My Dear Witch

This week at Take a Word the theme is mail art. 

Most of the elements by Studio Manu.

Ginger and Inky

Take a Word asked for Orange & Black and I went for Halloween as I wanted to do something with the witch's photo I had in my stash for years.

Witch: Etchika Choureau, french actress, in Doctor Macro - cut and colored by me; textures: Beth Rimmer; pumpkins: daftopia.

I put a spell on you and now you're mine

This week the theme is BE-WITCHED in Take a Word.

Texture: PinkBlossom; pumpkins: daftopia; the crazy lady is me posing as a wicked witch in a Halloween party several years ago.

Haunted

The theme in The Three Muses is TAKE FRIGHT and this is my interpretation. My twisted mind always have fun with this theme.

Background: thefairygoodmother; texture: Shadowhouse Creations; ghost on the wall: Kia Kotsani; girl on the back: Falln Stock; girl on the front: from the poster of Brazilian movie "The famous and the dead"; skull: uncredited - from a local online newspaper.

Shadow creatures meet Mr. Bones

This party is giving me the creeps. Time to get out!

Hi, fellows. This week the theme in The Three Muses is SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES! Here is my attempt. 

Mr. Bones is from a Antikamnia calendar (thanks Johanna for the tip); the boy behind the door is a Pringle Hills Studio freebie; the wiched girl is a free wallpaper; the background is the Versailles Ballroom by ED resources (DeviantArt).

Olá, amigos. Nesta semana o tema em The Three Muses é "Algo ruim vem por aí". Esta é minha tentativa.

Just a blackbird by company (and a few ghosts)

Poor Laura! Things started to go wrong when she adopted a crow as a pet, then she was hearing voices. By this time, people of the village have already brought back stories about a curse. Long story short, as she kept seeing ghosts everywhere, they locked her up in the North Tower. But, hey, she's not going to get any better this way, is she?

Hi, guys! Getting in the spirit of Halloween, I'm offering this slightly creepy Digital collage to Take a Word which theme this week is BLACKBIRD.

Background is a photo I took in Santiago de Cuba, Laura is a Ziegfeld Girl (Dr Macro); crow by peroni68 (dA), Overlays by poisomgirl815 and darkrose42 stock (dA).

Devil in the Bottle

Hey, you! The little one has escaped! And it's growing really fast!

Brazilian folklore has this legend about a devil in a bottle. It seems to be a Portuguese heritage and it has nothing to do with alcoholism as in the songs of Lynyrd Skynyrd or TG Sheppard. Instead it is a small imp or demon kept in a bottle that can grant to its owner power and money. It has similarities to Robert Louis Stevenson's tale "The Bottle Imp".

To whom that is interested in owning a devil in the bottle, the recommendation is, first of all, celebrate a demonic pact. Then one will have to get the egg from which will emerge an about 15 cm imp. In some regions people say that it’s a chicken egg fertilized by Lucifer. Others believe that it's a rooster (?) egg.

Believers have to seek it during the Lent. After finding the egg the owner will carry it under his left arm and take it on the first following Friday before midnight at a crossroads, and wait there for the next day. In the early hours of Saturday, he will return home, keep the egg in a safe place and take a deserved rest. Forty days later, a devil will be born, it should be immediately locked up in a clear glass bottle tightly closed, to avoid any unforeseen nasty event. Hereafter, over the years, the devil will enrich its owner, and after his death, will take his soul to where nobody knows... but can imagine.

By the way, this is my entry for this week Three Muses challenge: BOTTLE.

Little devils (slightly altered) by Marcus Hedlock (chubby) and Isac Vitor Medeiros (one-horned); skinny one from a free wallpaper;

Hattie, the wicked witch

Poor Hansel and Gretel! Hattie is chasing them all over the pumpkin field.

How much fun can you have when you mix Halloween and Fairy Tales?
I've done this for Sunday Postcard Art Challenge: Witches.
It also fits in The Three Muses Challenge: Hats. Isn't hers fabulous?

Hansel: Carl Offterdinger (1829 - 1889) illustration for Hansel and Gretel.
Gretel: Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805 – 1874) illustration for Hansel and Gretel.
Witch: Michael Hage (1948) illustration for Hansel and Gretel.

Scary fairy?

This is my first entry for Sunday Postcard Art. When it comes to fairies, even the wicked ones, I just can't help it!

A bit of Halloween

This week SoArtful Challenge is Halloween. I choose not to use the lovely given image because I was looking for an opportunity for my little girl and cat image. My intent here was to create a dark somber atmosphere and then enlighten it by using this naif colorful halloween card image.

Little girl and cat: Dover Sample
Castle: Dr Alzheimer's Photo Blog
Texture: Fabricate Stock (Deviant Art)
Witches, goat, bats: two diferent Goya's paintings (Aquelarre and El Aquelarre)

Vintage Halloween

This week Three Muses Challenge is Vintage. I choose to accomplish it doing a Halloween Card. I hope you appreciate.

Images are Dover samples and background is from Make My Blog Sparkle.