Take a Word Challenge #29 - ORIENTAL

This oriental lady is the sum of her parts - face from a shop mannequin which explains the rather square jaw and wooden gaze; wig painted in by me; robe and garden temple from Alana McCarthy at Scrapbookgraphics; background by Ztampf also at SBG and the Googled Japanese lettering which (I hope) says HAPPINESS, hoping that the lady might cheer up for her big unveiling on the blog.

Three Muses Challenge - Altering Mona

The background was painted by me, Mona Googled with brushes by Katie Pertiet.

Take a Word #28 - CHOCOLATE

The image is from a collage sheet by E-Vint.com (coloured).  Everything else Googled (background chocolate, chocolate roses and vintage ads).

Three Muses Challenge - Stripes

Thanks for the stripey challenge, Bev!  The man's face, altered, is from a collage sheet by Moonlight journey.  I painted in his body.  Sorry that the stripes aren't exactly even but, hey, I drew them with a mouse.  The background striped vintage paper is by Lorie Davison and the overlay by Creativewings Designs.  The bird comes from my software program.  The quote is by William Shakespeare.

Take a Word #27 - EXPOSED

Frida Kahlo painted countless portraits of herself and she was not afraid to expose her supposed flaws.  She said "I never paint dreams or nightmares.  I paint my own reality."
Looking at my picture above, perhaps I didn't learn the lesson of never painting dreams and nightmares!  I made a digital brush from a Kahlo self-portrait and vastly altered a background by Createwing Designs which I coloured and cut and pasted.  The hand was Googled and the paint splatters are digital brushes.

The Three Muses Challenge - Underwear

The lady, posting tastefully in bloomers, is from a collage sheet by E-Vint.com.  The vintage underwear ad is from Kubivet (a freebie).  The leaves are by Lauren Bavin.

Take a Word Challenge #26 - MEMORIES

Poor Monique - she left her home and family to pursue a life on the stage and she was left with only memories.  The main image (coloured to within an inch of its life from the original sepia) is from the late Suzee Que at Flickr.  The man and boy are from DeadFred at Flickr and the small girl is from Outsider Artists.  All freebies.  The aged look overlay is by Manuela Zimmerman at Scrapbookgraphics.

The Three Muses Challenge - Mail Art

I chose to design an art envelope for my sample picture.  The image of the lady is from Wikimedia Commons (copyright free).  The balloons are from Createwing Designs and the background and leaves from After Five Designs.  The old Australian stamp was Googled.  Two shillings and sixpence!!  We have had decimal currency for almost 50 years.  Apologies to my English friends for playing around with place names and addresses.  I never cease to be fascinated with the quaint names of villages and towns in the UK.

Take a Word Challenge #25 - TRAVEL

The image is a freebie from Ali Mayes (where are you Ali?).  The suitcase was Googled, the British passport is from Tangie Baxter and the background columns are from Createwings Designs.

Sunday Postcard Art - Song Title - AM I BLUE?

The image used is from the late Suzee Que at Flickr (coloured).  The background and blue overlay is by me.  Digital stamps by Vera Lim.
This is a very old song originally sung (I believe) by the great Billie Holliday, later by Ella Fitzgerald and kept alive by Bette Midler and even Cher.  I think there must be hundreds of versions of it.

The Three Muses Challenge - LOCK AND KEY

The image, altered, is a Flickr-free-to use.  Fence and keys Lorie Davison SBG.  Splodges of paint my own.  Thanks to Bev for the thoughtful theme. 

Glenys (Fibre Arts Collage) has asked me to post a link to her entry for this week's Muses challenge as she is away at a fibre arts conference.  You can find it HERE

Take a Word #24 - Lace

I think I went a bit mad with lace.  The beautiful face is a Flickr-free-to-use by the late and sadly missed Suzee Que.  All lace is from Jenu Designs, blue flowers by Lauren Bavin.

Sunday Postcard Art - Dance!

The dancer is from a collage sheet by E-Vint.com (coloured from black and white).  The background is by Lauren Bavin.

Three Muses Challenge - Victorian Elegance

Nice challenge, Ann.  The image is a Flickr-free-to-use and the background and flowers are from Lauren Bavin.

Take a Word Challenge #23 - Umbrella

Unfortunately, in my part of the world, umbrellas are seldom required.  Our weather patterns are breaking records in every direction - hottest summer on record, hottest first month of autumn, driest winter and so on.  My take on umbrellas is a little bit sombre.
The wonderful image of a farmer from another time is from Wikimedia Commons (copyright free).  The news clip is from a free newspaper headline generator (recoloured).  Other bits and pieces from Createwings Designs and Catherine Designs, both at After Five Designs.
Please accept my apologies for not keeping up with my comments recently.  I have been very busy helping two daughters and their children due to illnesses (none serious - just inconvenient).  Hopefully things will be back to normal very soon.

The Three Muses Challenge - Steampunkerie

Here is my Steampunk Man (with attitude - and some graffiti).  The face comes from a collage sheet by Moonlight Journey and other bits and pieces are from Lauren Bavin at Digitalscrapbookplace and Lorie Davison and Maya at Scrapbookgraphics.

Take a Word Challenge #22 - Blooms

All my own work except for the face which comes from a Flickr free-to-use image.

Sunday Postcard Art - White

"White" is quite a challenge!  The face was originally a Flickr Free image from the late Suzee Que.  I drew the body.  The white flowers are by Birgit Kerr at Scrapbookgraphics.

Three Muses Challenge - Land of Odd

Bev has given us "Land of Odd" as our theme of the week and this is very serendipitous for me as I know the true story, having been a student of the history of this small nation, ruled for centuries by the Baguette royal family or, as we say in the French "La Baguette Famille Royale".  The Land of Odd was a tiny principality and, sadly, to maintain the royal line, the Baguette family was forced to arrange marriages within its own small circle.    The outcome was that some family members were genetically challenged.  (See portrait of the Princess Genetica above).
The gown is an Ozstuffe Originale, painted in ArtRage.  The image is one I have had in my stash for a long time.  I think it came from Stockxchange.  The crown is by Lorie Davison and some of the ephemera is from Irene Alexeeva.

Take a Word Challenge #21 - Architecture

I painted the background (digitally) and added the black and white stencil style skyline (by Christina Renee) which I coloured.  The frame is from one of my software packages and the little girl (altered by re-dressing) was excised from an old postage  stamp many years ago and I can't remember the source.