Take a Word - Wings

HITCHING A RIDE.  Background compliments of NASA. Happy 2017 everyone!

Digital Whisper 2017

Looks like Father Time has arrived.   I hope he brought a slow hourglass.  Time seems to be going far too fast for me!   Happy 2017 to everyone!

Three Muses - Two

The challenge is two, and this pair is wishing everyone a Happy New Year!   Credit to Finecrafted Designs.

Take a Word - Light

A simple reminder of what Christmas is all about.   Thanks for visiting my blog.  Blessings on you one and all!

Sunday Postcard - Merry Christmas

May your holidays be blessed with family, love, and good things!

Digital Whisper - Santa

Whether he's Kris Kringle, Santa Claus, or Father Christmas, I love the jolly old fellow and the magic that surrounds him. Thanks for stopping by....and Merry Christmas to you and yours!

SPA New

Happy New Year everyone!

Three Muses - Frame

Don't you know that's just her favorite painting?   Santa is from my collection of hand-made wooden Santas, the wee girl has been in my stash for a very long time, source unknown.   Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa to each and every one.  May the spirit of the holidays last all year long! 

Digital Whisper/Take a Word

Once I had completed this for Digital Whisper's challenge of Elves, it also seemed to fit Take a Word's challenge of Home, so here it is.   The scene outside the window is one of my own oil paintings.   May the spirit of Christmas be with you each and every one!

Three Muses - Numbers

Looks like Santa's in a hurry with the rest of us.   He's from a vintage New Yorker magazine cover.   Thanks for stopping by, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Take a Word - Red and Green

I love red and green!   Ribbon credit to Donna Miller, bird to Natali Designs, poinsettia was googled. 

SPA Mantel

There he is at the window, looking over my mantel,  and with my list in his hand!  Merry Christmas to me ---- and to all of you as well!

Digital Whisper - Sleigh

Horse and sleigh from a paperback illustration by John Steven Gurney, background googled and altered, overlay by L. Bavin.

Three Muses - Time

The lovely timekeeper is my granddaughter, clock and background credit to Jen U Designs, filtered and altered, and I couldn't resist a little nod to Christmas!

Take a Word - Angel

A renaissance angel, artist unknown, background several blended, border and script overlay L. Bavin.

Three Muses - Lace

Lace and flower googled, wee one extracted from an Anne Geddes photograph.  Could anything be sweeter? 

Take a Word - Silhouette

Dance expresses such movement and joy.  This little dancer looks as if she could take wing and fly!
Thank you for visiting my blog, and for your comment.

Digital Whisper - Red

Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky at morning, sailor take warning!"  

SPA - Two

I chose a pair of pears in a still life for my twosome at SPA.  Elements were gleaned from cybersurfing and my archived kits.  Thanks for your visit.

Three Muses - Zetti

The craziness of Zetti is always a challenge.   This is pretty much all from my stash, except for the cats which are credit to Kubivet, who is no longer designing.   As for the quote -- I try!

Take a Word - Fish

This handsome fellow is flirting with danger.  Let's hope he's too wise to bite!  Background is copy of an envelope my daughter mailed to me.   I've used it "bigly"....ah ... er ... much.  (Sorry, been watching too much TV).

SPA Saints and Icons

The SPA challenge is Saints amd Icons.  My madonna is extracted from a painting  by Fra Fillipo Lippi, renaissance era.    Thank you for stopping by, and thanks for your comments.

Three Muses - Plant and Insect

Nature offers us so many beautiful sights and wonders, if only we take time to savor them. Flower and butterfly both from Graphics Fairy.  Thank you for visiting my blog.  Your comments are greatly appreciated.

Take a Word - Love

The challenge is "Love", and I've done this in the style of Sergio Cerchi,  our artist of inspiration at Digitalmania this week.  Love comes in many forms, in many places!  Thanks for visiting.

Digital Whisper - Luggage

I love this image, but can't remember where I found it.  There's a story here just begging to be told. The background is a composite of several.   Thanks for visiting!

SPA - Gratitude

Gratitude is the challenge this week at SPA.  I love this quote.  If we spend more time being grateful for what we have instead of complaining about what we don't have, it CAN change everything! 

Three Muses - Bubbles

Doesn't every young girl daydream of handsome young men?    Ah, my sweet, may you find your bubbleicious fellow!

