Pitfalls of Passion

Wow..this was workout.  This challenge is from SoArtful Challenges and it turned out to be a real challenge for me!  I made 4 different designs, and finally decided to settle on this one.  It was a good workout and I did have fun with it.   The background design is from MAS and my apologies but I don't remember where I got it from.  Click on the above link if you want to see the original challenge. Thanks for looking.

Love is for All

What a fun challenge from Artarazzi this was.  Vron supplied us with a picture of lines that we had to use plus the finished piece had to have the color red in it.  I deformed the lines until they were swirly, then decided I had better put in the lines, too since you couldn't tell anymore that there were lines.  :-)  I played around with this for hours trying to figure out what looked best, but I went with this one for more of a fantasy piece since I hadn't done one in a while. 

The figures are Paint Shop Pro tubes from MTM-Brigitte, who shares them through Top Design Tubes.  The other tubes are from groups that no longer exist.  I have been doing my own from photos for about a year now for some commercial work, and it was fun to look through all of these again and play with them. :-)

Thanks Vron for this great challenge! 

Kreative Award

I want to thank Virginia for this beautiful Kreative Award she passed on to my blog.  It is so appreciated!  Thank you for thinking of me.

I would like to pass this on to the following blogs.  I so enjoy looking at their work and creativity. It is inspiring.

Birgit

Ann

Willy

Hanne

Chris

Soulful Eyes

This is my play with the little girl image from the Art Creations Friday challenge.  Thanks to ACF for some great images and ideas to play with every week. 

Colors of the Rainbow

On this Rainbow entry for SoArtful Challenges I chose to use some colors of the rainbow. The swirleys in the middle are  a font called Florals 2, and the two side swirls with florals are from Kansas.  I had fun playing with this and I hope you enjoy viewing it.  Thanks for looking.

History Being Made

Tomorrow, January 20th we will see history being made with the inauguration of Barack Obama as our 44th President.   It is an exciting and hopeful time, and I wanted to put something together to celebrate our hope.

I also took the opportunity to participate in the Artarazzi challenge  hosted by Indybev this week.   The swirl element I put in left hand lower corner to be a part of the fireworks, and it can be hard to spot as I used a soft light for the blend mode so it wouldn't overpower the graphic. Thanks, Bev and Artarazzi for the challenge, and thanks for looking.  

Memories

I have been so busy this week with work being done in the house that I didn't take the time to post anything since Monday.  Today I noticed the challenge from Art Creations Friday.

The image of the young school girl provided  for this weeks challenge reminded me of my mother.  I had to do something with it and this was what I came up with.  The other photo is a picture of my mother when she was about 20.  This is all digital,  done in PSP with layers, masks and misting the images to blend more into the background.  I enjoyed working with this wonderful image of the young girl.  Thanks to Art Creations Friday for the challenge.

Secret Admirer

This piece is for the challenge at SoArtful Challenges.  They provided the picture in black and white of the woman and the challenge was to make something using that image.  This is my digital entry using layers, blend modes, brushes and tubes to create this scene with a grunge effect.  I love doing blends and had fun working with this...gave me a good workout. :-)  I hope you enjoy viewing it.