Gothic Arches - Wings

Thank you to Gothic Arches for the lovely theme of wings this week.

Credit to Irene Alexeeva for both backgrounds, the crown, the ladder and the wings. Artsyfartsyqueen for the girl's face, Takeabreak for the girl's body. The wellies cyber surfed and then overpainted by me. Gothic arch border and girl's dress by me.

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Thank God It's Friday - Alphabet

The theme is alphabet this week at TGIF and this is what came into my mind. So here were are.

Credit to PDaily via Photoshop Creative for the background paper, and to ThePinktoque for the keyboard keys.

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Collage Play With Crowabout - Week 41

My entry for the Crowabout Challenge.

Thanks to Nancy for the collage sheet.

Font is Minion Pro.

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So Artful Challenge - Background

This is my entry for June's So Artful background challenge.

Both the lovely background and the image of the lady are courtesy of June at ArtFreebies.

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Three Muses Challenge 3 - Wild Things

Bev is the host for the Three Muses this week and she's chosen Wild Things as the theme.

Mabel looks and dresses as a lady, but oh dear me, she has such a wild streak, just look at the thoughts going on in her head as she poses for the photographer.

Credit to Valerie Brincheck, Suzee Que and Artsyfartsyqueen.

The font is Prissy Frat Boy.

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Theme Thursday - Beauty

Indybev is hosting the Theme Thursday challenge this week and her chosen theme is Beauty. Here is a very beautiful iconic woman who just says Beauty to me.

Thanks for the challenge Bev.

Credit to Marsha at Tumblefish Studios for the background image.

The finish on this is a posterize filter.

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Two For Tuesday Challenge Two

June has a new challenge out called Two For Tuesday and this is week two.

The two images she gave were both black and white and I thought they should probably stay that way ....... well possibly with a dash of red. So here we go.

Credit to June for the images and the font is Minion Pro.

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Sunday Postcard Art - Fathers

This is my Dad in 1926, so full of light and hope. I wonder what or who he was looking at as this photograph was taken?

I lost my Dad 11 years ago just as he was learning about computers. I wonder what he would have thought if he had known that just a few years later he would be the centre of attention and possibly being viewed across at least three contents on Father's Day?

I miss him lots.

Credit to Wil for the background from last week's Art Creation Friday, and KlarissaH for the frame (both much altered). The photos of Dad is my own.

Font is Journal Handwriting.

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Thank God It's Friday - Secrets

Marie is hosting the Thank God It's Friday challenge this week and her theme is Secrets. Thanks Marie I had so much fun creating this.

Credit to Irene Alexeeva.

Font is Skia

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Art Creations Friday - Week 30

Wil has provided us with a lovely image this week to use in our artwork.

I teamed this with an image of Marilyn Munroe to create this for the challenge.

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Wil's original canvas.

Three Muses Challenge 2 - Doors

I hope this year will be a better Summer in the UK than the previous two where it has rained. However, as nothing can be guaranteed I've taken the liberty of building a garden shed where sun, sea, sand and lots of fun can be taken for granted. This is my Doors creation.

Credit to Sailor and Lula for the beach elements and Kubivet for the bathing beauties. The garden shed was cyber surfed.

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Altered Artspiration ATC Swap Challenge

Tangie Baxter's Altered Artspiration Challenge this week is an Artist's Choice ATC.

Here's mine.

Credit to Artsyfartsyqueen for the people, the rose was cyber surfed and the background is one of my own.

Fonts : Ransom and Prissy Frat Boy

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Quirkle 93 - A Sad Story

It's my turn to host the Quirkle at Digital Art Quirks this week and I asked participants to use the following in their artwork :

a bottle or jar
a flower
plenty of grunge.

This is what I came up with.

Credit to Gouzinette and Akiloune for the background and graffiti, to Lulafernay for the glass jar, and to the talented designers of the WaterLo Project for the flower.

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Famous Works Of Art Challenge - Weird World Of Investments

I created this for Artsy Fartsy Queen's Famous Works of Art Challenge which I really enjoyed doing.

Credit to s11ver for the clown, and Mona's hat and uniform. To Fidgetrainbowtree for the boy, Artsyfartsyqueen for the stripey legs, to Numbum for the industrial flower. Mona is from Wikepedia and everything else is from the very talented Irene Alexeeva from a number of her kits.

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Collage Play With Crowabout - Week 39

I had so much fun with this one this week. As always the elements are courtesy of Nancy Baumiller aka Crowabout.

Fonts used : Silom and Tom's Handwriting.

