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Monday, September 15, 2025

"Celestial Rhinoceros" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Sunday, September 14, 2025

"Squares" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Squares".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

"Friends" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Friends".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Monday, September 8, 2025

Skeletons Danse Macabre - Shirt - Transfer Failure - Photograph

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I took that photograph of the transfer failure result when I used an inkjet fabric transfers paper to iron my "Skeletons Danse Macabre" shirt design onto a 100% cotton black shirt. I know I have used that transfer paper successfully in the past, but I didn't recall how I did it, and the instructions were unclear about how long to iron for / when to remove the paper backing. So as I pulled up the paper backing, part of the ink remained adhered to the paper, which tore off of the shirt. Thus ends my attempts to make my own shirt designs. The juice ain't worth the squeeze, especially with the cost of everything skyrocketing due to inflation.

Friday, September 5, 2025

"Skeletons Danse Macabre ("wdl")" - Shirt 8" x 8"

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Dancers".

A close friend of mine had sent me a photo of a Halloween shirt with witches dancing on it, which inspired me to make my own shirt design, an 8" by 8" image that I will print onto 8.5 x 11 inches inkjet fabric transfers paper, to iron onto a black shirt. (My dancing witches design is still in progress, because as usually happens with me, one thing led to another, and I saw a movie that showed two Medieval images that I wanted to use: one for the witches, and this one with the skeletons.)

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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Important Printing Notes:

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To print it onto a fabric iron on transfer, it needs to be mirror image flipped:

Image - Horizontal Flip

*** The below steps are important to do before printing, otherwise it will get cutoff on one edge if it is done in Portrait!!! (for 8.5 x 11 inches paper size) ***

File - Print

Set it to Landscape (NOT Portrait!!!)

Set Print size to Original size (from image DPI)

Set Position on paper to Centered

Print Quality: High

Sunday, August 31, 2025

"The Moon" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "The Moon".

All of the images in the foreground are ones that I found recently.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Turtles (SPA Guest Host)" - Postcard

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This week I have the honor of guest hosting Sunday Postcard Art, and I chose the challenge theme "Turtles."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)