Collage Play With Crowabout - Week 50

Nancy Baumiller aka Crowabout is celebrating her 50th collage challenge this week and as it was a special birthday challenge Nancy issued 3 separate collage sheets and this collage is made from a mixture of all three.

Congratulations Nancy.

Thank you for looking.

Three Muses Challenge 12 - Give Us A Hand

Bev is hosting the challenge at the Three Muses this week and her chosen theme is Give Us A Hand.

So thanks Bev for yet another great theme and here is my entry.

Credit to NumbBumm, Irene Alexeeva and Honey Designs (everything much digitally primped and altered).

Thank you for looking.

Sunday Postcard Art - Botanica

Here is my entry for the Sunday Postcard Art Challeng where the theme this week is Botanica.

Credit to Playing with Brushes and Galiscrap.

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Thank God It's Friday - Banners

It's Banners this week at TGIF so here is my little piece for the challenge.

All elements are courtesy of the very talented Tammara at Pixel Music.

Thanks for looking.

Three Muses Challenge 11 - Wings on Things

Marie is hosting the Three Muses challenge this week and her theme is Wings on Things.

Why wings made me think of flying pigs I have no idea but it did. So here is PIGS MIGHT FLY, my entry for the challenge.

Thanks Marie for another great theme.

Credit to Irene Alexeeva for the background and weather vane, and Tammara at Pixel Music for the wonderful couple and the landscape. The pigs were cybersurfed.

Thank you so much for looking.

Collage Play wih Crowabout - Loose Women and Wine

It's week 49 of Nancy's Collage Play With Crowabout challenge. Here's my take on the challenge.

Credit to Nancy for the collage sheet. The font is Scramble.

Thanks for looking.

Sunday Postcard Art - Glamour Girls

Thanks to Terri who is our host at Sunday Postcards this week. She chose the wonderful theme of Glamour Girls and this one is mine.

Glamour girl is courtesy of SuzeeQue and the curtains and backgrounds are thanks to Efie's blogspot, (all have been much primped and altered).

Thanks for looking.

So Artful Challenge

June gave us an old book cover to play with this week and here is what I came up with.

Book cover (altered) courtesy of June, butterfly, dragonfly, frog, glasses and eye, all courtesy of Efie at her blogspot.






Here is the original image.






Thanks for looking.

Thank God It's Friday - At The Beach

The Beach is the theme at Thank God It's Friday this week and this is my take on the challenge.

The photo (much primped, coloured and warped) is a Flickr free to use by VeryGoodAtComputers. The beach background is my own.

Thanks for looking.

Theme Thursday - Orange

Created for the Theme Thursday colour theme of Orange and also for the Stock Photo challenge at Digital Art Quirks.

Credit to Beiwoef at Stockxchnge for the the orange background, KPertiet for the Botanist overlay and to Honey Designs for everything else from her Sleeping Beauty kit.

Thanks for looking.

Three Muses Challenge 10 - Get Ahead Get A Hat

It's my turn to host the Three Muses challenge this week and I chose the theme of Hats and this is my interpretation!

Credit goes to Granny Art for the lovely rag doll, to NummBumb for the backgrounds, the hat was Googled, and the font is Shoplifter.

Thanks for Looking.

Sunday Postcard Art - Nursery Rhymes

I chose Three Blind Mice for my interpretation of the theme of Nursery Rhymes at Sunday Postcards this week.

Credit to Efie's blogspot.

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Digital Art Quirks 100th Quirkle

It's the 100th Quirkle at DAQ and Kim challenged us to use :

1 - A flood
2 - Some Flowers
3 - An element of music be it lyric or note.

Here's mine.

Credit to Efie's Blogspot for everything here.

TFL

Thank God It's Friday - Pens and Brushes

TGIF's theme this week is Pens and Brushes.

If you are not from the UK then you might not see the joke

unless you click here

Credit to Efie's Blogspot for all the lovely free elements here. Mabel and Arthur are from my own collection.

Fonts : Pusab and Shoplifter.

Thanks for looking.

Theme Thursday - Purple

This is my Purple Bookmark for the Theme Thursday Challenge where this week the theme is Purple.

Credit to Efie's blog for the purple background.

The font is Leftovers.

