DCM - Sunflowers

This week at Daring Card Makers, Rein has dared us to use Sunflowers on our cards. I love sunflowers so it was a real pleasure to take part in this challenge.
The image is one supplied by Artarazzi (sadly not longer running), papers are K&Co Verbena and the 'Enjoy' label is from a digital freebie kit from Scraporchard, oh and that is a bit of garden twine! I used sketch 36 from PageMaps card maps.

Artarazzi Challenge 34

I haven't done the Artarazzi Challenge for a while, bu when I saw the bird image, the first thought that come into my mind was the proverb 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush'. I found this image at Art Freebies, I hope no one is offended by the 'arty nudity', but to get the proverb to work I needed to get the bird in her hand rather than covering her boobs, lol!

Artarazzi Challenge 24 - Sisters

Here is the image provided for Artarazzi Challenge 24.

And this is my interpretation of it, the Sisters image was blended into the rusty manhole cover using blending modes, the 'accessories' for the girls come from the Itikupilli 'Girls, Girls,Girls' collage sheet and I used some stitching and buttons by Jess Bolton and a swirly thing from Anna BV Designs, both from Digiscrapaddicts. Even remembered to do my journal page, hope it is easier to read this time.

Artarazzi Challenge 23 - Teatime

I was so busy with the BF crop that I forgot all about the Aratarazzi challenge. I've been waiting for a good opportunity to use this fab Kit by MLECard called Tealicious, it's one of the kits in the Digiscrapaddicts search for new designers. I extracted two of the little girls and took them to a tea party!

Artarazzi Challenge 22

Here is my Artarazzi Challenge for this week. I've borrowed the 'digital art journal' idea, below, from another blog, as a way of showing the images that I have used to create the final piece.

It seems that my Art Journal is too small to read the text, I'll bear that in mind next time so here are the details. The stone plaque image is the one provided by Artarazzi for altering, the other photographs are mind, taken at the side of our hedges and in the fields. The Fairies are by Itkuppilli and the 'grass' graphics are by Studio mgl at Scrapbookgraphics. The Background paper is Maelia Designs also for Scrapbookgraphics.

Artarazzi Challenge 21 - Swing Sister Swing

This painting called 'Spring Flowers' is the challenge on Artarazzi this week. It may be just because I hear the saxophone played every day, but somehow I just felt that this lady should be holding one - that's pretty much all I've done to her, but it was fun.

Artarazzi Challenge 18 - Desiree

Here is the Artarazzi image for altering this week. I have sort of combined it with a Digital Art Quirks collage challenge using some of the collage items provided in the impromptu challenge.
My DS2 is home this weekend and suggested that it should be called 'desire', I have feminised it a little to make it Desiree.

Artarazzi Challenge 18

This is the modern art image by Boris Vallejo that we are altering this week in the Artarazzi Challenge.
The long tendrils of her hair reminded me of Aubrey Beardsley prints, I love the flowing lines of Beardsley's art, this one is The Peacock Skirt. Other digital elements came from Flergs and the background paper from PolkaDotPlum both designers at Scraporchard.

Artarazzi Challenge 17

This is the image to be altered in the Artarzzi Challenge this week. Now I am not a fan of seagulls, in fact I don't really like birds that swoop down on your at all! So this image brought to mind the Hitchcock Film, "The Birds". The image I have produced combines the film poster from The Birds, an 'end of pier' shot and the seagull, blended together.

Artarazzi Challenge 16

Here is the image that was given for the Artarazzi Challenge this week. When I looked at the rather spooky interpretation given by Indybev, I realised that the dancers reminded me of the ghosties and 'Cutty Sark' from the Poem Tam O'Shanter by Robert Burns. So here they are dancing with the 'deil' before Cutty Sark chases Tam on his mare, Meg pulling off her tail as they escape across a bridge - did you know that ghosts can't cross water? Robert Burns lived much of his adult life and died close to where I live. His poetry is incredible in it's observation of people and their very human failings. You can read more HERE

Artarazzi Challenge 15

Here is my interpretation of the vintage image provided by Artarazzi for Challenge 15. Papers, elements and masks are by PTon Designs, Word Art by Bethany for ScrapOrchard.

Artarazzi Challenge 14 - Geisha

"The Challenge on Artarazzi this week is "Geisha", and the image for you to use is below(or above in my case). You can treat it in any way that you want."

I thought about the Geisha image and it brought to mind the tea ceremony, Japanese Gardens (if you look closely you will see the raked gravel) and the Willow Pattern. My design combines these images. I meant to post this last night but Blogger was playing up!

Artarazzi Challenge 13

This weeks challenge was to use the background provided. I used a couple of photographs of a tree and superimposed a spiral staircase on the right hand side. The vintage photo of the girl comes from an Art Creation Friday Challenge that I never got around to doing. I used a bubble brush from a set called Graphicalus found at Hawksmont Brushes, to create the bubbles. The font is Times New Roman Phonetics.

Artarazzi Challenge 12 - Surreal

Amy Winehorse

Images courtesy of Google, background photograph is mine with an impressionist filter.

Artarazzi Challenge 11

Vintage

Retro

Another Saturday another challenge – well 2 to be exact……
Use any vintage adverts to create 1 art card – 6” x 4” – and one any size you like.
One must be retro style and the other must be vintage style.

Okay, so the retro one is not an advert, but I loved The Champions, Alexandra Bastedo was so chic, and to me the whole look of this picture sums up the 1960s.

Kit for Vintage is Sugarplum Paperie, Little Birdie. Kit for Retro is PixelGeek Designs, TGIF.

Artarazzi Challenge 10 - Me, myself & I

Here is challenge 10 from Artarazzi:

This week it is a phrase for you to illustrate

" Me, Myself and I"

The only criteria is that you must include a photograph of yourself in it somewhere.

This photograph was taken at the reception of my sister's wedding, I converted it to black & white and then tinted it sepia. The kits are Time Passages by Lisa Bowman and American Heartland by Laura Boetto both of Digital Craft Cottage, Font is Blackadder.

Artarazzi Challenge 9 - Don't Shake

The image (from The Art of Costume Design Vintage Magazine courtesy ofTakeabreak at Flickr) on Artarazzi reminded me of the glamourous Bond girls of the 1960s. However, I have put my Bond girl with Daniel Craig and given her a glass of champagne rather than a martinim, so definitely no shaking! Bond image courtesy of hayashi nauhiro2007 at Flickr. This was fun to do.