Thursday, October 15, 2009

Vintage Men Swap




done for a swap at atcsforall.com

Whimsical Birds ATC's


WHimsy Boys Swap




done for a swap at atcsforall.com

Eye See You Inchies

July Melt A Thon at atcsforall.com





Exquisite Corpse

Done for a private trade....

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Mixed Media Monday: Time


image of Harold Lloyd that I googled;some elements from Obsidian Dawn.

Sunday Postcard:Once upon a Time...


Assorted googled images turned into paintshop tubes.
Text is from The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson.

Monday, March 02, 2009

Gothic Arch of the Week


Image from Joanna Banana Design Originals cd.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Arch of the Week-Tea Time


My digital arch is 20% inspired by Clauding Hellmuth and 80% inspired by Ozstuff and her hilarious takes on her uncles photograph.I used an assortment of images that i googled,a window by Claudine Hellmuth, elements from After Five Designs(yes Marie, I went and bought the same kit...its marvelous!), and a quote from Billy Connelly. Thanks for coming to have a peek!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Gothic Arch of the Week-Mardi Gras




I am honored to be the hostess of this weeks Gothic Arches theme. Here is my digital offering. The arch template is from Irene V. Alexeeva. Thank you to all who participate!

Sunday, February 08, 2009

Gothic Arch of the Week-Hearts


another digital arch offering...

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Daring Cardmakers Challenge-Oriental


This challenge was great-you had to do an oriental using no red or black...I did have to use a bit lighter value of black at least..hard to avoid..the letters came out sideways...it means "beauty"...you can see the rest of the entries here...Daring Cardmakers

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Arch of the Week-Tag your Arch!


This was tough..but an idea popped into my head the other night as I went to sleep. The jar is a stock image I found on the internet; the "fragile" label and fairy are brushes from Obsidian Dawn. The tag and fingerprints on the glass are brushes from BSilvia. The inscription on the tag is Latin for "Forest Fairy".

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Postage Stamp People ATC's











Some of these I did for a swap at atcsforall-the rest for personal trades.















Hand drawn ATC's
















These were done for a Draw a Thon weekend at atcsforall.

Travel Postcard ATC's











These were done for a swap at atcsforall.

Monday, February 02, 2009

Sunday Postcard Challenge-Circles




I just found the Sunday Postcard challenge here. I actually used a scan of a paper collage I did(it was called Household Saints) and cut the woman out.I made her into a picture tube for Paintshop Pro and stamped her onto the background. I used several Photoshop brushes to add circles and grunge it up a bit.

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Theme Thursday-4x4s


Since I'm hooked on digital art right now(my craftroom is staying so amazingly clean)...I made this little 4x4 to print out later and embellish for a chunky book!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Arch of the Week-Winter Sports










The challenge of the week at Gothic Arches is Winter Sports. My printer is working again, but I'm having so much darn fun with playing around with digital art programs that I just can't stop. At least my craftroom is cleaner for it!

A great big THANK YOU goes out to Ozstuff for her arch template that she sent me and for all the tips. I managed to get copies of Microsoft Digital Image Pro and Photo Shop Elements which she recommended, and they are so much fun! I was able to handtint the figure in the photo using Image Pro and then I went back and used PSE to add in the trees,snowflakes, text and some aging to the image.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Arch of the Week-Gypsy


My first ever Digital Arch! Because my printer is not working properly, I did not have access to the images i wanted, so I took this opportunity to teach myself more about digital art!!!Also, if you'll notice, this theme gave me a chance to post music from my favorite gypsy punk band(ok the only gypsy punk band I know)..Gogol Bordello!!!


Saturday, January 17, 2009

Arch for the Week-GRUNGE!!


Christmas Presents
















These were the Christmas presents I made for family this year...