Anne's Creative Cornucopia: March 2010

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

"Desdemona" - 4x4

This week’s Macabre Monday challenge #032 was “Somber Shakespeare.” The words are from Othello.

"Bud/Flowering" - ATC

This week’s Think Monday – Think ATC challenge was “Bud/Flowering.”

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

March Rain Storm Number 2

We’ve gotten about 3 or more inches (7.62 centimeters) of rain over the past two days. This is my backyard again, where I’m safely up on a hill, away from any potential flooding. Tomorrow morning’s commute to work could be bad. A road I take looked like it’s about to be overtaken by the rising water. (I didn’t have my camera or I would’ve taken pictures there too.)

Saturday, March 27, 2010

"Fallen Embers" - 2x4

This week’s Theme Thursday challenge was “2x4.” The words are from the song Fallen Embers by Enya.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

"Vernal Equinox" - 4x4

This week’s 4x4 Friday challenge was “Spring Equinox.”

Spring left flowers in her wake.

Friday, March 19, 2010

"Spring" - Tag

This week’s Tag Tuesday challenge number 43 was “Spring.” This scanned in a little washed out.

"Spring Goddess" - Postcard

This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was “Goddess.” With several challenges having the theme of Spring, and the beautiful weather we’re having this week, I made a Spring Goddess. (We are getting several “Top 10” days of the year, for five days in a row this week. It’s heavenly!)

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! - Postcard

I made this postcard for Saint Patrick’s Day. I hope to visit the Emerald Isle at least once in my lifetime.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

"Evil Doll" - ATC

This week’s Macabre Monday challenge #030 was “Hello Dolly!” I’m hoping to come up with a voodoo doll next, before the deadline.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

"Elemente Metal" - ATC

This week’s Think Monday – Think ATC challenge was “Elemente Metal.” From the challenge site: “Wood, fire, earth, metal and water are the 5 elements of the chinese calendar. 2010 is the year of the metal.”

Rain Storm

We were supposed to get 2.5 to 3 inches (6.35 to 7.62 centimeters) of rain yesterday into this morning, but I haven’t heard what the totals were yet. Those are two pictures of the water behind my house. I could hear it roaring when I awoke, but I had to wait until daylight to see the volume. Normally this doesn’t have the frothing white caps rushing through, so we got a lot of rain. Fortunately my house is far enough above this that it’s never a flood risk for me.

Below is the vine that I like:

"Oriental Newspaper"

This week’s Three Muses challenge was “Newspaper.” I struggled to come up with an idea for this, and then I got this idea after finding this newspaper page with China as one of the topics. This challenge also led me to a wonderful source for newspaper images at the Newspaper Archives/Indexes/Morgues which I have added to the resources links on the right hand side of my blog.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

"Dark Ladies"

This week’s Darkness Inspiration challenge was “Dark Ladies.” I thought this woman looked like the Princess of Darkness, and I’ve wanted to use her for awhile now.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

"It’s Not All Black And White"

This week’s Mixed Media Monday challenge was “It’s Not All Black And White.”

Monday, March 8, 2010

"Beach Bathing Beauties" - Gothic Arch

This week’s Gothic Arches challenge was “Beach Bathing Beauties.” I started with a conventional vintage bather, but then I ended up going off in an enchanted/magical direction.

This is also my 250th blog post. I wanted to mark the milestone with fanfare and maybe even tie in a celebration/anniversary piece with a challenge that has that for its theme. But when I finished this piece, I thought it looked special enough to be number 250.

I also want to thank everyone who left comments last week. Once again, I’ve fallen behind on looking at and commenting on entries for challenges.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

"Travel" - Postcard

This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was “Travel.”

"Enchanted"

This week’s Mixed Media Monday challenge was “Enchanted.”

Friday, March 5, 2010

"Cardinal" - Tag

This week’s Tag Tuesday challenge number 42 was “Brown and another color.” I used red, and a simple, muted design. The colors scanned in a little washed out.

This week’s Crazy Amigo challenge was “Tags.” This is my first entry for that challenge, and I combined it with the Tag Tuesday challenge.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

"Orange", "Dancing" - ATCs

This week’s Think Monday – Think ATC challenge was “Orange.” I tried to combine last week’s Dancing with this week’s Orange, but I ended up “forcing” it, so I had to abandon that effort. I used several textures for my Orange ATC. I also created a Dancing ATC with a hint of orange.