created in Publisher
Blue Bottle by: Nancy Baumiller (PERSONAL USE ONLY)
Skully by: autumnsensation
All other images by: DigitalCollageImages

Spooky!

MORE LOVELY MAIL

On Saturday morning bright and early,  the Postman popped yet another decorated envelope through my letter box and this time it was from Marie.  Just look at those wonderfully bright Prismacolour enhanced colours that brightened up my day.   And look what came inside ... two gorgeous bookmarks .... and see, I can choose which one to use depending on my mood that day!  Woohoo. 

Thank you so much Marie.

SUNDAY POSTCARD ART

It's 1950s Pin Ups at Sunday Postcard this week.  Here is my interpretation.

Credit to Kubivet, Fidlette Designs and Honey Designs.

Thank you for looking.

LET ME SEE!

This is my entry for the Flickr Photoshop Talent 52 Contest.  http://www.flickr.com/groups/1191989@N25/

Credit to Lunamom58 (last week's winner) for the starter image.   Credit also to Dover for the copyright free image.

Thank you for looking.

TWO LEFT FEET

Alas ...... she knew she would never be a dancer because she had two left feet!

For Theme Thursday where the theme this week is to incorporate three into our collage.

Credit to Terri Kahrs for the lovely background, Fidlette Designs for the curtains and Kubivet for the hands.  The remainder of elements are either magazine clippings or free to use.

Thank you for looking.

LOOK WHAT THE POSTMAN BROUGHT

Look what the Postman popped through my letter box last Saturday morning, a lovely mail art envelope from Bev.   Yipee!  Don't you just love receiving these little works of art through the mail.  I got all excited because not only is the envelope gorgeous but just look what I found inside too.  Thanks Bev,  I love it.  :D  

Mine is in the mail to you my friend.

GIVE US MORE SUNSHINE

I came across a free newspaper last week called the Positive News.  How nice to find a newspaper chock full of positive news ....... I just couldn't resist a browse ...... and my goodness I was rewarded with all kinds of interesting and positive news. 

One article in particular caught my eye entitled Give Us More Sunshine!    Mmmmm .... there is no doubt we Brits at least have had a paucity of said Sun this Summer so the article had to become my  PRINTED WORD for the Three Muses this week.

After clipping and scanning  the news article into Photoshop,  I persuaded  my long suffering  grand daughter to pose with scissors  so I could 'clip' the headline, then to achieve some softness I added one of my own flower textures. 

Thanks for looking.

A MATTER OF TIME

 

It is Bev's turn to host the challenge at the Three Muses this week and she has chosen Numbers as her theme.   

I had great fun playing with layers and numbers and this is my interpretation.  Thanks Bev for a lovely challenge.

Thank you for looking.

COLLAGE PLAY WITH CROWABOUT

I liked the collage sheet so much at Nancy's Collage Play With Crowabout this week that I just had to play along.

Here it is!

Credit to all who contributed to the collage sheet for Week 93 and who are detailed by Nancy on her Flickr group.

Words are my own.

Thank you for looking.

AUGUST ATC SWAP - WHIMSICAL CLOCK

Hey, look what I received from Jayne (PeppaPig) in my mail this week.  This gorgeous ATC was our swap for August.

See the original http://pigsinpink.blogspot.com/ here

Our September swap theme, chosen by Miss P, is altered Mona ........  mmmmmm .... what will we create.

Thanks for looking.