tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81562418544843768772024-02-21T07:22:15.023-08:00Misplaced MermaidMisplaced Mermaid is a showplace for the mixed media artistic endeavors of
Lou Anne Hazel.Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.comBlogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-70262815246880366742016-10-30T13:40:00.001-07:002016-10-30T13:53:20.933-07:00Inner Child's Playroom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
With Halloween on the horizon, I decided to share this digital collage.<br />
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Credits for digital components used for this image: Itkupilli, Tumblefish Studios, Rucola Designs, Janet Scott, Farrah's Designer Scraps, Crystal's Creations, Lavender Designs, Nothing but Freebies, Morgue files, Krysty Scrap Designs, and Clementine Design.<br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-29172530574665951782016-09-12T09:37:00.000-07:002016-09-12T09:37:00.158-07:00Naughty Mermaids<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I couldn't help but be inspired to create some mermaids with the fun digital kits I purchased from Tumblefish Studios.<br />
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Credits for Image Components: Tumblefish Studios, Raspberry Road, Holliewood Designs, Delicious Scraps, and Sweet Cravings Scraps<br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-6046120209051909922016-09-11T09:30:00.000-07:002016-09-11T09:30:10.378-07:00Party Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been trying to spend some time making digital collages for my own personal enjoyment. Tumblefish Studios from Mischief Circus is retiring from designing kits so I've been shopping and playing.<br />
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Credits for Image Components: Tumblefish Studios and Altered Amanda Studios with the help of a vintage pin-up girl<br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-50981358616901576842016-09-10T09:26:00.001-07:002016-10-30T14:01:11.568-07:00Sticky Summer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I found the background for this image and set it aside, waiting for inspiration. There has been a lot of uncomfortable humidity in my area of southern California this summer and I knew I'd be creating a digital collage about it.<br />
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Credits for Image Components: Rubyblossoms Background, Tumblefish Studios, Chili Designz, Angels Designs, Anne Valerie, Booklady Designs, Laitha's Designs, and Abbie Graph<br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-74569042978065996212016-08-27T13:23:00.002-07:002016-08-27T13:24:20.278-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As a cat rescuer, I often feel overwhelmed by posts on Facebook and pleas for help. When that happens, I jokingly mention that I am going to be in my bubble for awhile. This image was made as a response to that idea. Even mermaids need to retreat to their bubble from time to time.<br />
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Image components created by the following digital kits: Tumblefish Studios "Sirens of the Deep," Jilbert's "Under the Sea," and D. Kherkoff's "Mermaids."<br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-23962356582393652492016-07-18T10:04:00.005-07:002016-07-18T10:04:36.932-07:00The Mermaid Room<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Components used to make this image came from digital scrapbooking kits created by Tumble fish Studios, Hollywood Studios, Brimm, Raspberry Road, EenasCreation, Granny Art Fairy, Tangie, friendly Scrap, Publikado, and Rucola.<br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-16404747991634302522016-07-15T20:57:00.003-07:002016-07-15T20:57:41.337-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today would have been my mother's 82nd birthday. She passed away in January, 2006 at the age of 71. It seems fitting that I should post a collage I made in her honor. I created it before I really knew how to make digital collages. </div>
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-40228165219316342132016-05-09T23:35:00.000-07:002016-05-11T08:35:40.610-07:00Mischief Circus Flower Head Challenge-Untitled<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had so much fun creating this! I love the flower head images I've seen at Mischief Circus. For this challenge I had to use only elements and a character from kits I purchased at Mischief Circus. I used pieces from Miles Beyond the Moon kits, Holliewood Studios, and Itkupilli. You can see the other entries <a href="http://www.mischiefcircus.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6503">here.</a><br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-28023776976973406102015-11-05T23:37:00.002-08:002015-11-05T23:37:09.570-08:00A Blue Day for No Particular Reason<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Credits for image components: Brooke Gazarek, Cajoline, Raspberry Road, Tumble Fish Studios, Beyond the Moon, Far Far Hill, and Antique Desires-SF<br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-26715563205445370452015-11-02T23:56:00.001-08:002015-11-03T00:01:57.804-08:00Where the heck have I been?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been way too busy rescuing cats lately. It's very rewarding but exhausting and stressful work. Tonight I decided to play for a little while. I got out an art doll template and a new kit from Mischief Circus and created a little art doll. I put her against a background and added a quote that is inspiring to me right now. I really need to get out and play more often.<br />
