10.23.11 More Halloween

Some lovely faces from Paper Whimsy gone bad.  I joined a Halloween Flip Book swap through PaperTraders Yahoo Group - we made three "pages", .three heads, three torsos and three feet. These are each 2" square

10/13/11 Men of Magic

Both of these digital collages are using elements from Deviant Scrap  - Odd Magic, Gothic Fairy Children and Male Persuasion.  I'm still working on shadows and trying to refine these collages.  I'm enrolled in the online Fantasy Style Workshop through Deviant Scrap - it's a really good course, but I'm a little stuck on masking.  A lot stuck actually....

9.24.11 It's feeling like Halloween

The Halloween (and Christmas!) decorations are already in the stores - so I got the inspiration to do some creepy digital work.  Most of the elements are from Deviant Scrap with some vintage photos of mine.

9/10/11 Vintage Circus Mini Book Swap

I'm hosting a swap through the Paper Traders Yahoo Swap group - first time I've ever hosted. I made the five pages , then used an awl to make three holes on the sides and tied them together with string and alphabet beads.
Here are a few samples:

8/26/11 Self Portrait and Vintage School Memories

I'm a member of the Art Journal Caravan through the Scrapbook Graphics site and the challenge this month was to do a self portrait.
And, at the Paper Traders blog, the challenge was called "Vintage School Memories".  I did one, and then another, and may do more!  Both have elements from Deviant Scrap and Paper Whimsy and some scanned vintage ephemera. Yes, it's me in the first one.

8/19/11 Planes and Trains

 

This is the third Steampunk inspired collage for Gingersnap Creations titled Planes and Trains.

The bulk of the elements are from Deviant Scrap, with a vintage ticket that I scanned in and an old photo of my grandfather.

7/28/11 Vintage Swimsuits

PaperTraders -Art blog has started accepting digital art for their Challenges.  I got a little carried away and made three collages with digital elements from Deviant Scrap.