TFL

Three Muses Challenge 9 - Art In The Round

Across at the Three Muses Bev is hosting the challenge this week and her theme is Art In The Round and here is the little piece I created. Thanks Bev.

Credit to Effie's Blog for everything other than the text path which is courtesy of Just2MoreThings blogspot.

Font is Mary Jane Tankard.

TFL

Collage Play With Crowabout - Week 47

Aahh I don't know where they come from but they keep a coming!

Created for the Collage Play With Crowabout challenge from a collage sheet provided by Nancy. Thanks Nancy.

TFL

Quirkle 99 - Tu es mon amour

It's the 99th Quirkle at Digital Art Quirks and this week Lumiyon challenged us to use a :

a French Picture
a Flea market find
a A piece of French poetry, a quote or a word.

Here's mine.

Tolouse Lautrec's The Kiss overlaid with postcard reverses and a French phrase.

Font : Leftovers

Thanks for looking

DAQ - JULY POSTCARD SWAP

A postcard I created for the July Postcard Swap at Digital Art Quirks.

Credit to Artsyfartsyqueen for the figures (much altered), the sky background is Irene Alexeeva and the checkerboard was cypersurfed.

TFL

Thank God It's Friday - Tears

I am the guest host for TGIF this week and the chosen theme is tears.

Here is my sample for your inspiration.

Credit to Thanx at Stockxchnge and Irene Alexeeva. Other bits and pieces are my own.

Thank you for looking.

Theme Thursday - 4 x 4

For Theme Thursday's 4 x 4 challenge.

Credit to BeckyF (Flickr free to use) for the background. The image of Marilyn is Public Domain.

Thanks for Looking.

Three Muses - Challenge 8 - Inspirational People

Marie is hosting the theme at the Three Muses this week and she has chosen Inspirational People. Thanks Marie.

Well I think you may have guessed that my inspirational person was Salvador Dali.

Credit to Bowling Robot and Artsyfartsyqueen (both from Flickr), Clix from Stockxchnge and Irene Alexeeva. Other bits and pieces are my own.

TFL

TGIF - Words

This week we have words at TGIF. So here are some words ... literally.

Credit to Lula Fernay for the jar and Numbumm for the alpha and dragon fly.

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Sunday Postcard Art - Fashion

Mabel prided herself on her fashion sense for hats.

Credit to Takeabreak, WaterLO Project and Madam Mim. The hats were Googled.

Fonts : Aardvark, Borneo and Conquistadorman.

Thanks Marie for a great theme.

TFL

Digital Art Quirks - Fresco

Created for Stock Photo 79 at Digital Art Quirks.

Credit to CBirrell from Stockxchnge for the background overlaid with two public domain images provided by June at ArtFreebies.

Thanks for looking.

Three Muses - Challenge 7 - Incredible Journey

Well it's my turn to host the Three Muses challenge this week, and I chose the theme of an Incredible Journey.

I hope you will agree that Alice's journey was, well, incredible, so here she is falling down the rabbit hole.

Credit to Artsyfartsyqueen, Irene Alexeeva, Effies Blog and also Andthenpatterns and Free Printables (both free to use at Flickr).

The font is Tom's New Roman Handwriting.

Thanks so much for looking.

So Artful Challenge - Angel Tears

The theme at So Artful this week is Angel Tears and this is me experimenting with Photoshop Styles.

Credit to Numbumm for the frame, the Angel was Googled, the tears are mine and the glass effect over the angel is me playing with more styles.

Thanks for looking.

Sunday Postcard Art - Vintage Children

Even as a child Mabel knew she was special.

Thanks Gayle for a super challenge.

Credit to Spark Your Imagination for the child, the background is by the WaterLO Project with an overlay of my own.

Fonts are Trajon Pro, and Tom's Handwriting.

TFL

Thank God It's Friday - A Piece of Heaven

Bev is hosting the TGIF challenge this week and her theme is A Piece of Heaven. This is what came to my mind.

Credit to Irene Alexeeva for the backgrounds and to commons.wikimedia.com for the apple image (in the public domain).

Collage Play With Crowabout - Oooops

It's week 44 of Nancy's Collage Play with Crowabout challenge and this is my interpretation.

