Artarazzi Saturday - No escape

Thanks for the challenge, Vron. Great image.

The young lady looks sad and trapped so that is where I went with it.

Background papers (also used in "house") by Irene Alexeeva.

Art Creations Friday - Will she or won't she?

Just think! The freedom of bare feet in the sand, sea breeze blowing through her hair? Should she? Will she? Noooooooooooo!! Maybe.
Thanks to the Art Creations ladies for the lovely image. The bride's photo is taken from an old family album. ENLARGE TO FIND THE SECOND SEAGULL!

A Moo or Two - Vintage Love

Here is my picture for this week's Moo Theme - "Vintage Love".

The cupid image and other bits and pieces are by Tangie Baxter.

Theme Thursday - 4 x 4 - Time Flies

Just a bit of whimsy. Girl is from a Lunagirl collage sheet, background and tag by Irene Alexeeva.

Arty Girlz - ATC - Exotique

Thanks for the challenge!

Image from Outsider Artists (a freebie - thankyou).

Crazy Amigo - Doors - Steppin' Out (In My Undies)

I think she forgot something!!

MMM - My Country

Click on picture to enlarge to read the pink text. Ooops. Left the "a" out of European. Too late to go back to square one and change it.
Today is Australia Day which is a bit like an Ozzie fourth of July. Oh, it is great fun. Hundreds of thousands of people wait in the hot sun all day to see half an hour of fireworks over the city at 8.30pm. The excitement is something to see - drunken brawls, riot police, drunken yobboes lining the gutters and tired and cranky spectators, not to mention tons of garbarge dumped along our pristine river banks and traffic jams to rival the world's worst.
Cynical? Moi?
My picture is an overpainting of a Googled photo. In case someone has never heard of Dame Edna I have a secret to tell. She is actually a ......... man, a very tall man who entertains around the world.

Gothic Arch - Winter Sports

On a day when the maximum temperature hit 101 deg F or 38 deg C, this is a bit strange for me!! Nice challenge though. The image was Googled and the bits and pieces which make up the background come from SussieM at Scrapbookgraphics.

Sunday Postcard - Cats

This is my postcard for the Sunday challenge - the theme this week is "cats".

The cats are by Kubivet (freebie) and the other bits and pieces are by Irene Alexeeva.

Artarazzi - Lines

Vron at Artarazzi gave us a stockphoto of coloured lines and asked us to do something with them, adding the colour red. This is my take. The lines form the large bubble which I was able to make through the magic of one of my software programs. The fairy and background are by Lorie Davison.

Art Creations Friday - Portrait in Oils

Thankyou so much to Art Creations for the breathtaking photos you find for us. We are fortunate, indeed.

I have colorised the photo and treated it to an oil painting process on Corel Painter Essentials.

A Moo or Two - Buildings

It takes hands to build a house but only hearts can build a home (and only a mouse can build a virtual home).

Bits and pieces that go to make up the building are all from Irene Alexeeva.

Theme Thursday - Skinny

Well, I had to create a skinny but with what theme? I thought hard on it and came up with SKINNY. Ethel has lost all her excess weight and become a Playboy Bunny!!

Bunny costume by Irene Alexeeva, background by Berna Datema.

MMM - Primary and Secondary Colours

This was a challenging challenge. I found a jigsaw template and painted the pieces in primary and secondary colours. I then placed a digital stamp of a Leonardo Da Vinci painting over the jigsaw and this is the result.

Jigsaw (altered) from Stock.xchg copyright free photo.

Brush/stamp from a freebie by 500ml

Gothic Arches - Gypsies

Great challenge! Backgrounds by Irene Alexeeva, image by Art-e-Zine, digital stamp by Katie Pertiet.

Sunday Postcard - Turquoise

Thanks to Sandy for her turquoise theme this week. My Victorian ladies are from a digital brush by 500ml (freebie).

Artarazzi - Banana Skin Hat

This week's Artarazzi is being hosted by Bev (Indybev) who chose a banana skin "whirl" from Stock.xchng to inspire us to be creative. I have skewed said whirl quite a lot and made a silly hat out of it. Image from Maya collage sheet. Background Lorie Davison.

Art Creations Friday - Study in Blue

Thanks to Art Creations Friday for the most beautiful photo of the little schoolgirl.
Door and background by Lorie Davison and digital stamp by Katie Pertiet.

A Moo or Two - Circles

Nice challenge. The beautiful stitched birds and background are by Ztampf.

Theme Thursday - Couples

Thanks for the nice challenge, Kelly. My collage is mainly made up of bits and pieces by Lorie Davison.