Anne's Creative Cornucopia: February 2011

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Sunday, February 27, 2011

"Double Take" - Postcard

This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was “Double Take.” I used two different digital bird stamps, that were almost identical, and created a ghost like effect for the second bird. I duplicated the flower and used a similar effect for it. I wanted to simulate a double exposure photograph effect.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

"Moroccan Allure" - Postcard

This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was “Faces.” The woman is from a copyrighted painting by Wladyslaw Theodor Benda (1873-1948).

Friday, February 18, 2011

"Romance" – ATC

This week’s Take A Word challenge #16 was “Romance.” I had trouble coming up with something for this word, and I'm not sure that this piece captures the true meaning of it.

"Art Creations Friday - Challenge 105" - 5 x 7

The Mucha woman was provided by the Art Creations Friday Feb 18, 2011 challenge (number 105).

Thursday, February 17, 2011

"Scrapling"

This week’s Crazy Amigo challenge was “Scrapling.” I made a scrapling folded in half. This is a fun size to work with.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

"Hearts" - Postcard

This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was “Hearts.” This week’s Crazy Amigo challenge was “Valentine.” This week’s Three Muses challenge was “Quotation.” The quote is from a poem by Christopher Marlowe. I made the heart shape using a GIMP script I wrote. I created the gold ball border using GIMP's path tool.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

"Steampunk Inspired" - Postcard

This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was “Steampunk Inspired.” I always have problems creating something for this theme.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

"Russian Roulette" – #6 Revolver – Postcard

This is my entry for Digital Whisper theme #6 Revolver. I Binged the images. I have a master list for all of my entries here.

100 Theme Challenge

Digital Whisper has a 100 theme challenge for the 2011 year. The themes are listed below, and I will add links to my entries as I create them. This blog entry will serve as my master index to them.

1. Home

2. Love

3. Light

4. Dark

5. Exodus

6. Revolver

7. Heaven

8. Innocence

9. Ancient

10. Lemon Tree

11. Memory

12. Gold

13. Dawn

14. Smile

15. Silence

16. Color

17. Upside Down

18. Rain

19. Silver

20. Half

21. Cave

22. Mother Nature

23. Hunted

24. High

25. Summer Haze

26. Tears

27. Rock Star

28. Sorrow

29. Happiness

30. Umbrella

31. Flowers

32. Night

33. Smooth

34. Stars

35. Journey

36. White

37. Eyes

38. Abandoned

39. Dreams

40. Sun

41. Mist

42. Motherhood

43. Dying

44. Two Roads

45. Animal

46. Male

47. Mansion

48. Childhood

49. Stripes

50. Proud

51. Discovery

52. Broken

53. Life

54. Tower

55. Waiting

56. Universe

57. Sacrifice

58. Faith

59. No Way Out

60. Eden

61. Cemetery

62. Magic

63. Air

64. Exotic

65. Time

66. Reflections

67. Frost

68. Windmill

69. Music

70. Bridge Too Far

71. Wind

72. Oceans

73. Clouds

74. Window

75. Mirror

76. Passion

77. Past Days

78. Art

79. Gateway

80. Lost

81. Pen and Paper

82. Dance

83. Underwater

84. Ghost

85. Lock and Key

86. Mask

87. Tranquil

88. Soft

89. Black

90. Alley

91. Drowning

92. Desolate

93. Falling

94. Hope

95. Shadow

96. In the Storm

97. Wings

98. Puzzle

99. Solitude

100. Secrets

Friday, February 4, 2011

"Queen of Hearts" – Gothic Arch

This week’s Gothic Arches challenge was “Queen.” I used several images to create this. The woman is from the copyrighted painting "A Water Idyll" by Hans Zatzka (1859-1945).

"Vintage Valentine" – Postcard

This week’s Take A Word challenge #14 was “Vintage.” Most of these images are from the Graphics Fairy, which I also list in the reference links on the side of my blog.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

"Love - a Victorian Romance" – Postcard

This week’s Soartful challenge was “Victorian Romance.” I don't know if this is quite "Victorian Valentine" enough though. This is also my first entry for the 100 themes challenge on Digital Whisper and I'm using this entry for "Love". I used several images to create this and I found the quote here.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Frozen Dogwood Buds - Ice Storm

This time we had an ice storm. I'm thankful the worst seems to be over and I didn't lose power, nor did I receive the brunt of the ice accumulation. These are pictures of my dogwood. The buds form at the end of the season (last year), and aren't even close to ready to open, so they should be fine. I've had daffodils start coming out of the ground, only to be buried by a snowfall, but it doesn't adversely affect them.