Collage Obession Challenge

This is my fun entry for this week's challenge!

Have you ever wanted to just jump up

and run away for maybe just one day?

Then come join with me!

Let's go back in time and visit

"The Vintage Circus of YesterYear"!   

Thank you so much for coming over

 to have a  peek at my art work today!  

And...

 I'm also wishing you a very 

Happy New Year!

Have a wonderful  day,

everyday,

all throughout the whole year!!

Happy Halloween!!

Today, I am entering the

Small World of Inchies and Twinchies Challenge 

with a Twinchie that

 goes along with the theme:

 Funny Halloweeen! 

Here is my "funny"entry:

 I hope everyone has a

wonderfully spooky Halloween

filled with goodies, surprises,

and plenty of fun chills and thrills. 

 Thank you for flying over

to take a peek at my

little piece of  Halloween Art!

Happy Halloween!!

La' legende de l'amour!

                 This is a piece of digital art that I

            created with my favorite theme in mind: 

                       Romantic /Art Nouveau

 

                  Thank you for visiting my site and I hope

                      you enjoyed looking at my art work!

Art Creations Friday Challenge

This week the theme for the

Art Creations Challenge

 is this lithograph of

the artist, Alphonse Mucha!

F. Champenois Imprimeur-Éditeur

Because Art Nouveau is one of my

favorite types of art to use

 when creating mixed media,

 I wanted to provide some history

about this exceptionally talented artist!

Mucha produced a flurry of paintings, posters,

advertisements, and book illustrations,

as well as designs for jewellery, carpets, wallpaper,

and theatre sets in what was initially called the Mucha Style

 but became known as Art Nouveau !

Mucha's works frequently featured

beautiful, strong young women in

flowing vaguely Neoclassical looking robes,

often surrounded by lush flowers which

sometimes formed haloes behind the women's heads.

.

The Art Nouveau style however,

 was one that Mucha attempted to

distance himself from throughout his life;

he always insisted that rather than adhering

to any fashionable stylistic form,

his paintings came purely from within.

He became very frustrated when his fame grew

 through the popularity of his commercial art

when he most wanted to concentrate on more

 lofty projects that would ennoble art and his birthplace.

 Art exists

only to communicate

 a spiritual message,

 and nothing more!

---Alphonse Mucha

Now...to show you what I created for this challenge!!

This is my interpretation of this theme

 and of Mucha's lithograph!!

Thanks for coming by and looking at my entry! 

 Have a wonderful day!!

***quotes for Alphonse Mucha came from Wikipedia

So Artful Challenge

The Theme this Week

for the So Artful Challenge is

 "Fall Is In The Air"

Here in Tennessee,

we are having beautiful Fall weather!

It is still quite warm durung the day

but the nights are getting colder!!

I love this time of the year!

There is nothing like the

heady fragrance of an Autumn day!

Here is my entry for this challenge:

Can you imagine this little boy's anticipation

as his mother watches him while

she is working in her Fall garden!

 She has had enough of his shenanigans

for one day and now he must sit

still and ponder his behavior before

he can go back outside to play!

Still, inspite of his naughty behavior,

 he has one foot on the floor, 

waiting until his mother thinks

 he has learned his lesson!!

Thanks for stopping by to take  

  a little peek at my art work! 

 Please have a wonderful day!

Get out in the wonderful sunshine,

 take a walk, smell the air, 

think about how good your life is, 

smile as you head back home,

quickly go through your front door,

and hug the one you love!! 

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge

This is my entry for the

Spot Prize Challenge!

The theme for this week is

 Autumn Colors!

I used images from several different

collage sheets created by Moonlight Journey.

The Background and Cross

came from the sheet:

 Places of Dark and Light ATC Backgrounds!

The beautiful Renassaince Lady and the

 Fall Pansies came from the sheet:

Vibrant Visions ATC!!

The Fall Leaf Frame came from my

freebie collection from

Dover Publishing company!

Thank you for visiting my site and

taking a peek at my art work! 

So Artful Challenge

The theme

for this week's

 challenge is...

