"Skeleton Wings" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Wings on Things".

I love Halloween and everything spooky, so I couldn't resist putting wings on a skeleton. This guy is dancing to Danse Macabre filmstrip with Harold Dexter Hoopes watercolors.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

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

"Butterfly" - Postcard

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

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

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

"Layer It / Blend It" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Layer It / Blend It".

This is mostly layering and not much blending (if any).

I created this using GIMP 2.10.32

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

"Adam Eve Plants" - Postcard

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This week's Take a Word challenge was "Two / Pair / Couple."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.10.

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

"Botanical" - Postcard

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This week's Take a Word challenge was "Botanical."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.8.

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

"Botanical Fruit - Watermelon" - Postcard

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This week's Take a Word challenge was "Botanical."

This is 1 of 2 pieces that I made.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.20.

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

"Botanical Fruit - Pear" - Postcard

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This week's Take a Word challenge was "Botanical."

This is 2 of 2 pieces that I made.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.20.

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

"Botanical 2" - Postcard

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This is 2 of 2 very similar Botanical themed pieces that I made. My other piece can be seen here.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

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

This piece is my entry for the following:

Tuesday's Treasures

"Botanical 1" - Postcard

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This is 1 of 2 very similar Botanical themed pieces that I made. My other piece can be seen here.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

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

This piece is my entry for the following:

Take a Word - Botanical

"Medieval Botanica" – Postcard

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This week’s Take A Word challenge was "Botanical."

I followed my muse, which took me in the direction of depicting the study of botanica.

The vintage images are from an Internet search.

I found a treasure trove of ancient images at the Oklahoma University History of Science Collections site, which I have added to the list of resources on my blog.

Flora and Fauna - Picture

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I took this picture of ferns, a purple flower, and a butterfly in Putnam Memorial State Park in Redding, CT on May 19, 2012.

"Botanica" – Tri-Fold Moo (1.1" x 2.8")

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This week’s Moo Mania challenge was “Tri-Fold” to make a 3 panel Moo that folded. I made a flat image using vintage images I found on the Internet.

"Botanica"

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This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was “Botanica.” If I understood the challenge correctly, it consists of three parts: the botanica feature image (I used a bird), the background it’s placed on (I used Old World maps), and finishing elements (I used stamps).

I used a vintage bird picture and created 20% of it, to make it complete. I created the magnifying glass and added a handle that I had to bend to make it fit around the arc. I then enlarged the portion of the image that was under the magnifying glass.