Take a Word - Fashion

The 1920's are my favorite for fashion.  Frame is googled and greatly altered; image is credit to Tangie Baxter.

Digital Whisper - Bath Time

Background credit to Create Wings Designs, image Alfred Stevens 1867 (somewhat altered), framing L. Bavin.

Sunday Postcard - Fleur de Lys

Milady is from a vintage Vogue cover (altered a bit), background  was cybersurfed. Thanks for your visit.

Three Muses - Eye

Eye upon the world.  A composite of many layers.

Take a Word - Mail Art

Assembled with all sorts of bits and pieces. Image is credit to Itkupilli.  Thanks for your visit!

SPA Shimmer Glimmer Shine

An astological approach to this week's SPA challenge of Shimmer Glimmer Shine.  Thanks for stopping by!

Three Muses - Blues

Shades of blue!   Background is from a Markus Pernhart pencil sketch, somewhat altered and filtered; image credit to Tangie Baxter.   Thanks for visiting!

Take a Word - Music

Background is blended, image is DaVinci's Virgin of the Rocks.   I'm glad you stopped by!

Sunday Postcard - Ghouls and Goblins

Something wicked this way comes.....   BOO one more time! 

Three Muses - Apple

Autumn is the time of rosy ripe apples, apple barns, apple pie, and spicy apple cider.  YUM.   My favorite time of year!   Image is from Sharing Tubes.

Sunday Postcard - Skull

Ghosts and goblins, jack-o-lanterns and skulls, things that go bump in the night.  It's that time of year!   BOO!   House credit to Deviant Art. (Couldn't resist the play on words).

Take a Word - Masculine

Marie is correct, we rarely feature men in our art.  Everything here is googled except border and overlay, which are by L. Bavin (a very old kit in my stash).   Thanks for visiting. Comments are always appreciated!

Digital Whisper - Ghost

Won't you come in, my dears???   This is my favorite spook.  I trot him out every Halloween and let him scare someplace else.  Thanks for stopping by!

Three Muses - Window

This week Ann has chosen Windows or Doors for our theme.  I always jump at a chance to use one of my own poems!  The window is googled, and background and overlays are a combination of several.   I'll be having cataract surgery this Tuesday and Wednesday, so I won't be around to comment until the end of the week.  I hope everyone enjoys the challenge!

Take a Word - Orange & Black

The theme this week is "Orange and Black".  Background is an altered pencil sketch by Markus Pernhart (1800s), some elements from Finecrafted Designs. 

Take a Word - Art

Creating art gives me much pleasure and fills idle hours.  This is a collection of art I've created at some time or other.  Thanks for stopping by.

Three Muses - Celestial

"Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket"....the lyric comes to  mind when I see a night sky.  Credit for the background here is to NASA.  

Digital Whisper - Paint Brush

Well, this one was great fun.  Credit for book to Irene Alexeeva, Dove to Dover Publications, paint brush was googled.  Your visit and comments are much appreciated!

Sunday Postcard - Wizard

Ahhh,  Rats and snails and puppy dog tails ....  potions and spells  ... things dark and mystical.  This was a  fun challenge!

Three Muses - Butterfly

FOREST VISITOR      Background is a composite of 5 different photos, butterfly is from Dover Publications.    Somehow this scene reminds me of Gene Stratton Porter's "Girl of the Limberlost".  Butterflies are such wonders of nature.  I have always been fascinated by the story of the Monarch butterflies of the northern U.S. who, in autumn, migrate thousands of miles to central Mexico for the winter.   What amazing strength in those fragile wings!

Dezinaworld - Ocean Shades

Blue is my favorite color, and the many shades of it found in the ocean are incredibly beautiful.  

Digital Whisper - Falling Leaves

Tucked away in the hills of Brown County, Indiana, near a little town called Bean Blossom, there's a quaint little restaurant called "The Farmhouse Restaurant".  It's one of my favorite places to visit in the Fall when the leaves are drifting down.  This is a scene from that spot, and the "visitor" is a sketch of mine.  Thanks for your visit.

Take a Word - Headgear

I've always been partial to the cloche hats of the 20's.  There's something incredibly feminine about them.  It's sad we don't see women wearing hats any more.