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COLOURS

This week we have COLOURS as our word for inspiration at TAKE A WORD, with purple and turquoise being the suggested colours.

Here is what my Muse had me do!

Credit to Sharing Tubes.

Thank you for looking AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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MISS ATT E TOOD

THE WRONG MONA

Our task this week at Digitalmania is to give Mona a makeover. 

If you'd like to see her in all her different guises just pop over and take a look.

Credits can also be viewed there too.

Thanks for looking.

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QUEEN OF HEARTS

The Queen of Hearts made some tarts
All on a Summer's day
The Knave of Hearts stole those tarts
And took them clean away ........ 



Credit to Irene Alexeeva and Sharing Tubes.

TFL

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MOO

Marie suggested a MOO or two as her theme for this week at TAKE A WORD.  Here are mine to wish all my blog friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Credit to Marta Van Eck and Sharing Tubes whilst the font is The King and Queen.

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INSPIRED BY DUY HUYNH

Created for last week's Digitalmania challenge where we were invited to take inspiration from the work of artist Duy Huynh.

For credits please visit by Flickr page.

Thanks for looking.

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TEXTURED AND LAYERED

Ta dah!

Credit to Beth Rimmer for  the model and the images.

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'TIS THE SEASON

We have SEASON as our word for inspiration at TAKE A WORD this week and a perfect time for my wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Season's Greetings, my friends.

Credit to Nancy at Crowabout and Marta Van Eck.

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STILL LIFE

Created for the Still Life Challenge at Digitalmania.

Credits can be found on my Flickr page.

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MALE

Fred and Bert get dressed for the office.

Everything other than the shoes courtesy of FinecraftedDesign and Bluesse.  The shoes filched from the web.  Fonts : Zero & Zero Is and Year2000 Boogie.

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PIN CUSHIONS

I confess I have always hated sewing with a passion mainly because it requires a preciseness in measurement and cutting I haven't the patience for.  So when I saw SEWING was to be our theme at TAKE A WORD I wondered what I would be inspired to create.   

And then I thought about pin cushions.  In my mind's eye I saw a voodoo doll with pins of all kinds sticking from its little body and knew you would be shocked.  What about an old doll then with a fabric body, could I stick pins into that?  Even though I had a twinkle in my eye at the thought, I knew you would disapprove.  Mmmmmmm.   Pale and exhausted and devoid of inspiration suddenly I had a vision ....  of a finely toned torso ...... and then the rest was history.  Who wouldn't want to own such a pin cushion surely it would inspire even me to sew!

Thank you, Marie.

Credit mainly from free to use stock.

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GOTHIC ARCH

Probably sinister.  Definitely creepy.  My Muse made me do it! Hee hee.


Once upon a time there was a witch who was as beautiful as she was wicked.  She was so beautiful that everyone who looked upon her face was happy to do her bidding without question.  

She was said to love children (and so she did but mainly for their tender flavour which she found irresistible).  Mothers were encourage by the wicked witch to send their children to visit during the school holidays and they fell over themselves to obey her wishes.  

There was just one little flaw to the witch's beauty and that was the children could see right through it. They were able to see the wart covered green skin, foul breath, slimy teeth and wicked heart.

The witch knew this and so she instructed the parents to leave their children at the front door where they would be entertained until she arrived.

The children, however, knew the clown was employed for another reason which was to lure the children into the witch's den whilst she peered from the darkness ....... have you found her yet?


Credit to Pink Lotty (Deviantscrap) and Sharing Tubes .

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MAIL

Bill has chosen MAIL as our word for inspiration this week at TAKE A WORD.

Credit to RubyBlossom, Urban Fairy, Dover and Pixel Music.  The font is Vampiress.

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HATS

Penelope gauged how much she had grown by which hat she was able to wear!

Thank you for the them, Bev.

Credit to Hidden Vintage, Pink Lotty and Sharing Tubes.

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SOMETHING FISHY

Having found a website full of free photoshop downloads : all free downloads (dot) com, I thought it would be fun to play with a few.  So here we have SOMETHING FISHY.  :D

Credit to all free downloads for everything except the background which is one of my own.

Thank you for looking and taking the time to comment.

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SHOE TREE

MOONLIGHT

PULL

Last week across at Digitalmania we were looking at the work of a young Hungarian artist who specializes in the style of photo allegory .... softly surreal and, in my opinion, ingenious.

Here I three I made for  the challenge.

Credits can be found on my Flickr page.

Thanks for looking and taking the time to comment.

