Anne's Creative Cornucopia: April 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

Bleeding Hearts - Pictures

I took these pictures of the bleeding hearts in my yard on April 29, 2012.

Bleeding Hearts - Pictures

I took these pictures of the bleeding hearts in my yard on April 29, 2012.

Bleeding Hearts - Couples - Pictures

I took these pictures of the bleeding hearts in my yard on April 29, 2012.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

"Raven" – Postcard

This week’s Take A Word challenge was “Raven.”

Most of the vintage images are from the Brooklyn Museum Arts of the Islamic World.

"Summer Journal (Book Cover)" - Postcard

This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Turquoise." I created a leather Summer Journal book cover with an Islamic theme to it.

The vintage Islamic images are from the Brooklyn Museum Arts of the Islamic World.

The leather background is from a Leather Texture Pack.

The font is Matador.

The bevel effect was created using GIMP script Bevel.

White Dogwood Blossoms - Pictures

I took these pictures of the dogwood tree in my yard on April 27, 2012.

Bleeding Hearts - Picture

I took this picture of the bleeding hearts in my yard on April 27, 2012.

White Dogwood Blossoms - Pictures

I took these pictures of the dogwood tree in my yard on April 22, 2012, during the rain.

Bleeding Hearts - Pictures

I took these pictures of the bleeding hearts in my yard on April 22, 2012, during the rain.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

"Sun God" – Moo (1.1" x 2.8")

I made a second entry for this week’s Moo Mania challenge “Egypt.” See my first post for credits.

Friday, April 27, 2012

"Egypt" – Moo (1.1" x 2.8")

This week’s Moo Mania challenge was “Egypt.”

I found these fabulous old images at the Brooklyn Museum which I have added as another resource link on the right hand side of my blog.

"Best Wishes" - Postcard

I created a greeting postcard.

The vintage images are from an Internet search.

The font is Honey Script Semi-Bold.

"Butterfly" - ATC

This week’s Think Monday – Think ATC challenge was “Butterfly.”

The vintage images are from an Internet search.

The font is Andalus.

The definition is from an online dictionary.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

"Celebrate Spring" - Postcard

This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Celebrate."

The vintage images are from an Internet search.

The fonts are Casua and dearJoe4.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Pink Dogwood Blossoms - Pictures

I took these pictures of dogwood trees today, at Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, in Fairfield CT. I have two more posts with dogwood pictures from there, below.

The church's annual Dogwood Festival is May 11-13, 2012, but I think the flowers will be gone by then. Someone said Spring is about 3 weeks early here this year, and it looks like that could be true.

Pink Dogwood Blossoms - Pictures

I took these pictures of dogwood trees today, at Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, in Fairfield CT.

White Dogwood Blossoms - Pictures

I took these pictures of dogwood trees today, at Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, in Fairfield CT.

Giant Red Flowers - Picture

I took this picture of some giant red flowers today, at a house near Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, in Fairfield CT.

Sherwood Island - Pictures

I took these pictures yesterday afternoon at Sherwood Island in Westport CT.

Dogwood Blossoms - Pictures

I took these pictures of the dogwood tree in my yard yesterday morning.

Friday, April 20, 2012

"Spirotangle" - ATC

This week’s Think Monday – Think ATC challenge was “Zentangle.”

I know what Zentangle is, and I started out trying to make one, but in the end, this became more like a spirograph piece, hence my name "Spirotangle." I used Gimp's Spyrogimp and Gfig filters to make parts of this.

"Time" – Moo (1.1" x 2.8")

This week’s Take A Word challenge was “Time.” This is one of my favorite themes, and I had many ideas, but I was unable to create any of them. I finally settled on this.

The words are from the song Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce.

The font is Casua.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

"Vintage Bathing Beauty" – Postcard

This week’s Three Muses challenge was “Vintage Bathing Beauty.” I tried to create a somewhat whimsical piece.

All of the vintage images are from an Internet search.

The font is Buxton Sketch.