SUNDAY POSTCARD

This was the first piece of digital art I ever made.  A pictorial memory of my family past and present.

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LOVE BIRDS

 

Marie is our host at the Three Muses this week and she's chosen BLACKBIRD as her theme.  That got me to thinking  about Fred and Agnes, a couple of blackbirds who live in my neighbourhood who I noticed have been getting very friendly of late.    I can't be sure but I think love is in the air ....... don't you?

Credit to JoesSistah, Honey Designs and Efie's blog.

Thanks Marie for a great challenge.

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TAKE A WORD

Marie's word this week is ANGEL so here is mine : The Angel of the North a sculpture by Anthony Gormley here in the UK.    Yes, I know ....... I always have to be different ..... but it's not me, it's my Muse!

Thanks Marie.

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SUNDAY POSTCARD ART

 

Terri is hosting the Sunday Postcard Art challenge this week and she's chosen Hats n Crowns as her theme.   So here is a bit of silliness from me.  :D

The background is courtesy of Paree Erica.

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THREE MUSES 75 - SHOWTIME

There is nothing will lift my spirits faster than a few show tunes blasting out at a level of decibels that should come with a  health and safety warning!    So here is my interpretation of Lisa Minnelli singing  Cabaret ..... so put down your knitting, the book and the broom..... time for a holiday .... life is a cabaret old chum ..

Credit to JoesSistah for the blended backgrounds.  Fonts are Jaz let and Glitter Font.

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TAKE A WORD

Marie has chosen TIME for the first word on her new challenge Take A Word.  I had great fun making this.

Thanks Marie for a wonderful new challenge.

Credits to JoesSistah for the blended backgrounds, to MagicMarie for the quartered clock, PSD Designs for the hour glass (much altered),  all other elements are in the public domain.

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TAKE A WORD - OPENS TOMORROW

Well, the waiting is almost  over and first thing tomorrow Marie will give us our first WORD and ask us to get creative.  Wooohooo can't wait.

See my sidebar for a link to Marie's exciting new challenge.

THREE MUSES 74 - HATS

Bev has chosen HATS for her theme at the Muses this week and that got me thinking.  Should it be a steampunk hat with goggles and a wing mirror, or may be a zetti hat, tall and stripey, a dunce's hat, a cowboy hat,  a top hat, a bowler hat .......... mmmmmmmm ...... or may be something else!

Then I found this gorgeous creature and knew I should make a hat fit for a queen.

Thanks Bev, for a lovely challenge.

Credit to JoesSistah for the bakcgrounds (two blended together), Dover copyright free for the lovely lady, and Efies.blogspot for everything else.

Thank you so much for looking.

EIGHT DAYS AND COUNTING

Have you heard there's a new challenge coming soon?  It's called TAKE A WORD and will open on November 1.

Each week Marie (aka Ozstuff) will  prompt us with just one WORD and the rest is up to us.   All we have to do is have fun with our WORD.   Yes, it really is that simple.

Eight days and counting ............

WITCHES

Witches is the theme at Sunday Postcard this week.  Here is a particularly ANGRY one who appears to have eaten something that hasn't totally agreed with her.

Credit to GWDesigns.

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THINGS WITH WINGS - THREE MUSES

Marie has chosen THINGS WITH WINGS for her theme at the Three Muses this week and that reminded me of my great new invention ........ well, I'm going to invent it one of these days.  You know that feeling, when a day at the shops leaves you with hot, painful, swollen feet?   Well, here's the answer boots for shopping in ....... the very best THINGS WITH WINGS.

Thanks Marie for a wonderful theme!

Credit goes to JoesSistah for the background and also to Efies.blogspot.com

Thanks for looking.  :D

HOLIDAYS - YIPEE

Yipee .....  two weeks in the sun.  See ya soon!

Oooooo, is that my flat tum and shapely ankles?   

THE BUTTERFLY PROJECT

Here is my butterfly for the BUTTERFLY PROJECT,  which I made in ArtRage and then finished by hand and is now winging its way to Trudi at Two Dresses Studio


If you would like to know more about the project click on the button on my sidebar or visit Trudi's blog.

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SEPTEMBER ATC AND ENVELOPE SWAP

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Jayne (aka Peppapig) chose the theme for our September ATC swap and challenged me to Alter Mona!

Since Autumn has hit the UK hard this year I thought I would choose to echo that by giving Mona an overcoat and show her blown sidewise by the blustery winds and rain.  Brrrrrrr!

I used Lumiscraps Autumn kit and made not only an ATC but also a matching envelope to carry it to Jayne.

I also had a little envelope swap going on with the Muses, so the same envelope was swapped with Marie and Bev.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.