"The Art of Travel"!

My Vintage Lady travels on cottony, white clouds

 instead of sensibly riding in her T-Model Ford!

And who could blame her!!

The scenery must be breathtaking from that height! 

Thank you for stopping by

to take a look at my art work!

Want to see more!!

Click HERE:

and view all of the lovely art work

created  by the talented people

 who  participated in this challenge! 

Who knows,

you might become so inspired,

you'll want to enter your own

art work for the next challenge! 

Have a Great Weekend!!

As you go about your daily routine,

remember these three precious things!!!

  

Very little is needed to make a happy life;

 it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Marcus Aurelius

When one door of happiness closes, another opens;

but often we look so long at the closed door

 that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Helen Keller

And My Personal Favorite!!!

Lead the life that will

make you kindly and friendly

to everyone about you,

and you will be surprised

what a happy life you will lead.

Charles M. Schwab

COLLAGE OBSESSION CHALLENGE #26

The Theme for this Week's

 Collage Obesession Challenge

 is "Pink"

I created

"Pink Manhattan"

 in digital form to capture an

 image of a very tall but sophisticated lady

 as she leans against The Empire State Building

to watch the busy New York City streets below!

Thank you for visiting my blog site

 and taking a look at my art work! 

 Have a great week!

Click HERE to see more of the amazing entries

 in the Collage Obsession Challenge!

The Moonlight Journey Design Team!!

MOONLIGHT JOURNEY

I am proud to announce

that I was asked to join the

Moonlight Journey Design Team

on July 28, 2010!!

I have been having a ball

creating all kinds of artwork

from thier amazing collection of

collage sheets and digital packs!!

I have posted a few of

 my art pieces for you to see

 what I have been designing for them!

Little Flower Faerie

Miss Contrary

Time Traveling Tyke

Magnificent Journey

Reaching Back Through Time

JOURNEY

If you'd like to see more of the

art I created for my

 Moonlight Journey Art Page,

 please click HERE:

                                                          

 Want an Extra Treat?

    While you are visiting my Art Page,

please, stop by to see the 

Spectacular Art Pages

 of the other MEMBERS in the

 Designer Art Team!! 

Click HERE: 



If you are looking for some great

Halloween Collage Sheets

but haven't found the exact ones

 you want to create  your

 "spooky altered art"

 then visit

 Moonlight Journey!!

Click HERE:

Lynne and Becky

 courteous and dependable,

their prices are very reasonable,

and they always have

great sales on their collage sheets!!

 They are continously updating

their amazing amount of

Spectacular

Digital Artists Sheets!

Their Halloween Collage Sheets

are very exclusive and  perfect

 to use for whatever  your

 imagination will crave during this

frightful, festive holiday!! 

The newest design they

 have created is the

Halloween

Banner Project!!  

Lynne and Becky

also have a beautiful array

of Romantic Artisitic Sheets designed

 to add the Renaissance theme

 to any altered art project!. 

Each page is filled with dark flourishes,

 lovely gardens, dark castles, brave knights,

and beautiful damsels in distress,

all ready to decorate

your ATC's and Artisit's Tag Projects! 

Click HERE to see more!

FRIENDSHIP POSTCARD FRIDAY!!

Good Morning! 

Today Is  

"Friendship Postcard Friday"!!

My husband is having
knee surgery this morning! 

 His second one in fours years--
say a little prayer!

  I didn't have time to use
 the postcards that I wanted
 to share with you today!!

  I will try to share them
with you next week! 

Here is my Postcard for today:

Miss Penelope Peahen

 and her pretty pal,

Mr. Percival Peacock!

You can't help but notice
the stuffed peacock that is standing
next to the lady in the postcard!!

She is attractive in her
lovely peach dress
with the dark orange accents,
 sash and beret...

BUT,

  I think the most  fascinating part
of this postcard is the  peacock!

The tail feathers or "fan" looks to be
 at least four to five feet tall and

are spread so beautifully against
the back of the wall!

How does the bird support the
weight of the awesome feathers?

