Three Muses Challenge - SORROW

 

 

 

Thanks to Bev for a thoughtful challenge.  My collage includes an image from Flickr Lost Gallery free to use.  It is a painting of Saint Humbert of Savoy.  The script was Googled and the background and arch are from Itkupilli.  Dolor is a Latin word for sorrow.  Gridlines a Photoshop brush.

Take a Word Challenge - NUMBERS

 

The image is from Flickr Lost Gallery free-to-use.  The background is by me and the vine and bird are from Itkupilli at Deviantscrap.

Three Muses Challenge - HATS

 

Thanks to Ann for the hat challenge!  The image is from Graphics Fairy. I converted it to a PS brush and tinted it with digital water colours.  The flourish on the hat is a PS brush.  Background a scanned dictionary page.  Leaf scatter from ArtRage software.

Take a Word Challenge - BOOKS

I love collages because they can be as sane or as silly as we like.  Mona and the book were Googled, other bits and pieces by Irene Alexeeva and Creativewings Designs. Quotation by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The Three Muses Challenge - Some Like it Hot - Warm Colours

 

All my own work, painted in ArtRage with mouse!  The most difficult thing to do with a mouse is print. Quote by Pablo Picasso.

Take a Word Challenge - BEACH

I have to confess this picture was created some years ago and, pushed for time, I took the easy way out.  The bathing beauty is from a collection from Tangie Baxter and other bits and pieces by Fiddlette and Ruth Davis.

The Three Muses Challenge - Postage Stamps

 

I googled this postage stamp from an issue featuring famous Australians.  It can be a lot of fun making postage stamp people by adding a body to the stamp.  Takes some moving around and trickery. The body I used is from a 1930's fashion collection by Tangie Baxter.

Take a Word Challenge - Childhood

The quote is from Helen Hayes, a great stage and film actress from long ago.  The image is from e-vint.com and the background bits and pieces are from Rosey Posey at Scrapbookgraphics.

Sunday Postcard Art - DOORS

Girl drawn by me using face of old time movie star, Louise Brooks.  Bird also by me.  House and doors from Fiddlette.

Three Muses Challenge - Positive Affirmation

 

Background by Lorie Davison, Archway - Itkupilli, painting from a collection of 19th century American art "It's about time" by Barbara Wells Sarudy. Odd bits of ephemera from my stash.  Quote by C.S. Lewis.

Take a Word Challenge - CIRCLES

 

Well, I asked for circles and I am giving you circles by the score!!  Image (altered and coloured) from e-vint.com.  Paper flowers by Birgit Kerr.  Buttons from stash.  Everything else created in ArtRage digital painting software.

The Three Muses Challenge - Fashionable Ladies

 

 

I love this vintage photo of two very fashionable young ladies.  I coloured them and added new hats using ArtRage sticker spray leaves.  The background is from Maya at Scrapbookgraphics.

Take a Word - Leisure

 

 

"Books are a uniquely portable magic" (Stephen King)

 

Reading has to be near the top of the list when we talk about taking leisure time to relax.  I found this lovely image in an old folder.  I think it came from Maya at Scrapbookgraphics.  The background and collage pieces are from Lorie Davison SBG and Createwings Designs.

The Three Muses Challenge - Shoes

Some of you may recognize my great-uncle Paul (by marriage) who emerges from a family album once in a while.  His claim to fame was that he knew how to accessorize!
Image (altered) IS or WAS a member of my family, the background is by Itkupilli and the shoes and socks were Googled.
Thanks to Bev for a great challenge.

Take a Word Challenge - Wings

The sprites are from a collection of vintage ladies from e-vint.com - blanched instead of coloured this time with just a little makeup added.  The butterfly was Googled and the background picture is by Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphics.

Three Muses Challenge - Turquoise and Lime Green

Yes, Taluula (Ann) made us do it.  I would never have thought of combining turquoise with lime green but it looks OK.  The image is from e-vint.com.  I have dressed her in the appropriate colours and placed her on an old dictionary page that I have scanned and coloured,.

Take a Word Challenge - BIRDS

Yes, kookaburras do laugh, chuckle, giggle and snigger and they do it very loudly especially where I live.  They are large birds of prey, swooping on small animals, rodents and large insects. The kookaburra and eucalyptus leaves were Googled.  Other bits and pieces are from Rosey Posey at Scrapbookgraphics.

Three Muses Challenge - Transportation

The background here is by Itkupilli, Deviant Scrap.  The photo in the foreground is my father, aged four,  He lived another 98 years, passing away in 1996 at the age of 102.  I used some digital software magic to transform a very faded sepia photo to give him a new look.

Take a Word Challenge - MUSIC

 

This week our theme word is MUSIC.  The little flautist is a freebie from Terry Kahrs.  Background pieces Lorie Davison, googled music manuscript.

Three Muses Challenge - Black and White Photo Plus Colour

Thanks to Bev for a great challenge.  My black and white image (altered) is from a collection of vintage photos from e-vint.com.  The background is by Itkupilli and the curtain is from my stash.  Rose from Graphics Fairy.