Spirit Rising

This is my entry for the 4x4Friday Challenge (Spirit). This is a digital collage incorporating antique celestial maps, rubber stamping , Dover images and artistic brushes in Photoshop.

I am a firm believer that spirit is the higher form of ourselves- it is what keeps us elevated; always rising and uplifting. It is the essence of a person that we need to look for and embrace if we can.

Botanica Postal Art

This is my entry for The Three Muses Challenge this week (Postal Art). The card is digital ( which I printed out onto cardstock) and I decided to make my own envelope in the botanical theme by hand. The envelope I traced and cut out from artist papers (Stampington) folded, glued and hand painted the inside. I added handmade tags, stamps and mixed ephemera for fun!

Today marks the one year anniversary of my blog! What a year this has been... I have met so many wonderful artists around the world and have learned so much from everyone. All of the wonderful challenge sites have kept me busy and in love with collage and I hope to be able to keep up (there are so many each day)! Many thanks to all who have left their generous comments- you keep me going and striving to be better. You are all truly inspirational with your beautiful art.

The Return

This is my entry for the Collage Obsession Challenge - (Longing). When I saw this beautiful image that was offered on this challenge I saw a face that was full of emotion- definately longing mixed with a bit of fear and anxiety. I pictured a Sea Captain's wife at home longing for the return of her husband after many months or perhaps years at sea receiving only letters of his whereabouts and condition.

Forever Yours

This is my entry for the Mixed Media Monday challenge (Romance). Hearts , roses, the passage of time and a little sense of mystery help keep romance alive. Personal photos, locket, artist papers-Stampington.

The Raven King

Well I couldn't help myself this morning when I saw the theme for 4x4 Friday (King Raven) and had to create. My Raven has a Mayan influence adorned with crown and necklace (Ravens love shiny things) along with pre-Columbian symbols and art. The background is from a journal page I made (rubber stamping, antique art images) Raven and crown (Dover images) and necklace (from a postal stamp). Ravens are a powerful symbol for me . Their lore depicts them as seekers of knowledge ( they are highly intelligent) healing and initiation, and the gift of prophecy. They love to collect and cache things they have found to create their nests and in fact, that's where the idea for "Ravenpainting " came from. This was a fun challenge!

Chrysanthemum

I have been working on some mixed media pieces (this is made from a handmade paperdoll that I made - along with flower elements, stickers and some digitally cut flowers as well). I scanned all images and combined in Photoshop. This is an entry for this week's ThemeThursday where the theme is "Pink and Black".

Garden Song

This is my entry for The Three Muses challenge this week where the theme is "Birds Of A Feather". This is a multi-layer digital collage made from (Luna Girl) image, artist papers (graphic 45 and Botanicabella); all images scanned, cropped, layered , and colored in Photoshop. Opacity levels adjusted to allow the layers to unfold, creating a forest/garden like setting .