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THE EYES HAVE IT

Sometimes only a shower will do!

Thank you, Marie, for a very creative theme.

Credit to Starscoldnight and Bluesse (Deviantart) and HolliewoodStudios (Deviantscrap)

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ANGEL

As I looked out of my window into the dark night I saw a very strange sight indeed.  It was a girl dressed all in white, and I swear she looked just like an ANGEL.  A real one.  As I pressed my nose closer to the glass I saw that her wings,  for yes she did have wings, were tattered and torn and she was hugging herself as though for warmth and comfort.  Then something startled her, her eyes flew open in a kind of panic, and whoosh she disappeared before my very eyes.  Mmmmmmm.

Thank you, Marie, for a great challenge theme.

Credit to Sharing Tubes .

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ANIMAL MAGIC - WILD OR DOMESTIC

Whilst tidying out the attic the other day I came across some old photographs and this one in particular got my interest.  Apparently, they are third cousins three times removed, on my husband's side.  May I introduce you to Madge and Horace Feathers and their grandchildren 'Birdie' and Edward.   (Not entirely sure which child is which!)

Credit to Finecrafted Designs.

Thank you for looking.

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PINK

Meet cousin Flora, who it has to be said, has a fondness for PINK.   Her apartment is decorated solely in white so she can waft about in a haze of PINK knowing she is always the centre of her world.

Surrounded as she is by every shade and texture of PINK her dedication knows no bounds and she has often been heard to mutter : it's hard work but someone has to do it!

Thank you, Marie.

Credit to HolliewoodStudios and CAJoline.  The font is Zoloft.  Flora, was shamelessly stolen from Matisse and then greatly altered!

Thank you for looking.

DIGITALMANIA

You may already know that Marie (Ozstuff), has a challenge group across at Flickr called Digitalmania,  where each week we digital artists, take inspiration from the works of a chosen artist.

Last week we explored the work of FINNABAIR and that inspired me to create this.

 

This week, we've taken a slightly different tac and have been invited to use the face of MAUDE FEALY as our inspiration and to create some work in which she features.

For this one I extracted her from the background, then using a soft airbrush in Photoshop, I began to over paint the original black and white image.  

Adding a new layer each time on which to paint, and reducing the opacity as needed I began with the skin tone.   Followed up with the lip colour and blue for the eyes.  I added deep shade under the upper eyelids and around the eye itself to keep a three dimensional feel and and to define the eyes before adding colour to the lower lashes.  Before leaving the face I placed small areas of white on the lips and in the pupils to add light and shine, and then as a final touch to the painted effect I added a light shading of red to Maude's hair.

Finally, to define the light and shade I added the alfresco filter.  Then I knew it was done!

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Next week at Digitalmania we'll be looking at the work of a very talented young Hungarian artist

called SAROLTA BAN.

So if you are a digital artist and like a challenge why not think about joining us at Flickr.  

You already know we are a friendly bunch and you would certainly be welcome.

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If you need to know more why not email Marie who I'm sure would be able to help.

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INCOGNITO

Please reveal your true identity, Sir!

Bev has chosen MASK as our theme for inspiration this week which let my Muse run wild.

Thanks, Bev.

Credit to JoeSistah and Bluesse.

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STEAMPUNK

Greetings from Lady Gaga who has discovered STEAMPUNK and loves it.  I knew she would!

Credit to Altered Emporium, Finecrafted Designs and Holliewood Studios.

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KILLING TIME

Yes.  I confess it.  I am still 'Living Out Loud' with Angi Sullins and Silas Toball!   It seems nothing is to be done and I can only hope I work my way through it ..... soon.

I knew the theme was TIMEPIECE and I knew those clocks were ticking and would pop up somewhere, but in the meantime, I could only think of building my background layers ready for the giraffe.  Don't ask!

As you see the clocks did turn up.  It appears someone had been killing time.

NO ANIMALS WERE HURT IN THE MAKING OF THIS PIECE!

Credit to FinecraftedDesigns, HolliewoodStudio and Bluesse.

Thank you for looking.

 I think I'm feeling better now. 

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YANKEE DOODLE

This, believe it or not,  is my interpretation on the theme of WINGS!  I'm still in my Angi Sullins and Silas Tobell inspiration mode and I so wanted to create a fish ...... on a bicycle.  Yes, I know, I can't explain it either.

The question was where would the wings fit in?  The fish definitely looked silly wearing wings and anyway they still looked like fins how ever hard I tried.  Well the fish on a bicycle would not be denied and so I made it and in desperation added a blue bird (wings .... get it?) to his hat.  No sooner had I done that than the hat disappeared off the fish's head.  I think the blue bird did it!

