Inspiration Avenue Weekly Challenge-Harvest

When Maggie challenged us with creating an image about a Harvest I was stumped.  My cherry tomatoes are hanging in there but it's certainly not something to blog about.  I decided that a mermaid might have a harvest of sorts.  If I were swimming in the sea, I'd harvest the most beautiful seashells I could find.  Of course, they'd have to be seashells that didn't have critters living in them.  Those deserve to stay in the sea.

Credits for Image Componenets:
Pewter 7, Far Far Hill, Dover Publications, The Maltese Scrapper, Artgal, Crafty Button Designs, DBS Digiscraps, Beez Designs, and Scrappin' Serenity.

Advantages of Time

After creating this digital collage, I decided to go ahead an post it because the Take a Word Challenge this week is "Time."  I felt that it fit the theme.  I won't say anything else about it other than this image is part of a passion series I'm working on.  If you'd like a visual treat, visit the Take a Word blog here.


Credits for Image Components:
Cajoline, Mommyish, Effie, Far Far Hill, Just for Fun Designs, EloDesigns, Digilicious, Rachael's Scraps, Aimee Harrison, Butterfly Design, Mariscrap, Elo Designs, LJS Digital Designs, Linda Lou Creations, Desert Bloom Designs, Janet Scott Designs, Cajoline, Miriam's Scraps, Prairie Song Scraps

Sweet Scents Freebie-Scrap Matters August 2013 Colour Challenge

Well, Kim B. did it again over at Scrap Matters.  She hosted a color challenge with a beautiful and irresistible color palette.  It made me think of vintage perfume labels, so that was my inspiration.  The fun thing about her challenges is that you receive a free mini kit just for playing. 

 

Download the kit here. 

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Until next time,

Inspiration Avenue Weekly Challenge-Postcards

The weekly art challenge at Inspiration Avenue was to create something in the size of a postcard.  We're also hosting an altered postcard swap in September, so I decided to combine the two.  I took a funny travel postcard and altered it digitally.  Here is the result.

One of the things that had inspired me was a lovely photo of a preying mantis my husband made.  (Or is it praying mantis?)  It was crawling on our hibiscus plant a couple of days ago.  

Photo by Tracy Hamby

If you'd like to see all of the wonderful postcard entries for this week's challenge, just click here.

To find out more about the Altered Postcard Swap, click on the button at the top of my right sidebar.  We'd love to have your participation. 

Inspiration Avenue-Altered Postcard Swap

Over at Inspiration Avenue, we're hosting a fun altered postcard swap.  If you click on the button in my right sidebar, you'll be swept over to IA so you can get the details.  I've posted some altered postcards I found to help inspire you!

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I tried to select a variety to inspire you.  When I googled "altered postcards" I found so many I was like a kid in a candy store.  I can't wait to get busy altering some postcards of my own.  To join our fun swap, visit us at Inspiration Avenue  here.