Heather Heart loves you

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The Three Muses theme for this week is HEARTS. I drew the face and pasted at the body of a paper doll.

Hearts: Createwing Designs, Crowabout Studio, Rucola Designs, Astrid Mclean and Angie Young. Overlay: Parée.

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.

Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away

This week Take a Word asked for BUTTERFLIES. 

Background: combination of Betty Rimmer's papers; doll: Rebecca Macmeen; wings: Tumblefish Studios.

My prayer

The Three Muses asked for ZETTI and this is my take on the challenge. The quote is the "gestalt prayer", by psychotherapist Fritz Perls. I'm always trying to meet everyone's expectations, mother, children, husband, boss, friends. Of course it doesn't work out and I end up frustrated, so I took this prayer as a mantra...

I zettified my face, then built the doll with bits and pieces by Rebecca Mcmeen. 

Sweet Lolita

Hi! The Three Muses asked for FASHION and it has occurred to me that this was a good opportunity to portrait this trend among teens and also young women called kawaii (the word also applies to everything cute in Japanese culture). It is also known as Lolita fashion. According to Wikipedia, Lolita fashion is based on Victorian fashion and the Rococo period. Girls who dress in Lolita fashion are not going for the "sexy" look, but instead try to look cute, innocent, and beautiful. This look is achieved with lace, ribbons, bows, ruffles, bloomers, aprons, and ruffled petticoats. Parasols, chunky Mary Jane heels, and Bo Peep collars are also very popular. There is also the Sweet Lolita that includes even more embellishments and is often in pastels and other light colors.

Background by Caotiicah02 (altered); texture by Shadowhouse Creations (altered).

Gothic arches, wig and wings

I love the gothic aesthetic, I find it beautiful and romantic. However, I've been there several times. So, I decided to stick with the Gothic architecture only. Then I added some luxury to the  scenery by including one of the fantastic Marina Bychkova's dolls a la Marie Antoinette. Hope you like it.

Background (altered): Historyfish (photochrom dated between 1890 and 1900 and available from the Library of Congress of La Sainte-Chapelle, located near the Palais de la Cité, on the Île de la Cité in the heart of Paris). 
Amazing Doll (altered): Marina Bychkova.
Wings:  brush by Obsidian Dawn.

Goth fairy & CO

Hi there! In Take a Word the theme word for this week is TATTERED. I was not in the vintage mood, so I went for gothic with some tattered clothes, wings and textures. The fairy is an assemblage of several parts I googled. The spooky doll is available here. Thanks for passing by and for your kind comments.

Doll hand made by Jodi Cain; Background by Digital Blasphemy; textures by Cloaks and Tigers (deviantArt); wings by Tracie76Stock (dA).

Olá! Em Take a Word a palavra-tema para esta semana é algo como "esfarrapado". Eu não estava no clima vintage, então fui para o gótico com roupas, asas e texturas "esfarrapadas". A fada é uma combinação de várias partes extraídas do Google images. A boneca está disponível aqui. Obrigado por passar por aqui e por seus comentários gentis.

Artificial World

Hi, friends. This sort of gothic image is my contribution to Take a Word which theme this week is BLACKBIRD.

Thanks to Enchanted Stock (dA), Beth Rimmer, Finecrafted Designs.

White Witch

Hi! As a tribute to my friends at the edge of a new Winter (here, it will begin the Summer), my own version of White Witch (Chronicles of Narnia).

This is also to attend the new challenge at Three Muses: Land of Odd. Is she odd enough? Well, at least Narnia is quite odd...

Background is a free wallpaper; linen texture is public domain; dress is Alexander's Mcqueen (Fall 2011); hair and headdress are Marina Bychkova's.

Paper Dolls in Underwear

Hi! This time the challange in Three Muses is incorporate UNDERWEAR somewhere in my collage. I've though in paper dolls, after all they come in underwear to be dressed with those lovely outfits. It has seemed to me that would be interesting to pick only vintage small girls paper dolls and compare how they've changed over the time. Unfortunately I coudn't find out the names and year of some of them, so I made them up.

If you like paper dolls visit Tery's Paper Dolls Scans.

Sad Princess in her Golden Cage

Poor Princess Isobel had everything but freedom...


Hello! This is my entry for this week SoArtful challenge.

Background is a painting by Charles Wild (1781-1835): Carlton House: The Blue Velvet Room, 1816. Cage and crown are Graphic Fairies' and was given by Jeanette for this challenge. Isobel is a Enchanted Doll by Marina Bychkova. There's also a Beth Rimmer paper used as texture.

Odd Birds in a Golden Cage

Belas e estranhas criaturas aladas presas em gaiola de ouro

My odd birds are oniric mutant steampunk creatures trapped in a golden palace.

Digital art for The Three Muses Challenge: odd bird.

Amazing dolls by Marina Bychkova.
Wings brushes by Obsidian Dawn.
The golden cage is a public domain painting by Alexander Kolb that pictures the interior of The Winter Palace (Golden Drawing Room) in Saint Petersburg.