Anne's Creative Cornucopia: September 2010

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Young Tiger

Well, he’s not really a tiger, but he still looks and acts like one. He’s almost 15 weeks old now.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Streetlight Haze

It’s very humid here this morning. I took this picture of the haze cast by a streetlight. (It looked better in person.)

“Sparkling” Moon

On this humid morning, I went out to take pictures of the moon. This sparkle effect is an artificial creation from the digital camera. The orbs look like those attributed to ghostly energy, but they are caused by backscatter, or near-camera reflection, which is common with digital cameras at night.

Hazy Moon

This is a picture I took of the moon on this humid morning.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

"Envelope Art" – Envelope Size 10

This week’s Three Muses challenge was “Envelope Art.” I measured a business envelope (size 10) and used that exact size in GIMP for a template, but I had problems printing it onto an envelope (the image got cut off on the top and left, and didn’t extend all the way to the bottom and right edges). The woman image is from a Soartful challenge.

Monday, September 20, 2010

"True Love" - Postcard

I had artist’s block so I thought I would use this romantic image by William Bouguereau. The words are from the Bible, I Corinthians Chapter 13 verse 7.

"Autumn" - ATC

This week’s Think Monday – Think ATC challenge was “Autumn.” I used a photograph I took yesterday of acorns in the water, and applied a GIMP artistic filter to it.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Sunlight and Acorns

I took these pictures today in Pequonnock River Valley Park in Trumbull CT.

Wooded Path

I took these pictures today in Pequonnock River Valley Park in Trumbull CT.

"Paris" – 4x4

This week’s Soartful challenge was “Paris.” I didn’t use the image provided by the challenge, but all of these images are from the same source, The Graphics Fairy.

Friday, September 17, 2010

"Ghost Lighthouse" – Postcard

This week’s Digital Whisper challenge #17 was “Lighthouse” where the challenge site provided the image of the lighthouse. This is my first entry for this challenge.

I modified the lighthouse to give it a ghostly appearance, and haunted it with a bird spirit. Waves crash in the background and a live bird stands in the foreground. I used oriental images for this.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

"Allure" – 4x4

This week’s Soartful challenge was “Isn’t She Lovely” where the challenge site provided the image of the woman.

"Fish" - Postcard

This week’s Crazy Amigo challenge was “Fish.” I used several digital stamps for this.

This week’s Theme Thursday challenge was “Three Things” where we were supposed to use three of something.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

"Art Creations Friday - Challenge 86" - Tag

I created a tag for the Art Creations Friday Sep 10, 2010 challenge (number 86). The challenge site provided the woman and book images.

Monday, September 13, 2010

"Feeling Blue" - Postcards

This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was “Feeling Blue.” I made one postcard depicting sadness, and another showing a predominantly blue book cover. I used several images and digital stamps for both of these.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

"Autumn" - Postcards

This week’s Theme Thursday challenge was “Autumn.” I used several images for both of these, and colored the maple leaves.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

"Fruit" - Postcard

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

"Leonardo da Vinci" - ATC

This week’s Think Monday – Think ATC challenge was “Famous People.” I chose Leonardo da Vinci.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

"Back To Nature" – Postcard

This week’s Three Muses challenge was “Back To Nature.” I don’t normally do this, but I couldn’t decide which color scheme I liked better, so I’m posting both. I like the bold contrast of the green, but I also like the sky blue. They have two different “looks” to me, but I like both. I’m interested in hearing what other people think.

Friday, September 3, 2010

"Aphrodite and Butterflies" - Tag

This week’s Tag Tuesday challenge was “Butterflies.”

This week’s Soartful challenge was Greek Goddess.

I combined the two but the scan shows rainbow colors that aren’t in the actual tag, so I also included the digital picture that I printed out.

"Fly Away Summer" – 4x4

This week’s 4x4 Friday challenge was “Fly Away Summer,” signifying the end of summer. I used digital stamps for this. (I modified the sun stamp.) The words are from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18. Unfortunately I missed last week’s Spooky Bingo deadline (I thought I could post it under the wire, since Kersten is on Alaska time, but no such luck).

"Top Hat" - ATC

This week’s Think Monday – Think ATC challenge was “Top Hat.” I used a few digital stamps for this, and an image.

"Spooky Bingo" – 4x4

This week’s 4x4 Friday challenge was “Spooky Bingo.” Unfortunately I was too late, and missed the challenge deadline.

This week’s Theme Thursday challenge was “Square Art” where we were to use 1x1, 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4 art. I’m using this for that challenge also, but I hope to have time to make another entry for Theme Thursday, maybe one of each size.