Theme Thursday: Game/Puzzle Piece

The "puzzle" background is from Photoshop Elements; all other artwork is by me. The puzzle piece image is a scan of a pin I made for art journaling class last fall. We used real puzzle pieces that we painted, stacked, embellished, and/or Zentangled; with amazing and varied results. We then sold them at a craft show and donated the proceeds to a county Parks and Recreation fund.

Three Muses: Steampunkerie

I had SO much fun creating this menagerie of steampunk-y zoo animals!

Image credits: beth rimmer, anna corba, joessistah, artreebies, rubyblossom, holliewood, finecrafter, dover, sherriejd, deviant scrap, graphics fairy. 

Inspiration Avenue: Self-Portrait

This is something I created a while ago. It started out as a digital "art journaling" doll, then morphed into a holiday greeting, then into a small "created by Sherry" image I can place on my digital or paper artwork. I can use it as a digital brush, or an actual image. I used various PSE shapes and graphics, my Zentangle designs, etc. The sign she's holding in this version was hand-lettered by me, and scanned into PSE. She (like me) has short hair and glasses, and likes to wear dangly earrings, and black and white. Who knows where she'll turn up next?

Collage Obsession: Lazy Days

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We were given the image of not-very-modest "Ursula" in her hammock to incorporate into our art piece this week. I put her in a circus-themed collage. Seems her ever-hopeful beau Jules is always looking for her somewhere...and she seems to delight in hiding from him.

Image credits: beth rimmer, divas d'este, fiddlette, vintage images.

So-Artful Challenge: Thailand Painting

 

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This week, So-Artful provided us with the gorgeously colored Thai "lime painting" shown above, for inspiration. I layered it with a photo of a "laughing Buddha" that I found on a wonderful site called thailandpictures.org. They allow use of their pictures for many purposes.  I can't look at this Buddha without smiling myself!

Take a Word Challenge: Bloom

This is one of my favorite quotes (I may have used it before in a digital collage). Image credits: holliewood, dover.

Sunday Postcard Art: White

Image credits: shadowhouse, anna corba, deviant scrap, holliewood, scrapgirls.