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 since i obtained this fellow for free in the public domain and since the site is no longer active and since this image is too good not to be used, here it is!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.

erin go bragh!

"erin go bragh" is a gaelic/irish phrase meaning roughly "ireland forever"! happy st patrick's day!
images and papers from gecko galz.
entering in the gecko galz facebook challenge for st patrick's day,
and collage obsession "shades of green,"
and take a word challenge "green,"
and unruly paper arts reader art quest "green or lucky"
love to all.

dark of night

the september reader art quest at unruly paper arts is "dark of night."

part romance and part creepy, i made a card featuring two images from the gecko galz "day of the dead" collage sheet and a background designer paper called "queenie" from the gecko galz coven paper pack.

i also used magic mesh, washi tape, a bat die cut and a beaded flourish.  the season of spirits is near...

love to all.

parisian postcard collage with digital backgrounds

i hope this 4x6 postcard will inspire folks to participate in two different challenges:
using digital backgrounds at lunagirl moonbeams and
postcards from the edge, a reader's art quest at unruly paper arts.
i'm submitting this for the RAQ.

as a design team member at lunagirl moonbeams i delight in the chance to work with the wonderful vintage images they offer.  all of the handwriting on this postcard is from different parts of the "carte postale" background images collage sheet at lunagirl.  the chanteuse in the foreground is from the lunagirl african american vintage images CD.  the french tourism images are from tourism websites and then i have various embellishments (a compass, a ticket, butterflies, a heart) from my own stash.

by the way, digital background sheets from lunagirl are on SALE for $2 each, a fine thing.

i love collage and i greatly enjoyed composing this postcard. while it was not quite as good as travelling myself it was a nice opportunity to fantasize through creating!

love to all.

"you make a lovely couple"

here is a honeymoon postcard from a lovely couple starting off married life with fun in the sun in florida and the caribbean islands.

i offer this postcard as inspiration for you to join challenge #64 at the cheerful stamp pad: "you make a lovely couple." these two certainly do.  the image is from twisted papers, our generous challenge sponsor. the randomly selected winner will get some twisted paper goodies (and they have loads of vintage goodies!). i've included a postcard base which i decorated with inks, a piece of ocean-feeling background paper, a bit of map, and other travel and beach themed border bits and stickers.

i'm also linking this vacation postcard to the unruly paper arts vacation themed postcard reader art quest.  this 4x6 creation celebrates love and travel and i definitely "wish i was there!"  that's alright, later this summer my DH and i head to lake tahoe and then i can get my beach groove on too!

love to all.