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Credits for image components: Janet Scott, Jilbert's Bits of Bytes, Far Far Hill, and Miles Beyond the Moon.<br />
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Quote is from <a href="http://www.marcandangel.com/">http://www.marcandangel.com/</a><br />
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Recent cat rescue projects are <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/HighlandCats/">here</a> <br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-33294244496270156662015-06-27T14:17:00.000-07:002015-06-27T14:17:03.020-07:00DigiDares 411-When I Grow Up...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week's challenge at DigiDares was to scrap about what we wanted to be when we grew up. It needed to include a photo of ourselves as a child with an antique frame. There also needed to be torn paper, a paint splatter, and an arrow. I really wanted to be a stewardess when I grew up, but now the politically correct title is "Flight Attendant." I have always loved animals so I used one of my favorite portraits of myself with my cat Punkin. Since my main career was teaching, I included a chalkboard. Now, I am retired from teaching and I rescue cats. The arrow points back at my portrait.</div>
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Credits for image components: Allison Pennington, Arizona Girl, Cajoline, Cesstrelle, Crafty Button Design, Creations by Samantha, Fanette Design, Far Far Hill, and Rainbow Designs. </div>
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-88047560120303583902015-06-26T22:57:00.002-07:002015-06-26T22:57:17.111-07:00DigiDare 410-Weddings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The digidare for this week was to scrap a wedding. We needed to include something old, something new, something blue, and the number representing the years married. I compiled a page with vintage style images representing 50 years of marriage.</div>
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The host this week for Digi Dares is Crafty Button Designs. She challenged us to use a plain background, geometric shapes, stitches, and the word "proud." I must say I steer away from plain backgrounds and geometric shapes so this was, indeed, a challenge. Here's what I created:</div>
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Almost all of the elements were from Crafty Button Designs kits. (Bad Mood, Siren's Song, Dreamland, Lady-Tude, Home, Wonderland, Walk like an Egyptian, Anniversary Freebie, Shape it Up, and Plumb Crazy.) The felt background was from Rachael's Scraps. The hexagon circles were by Etc. Dan and the doodled hexagon was by Publikado.<br />
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I couldn't wait to participate in this week's Digi Dares Challenge. Altered Amanda's Studio is the sponsor and she's offering a special gift to everyone who participates! <a href="http://digidares.com/?author=48">Check it out here</a> </div>
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As part of Altered Amanda's Creative Team I challenged myself to use her products to illustrate my fear of SPIDERS! (I did sneak in one little splatters brush by Just Jaime.)</div>
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Credits: Tea in Grandma's Garden, Fear Not, The Call, Strings Attached, and Girlfriends by Altered Amanda's Studio and Just Jaime's Splatter Brushes.</div>
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-24279764483143279212015-04-07T10:40:00.001-07:002015-04-07T10:50:23.084-07:00Fairies and Butterflies-Things with Wings Art Journal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I signed up for an art journal swap several months ago. Each person chose a theme and the participants make pages based on that theme. The group is called Collage Stuff and the person I made a page for in March chose Wings as her theme. She also loves vivid colors so I created this page for her.</div>
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I used some images I created digitally then printed them, as well as Victorian Scrap pieces, Prismacolor pencils, acrylic paint, and a tiny bit of glitter. I'm sharing this piece with the "Butterflies and Fairies" challenge at Digital Whisper this week. You can see the other entries <a href="http://digitalwhisper.blogspot.com/">here.</a><br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-60621162349407750972015-03-24T11:09:00.001-07:002015-03-24T11:09:40.439-07:00Recent Digital Art Journal Pages<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Altered Amanda's Studio has released a beautiful collaborative digital art journal kit entitled "Girlfriends." Proceeds from this kit benefit victims of human trafficking. I created two pages for this kit. The first one is just a fun page about friendship. I loved the color palette and the mixed media feel of the digital elements.</div>
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The second page was created on the topic of human trafficking. I was shocked when I read statistics on this horrific practice. I knew it was a worldwide problem, but I did not know that this crime had been reported in all 50 states. I also was not aware that there is more human slavery today than in any time in recorded history. It's a tragedy beyond belief. Most victims are women and children.<br />
