"Vintage Auto" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Vintage".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

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

"Newsprint" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Newsprint".

I went where my muse took me.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.32

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

Featured in the weekly sampler.

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Can a smile conceal a sneer?
How do we see clear?
Remember all those cracks we feared
Beneath the clear veneer?

Adam Ant - What's Going On

Looks like there's rain up ahead
Like there's a crack in the heavens

On My Knees - Rufus Du Sol

Swear allegiance to the flag
Whatever flag they offer

Silent Running (Swear allegiance to the flag - Whatever flag they offer) - Mike + the Mechanics

"Newspaper" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Newspaper."

The shocked look on this gentleman is because he saw snow forecast each day for Connecticut, United States for Thursday (2/28) through Monday (3/4), with greater total accumulations on each successive day. He is wondering what happened to Spring's impending arrival.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.8.

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

"April" – Tag

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I created this for Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2014 - April  challenge.

This is my first time entering on his site, and this probably violates the rules because it is all digital, but I decided to make it after seeing Astrid's beautiful tag. (Sometimes I print my tags, but I need to replace the ink cartridge, so I didn't print and hole punch this one yet.)

I mimicked Tim's steps to create my tag, and have shown my intermediate layers as I progressed. This is what I did:

1) I cut out clippings from a marriage and obituary scrap book and glued them to a Number 8 size tag. (Because Tim's tag had dark areas on the edges, I painted some dark brown brush strokes on the base tag first.)

2) I painted green over most of the tag, blotted it by erasing some of the color, then painted lighter color splats to mimic the water spray droplets. (I need to find a better method for this part, because I didn't achieve the same look as Tim's tag.)

3) I created a lodge lattice and placed sections of it down on the tag. (I painted the lodge lattice with a few colors to achieve a mottled look.)

4) I added cut out music sheet, mirror, and cork pieces to insert into the lodge lattice. (I tried several methods to make the pieces look like they were laying within the openings, but none of them worked, so the end result has them looking like they are underneath the lodge lattice. I need to find a better method for this part also.)

5) I added the ribbon, flowers, and leaves behind the flowers to complete the tag. (The leaves were cut out of the marriage and obituary scrap book.) I chose not to add something dangling from the bottom of the tag.

I spent more hours than I care to admit to, in creating this, but I am happy with the end result.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.10.

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

"Groundhogs Taste Like Rabbits" – Postcard

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

I created this using GIMP 2.8.10.

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

The fonts are

JMillmanuscript Medium
Cloister Black, Light

"Time" – Postcard

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This week’s Take A Word challenge #44 was “Time.” Here in the United States, the Labor Day Holiday weekend signifies the unofficial end of summer. For me, this summer flew by, and I can't believe it's over already.

This is also my entry for this week's Three Muses challenge Newspaper.

The man is from the Library of Congress, the newspaper is from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and the font is BoltonBold. (See the right hand side of my blog for links.)

"Oriental Newspaper"

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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.