TAW - Christmas Tree, and Houses

Take a Word challenge - the theme is 'Seasons Greetings! - design a card for the season or New Year. Drawn on a tablet.

Spot the differences?

Happy Holidays everyone!

Pink

It has been a while since I did something for the 'Take a Word' challenge, but I couldn't resist the word for next week - PINK. A few years ago I went through a spell of really not liking the colour much at all, but I'm back to liking it again. The flowers were drawn on a tablet and I used some of my art for the background.

I recently completed a whole mixed media book in pink and if you missed it the whole book can be seen here.

Green [TAW]

Take a Word - the challenge this week is Green.

I started the pattern above quite a while ago but I thought I would make it into a repeating pattern for fabric. It started off as a paper doyley. Click on the images to enlarge.

The background on the postcard below was also a background pattern that I had done a while ago and not used. I cannot remember what it was originally, but I thought it would make a strange postcard background.

Can you guess what this is?

It is hail on my conservatory windows [roof] which fell to earth yesterday. The original photo is below, I've only altered the colour.

I finished a mixed media and fabric book recently using all things green, if you would like to see it take a look here.

Blue

Take a word - the challenge word this week is blue. I made my digital collage from pictures of my handmade rolling stamp samples.

I also altered this photo which was taken a few years ago in Spain. The original picture is below too.

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Clockwork [TAW], Art Buttons, Pendant

Take a Word - Clockwork

The clock, hands, clock hands and woman on the clock are images from The Graphics Fairy.

The background is an old one, but my own work, which was inspired by board games.

Click on image to enlarge.

I've put another couple of items in my Folksy shop, but I'm wondering if I should put the rest in Etsy or Misi as I'm finding Folksy so s...l...o.....w, does anyone else have a problem with it?

I have put in some Art Buttons, these are some of the actual buttons that were featured in Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. The card was another image from Graphics Fairy which I altered especially for the buttons.

Also another mini pendant with a hand embroidered flower, mainly French knots

and on the other side is a miniature stitch sampler

Insects and Altered Photographs

Something strange has happened to the photos I took on my recent mini break.

This bee has gained an extra head. The background is a Norfolk Broad and the head is part of the Westminster Abbey building. Click on the images to enlarge.

The geese below have crowns.

And the skeletons have risen and are having a cuppa.

OK, I admit I have been messing about. My husband bought me a wacom pen for my birthday and with it came a copy of Photoshop Elements, so I have been trying them out.

The extras are from The Graphics Fairy as is the lady below. I gave her a bee necklace to join in the challenge at Take a Word - this week the word is insects.

TAW - Floral

It is a while since I joined in the Take a Word challenge, this week the challenge is Floral and I am hoping the summery flowers will make this miserable dull cold day a bit better. [what happened to flaming June?] 

I was rummaging through my picture folders the other day and came across these two creations which I had forgotten about which I did a while ago. [Jan 2011]

The backgrounds were originally pages from one of my sketchbooks which I had altered digitally and my flower photos which I also altered a bit.

All about a Hat [TAW]

The Take a Word challenge this week is 'All about a hat'.

The top painting of watercolours on paper is from my 'shelter' series - frogs finding shelter. This little froggy has found shelter under a hat.

"Cyril frog needs to shelter

And then he spots a hat

Under he goes, nice and safe

A good place to hide from the cat."

Now the collage below is a little weird, I cannot remember what creature the legs were from, maybe a little pony but the upper half is cat, he is holding a bird and wearing a hat.

Watercolour background and found images of animals

Rainbow Collages

The challenge this week at Take a Word is green so I thought I would show my green collage. 

I have done a series of collages using the colours of the rainbow- blue, green, red, orange, yellow, violet, indigo plus an extra pink one.

These are small collages, just 4"x4" and are made from art work, painted papers, found papers, printed art work etc

Blue

Red

Yellow

Violet

Orange

Indigo

 Pink

Mail [TAW] and Frog Paintings

Take a Word - Mail

The map of France & the Victorian Beauty [in a circle] from the Graphics Fairy

The letters - public domain images, cannot remember where from.

More frog paintings from the 'shelter' project.

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Torso Tags and Turquoise [TAW]

Take a Word - the challenge this week is the colour turquoise.

I upcycled this image of a kingfisher from an old calendar and placed it on a painted background.

A week or so ago the challenge on Three Muses was for torso tags, a bit late I know, but it is the first time I've made any of these. The torso shape is a 1905 vintage ladies corset and drawers and was part of a page of white wear. Most of the images I used on them were from the Graphics Fairy. 

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Workman ATC and Valentine Bunnies

The Take a Word challenge is an 'old fashioned' ATC.

For my ATC I used a photo I took at Beamish museum for the background. The man is from the Graphics Fairy and the adverts on the trunk are from a photo also taken at Beamish which was on the side of a building.

As it is Valentine's day tomorrow I thought I would post this digital collage. The heart shape with the flowers and text was from a greetings card which I cut off and coloured. The cute bunnies are another image from the Graphics Fairy.

Coffee [TAW]

Take a Word - this weeks challenge is 'coffee'

The coffee adverts were from a book entitled 'How it all began in the pantry'. The figures were from the book 'Women: a pictorial archive from Nineteenth century sources'.

The background, cups, cakes are my drawings.

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Moo [TAW] and Twirl [IF]

Take a word challenge - Moo. I've not done a 'moo' before, I thought it was something to do with a cow but evidently not. It is a little card which measures 1.10 x 2.80 inches. The skirt, legs and blouse are from a vintage sewing book I have, the arm[s] was from artchive.com, the head and the background were from Karen Whimsy

Illustration Friday challenge - Twirl 

The original shown below was a brush pen doodle which I altered in Paint.net for the twirl challenge.

Fish [TAW]

The Take a Word challenge is fish, so I thought I would share some pages from a sketchbook I finished recently.

All collages include found images except above which includes fabric, plastic and stitching and the picture below includes prints of my artwork [the lovely brown fish and text is a found image].

Nature [TAW]

I did two pics for Take a Word - Nature.

Above -own photo and sketch

Below - own altered photos, text from Graphics Fairy

[Click the images to enlarge]

Sepia [TAW], Christmas Cactus Lights

Take a Word challenge - Sepia

The vintage photo is of a great aunt, the background is altered handmade paper, the other parts ?. I did [most] of the digital collage some time ago but altered it for this challenge.

Christmas cactus - there were buds on the plant when I took the photo a few days ago, which are now flowers. I love the lights which are like little flowers, they are just battery operated from a £1 shop.