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Eeek A Cat! - Quirkle 92

Jayne hosted the Quirkle this week at Digital Art Quirks and she challenged us to use : a bird, the colour red, and a star in our artwork.

Here is what came to mind.

Credit to Numbum for the bird, the star and the alpha, to Irene Alexeeva for the checkered background and the cat and to JulieMarie at her blogspot for the blended backgrounds.

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Three Mues - Mona Lisa

You can see this across at our new challenge blog the Three Muses . It might not surprise you to know that the theme for our first week is Mona Lisa.

This was the sample for inspiration this week, and I just wanted to give credit where credit is due so thank you to Irene Alexeeva for the background, frame, hat, cravat and money off voucher and to Liana at her Paperdoll blog for the wonderful outfit that Mona chose to wear. All other bits and pieces are my own.

Thank you so much to those who have joined in the challenge so far. The response has been overwhelmingly good.

Ozstuff, Indybev and Taluula (me) would love you all to come and join in the fun.

If you are too busy to join in this week's fun don't worry, Ozstuff will be hosting the next challenge and her theme will be Doors.

As always thanks for looking.

PSSST. THE SECRET'S OUT

There's a brand new blog, the Three Muses, where each Wednesday Taluula, Ozstuff or Indybev will be challenging you to create something inspired and interesting.

We know that each of you will have a preferred artistic medium so whether you like to work with paper or paint, fabric or digital we'd love you to join in. After all, part of the fun is to see the diverse interpretations on a theme. So come and join in the fun (a little early this first week) at the Three Muses

PSSST. HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?

Sunday Postcard Art - Vintage Bathing Beauties

This bathing beauty seems to have found the ideal tropical paradise.

Credit to Suzee Que for the bathing beauty and the Sailor and Lula for the tropical paradise.

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Thank God It's Friday - Dreams

I created this using the wonderful images at Vintage Printables.

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Make a Moo Or Two - Alphabet

Credit to Spotted Sparrow for the wonderful graphics for me to play with.

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Theme Thursday - Harold's Hat

The theme being hats this week at Theme Thursday reminded me of Harold who has an amazing taste in hats.

Credit to Vintage Printables for Harold, Madam Mim for the background and Valerie Brincheck for the Clown hat.

The font is Prissy Frat Boy.

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Sunday Postcard Art - First Birthday

Happy First Birthday to Sunday Postcard Art.

All elements are courtesy of Irene Alexeeva and the background is by Karyn Robinson.

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Mixed Media Monday - Layers

Layers is the theme this week and I found two superb images to layer and blend.

Freeparking provided the woman (free to use at Flickr) and the words are courtesy of Karen Lewis.

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Quirkle 91 - Rainbow Music

Peppapig is hosting the Quirkle at Digital Art Quirks this week and she's challenged us to use : a chandelier, a musical instrument and a rainbow in our art this week.

I truly loved making this.

Credit to Irene Alexeeva for the elements and background and thank you to Jayne for the challenge.

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Collage Play With Crowabout Challenge - Week 37

Another wonderful collage sheet supplied by Nancy inspired me to create this quirky fairytale piece.

All elements are courtesy of Nancy Baumiller and the fonts are : Monaco, Prefix, 3rd Man and Agent Red.

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Stock Photo Challenge 75 - Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Cindy hosted the Stock Photo challenge this week and she chose an image by Idelore at Stockxchnge.

I added a second layer, used the difference blend and removed all but the red and placed the lightbulb strategically!!!

Font : Monaco.

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Mixed Media Monday - Feathered Friends

Mummy I want some!!!

Feathered Friends is this week's theme and this is what came to my very deranged mind.

Credit to Raspberry Road for the birds and book and to Take a Break for the backgrounds.

Everything has been altered in one way or another.

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Sunday Postcard Art - Numbers

Numbers is the theme at Sunday Postcard Art challenge this week and this is what came to my mind. Mmmmmm.

Credit to SparkYourImagination for the background paper, which I layered and blended with a gold paper from Stockxchange.

Font is Agent Orange, again layered and blended into the backgrounds.

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Make a Moo Or Two - Happy

The theme at Make A Moo Or Two this week is Happy.

Well one of these two little girls couldn't quite manage it.

Credit to SparkYourImagination for the children and the Moo backgrounds, and to Valerie Brincheck for the background.

Font used : Justoldfashion

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Fun and Games

I did this for the Collage Play With Crowabout challenge. As usual Nancy provides a collage sheet and then we get creative.

Credit to Nancy Baumiller for the collage sheet.

Font : Justoldfashion.

