Layout I created in the spirit of Maggie Taylor. It came so easily and it is so very me and persons who know me well will agree. Credits: Holliewood Studios Beasts of Burden, Mr Whiskers Steampunk, Hidden Vintage Studios Red Headed Stepchildren, Christina Renee Glass Negatives
Finding that birds can be quite inspirational... not clear why right now but i'm having some fun ascribing various possible personalities to each one as I play with the layout.
As always, thanx for stopping by to take a peek!
peace,
pam
Friday, February 27, 2015
Morning Constitutional
Credits: stock photo purchased, Holliewood hat, background Deviant Art sternenfee59
Another composition added to my zoo and they make me feel like such a kid, or is it that I really am still a child and this is what comes out...
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Having recently watched "Swing Time", the song "A Fine Romance" seemed like it could surely inspire an interesting layout. I racked my memory for a true situation to inspire a page to go along with the song, of sorts. I decided to not get into the whole story behind this page, but it is a true story: on more than one occasion, I'd been offered an oil change for my car instead of dinner or flowers, or card, or candy for Valentine's Day. Silly boys! Enjoy the song below, too! :)
Credits: Xquizart, Crazychuchu, Heykid, Kajabi
As always, thanx for stopping by...
peace,
pam
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Red Birds in Love
Yesterday, it was especially important for me to create, beauty if possible, but definitely create...to counter the evil and destruction seen in the news. So, the fragility of the bird, symbolic love, lightness of heart in a most child-like way, and strong colors of invitation to engage in the purity of heart intended in this piece...
Credits: various kits from Holliewod and Itkupilli, MPop, JMaddox, CrazyChuchu flowers
Some day, when I'm awfully low, When the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you... And the way you look tonight. Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warm And your cheeks so soft, There is nothing for me but to love you, And the way you look tonight. With each word your tenderness grows, Tearing my fear apart... And that laugh that wrinkles your nose, It touches my foolish heart. Lovely ... Never, ever change. Keep that breathless charm. Won't you please arrange it ? 'Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight. Just the way you look tonight.
"The Way You Look Tonight" is a song featured in the film Swing Time, originally performed by Fred Astaire. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. In 2004 the Astaire version finished at #43 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The song was sung to Ginger Rogers as Penelope "Penny" Carroll by Astaire in character as John "Lucky" Garnett, while Penny was busy washing her hair in an adjacent room, and feeling anything but beautiful at the time. The song was written by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and has become a standard. Fields later remarked, "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful." ---Wiki
As always, thanx for stopping by to take a peek! peace, pam
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Cougar Inside Take a Word Challenge: Woman Whether you take this as a woman's desire for younger men or as woman having a deep protective calling of a wild cat, be it lion or cougar or tiger, or any other of the wild beasts we can relate to on this subject, I think we keep these passions well hidden on a daily basis, hence the zipper. It was fun!
Credits: Holliewood Studios, CRenee, BRimmer, Mervilina at Deviant Art, Art by January
As Always, thanx for stopping by to take a peek! peace, pam
Monday, January 19, 2015
Hope
Credits: Crowabout and Holliewood Studios (various kits), BRimmer,
JMead overlay, MOlder stock images from DeviantArt, and some stuff from my garden
Hope is a waking dream, --Aristotle, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
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peace,
pam
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Ask Alice i must have been hungry...thinking of one of my friend's culinary masterpieces...
Credits: Holliewood Studios and BRimmer multiple kits, Maria Amanda at Deviant Art
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peace,
pam
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Decisions...decisions...
grungier, dream-like version:
Credits: Holliewood Studios, Faestock, maky-orel, Roys-Art, Sophie-Y at deviant art
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peace,
pam
Friday, January 2, 2015
Thank you, miss you already...
Gonna try to express how much you having been here with us means to me and accordingly, why i'm so sad that you needed to leave...
Monday, December 29, 2014
Purity
The ATC, an okapi getting some affection:
Credits: Itkupilli and Holliewood Studios, various kits
As always, thanx for stopping by...
peace,
pam
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Traveling Hen
Just playing with my new grunge skills, attempting a water scene and anxious to see what would come out. It's playful, yet not really, but then again... She just may be a "hanger"... To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Credits: Itkupilli and Holliewood Studios, various kits
and the ATC:
"It is a happy talent to know how to play"–Ralph Waldo Emerson
As always, thanx for stopping by...
peace,
pam
Monday, December 22, 2014
Maybe Next Year - Take a Word Challenge This is about as "red and green" as I'm gonna get this year...another holiday orphaned...and though I thought I was a good girl, well, maybe next year...
Credits: Xquizart's Art dolls, various elements and papers from Holliewood Studios,
Mischief Circus Freebie, Itkupilli, Mr Whiskers, and JMaddox
Created for the Mischief Circus December Postcard Challenge. I hesitate to say too much about this layout...it's one of those that speaks to your heart, how you perceive Christmas... I see it as a celebration of divine love, a time when we remind each other of the birth of the divine embodiment of pure love and all it brings. Nature never loses its proximity to God... the inability to maintain it is a frailty owned by humans alone.
Credits: All elements from Mischief Circus: Krysty Scraps, Cryztal Rain,
The idea for this layout is taken from Trudi Sissons aka two dresses studio, a true artist that I've admired for a few years. No one has an eye like hers, that I've seen anyway. Recently she did such an emotive layout that that I could not get out of my mind for several days. Here it is:
In trying to find why this was striking me, I decided to let the concept run freely in the creative realm to see what came out... Comparatively, aside from my layout being decidedly amateurish, I was struck by how unable I was to be darker, given the central image in the piece. I interpret this as my personal ordeals being seemingly bolstered with colors of life. How fortunate, I mused, and thus the Latin phrase place on the banner: FORTIS FORTUNA ADIVAT, translated roughly to "fortune favors the brave", or bold. And indeed, bravery has been a frequent companion...
I know that there are many people with personal struggles, and some day my "colors" may fail, and indeed some days it seems they are no where to be found, but they must be there. My wish and hope is for my flora and fauna photography and digital compositions to brighten and lighten hearts making someone's day better...
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peace,
pam
Dream is back!
My print is back and I am pleased with the framing... the daylight is short this time of year and my den walls are painted deeply so the photo is not high quality. She is nonetheless beautiful on my wall! Thanx again to Beth Conklin of Here on Earth digital art and photography!!
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peace,
pam
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Neela and the Flower Vendor A Christmas layout just because 'tis the season! Neela is a Hindi name meaning "sapphire blue" which is interesting because I did the layout and gave her a blue scarf long before I named the horse. And the name i just picked out of the sky, maybe just like the color...
Credits: Itkupilli Jolly Holiday, Holliewood Goddess, Jmaddox Step into Winter, Oscraps City Sidewalks overlay
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