Unhinged

This is my entry for the second challenge "Doors" at the wonderful new challenge site

Three Muses.

Doorways for me have always been challenging and " Unhinged " represents that brief moment when one goes through a door way and that moment of uncertainty takes place. One never knows whether walking through a door will bring wanted or unwanted change- but change will occur. I made this digital collage using a faux postage sheet from Artchix(background) and I cropped a door and face image and added a doorknob from three different sources. I also cropped and erased hinge hardware images and added them. Linear light and posterized applications were added.

Little Red

This is my entry for the Crazy Amigo Challenge "Do You Believe in Fairy Tales". It is a digital collage I made using an image of Little Red Riding Hood (from The Vintage Moth) and a photo I took of some very mysterious trees in San Francisco recently. I erased out the background and added digital highlights to give it an eerie look.

We all loved fairy tales as children but it is interesting to read the stories again as adults and discover the hidden, more "mature" meanings behind them. On of my favorite books is "Women Who Run With The Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, which deals with the mythology and symbolism behind fairy tales.

Over The Rainbow

The theme for this weeks Sunday Postcard Art is "Over the Rainbow". I made this postcard out of a batik collage that I made and imported a photo of a doll face that I made out of fimo clay and a sculpey mold. I used the cookie cutter tool in Photoshop for the cropped shape. The rainbow I scanned and imported from some printed fabric. I wanted to give this piece a dreamy , magical feel as the theme implies.

Fabric House

This is a fabric house I made using beautiful collage fabric from Ben Franklin Crafts and assorted embellishments. I cut out the shape of a house in extra-heavy duty interfacing, the decorative fabric and a matching plain fabric (for the back or inside pieces). I then rolled the cut edges tightly (outward) and hand sewed with a whip stitch all around the frame of the house. I then simply sewed the house frames (plus a bottom) together. The thick interfacing gives the house its support. Embellishments (lace trim, beads and jewelry were then added last. A fun but time-consuming project- good for cold winter days! This is for Saturdays Workout (Fabric Art).

Color Me

Ah yes , the inner child...When I was a child there was nothing that brought me more comfort than a box of crayons and a coloring book . I also remember drawing lots of hands - my hands -tracing them, turning them into turkeys at Thanksgiving, coloring them too with every color imaginable. I still like to color but with sometimes a little more sophisticated tools- hence this digital collage. That inner need to create is still there -I think we all have it- or we wouldn't blog or create every chance we get. The trick is to keep the "child" like attitude about our creativity and not overthink what we make so much- just let it happen! This is my entry for Inspiremethursday's theme Child Art (great idea Sarah)!.

Slave To Fashion

This is my entry for "Fashion" at Wednesday Stamper. This is a snippet of a journal page entitled Slave to Fashion (which I'm not) but it is a huge industry and we are all influenced by it whether we like it or not!

Aged Beauty

This is a section of one of my journal pages that I altered for a new challenge group that just started- The Three Muses and the theme is "Mona Lisa". I wanted to digitally alter this page to give it a torn, weathered, grafitti look. I layered it onto a brick wall design and added a cracqueliere effect. Fun new challenge- fun theme!