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Mixed Media Monday - Altered People

Here's my interpretation of the theme of Altered People at Mixed Media Monday this week.

All elements are courtesy of Valerie Brincheck.

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Altered Self Portrait

I hosted the April ATC swap challenge at Digital Art Quirks last month and I challenged participants to produce an altered Self Portrait

This one is my contribution and believe me when I say that this is only the body of my dreams!

Credit to Liana's Paperdoll blog for the body, Effie's blog for the furniture, frame, bottle and picture, Madam Mim for the background. Oh and me.

Font : Palsu

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Sunday Postcard Art - Postage People

A very interesting and enjoyable challenge from Sunday Postcard Art this week where Marion has chosen Postage People as the inspiration for the challenge.

Credit goes to Artsyfartsyqueen for the Abraham Lincoln, Betty Boop and Cat postage stamps. The 'People' are courtesy of Valerie Brincheck. Charles Darwin and the Queen are scans of actual postage.

Fonts used : FG Adrian and Palsu.

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DAQ Quirkle Challenge 88 - Wish You Were Here

The Quirkle challenge at Digital Art Quirks this week was hosted by Donna who challenged us to use 1) a butterfly, 2) something yellow and 3) a triangle in our work.

There's no denying I was stumped this week and got caught up in the triangle bit and eventually this is what I produced.

Credit to Muddled Mind for the face, ATheeC for the body (both free to us at Flickr) and to Valerie Brincheck for the stamp.

Fonts used : Palsu and Vilma Handwriting.

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Make a Moo Or Two - Kiss

The theme at Make a Moo Or Two this week is A Kiss and this is my interpretation.

The statue is one from my own collection of photographs. I added a blue background, duplicated the whole thing and and blended first with multiply and then with a second layer blended with screen. After flattening the whole image I added a posterize filter, followed by an outline filter. Finally I made a drop shadow and added bevel and emboss to give the whole thing a raised edge.

The font is Dakota Handwriting.

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Theme Thursday - Masculine

Clarence is ALL man, except when his morning newspaper arrives, then he gives way to reckless abandon.

Clarence and his wonderful legs are images courtesy of Valerie Brincheck. The chair is cyber surfed and the backgrounds are my own.

Font : Floydian.

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Stock Photo Challenge 74 - Hands

Over at Digital Art Quirks the stock photo challenge this week was hosted by Cindy who chose the hands by Straymuse from Stockxchnge.

This is my interpretation. The map and the lady who shops (both much altered) are courtesy of the very generous Valerie Brincheck from her blog Sum of All Crafts. The shoe and hat boxes are by Kubivet.




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Works of Art ATC Challenge - Starry Night

Across at Flickr the Works of Art ATC challenge this week is inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night.

This is my interpretation.

I tried my hand at a bit of digital daubing which I then swirled with the smudge tool, altered and added the castle from my own photos, and finished with a grain filter.

Van Gogh made it look so easy ..... but it wasn't!

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Make A Moo Or Two - Quote

This week the theme for the challenge is to use a Quote and I've chosen a quote about time.

The Charlie Chaplin image and background were duplicated and blended with a colour burn to give them brightness and depth. I inserted a clock image between the two other images and blended it with a pin light at 50 percent to keep time in the background. All images are courtesy of Kubivet.

Fonts used : OldiesButGoodies and Apple Gothic and added a drop shadow to both to create definition.

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Skinny Cards - Sorrow

Credit to Valerie Brincheck for the lady, and to Lucretious for the red background and to Poisynn for the green background both from Stockxchnge.

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Gothic Arches - Home is Where The Heart Is

This is my interpretation for this week's theme at Gothic Arches.

The images are all from my own photo collection.

The font : Celtic Hand.

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Sunday Postcard Art - Pierrot

Here's my interpretation of the Sunday Postcard Art challenge this week.

Credit to Valerie Brincheck for the lady, and the background and the frame (both much altered) are courtesy of Numbum.

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Stock Photo Challenge 71 - It Might Have Been Her Easter Bonnet

Kimmie is hosting the Stock Photo challenge across at Digital Art Quirks this week and she chose a photo of a tree for us to work with.




If Lily had been more organised this would have been her Easter Bonnet.

Credit to Valerie Brincheck for the lady, to the designers of the WaterLO Project for the background, flowers, ladybird. Thank you also to Cabrantes from Stockxchnge for the stock photo.

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A Crush on Daisy

I had a good time just letting this take me where ever it wanted to with the images I'd made available.

Credit to Valerie Brincheck who gave most of these images (free to use) on her blog - The Sum of All Crafts.

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