First of all, I have to apologize to Terri Kahrs (Pringle Hill Studios) for using her beautiful freebie in a less than respectful way. Sorry for that, Terri, but thanks for the freebie which I promise I will use with the real faces one of these days.
I think this little child is a boy. The lace would have us think otherwise but I have photos from old family albums of my own and very small boys were dressed in overblown tunic dresses, quite often with lace attached.
My sulphur crested cockatoos have been altered within an inch of their lives. I have overpainted them and given them new legs . The ephemera comes from collage sheets by Lisa's Altered Art, the music was Googled and the lady bird's legs are by Fiddlette of Scrapartist.
I love these beautiful old photos. The couple look like pioneers. The woman's face is thin and worn and weary and she is pitifully thin. She probably lived a life of very hard work.
The image from Suzee Que at Flickr-free-to-use has been overpainted and altered outrageously. Background by Dawn van der Stoep, Creativewing Designs.
"A woman's work is never done" - at least in the generation I come from where male chauvinism ruled (and still rules)!! So this is my contribution for "Busy"!!
Solitude is important to me but it seems to come in very small doses! The quote, from Henry David Thoreau, fits me to a tee.
Thanks to Itkupilli and Elegia for a great new challenge. I have used the photo of the mansion and the word "abandoned". Background by Creativewing Designs and overlay by Lauren Bavin. Image a Flickr-free-to-use, coloured and altered.
The lady is carrying a hockey stick but as she is not dressed for a game I assume she is waiting for her hubby to come home after a night out. I guess this is another game people play!!
Great new challenge - thanks Kersten! The image (greatly altered) is a Flickr-free-to-use. The bird and background papers are by Ztampf.
Thanks to the lovely ladies at ACF for this week's challenge - and giving us the beautiful image and painted background. The image has been coloured and I have used an overlay and berries by Lauren Bavin at Digital Scrapbook Place.
Ahh, those were the days in the dim, dark past!! The images are from Lunagirl Collage and the balloons, butterfly and sparkle are by Irene Alexeeva at Scraporchard. I used an overlay by Lauren Bavin.
What seems like weeks ago,Ms Terri Kahrs offered the above freebie to her friends. I have been waiting for a chance to use it ever since. My impatience level must have been high because I now see that it was posted on her blog less than a week ago.
The frame and frost are by Maya a Scrapbookgraphics, the "snow" by Ruth Davis at E-scape and Scrap. The image is a Flickr-free-to-use, coloured and re-dressed.
Nowadays, keeping up with the Joneses means spending money that isn't there to buy "label" clothes. I had to smile when I saw today's image because it seems that keeping up with the Joneses a hundred years ago meant throwing layer upon layer, silly hats, froth and bubble at some poor unsuspecting child!! Therefore, I was forced to make a few changes just to make her feel better, although she looks as happy as the cat!
The background, which includes some added embellishments, comes from Lily, at After Five Designs.
