The Music Lives On

The Music Lives On

The challenge over at Digital Whisper this week was "Guitar." I'm rather late, as I tend to muse on images and keep changing or adding to them over several days! 

Image Credits: Marta van Eck, itKuPiLLi Imaginarium, Rucola Designs, Eena's Creations and Krysty Scrap Designs - all from www.mischiefcircus.com.

Lavender

The challenge over at Digital Whisper this week was "Lavender" - a lovely invitation. And taking a look in the "Last Chance" section of mischiefcircus.com, what should I find but the "French Kiss" kit by Krysty Scrap Designs with some lovely lavender images (among others). This collage is mainly using images from "French Kiss" and also "Bottle of Ink" also by Krysty Scrap Designs and also in the "Last Chance" section (with a little help from the Graphics Fairy!).

Advent

What shall I say!

How shall I describe this Birth to you?

For this wonder fills me with astonishment.

The Ancient of Days has become an infant.

He who sits on the sublime and heavenly throne,

now lies in a manger.

And He who cannot be touched…

now lies subject to the hands of people…

God is now on earth,  and man in heaven;

on every side all things commingle.

~ John Chrysostrom

Image Credits; itKuPiLLi Imaginarium (www.mischiefcircus.com) and Google Images.

Preserved in Memory - DW challenge

Preserved in Memory

This week's challenge over at Digital Whisper is "Frost" - appropriate for this time of year, though it's been beautiful here in Minnesota. 

It's been a while since I've done any digital challenges, but with Christmas coming and some new Wintery and Christmassy kits, I'm getting into the holiday mood and itching to play!

Image Credits: Winter Tales United collection by itKuPiLLi Imaginarium (www.mischiefcircus.com)

Key to My Heart

Key to My Heart

The challenge over at Take a Word this week is "keys." Both of the old photos used are among the freebies offered at darleneoliviamcelroy.blogspot.com. One of the things that I love among so many of the creatives online is their amazing generosity - images, or papers, or collages, or tutorials. It's just an inspiration to visit their blogs.

Image Credits: Rucola Designs, Tumble Fish Studios, and Holliewood Studios (from mischiefcircus.com); Digital Whisper, darleneoliveamcelroy.blogspot.com, and alteredbits.com.

Gypsies at Versailles

Gypsies at Versailles

This week's theme over at Digital Whisper is "Marie Antoinette."

Marie used to take her ladies-in-waiting to a farm at Versailles and play at being milkmaids. I imagine that if gypsies came by she'd have just as much fun.

Image credits: Eena's Creations, Holliewood Studios, itKuPiLLi Imaginarium, Marta van Eck, Finecraft Designs, Tumble Fish Studios (all from mischiefcircus.com), and the Graphics Fairy.

Bohemian Seas

Dreaming of Bohemian Seas

The challenge over at Take a Word this week is "Sea Life" - one that holds lots of possibilities. The images of the Sea Horse and Sea Dragon from itKuPiLLi Imaginarium inspired this bohemian fantasy. 

Image Credits: itKuPiLLi Imaginarium, Marta van Eck, Tumble Fish Studio, Jagged Touch Studio and Brimm (all from mischiefcircus.com)

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

"Hide and Seek" is the challenge over at Digital Whisper this week. Just a fun little romp.

Image credits: itKuPiLLi Imaginarium, Holliewood Studios, Tumble Fish Studios and Rucola Designs (all from MishceifCircus.com)

Window on the World

Window on the World

The challenge this week over on Take a Word is "window." When I saw this paper from Rucola Designs with the fairy-tale mushrooms, I knew it was the beginnings of a window into a fairy-tale world.

Keep your eyes open. You never know where you will find wonder.

Image credits: Rucola Designs, Eena's Creations, Holliewood Studios (all from mischiefcircus.com), and the Graphics Fairy.

Free Spirit

Free Spirit

The challenge this week over at Digital Whisper is "summer" - and I thought a little summer freedom was in order. 

Live large. Expand beyond. Bloom in the sun.

Be free.