Credit to Nancy Baumiller aka Crowabout.

Font : Tom's Handwriting.

TFL

THREE MUSES CHALLENGE 6 - WORD SALAD

Bev chose Word Salad for the theme of our sixth challenge across at the Three Muses this week and I had loads of fun creating this 'flight' of fancy.

Credit to Irene Alexeeva for the background and the ladder, and Suzee Que for the lovely man.

The fonts used were Trajon Pro, Tweed and Swinger Casual.

It seems all you have to do is Believe!

Thanks Bev.

Marion's Annual ATC Challege - Zetti

Here is the final of my three contributions to Marion's annual challenge.

Credit to Artsyfartsyqueen, Tammara at Pixel Music and a few bits and pieces from me.

TFL

Saturday So Artful

June provided us with yet another beautiful background to work with and this is what I created.

Credit to June at So Artful challenges and to Suzee Que.

TFL

Marion's Annual ATC Challenge - Zetti

Here is my second ATC for Marion's Annual ATC challenge. This one is called, not surprisingly, It's Raining.

Credit to Irene Alexeeva, Artsyfartsyqueen, Tammara at Pixel Music, Kubivet and some bits and pieces from me.

Sunday Postcard Art - Fabric

It's fabric this week at the Sunday Postcard Art challenge and of course this is my entry.

Credit to Playing with brushes for the background and Digiscrapbooking for the flowers and the butterfly.

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Thank God It's Friday - Red Flower

Red flowers this week at TGIF, so here's mine. :O)

Credit to the talented ladies at the WaterLO project.

Thanks for looking.

Marion's Annual ATC Challenge

Marion from bockel24 blogspot is hosting her annual ATC Swap Challenge, which this year is Zetti, and this is the first of three from me.

Credit to Artsyfartsyqueen, Irene Alexeeva, Tammara at Pixel Music and some bits and pieces of my own. Most everything has been greatly altered.

Marion this one will be on it's way to you by the middle of next week.

TFL

Mandrake Over Trinidad

I created this for the Quirkle challenge at Digital Art Quirks where this week Evelyn challenged us to use a :

mandrake template
crown
full moon.

Credit to humholdthead for the wonderful photo of Full moon over Trinidad {Creative Commons - Flickr}, also to Tammara at Pixel Music for the crown and Victoria Payne for the mandrake template, both the crown and and mandrake were greatly altered.

TFL

Three Muses Challenge 5 - Surreal

Across at the Three Muses Challenge Marie is hosting the challenge this week and has chosen Surreal as her theme.

Yaay I just love this theme, my brain being a teeeeny bit on a surreal wave length most of the time as you can probably see from my entry.

Thanks Marie for a wonderful challenge theme.

Credit to Vintage Printables and Irene Alexeeva for suffering me to tweak their stuff enough to create something unusual in an unexpected place. :O)

Works of Art ATC Challenge - Michael Parkes Inspired

I created this for this week's Works of Art ATC challenge. Artsyfartsyqueen challenged us to take Michael Parkes as our inspiration.

Credit to Irene Alexeeva and Artsyfartsyqueen for the background, circle and face. The theatre mask is my own.

TFL

Saturday So Artful Challenge - Gypsy

Gypsy is the theme for this week at So Artful Challenge.

Thank you to June for the Gypsy, now much altered.

TFL

Happy Holidays

Credit to Clearly Vintage for Mr and Mrs President, Fantacy provided the fireworks, MeiTeng from Stockxchnge the bird and the background is a blend of my own.

Thanks for looking.

Three Muses Challenge 4 - Up, Up and Away

It's my turn to host the Three Muses challenge this week and I have chosen the theme of Up, Up and Away.

As soon as I thought about this theme I realised for me it meant vintage bicycles travelling through the sky so here we go.

Credit goes to Irene Alexeeva, Artsyfartsyqueen, Suzee Que and Vintage Printables (free to use at Flickr).

Thanks for looking.

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.

Thanks for looking.

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.

Thanks for looking.

Collage Play With Crowabout - Week 41

My entry for the Crowabout Challenge.

Thanks to Nancy for the collage sheet.

Font is Minion Pro.

Thanks for looking.

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.

Thanks for looking.

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.

Thanks for looking.