Take a Word Challenge - SILHOUETTES

A very simple sample.  The background was scanned from an old dictionary and "aged".  The silhouette is a free-to-use Photoshop brush. Heart in background Tangie

The Three Muses Challenge - The Colour Yellow and Bicycles

Thanks to Ann for the challenge.  I imagine there has been a lot of excitement in parts of England where the Tour de France for this year began.  My picture is made from Googled bits and pieces.

Take a Word Challenge - Butterflies

This week our theme is "butterflies).  The lovely image and other elements are from Rosey Posey at Scrapbookgraphics.

The Three Muses Challenge - Family Vintage (with alterations)

Most people have seen my great uncle Paul before.  He has appeared in my blog pages in different guises. This is a before bedtime shot.  Note his amazing slippers and his fetching nightcap.  The original photo is from an old family album (see below).

Take a Word Challenge - Altering Mona Lisa

 

Mona Lisa was Googled, her skin tone softened and a painted in veil added (painted in ArtRage).  The frame, angels and golden rays are from Itkupilli.

The Three Muses Challenge - Dancers

Inspired by the Van Morrison song, Moondance.  The ballerina is from e-vint.com.  She has been coloured and altered.  The background and mood and sleeping caps are from Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphics.  Not sure where the stars came from originally.

Take a Word Challenge - Mail Art

The image is a freebie from Terri Kahrs, the background is an aged book from Christina Renee and other bits and pieces are by Catherine Designs and Createwings Designs.

The Three Muses Challenge - BOOK COVER

My picture is an "aged" magazine cover using the boy (altered) from my own stash and background papers and bird byZtampf with some Photoshop brush coffee stains and the use of a vintage filter or two.

Take a Word Challenge - BLUE

 

The three little girls in blue are from a collection by Hidden Vintage at Deviantscrap.  The bench stool was Googled as was the cloudy sky.  Misty effects Photoshop brushes.

The Three Muses Challenge - UNDERWEAR

Lots of underwear here!  (I'm not sure what the hats have to do with it).  The background is by Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphics and the ladies are from e-vint.com (coloured and enhanced).

Take a Word Challenge - Shapes

 

Common squares and circles for me.  The angel was Googled, the background is by me and the bubbles are Photoshop brushes.

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.