Art on the Darkside Challenges

Here is my first digital art attempt, and although I'm not completely satisfied, it was an interesting experience trying to figure out how to do this.  This is my entry for the "Jack the Ripper" challenge.  I used a picture of the "Dear Boss" letter that was sent to Scotland Yard, supposedly by Jack the Ripper.  The "doctor" and woman were taken from Dover.  This was not an easy piece of work, mostly due to not understanding the technology.  But it makes me want to find a class that will show me how to manipulate this kind of thing.
http://artonthedarkside.blogspot.com/

Touch the water, heal Mother Earth

I found this over at Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom http://www.confessionsofapagansoccermom.com/ and thought I'd pass it along.  I have been filled with such unspeakable rage and despair over this situation; at least this is a positive channeling of power...

4x4 Friday - Eclectic

Here is my entry for this week's 4x4 Friday challenge:  Eclectic.  Kokopelli is a pretty friendly sort who pops up a lot in the American Southwest.  I think of him as the desert's version of Pan.  This began with a brown paper bag and some newspaper.  I added distress ink, some acrylic paint on bubble wrap, the Kokopelli stamp, beads, raffia and a piece of turquoise.
http://4x4friday.blogspot.com/2010/06/4x4-friday-challenge-eclectic.html

Gardening on the South Side of Hell...

We've had temperatures in excess of 105 degrees for the past week and a half.  Needless to say, it's been all about keeping everything watered morning and evening and hiding out in the a/c for the rest of the day.  My husband, David dug a new bed around our other olive tree yesterday and I've been cleaning it out and prepping it a little at a time the past two mornings.  This will be my day lily bed and I have gotten two of them planted so far, as you can see here:

By Thursday, everything should be planted and I'll have mulch on the bed, in a desperate attempt to keep the soil cool and moist.  When we were at the nursery, we discovered a day lily named "Witches' Wink" that David insisted I purchase since our last name is Winkler and I follow the pagan spiritual path.  I also found one called "Crimson Pirate" which resonates with a persona of mine from a life a long time ago and far, far away in the SCA.  So they will be nestled in comfortably with a yellow lily and one called "Raspberry Fairy."  My hope is that after a few years, they will all spread out and fill the bed.

Here is a pic of my crazy tomato plant, complete with a ripe tomato, which I'm sure my daughter will eat the moment she realizes it's out there:

And here is a zucchini, with blossom:

Finally, a picture of my morning glories.  The idea here is that they will cover the fence with beautiful blooms.  Thus far, they don't seem too interested in blooming, but they are climbing the fence.

Theme Thursday - Bright Colors

Here is my entry for this week's Theme Thursday challenge.  Several layers of Astrobrite paper and doodles with a black marker form the background for figures that came from a stamp, but were cut apart.  You can't really tell, but I used different thicknesses of double-sided mounting tape to adhere the figures to the card.  Thanks for visiting my blog!
http://themethursday.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/theme-thursday-bright-colors/

Time Flies

It surely does...once again, I'm sliding in under the wire.  I've submitted this tag to two challenges, TIO's "Steampunk Influences" and Three Muses "Time."

http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.com/2010/06/tio-41-steampunk-influences.html
http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/06/three-muses-challenge-53-time.html

HDH041 - Vile Vintage

Here are my three little ghouls.  Images are from Blanca at http://magicmoonlightfreeimages.blogspot.com/ (thank you, Blanca!), and only slightly retouched by me.  A little paper, a little ribbon, a little gold ink stamping, and just a bit of red glitter glue.  These were fiendish fun to make!

http://haunteddesignhouse.blogspot.com/