Steampunk Chick - SPA

I am having a lot of fun with the 4x6 format when I get the time to sit down and play.  This is for Sunday Postcard Art...the subject matter was Vintage Children.  

The child image was a freebie found on the internet, the Victorian Steampunk images were created by Lauren Bavin, Erica Belton, and Teresa Loman designers for Digital Scrapbook Place.  The kits can be found at the Digital Scrapbook Place store.  If you type in the word "Steampunk" in the store search engine, you can find all of the kits and MORE. (Who doesn't like more?)

Lest We Forget - SPA

Happy 4th of July for those of you in the USA!

And  Happy 4th of July to every one else...you just may not have the fireworks...LOL!

This is my creation for Sunday Postcard Art.  The pictures on this postcard are photos of my maternal Grandfather who fought in World War I, and my paternal Uncles who fought in World War II (one died during that war) and also fought in the Korean conflict.  I am VERY proud of them.  They answered a call that today, most people do not understand.  Military service is now a pathway to a government paid education.  Little thought is given to the sacrifice necessary to live a military lifestyle and the call to serve the country.  

For those who choose that life and path of service, you have my undying gratitude.  

Thank you.

Sunday Postcard Art - Butterflies

Woo-Hoo!  I finally sat down and got a web challenge done!  This one is for Sunday Postcard Art - Butterflies.  I also had a personal challenge to use some of the elements that I have been collecting around the web.  I used Photoshop Elements 6 to do a digital creation.  Although I really do have to get back to getting my hands dirty! 

I have used papers from Retro Diva - Birds of a Feather.  The butterflies are from DD Elements. Both were downloaded from the DigiFree.com web site which finds those wonderful places that are offering free digital scrapbooking elements and makes them available to the rest of us. (With the maker's permission of course!)

I have also used elements from Nicole Young (Angel Whispers, Storybook Dreams), Lauren Bavin (Antiquing Pack), and Tina Chambers (Oscar Wilde word art) all from Digital Scrapbooking Place. 

Sunday Postcard Art - Children

I realized after I put this together that it reminded me of the children's story "A Secret Garden"  one of my favorite books both as a child and adult.  The images are from Art Chix.  The "lock" I had to color with the help of alcohol inks.  The flowers, leaves, and butterfly were cut out from the background paper, edges inked to help them to stand out from the background and then glued to the postcard.  After I was done and looking though my view finder, I wasn't really happy that the images weren't really "popping".  So  I took one of my brush markers and went around the images to drop "shadows" around them. 

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