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

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".

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!!!

Arch for the Week-GRUNGE!!

Christmas Presents

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

Button Themed Arch

done for the weekly challenge at Gothic Arches. I normally think buttons do nothing for artwork except to make it as tacky as possible, but in this case the challenge WAS to use them sooooo...at least the big one serves a purpose and isn't just stuck on as an afterthought!

Arches done for Vintage Children challenge at Gothic Arches

Couldnt make just one!!!

Collaged ATC's inspired by artist Anahata Katkin

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