Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Three Muses Challenge - Postage Stamps

The image used is from a Flickr-free-to-use website. Stamped background by Christina Renee Designs, other handwritten, aged notes and stamps from my own collection.

38 comments:

  1. Oooh, do like that, Marie, play on words - waiting for mail!!!' LOL!!

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  2. Hey Marie
    Magnificent how you composed al the elements together !!
    Colourful-senstational and again digital MAGIC !!

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  3. Your work is stunning! What a treasure trove of beautiful eye candy!!!

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  4. Your entry is amazing! I love the colors and composition.

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  5. Beautiful vintage, Marie. Funny thing, I had done a vintage piece, then started playing around making boxes of stamps and ended up with a contemporary one. I'm glad. I couldn't compete with this beautiful bit of magic!

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  6. Oh wow wow wow wow wow amazing vintage collage. Fantastic design and the background rock. Wonderful work Marie.

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  7. Absolutely gorgeous, love that image

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  8. Very beautiful...gorgeous Post Art! Your background is so perfect! Guess she is waiting for the new mail order catalogue.

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  9. Love it Marie! (Intriguing subject, isn't she?) The grungey style is completely yummy and I don't care if that makes no sense! Lol!

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  10. now is this super or what?!! wonderful selction of stamps and the colors give a wonderful vintage feeling!

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  11. Oh now Marie, you have excelled yourself, and since everything you do is gorgeous that is saying a lot.

    Beautiful with a wonderful heritage feel.

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  12. Fantastic, love the background and the image. Great colours.

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  13. Ohhhh...she is waiting for mail..
    Your creation is amazing, Marie.

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  14. Gorgeous piece, love the vintage look.

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  15. Like always, your vintage pieces are amazing! If I knew how to do that I wonder whether I would bother with paint, glue and all the mess I constantly seem to create. You are a magician! (and yes I know I have said that before)

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  16. Oh, I love the vintage feel of this--love all of those stamps!!

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  17. Absolutely marvelous!! Love all the layers and the sense of depth.
    Fabuulous.

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  18. Hallo,
    At first: Thank you so much for your lovley comment.
    Your work is absolutly fantastic.
    Hugs Babsi

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  19. Wonderful Marie- you really sense her anticipation. The beautiful rich colors add depth and age to the piece!

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  20. This is "vintage wonderful", Marie! I love the colors of the lady on your beautifully aged background. Hugs, Terri xoxo

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  21. Marie, you can't imagine how I love your card!!! The colors, the mystery, the old lady... Everything!!!

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  22. Your wonderful collage is very touching - think of al the people who have been waiting for mail from their loved ones! The background collage is really fantastic.

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  23. LOVE it! I can feel her pain!

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  24. I can just picture this woman waiting out at the end of her lane for the mail to be delivered. Hmmm...wonder who the sender will be? Very narrative piece and absolutely gorgeously designed.

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  25. Again, this is fab imagery and expression of your main thought. So well done!

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  26. I have been hunting everywhere for this! Thank goodness I found it on Yahoo.

    Thank you!

    LAURI
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  27. Love your design! Completely fabulous piece!

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  28. Fantastic vintage work Marie, she didn't grow old while she was waiting on her mail was she?
    Just kidding Mary, I love her and your work.

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  29. I think she must be waiting for a letter from her son who has gone away - to sea, or to war - who knows? This is gorgeous Marie!

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  30. Absolutely wonderful collage, I love the vintage old granny and background colours are just delicious

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  31. she almost looks like she's been around the world and back again...she must know a lot of people far away...fantastic background!

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  32. Fantastic collage, Marie and love the subtlety of the possible double meaning!

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  33. This is very particularly and fantastic. I can't say it in English what I am thinking of that wonderful and beautiful collage. I say, only: I love it.

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