Having gone through this odd creative process I still wasn't to be left alone.  'Feather in his cap' popped into my head and I seemed to remember there being a song.  Yankee Doodle came to town riding on a pony, he wore a feather in his cap and called it macaroni.   Yes, that's the one!

I know.  I know.  There's no hope for my sanity.

Thanks, Marie.

Credit to FinecraftedDesigns.

Thank you for looking.

(Also submitted at Digitalmania)

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Inspired by the work of Angi Sullins and Silas Toball.

Credit to Finecrafted Designs.

Thank you for looking.

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SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

Penelope had settled down in front of the TV with a glass of wine when all of a sudden the hairs on the back of her neck began to bristle .... she had the distinct feeling she was not entirely alone!

Hee hee, it's my turn to host at the Three Muses!

Credit to BethRimmer, FinecraftedDesigns  and Numb Bumm.  The wicked clown was googled, whilst the 'bather' is courtesy of Magritte.

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ROSES

It's Spring 'down under' so the gardens will be full of ROSES which is handy since ROSES is our word for inspiration this week at Take a Word!

Credit to HolliewoodStudios.

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VINTAGE

I confess I am not usually even slightly moved to participate in Halloween type art so imagine my surprise when this VINTAGE themed piece turned out to be just that ...... trick or treat ..... the lot.

I wonder, is there some medication I could take?

Thank you, Bev, for a lovely theme.

Credit  to Shadowhouse Creations, Hidden Vintage and Finecrafted Designs.

Thank you for looking.

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AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

I love this lady, who for me,  epitomizes everything Art Deco and so fits perfectly into a Crime Film Poster for Rene Clair's adaptation of Agatha Christie's : And Then There Were None.  A good thing since guest host, Anja, has chosen POSTER (preferably crime related) as her word for inspiration at this week's Take a Word challenge.

To be truthful, I have no idea what the film (or book) is about but when I found the clipart hand and dagger and the fizzy pop advert lady, who to me looks lofty, arrogant and distant, even before I gave her a cigarette in a holder,  I knew it would create a story. 

Everything I've used to create  this poster is free to use (unless you tell me differently).  Credit should be given for the fonts to Obsidian Dawn.

Thank you for looking.

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ALPHONSE MUCHA

This week we have Mucha as our artist for inspiration at Digitalmania.

Credits can be found on my Flickr page.

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PIPE DREAMS

Inspired by Maggie Taylor's 'Cloud Maker' and created for the SEA theme at the Three Muses this week.

Credit to BethRimmer, FinecraftedDesigns, PlayingWithBrushes and Bluesse.

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BALLOONS

It seemed like a good idea at the time ....... Mmmmmmmmm!!!

Credit to HolliewoodStudios, MrWhiskers and IreneAlexeeva.

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DIGITALMANIA

We are exploring the work of artist Jerry Uelsmann at Digitalmania this week and taking inspiration from his style.

Credits can be found on my Flickr page. 

Thank you for looking.

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ENJOY THE RIDE

Matilda and Penelope were adventurous types and liked to indulge in foreign and exotic travels whenever they could. This was possibly due to their mother frequently telling them : Life's a Journey so  Enjoy the Ride.

Credit to Rebecca McMeen (Scrapbookgraphics).

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MANUSCRIPT

Sim has chosen Manuscript as our word for inspiration at Take a Word this week and when I found this lovely soft scripted background by the ladies at the WaterLO Project I thought of lazy Summer afternoons.  So imagine my surprise when I spied these young mums with their offspring (CAJ Designs) enjoying just such an afternoon as I strolled through my local park recently! 

Thanks, Sim, for a lovely theme.

Thank you for looking.

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 My take on Liz Huston's  'Betwixt'

My interpretation of 'Familiar Wounds' 

Here's Mabel helping out with a piece inspired by Brandie Butcher

Both artists were inspiration at Digitalmania.

Credits may be found on my Flickr.

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BIRDS

I have no idea where this came from ..... or what it means.  I blame my Muse!

Credit to Irene Alexeeva, NumbBumm and Bluesse.

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BLUE

Our word for inspiration is BLUE and that reminded me that here in the northern hemisphere we're sliding in to Autumn and then Winter ...... time to batten down the hatches, bring out the furry slippers and an extra layer of clothing .... brrrrrr. 

Here's a little charm to keep me going until Spring!

Credit to the ladies at the WaterLO Project.

Thank you for looking.