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I've been playing with the new art journal kits, Asian Dreams and Asian Dreams Add On, by 2 Curly Headed Monsters Designs. Here are two layouts I created.<br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-86115367626125042172015-01-17T18:51:00.000-08:002015-01-17T18:51:17.610-08:00Inspiration Avenue Weekly Challenge-Using Words to Inspire your Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Over at Inspiration Avenue this week I challenged people to use words to inspire their art. It's always inspiring for me to add quotes from famous people, as long as I find the one that piques my interest. This is the front and back of one of my favorites.</div>
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The original piece was made on a 4x4 inch piece of museum board. I used some images from a kit by Tumblefish Studios. I was fascinated by the way the heads on the images were larger than the bodies. It's so frustrating to me that our society is always trying to make women feel like they need to be smaller, thinner, lighter, etc. I got the idea, then worked to relay it artistically. The woman I created it for wanted something vintage but really liked humor. I must say it was a piece that made me laugh while I was working on it. You can't ask for much more than that! Thanks for stopping by. You can see the other entries <a href="http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/2015/01/weekly-challenge-using-words-to-inspire.html">here</a>.</div>
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-21052200285457610872014-11-04T13:04:00.001-08:002014-11-04T13:06:59.566-08:00New Digital Collage Sheets <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Happy Tuesday! I've taken a short break from my daily cat duties to list a few new digital collage sheets in my ETSY shop and I wanted to show them off. I'm hoping to do more in the near future.<br />
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Lou Anne Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17408127249324039311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156241854484376877.post-89480869094681896632014-10-16T23:51:00.004-07:002014-10-16T23:56:04.038-07:00Digital Art Journaling-New Kits by Altered Amanda's Studio<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Truly Brave-A New Digital Art Journal Kit by Altered Amanda's Studio</div>
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This beautiful collection is for girls who have been rescued from sex trafficking. It's full of vivid color, thought provoking text, and hand-drawn components. You can see the entire kit <a href="http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=148&zenid=6accfe19cf511d6647c2144b7b320c8f">here.</a></div>
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These are two art journal pages I created based on my own experience.<br />
The girl in the photo below is my mother when she was young.</div>
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Altered Amanda's Studio has just released an Art Journal Kit entitled "Fear Not." It has some beautiful elements related to religious faith, as well as some very versatile accents that would fit perfectly with Halloween. Check it out at GDS <a href="http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=148&zenid=f3bf59fac954a4b513c8fa9a968990c5">here.</a><br />
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Altered Amanda's Studio has two fantastic new Art Journaling Kits and I had the pleasure of playing with them. Here are a few pages I created:</div>
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The two pages above were made with a kit called "Bless Your Heart." I fell in love with the colors and the positive aspect of the pieces in the kit.</div>
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This kit is called "Abandoned Dreams." Though it could seem somber, this kit was perfect for my desire to move beyond the past and follow my dreams. I love the grungy look and the architectural componenets.</div>
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You can buy these wonderful art journal kits at Go Digital Scrapbooking <a href="https://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=29_334">here.</a> </div>
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When I received the newest art journal kit from Christina at 2chmd, I fell in love with the lace border and the gorgeous iris flowers. After making this image I found what I believe is the perfect quote for artists and gardeners alike. If you are interested in purchasing the kit, it's on sale <a href="http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=131&zenid=9539b666d1b31ae7189d9af74d823616">here.</a></div>
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2chmd had done it again! The August Mixology Minis are fun, vintage, retro, and fabulous!</div>
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I created this digital ATC using only pieces from 2chmd's fabulous minis.</div>
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I couldn't help but think about the Positive Affirmations Challenge I posted at Inspiration Avenue this week. These kits just shouted out positive, happy energy to me. You can see all of the kits <a href="http://www.godigitalscrapbooking.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=131&zenid=1de0f652ede7df0dadb37143d9ff27bf">here.</a></div>
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Come on over to <a href="http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/2014/08/weekly-art-challenge-positive.html">Inspiration Avenue</a> to see the other participants' Positive Affirmations. Better yet, share your favorite positive affirmation. Thank you for stopping by.</div>
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