Image credits: Rucola Designs, Marta van Eck, Hidden Vintage Studio, itKuPiLLi Imaginarium and Cryztal Rain (all from mischiefcircus.com)

Summertime

Summertime

This week's challenge over at Digital Whisper is "barefoot" - great summertime theme! There's something about summer that calls for exploring the world barefoot. The photo is of my niece walking the rocks along the shores of Lake Superior at Gooseberry Falls State Park - one of my favorite summertime things to do when I was her age. (OK, still is!)

Image Credits: Images by Pink Lotty, Nancy Baumiller- Crowabout Studio, and Jagged Touch Studio, all from mischiefcircus.com.

Songs of Summer

Songs of Summer

Summertime… and the living is easy.

The theme this week over at Digital Whisper is "picnic" - a perfect summertime theme. I think I need to go take a walk in the woods somewhere!

Image Credits: Marta van Eck, itKuPiLLi Imaginarium, Eena's Creations and Tumble Fish Studios, all from mischiefcircus.com.

Along the Beach

Along the Beach

The challenge over at Digital Whisper this week is "Watercolor."

The watercolor is a little watercolor sketch I did at an art group when another artist, Cheryl Barr, offered the opportunity to try some of her watercolor paper. I've thought of going back and working some more on it, but I love the freshness of it. The scan actually brought out the colors a lot more, the original is much more delicate.

It reminds me of how much I loved walking along the beach in North Carolina, the freshness of it and the expansiveness of the ocean.

Image Credits: Rucola Designs, Finecrafted Designs, and Tumble Fish Studios (all from mischiefcircus.com); background from Lost and Taken and the Graphics Fairy.

Take A Word Challenge - Beauty

Adoration

Image credits: itKuPiLLi Imaginarium's Halo and Les Femmes Depoque collections, from mischiefcircus.com

Take a Word Challenge - Timepieces

The challenge this week over at Take a Word is Timepieces. I must say that this is how I've felt the last several weeks!

Crazy Time

Image credits: Rucola Designs and Holliewood Studio from Mischief Circus, and the Graphics Fairy.

Just Having Fun

Spent an evening playing with itKuPiLLi Imaginarium's Variete United Collection, which I hadn't had a chance to really play around with before. And, yes, it was while I was downloading some more digital images purchased from Mischief Circus – it's an addiction I can live with.

I spent a lot of time playing around with layer blending styles, with some really interesting results.

 Eternal Beauty

This brought together so many things that I really do think are beautiful - wonderful art and architecture. A lot of classic beauty blended together in a really interesting way.

Beauty is Eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

Khalil Gibran

And now for something completely different:

Image Credits:

Both collages done with images from itKuPiLLi Imaginarium's Variete United from mischiefcircus.com.

Digital Whisper Challenges - Venus and Sheet Music

Last week's challenge over at Digital Whisper was "Venus" - I haven't done it for a while, at least until recently (see below), and am rather behind the times - but I had some fun with this.

Venus Rising

The week before the challenge was "Sheet Music." I actually had this ready that week, but didn't get it posted. 

Paris Love

Image Credits:

Venus Rising - Woman from Images-Shop.com Victorian Art Collection. All other images from Eena's Creations at mischief circus.com

Paris Love - Images from itKuPiLLi Imaginarium, Marta Van Eck, and Tumble Fish Studios, all from mischief circus.com

Take a Word - Blue and White

Celebrate Yourself

Image credits: Krysty Scrap Designs, Rucola Designs, itKuPiLLi Imaginarium (all from Mischief Circus); Art Freebies, and the Graphics Fairy. Quotation found on Pinterest.

Take a Word - Green

Beloved

The challenge this week at Take a Word is "Green." This came a long way from where it started. I love it when the story starts to emerge!

Image Credits:

From Mischief circus: itKuPiLLi Imaginarium, Marta van Eck, Eena's Creations, Holliewood Studios

From images-shop.com: Victorian collection: Ophelia (J.W. Waterhouse), The Painter's Honeymoon (F. Leighton)

Digital Whisper Challenge - Teapots

So, you want tea or what?

The theme this week over at Digital Whisper is "teapots." So I started with the teapot by Marta van Eck and a wonderful background by Eena's Creations. Our heroine is certainly the one who belongs in the picture, but she doesn't seem very thrilled by the idea of serving tea in her little bohemian paradise.

Image credits: Eenas Creations, Marta van Eck, itKuPiLLi Imaginarium (all from Mischief Circus), and Digital Whisper.