THE THREE MUSES

I'D RATHER HAVE A GIN AND TONIC

We have HAT as our theme at the THREE MUSES this week and that reminded me of when Gladys took to wearing a teapot on her head.   When I asked why,  she answered it was "free beer tomorrow" .. though she would prefer a gin and tonic.

Credit to Modigliani for loaning me Gladys, whilst the remainder is either the public domain or from my own staff.

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TAKEA WORD

We have BOOK as our word for inspiration at TAKE A WORD this week and that reminded me of what I found when I opened up this music book!

Credits - the background is a free wallpaper and the rest is credit to SharingTubes.

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THE THREE MUSES

SOME LIKE IT HOT is Marie's theme this week at the Three Muses.  Here are the hottest colours I could find .... so hot, in fact, they are melting the candles!

Credit to Caroline at SharingTubes and the PublicDomain.

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TAKE A WORD

LIMBERING UP

Marie has chosen BEACH as our word for inspiration this week at TAKE A WORD and that reminded me of the day we took a trip to Whitby and then on to Robin Hood's Bay with the grandchildren.   It's a steep walk and we'd just stopped for a breather and to take in the scenery when there they were ... a group of vintage bathing beauties limbering up for a dip.  It's surprising what you see when you take time to admire the scenery!

My own photo transferred to IPad where it underwent some 'slight of hand' in several photo apps.   I added the vintage bathers (TumblefishStudio) for the challenge.  

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THE THREE MUSES

There I was minding my own business when I was contacted by a 'certain person' who required a new postage stamp and asked me to design it!

Well, I was delighted of course, and set to work immediately .. and I couldn't believe my good luck as Bev had chosen POSTAGE PEOPLE that very week as her theme at the Three Muses too.

Credit to FinecraftedDesigns and PublicDomainPhotos and with a little help from my own stash.

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TAKE A WORD

ADVENTURES

We have CHILDHOOD as our word for inspiration this week at TAKE A WORD and that reminded me of the weekend camping trip we spent at Lake Coniston when Anna was a wild and willful toddler.  Dressed in her red mac and wellington boots she was a match for any adventure.

Credit to Kubivet, whilst Anna played herself.

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DIGITALMANIA

This week at Digitalmania we are making 'paper' collages and this is my saucy pair of paper dolls.

Credits such as they are can be viewed at Digitalmania.

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THE THREE MUSES

BE POSITIVE

We have POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS at the Three Muses this week and here is one that I absolutely love.

Credit to FinecraftedDesigns and PinkLottyDesigns.

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TAKE A WORD

UP, UP AND AWAY

We have CIRCLES as our theme at Take a Word this week and since I still have Marcel Caram inspiring my artwork  (Digitalmania) I made this to try to dislodge him!

Nope.  Still there!

Credit to Bluesse for everything circular, the man is extracted from one of my photos and the background is a mixture of textures from my stash overlaid with some slight of hand from ArtRage.

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DIGITALMANIA

This was created for the DIGITALMANIA challenge where this week we are taking inspiration from the work of the artist MARCEL CARAM.

Credit to JoesSistaha an Bluesse.

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