Bunny & Horse Wrangling

There's a new challenge at Mind Wide Open. Gail provided the image of two little girls with a bunny. Creating romantic art isn't really my thing, so I came up with a whimsical digital collage, imaging what one of the little girls -- Sofie -- would do later in life.

 

Sofie moved from wrangling Bunnies to wrangling Horses.

Paris Card

Gail from Mind Wide Open has a new challenge for November. I really like the image of an elegant lady with the Eiffel Tower in the background, but the colors were a bit too pale for the card I had in mind. Thus I first digitally altered the original image.

I printed the picture and found the perfect background to bring it alive -- a soft yellow paper with flowers and butterflies.

I cut out additional butterflies and mounted them on the background for a dimensional look.

I also added gemstones to add some glamor to the black butterflies.

The word Paris got a little gemstone of its own. You can also see the pink and blue accents on the paper which I added with chalking inks.

I really like how the card turned out. I rarely have time to venture into card making, but thanks to Gail's great challenge I had great fun doing just that! For more Paris art, be sure to visit Mind Wide Open. You can even vote for your favorite creation.

Mushrooms

On this October Sunday I share with you the digital collage I made for the current Mind Wide Open challenge:

I hope you like my whimsical approach -- it also has a touch of Halloween, hasn't it? 

Hint of Halloween in September

I am happy that Mary from Green Paper is back with her monthly challenges. Once again she provided three images for the September challenge, which all must that least partly used in the challenge entry. I made two brushes from the first two pictures which I used on the vintage illustration of two girls. I also added a Halloween bat, as September marks for me the countdown to Halloween.

 

Moreover, I participated for the first time in Collage Cats' challenge. A vintage family photo was provided, and I ended up with a quirky interpretation.

"Little Rob always insisted on wearing the T-shirt with his portrait."

Three Little Kittens

Mary from Green Paper provided a collage sheet for her March challenge. As always it was fun to create something from the three images she kindly shared.

Lulu was one of the Three Little Kittens.

Carnival in Munich

Sunshine and a clear blue sky -- perfect weather for Fat Tuesday (Faschingsdienstag) in Munich.

The carillon in the New Town Hall.

Masked lamp post.

Witch weather vane.

The vane was on top of the food booth below.

A living statue.

Looking across Marienplatz (Mary's Square) towards the Old Town Hall.

Japanese Native Americans.

A Bavarian couple -- the "costumes" look authentic.

More Japanese kids -- pirates this time.

There were quite a few places selling food and drinks.

A Japanese frog woman.

Chick(en)s!

Candy booth.

Another masked lamp post.

Moo-Mania's new theme is Carnival/Mardi Gras. I made the moo below using the photo above.

A carousel.

The Karlstor (Charles' Gate).

Happy clown.

Happy clown family.

Yummy strawberries.

Little princess.

Cute dancers.

Unicorns.

Witch.

Witch moo.

Pink people -- and a smurf, too.

Poultry again.

Pretty fairies.

Rooster and hen.

The invisible man.

Who would have guessed that Oz is right in Munich?

Crowd -- time to go home ...

... to eat a delicious Krapfen (cruller).

Love is in the air

Moo-Mania has the perfect challenge theme for this time of the year -- love. My first moo is a true digital doodle so to speak -- I simply played around with brushes I had previously created. Moreover, I chose colors which aren't normally associated with love.

Everlasting Love is a more traditional approach to the theme. For this moo I used a texture background, a couple silhouette by Dover Publications (do you know their free samples?), and a vintage picture of hand holding a rose which is part of a collage sheet by Retro Café Art Gallery which I received for free taking part in their Valentine's Day contest with my Love Bandit tag.

Another graphic from the collage sheet inspired me to make a Valentine's Day card. I printed the sweet girl in her heart dress, placed her on a heart so that she seems to be balancing on it, and added a few elements here and there to give the card depth.

She looks down at her pretty heart.

A red rose.

A pompom on top of her hat.

Happy Valentine's Day!