men, reflections

 for three muses challenge: masculine

these men and their quotes come from retired mischief circus kits, the second male profile is from designs by aymara

love to all

animal "show and tell" at einstein's school for boys

in honor of the gentleness in men and boys, this is for three muses challenge: masculine

images are from retired mischief circus kits and various artists including itKuPiLLi, holliewood studios, eena's creations, cryztal rain, mr whiskers and others.

love to all.

a gentleman and a scholar; ICAD catch up

for the three muses masculine prompt.

male image from lunagirl (african american CD); remainder of images from various mischief circus artists.

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today's catch up post for the past three creations in my particpation in the "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art. i've pretty much stopped paying attention to prompts and instead doing what i want to do.

rubber stamps from rubber moon art stamps (stampstracts) on water color ink-spritzed background.

lots of papers ripped and collaged and "connected" with sewing stitches rubber stamps; female image from gecko galz (dream girls 2).

hole punched papers (variety of papers by gecko galz) and dragonfly from gecko galz as well.

love to all.

just a little bit more steampunk...

last 2 steampunk pieces, inspired by the "steampunk autumn" challenge at gecko galz.

images and papers from gecko galz. sentiment on first from tim holtz and on second from finnabair. border and wings from my stash.

love to all.

man of science

the new challenge at take a word for this week is "masculine."
here's what i cooked up.

images from itKuPiLLi, holliewood studios and a few others from the fantastical steampunk sets.

love to all.

the strong man arrives; up the fairy stair

for three muses: stairs

images from itKuPiLLi and songbirdy at mischief circus.

images from itKuPiLLi, songbirdy and miles beyond the moon.
love to all.

a masculine moment

for take a word: masculine

images from holliewood studios.
happy father's day to all the men, take a ride!

love to all.

annual son birthday

digital masculine card for my son's december birthday.

with background paper from gecko galz curiosity shoppe, male image and clock from songbirdy hanky panky and other bits from itKuPiLLi and dezinaworld.

love to all

a gentle man

for take a word: manly

all images from tumblefish studios "nitty gritty neigborhood" kit (sadly no longer available for purchase).

love to all.

men of the world

for the take a word challenge: masculine

background map by gecko galz (old world maps collage sheet); all other images by CS designs.
enjoy; love to all.

masculine - steampunk - digital

in keeping with my current obsession with digital creating i decided to try making a digital tag for tag tuesday this week.  the theme is "masculine" and i went with steampunk, another obsession.  the results:

all images by dezinaworld. dezinaworld offers a huge library of FREE digital images.  if you are interested in this art form you should really check it out.

enjoy!  love to all.

happy father's day!

honor to all who are fathers or father figures! wishing you a lovely day and time with those you love.

all images and background paper by gecko galz.
link up your masculine themed creations, featuring at least something by gecko galz, at the gecko galz blog for the chance to win our customer challenge prize for the "man o man" contest.

love to all.

i spy tags and masculine moo

"i spy with my little eye" is a game that is the theme for tag tuesday this week.  i focused on sight or vision more so than on the game.  i made two tags, all images and papers by gecko galz:

today i am also sharing something for the moo mania and more challenge blog -- the theme there is "masculine."  this is an actual "moo" at 1.1 x 2.8 inches.

all images and papers by gecko galz.

enjoy; love to all.

just a little country road trip with two dapper fellows

the dezinaworld cheeky challenge this week is "masculine."  i'm getting kind of obsessed with working with the digital images by dezinaworld and so that's what i've done again here.

i chose images from the "backgrounds" and "men" collections and also the moth and car, all available on the site.  all digital images by dezinaworld, with just some resizing and such in photoshop by me. i'm having fun with this!

i'm also linking to the three muses challenge "transportation."

enjoy; love to all.

he reads, he travels, he gives dubious looks...

he is a man of the world!  this is a favorite image that i once downloaded for free from a website no longer in existence.  when I saw that the latest reader art quest (RAQ) at unruly paper arts was "manly" i had to make something with this image!

the background paper is from gecko galz, the map is from retro café arts, the newspaper and the man came from old curiosity shoppe (now defunct) and the rest of the embellies are bits and bobs from my stash.

i can never decide what to make of the expression on his face! but i love it! since i obtained this fellow for free in the public domain and since the site is no longer active and since this image is too good not to be used, here it is!

love to all.

masculine moo

i haven't made a moo in a long time and so i popped over to moo mania blog to see what the challenge was -- it is "masculine."  moos are roughly 1x3 inches in size, pretty small! i decided to make a moo with a cute little boy image from lunagirl.

enjoy; love to all.