Flores de Bouguereau

This week at Take a Word the theme is SHADES OF PURPLE. Background were done with photos I took recently. 

Paintings by Bouguereau; Overlay by Kim Klassen.

Grow where you are planted

This week at the Muses the theme is RUSTLE OF SPRING.

I did the background and built the dolls by using elements by Rebbeca. Wordart by Sabrina.

Agapanthus

This week The Three Muses theme is FLORAL. The Lily of the Nile photo is my own. Background and overlay by Studio Manu (altered).

Scents of the past

This week at Take a Word the theme is PURPLE. I'm also submitting this to Digitalmania.

I edited, cut and colored the photo of the girl. I made the background by mixing photos and papers. Elements by Studio Manu and Angie Young.

a thousand fake flowers

This week at Take a Word the theme is FLORAL.  

I did the doll using a photo and several papers; flowers: Angie Young; Textures and overlay: Kim Klassen.

Dreamy purple and turquoise beach

The theme for this week at The Muses is a color combination - Turquoise and Purple. My muse was longing for a sunset on a beach paradise.

Background is a free wallpaper; some elements by Createwing Designs.

Eve

Eve was a bit tired of those fig leaves and decided to try a new outfit

This week at Take a Word the challenge theme is BOTANICAL. 

Thanks to Createwing Designs, WaterLo Project and E-vint.

Little Jane Doe escaped the wedding party and went to her magical garden

This week, at Take a Word, the theme is SPRING EQUINOX. At Digitalmania the challenge is to choose a vintage photograph (or painting) and place it in an entirely new background. I combined both.

The photo (cutout, colored and altered) is on a family album,  but I have no idea who she is. Background and elements by Createwing Designs.

Here it is the original photo:

Waiting for the hummingbird

This week at Take a Word the challenge is to celebrate the world of nature.  I don't know this flower's name. What I do know is that the hummingbirds love it. Maybe fairies love it too...

Background: my photo; fairy (cutout and colored): Graphics Fairy; texture: Elné.

Paprika

Take a Word asked for HOT COLORS. I found the photo below in my aunt's album. I have no idea who she is or when it was taken. It doesn't matter, she looked so sweet! In her new outfit she also looks hot, that's why I called her Paprika.

Tio Zé

The Three Muses asked for MALE OF THE SPECIES and I decided to give a better life to an old photo of my uncle José Marques. You can see the original photo below.

Spring Delight

Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Take a Word theme for this week is SPRING. I'm offering this to my friends up there who are longing for Spring.

The doll is built from bits and pieces by Rebecca Mcmeen, as well as the background. Drew Barrymore lent me her gorgeous face. Font is Edwardian Script.

The Lady of the Lake

The Three Muses challenge this week is PHOTOGRAPH PLAY. I cropped, altered and layered two of my daughter's photos taken the first one in London and the second one in Amsterdam, both on September 2014.

Texture: Kim Klassen.

Life is full of beauty

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. 

Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.

Ashley Smith

The theme this week in Take a Word is BEAUTY. Here is my contribution. With my big-headed girl I tried to play with the conventional concept of beauty...

Background is a mix of several papers by Studio Manu; other elements also by Studio Manu; girl body: my photo; girl head: Studio Rebecca.

Poppy dream

Take a Word asked for POPPIES and here are mine.

Background: Finecrafted Designs; kids in the car: Rian; fairy: Cicely Mary Baker; overlays: Rebecca Mcmeen; texture: Kim Klassen.

Yellow bike

The Three Muses asked for a BICYCLE and something YELLOW. A few years ago I traveled with girl friends to USA. This photo was taken in San Francisco right after we rent bikes to ride to Salsalito via Golden Gate. The background is a photo of mine which depicts a detail of "No Betweens" (1996) by Jim Hodges exposed in SFMOMA.

Goodbye my love

The challenge in Three Muses is SORROW and I wondered: when death takes the one you love, who do you blame? To whom do you turn? How do you overcome? 

Background and elements: Studio Manu; crying angel statue was googled; frames by me; photo on the left: Buddy Rogers and Mary Pickford in My Best Girl (1927); photo on the right: actress Clara Kimball; font: Selfish.

Keep your inner peace

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. 

Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Saint Francis de Sales

Hello! POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS is the theme in The Three Muses. I went for keeping the inner peace as this is something really hard to me. 

Thanks to Beth Rimmer, Createwings Design and Tumblefish Studios.

Color Me Happy

Hi! The Three Muses have challenged us to take an old black and white photo and place it in or surrounded with color. My parents have recently completed 50 years of marriage and I decided to modernize the old photo album page where their wedding photo rests.

Bits and pieces by Createwing Designs, Caffeine (dA), Angie Young and Pati Araujo.

Bela Rosa

“I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.” 

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island

This week we have a color challenge in Take a Word. It's PINK (and shades of pink or even mauve). I was in a nostalgic mood and did this. Thanks for passing by.

Note: I'm not taking part in the challenges as actively as I wanted because I just haven't had time (too much work and a lot of trouble!). I hope things come back on track soon...

Girl: Collage Obsession; background: MC Designs; Elements: MC Designs, Eenas Creation, Angie Young and Mariella Corugati.