The taxidermist must have constructed
the bird with enough weight to keep
the body and feathers in tact--or the
photographer nailed the feathers to the wall!!

(Just Kidding)!!

  This is a photo of an
Blue Indian Peacock
 courting a Peahen!

Look at his gorgeous
 "fan" and tail span! 

Some Fascinating Facts:

The tail of the Peacock is 7 feet long and has
at last 80 feathers which take 3 years to
grow completely out from the tail feathers!

The Peacock seen in the postcard is
the Green Peafowl which breeds
from Burma east to Java.

The IUCN lists the Green Peafowl as

vulnerable to extinction due to hunting

and a reduction in extent

 and quality of habitat.

Have a great Friendship Postcard Day!

So Artful Challenge and Free Renaissance Clip Art

 

 
 

    This week at So Artful Challenge

          is a frame instead of a theme! 

 The frame has that Romantic Renaissance

          look that I absolutely adore! 

*Isn't He Beautiful!! 

I found my John William Waterhouse
painting of  Tristan and Isolde and
used it along with some clip art that
 have stored on Picasa. It took
about 15 minutes to do this

and when I finished, I was
rather shocked and pleased
with the results!   

No glue, no paper, only precision

(a bit nerve-racking)and pressing the

 right buttons to achieve what I

 wanted the art piece to look like! 

 I don't have Digital Photoshop!

I have learned to switch back and forth

from one photo editor to another

 to get a few digital results.

So a little hint...

if you love that beautiful digital look

that everyone is using these days

 to create wonderful art...
but are intimidated by

the Photoshop techniques and the price...
 

 Learn how to use your Picasa,
Luna Pics, Paint.net, and the
Paint Editor features that is already
 installed in your computer's program!

 You can get lots of practice with these
 "free editors" before you take the plunge
and purchase a Digital Photoshop Package! 

Someday...I do plan to invest in a digital program

 and want to learn the awesome digi-art "tricks"

   until then, I'm limited but still learning!

A great blog that  has a list of the
Free Photo Editors and great tutorials
on how to use them is the

 Paisley Cat Scraps
Free Blog Layouts Blog site!!

 Everything I  know so far about "digi tech",
I learned from the Wonderful Paisley Cat!!
Click here to visit her site for the
free info and a whole lot more:

HERE IS MY ENTRY:

I don't know what it is about the Renaissance Era

but Romance, Chivalry, Brave Knights 
on White Steads, Stone Castles,
and  Hearts Won and Love Lost,

Immediately comes to mind...

I just can't resist this Romantic Renaissance Era!

Even though I know realistically

(sorry-- to ruin it for you)

that none of us would want to live

 in that era for love or money!!

 But it's nice to think of the Renaissance

 as a lovely romantic world, is it?

Free Renaissance
Clip Art

Rules First!

This is a free gift from me to you and  

only to be used for personal
art projects only!

Please do not combine any of these
 images in a collage for
commercial purposes or profit!!

Most of this clip art came from

 my Dover Free Clips File!

 

The link is here:

http://www.dovercards.com/

I made these buttons from this clip! 

 You may use them on for your blog!

Stained Glass Windows

***Courtesy of Dover Free Clip Art

Backgrounds that I have used in my own art work!

I have tinted them in different colors for

various projects that I was working on!

 Please feel free to  use them  for your art work!

  

I designed these backgrounds all by myself!

I haven't used them yet but you are free to

 take them and use them for your projects!

Letters for you to use!

Even Romantic Cards !

Thank you and have a wonderful Easter! 

I will be posting  Easter clip art

at my other blog site:

http://freetrinketstreasures.blogspot.com/

If you are interested, please go

over and take a peek on

 Saturday , April 3

and

 Sunday,  April 4 

to receive the free "pretties"

that I have posted for you!

***Credits***

The image of Tristan and Isolde is

 in Public Domain  and therefore a free image

for you to use in your art work!.

Courtesy of  Wikipedia--the link is here:

http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_william_waterhouse_tristan_and_isolde_with_the_potion.jpg