Sunday Postcard Art--Sea Voyages

Here is my postcard for this week's challenge. My inspiration for this is that as I type, my sister and her husband are sailing up the East Coast from Florida to Mattapoisett, MA, on a boat not much bigger than this one. If I hadn't heard all the stories of cold and heat and rain and bugs and broken engines and no wind, I'd say "What a Life!"

I'll still say it..."What a Life!"

The original image is one of my own photos, altered with artistic filters andd duplicated for the second boat. Background textires are from Cottage Arts, Scrapbook FLair and Cindy Powell's Painted Silks collection.

4 x 4 Friday--Solstice--Midsummer Morn

Here is my homage to Midsummer. My favorite time of the day, when the risen sun begins to penetrate the early morning mist. Everything is just so beautiful then, sparkling and warm. It's magical.

These are the Callanish Stones, a cross-shaped setting of Standing stones erected around 2000 BC, one of the most spectacular Megalithic monuments in Scotland.
Local tradition says that giants who lived on the island refused to be converted to Christianity by Saint Kieran and were turned into stone as a punishment.
Another local belief says that at Sunrise on midsummer morning, the "shining one" walked along the stone avenue, "his arrival heralded by the Cuckoo's call."
This Legend could be a Folk memory recalling the astronomical significance of the stones
With thanks to Suzee Que, Dover, The Feathered Nest, Google and Textures for Layers Flick Group

ACF 79--The Winemaker

The little man that was provided for the Art Creations Friday challenge this week seems so jolly...I thought he must be a little olde winemaker. So I set him and his little winery in a grape arbor, and he seems very happy there.
Thanks to Google Images for the wine bottle, label and grapes and to Scrapbook Flair for the house. The Background textures came from T4L, from mbgrigby and les brumes.

Three Muses Challenge-Buttons & Bows

Here's my entry for this week--and it was an interesting challenge. For a while now I've been looking for a theme to go with this old photo of sisters with very large hair bows. The first time I saw it I just knew that the younger girl was thinking "HERS IS BIGGER!!!"
So I made it even bigger. She'll have to get used to disappointment...

With thanks to Songbird Avenue and Ms. jordan for the papers and buttons and bows and belts.

SPA--Roses

"Roses" is our challenge this week at SPA. Roses are in full season here in the northeast, their scent is in the air and their gorgeous colors are bursting everywhere. It's really the most beautiful few weeks of the year here, and everyone's soul is uplifted by the warm, sweet breeze.
Here is my rose postcard, with thanks to Rubyblossom, Cottage Arts, the Graphics Fairy and others for the images I worked with, and to Photoshop, the incredible, powerful tool that allows me to create these little bits of beauty.
Thanks for visiting.

ACF and 4 x4 Friday--Mirth and Laughter

I decided to combine the two Friday challenges this week--going away this afternoon for the weekend--YAY!. I'm afraid the lovely fabric background provided by the ladies at ACF got greatly altered in the process.

4 X 4 Friday's challenge is Shakespeare. I love the sentiment of this quote from The Merchant of Venice. What a great way to look at aging!

Images from google (faces, music) and Dover (moth) other texture from Encounter_Laura at T4L, And my own Bunnie Photoshop brush.

Thanks for visiting.