Inspiration Avenue - Foliage

Dearest Minions,

This week's Inspiration Avenue challenge is foliage. This image was taken in Kew Gardens and then I applied some filters via photoshop elements. The tree was beautiful, it soared upwards.

EE

Promenade in the haunted trees

Dearest Minions

This is my entry to the Macabre Monday Garden of Good and Evil is is called "Promenade in the Haunted trees." The background is an old book page gessoed and then stamped with a tree image, then it was scanned in and the creepy children, ravishing Madame and the good sir raven strolled/flew in. (via Itkulpilli's site) I have printed a copy of this and have it above my desk I love the layering and the stories that seem to come out of this - who are they? what are they? do they come alive at night and hide things or am I just messy?

I am also entering this into this week's Inspiration Avenue -texture challenge as I love the sharpe digital images against the texture of the gessoed book page.

tootles
EE

Christmas under wraps -pt1

Dearest Minions,
                             When I think of Christmas, I do tend to think of the Christmas story, Jesus reason for the season and co but I also think of Family and winter.

So here are my entries to Inspiration Avenue challenge  this week and Tuesday Taggers  and Anthing goes anything but a card both tags were inked with Distress ink in Blue Jean and flicked with water via a toothbrush. The masks (Tim Holtz) where then sponged over (family) and stamped over (3 wise men). In "Family I then stuck on a die cut and in "3 wise men" I stamped the main image.

However it does not stop there.... as some will know I get very ranty about Christmas wrapping paper (we throw away enough to cover Guernsey every Christmas.) I am going to show a few alternatives to wrapping paper over the next few days. Here is my first....

Two old road map pages have been taped together and then used to wrap up a box in the normal way, the tag I thought rather fitted the theme. Martha Stewart has some good examples of wrapping and recycling on her website and don't miss Thrifty Christmas for other blooming great ideas.
Tootles
Yours Eviliness Christmas Wrapping ranter Evil Edna

Inspiration Avenue - English lit

Dearest Minions,

This week's challenge for the wonderful Inspiration Avenue is English Literature. I adore the writings of M R James and this is my tribute to his wonderful ghost stories. The background is created with shaving foam and then stamped with a prima stamp and a charm slapped on top. A couple of his stories are about hidden treasure/peril & one of the most spooky of these is Count Magnus. This is "a warning to the curious" about keeping things under lock and key.... which is where the inspiration for this piece comes from.

EE

inspriation avenue - summer sun

 

Dearest Minions,

The challenge is a summer sun, I love lazy summer afternoons especially when there is somewhere shady to hide. This photo was taken in the water meadows in Bury St Edmunds it was a hot afternoon and the dappled shadow was like a glass of cool Pimms.... delish.

EE

inspriation avenue - Tropical

Dearest Minions,

When I think tropical I think humid forrests and bright coloured, clear seas. I also think of yellow eyes peeping out amoungst the ferns, watching and waiting....

EE

inspriation avenue -Spring

 

Dearest Minions,

Here is my entry to this week's Inspiration Avenue, the challenge is Spring. This card is for two wonderful friends who have just had their first child. So it is a card for the awakening creation that springs around us.

EE

inspriation avenue - Furry

Dearest Minions,

This is the evil Dr Nebular before he began his campaign to terrorize all fauna of Bury St Edmunds. As you can see he was in stealth mode even then.

This is my entry to this week's Inspiration Avenue challenge which is furry, got to admit when I saw the title I sniggered as I thought of Furries but I blame that firmly on an episode of CSI Vegas when poor little Linda Lamb was a victim...

tootles
EE

inspriation avenue - favorite month

Dearest Minions,

Inspiration Avenue have asked what is your favorite month. Mine is July, it has a lot of birthday's in it so I get to spoil a lot of good people, we get some sunny weather and everything is growing. July is a month that I look forward to, especially on damp miserable days like today.

This picture was taken a couple of years ago in the Great Churchyard in Bury St Edmunds, I often walk through the Churchyard, which is wonderful peaceful area in the centre of Town. One part of it is allowed to go wild while other areas are careful groomed (we have people in Bury who write into the local paper to say that grass should be 3 inches long....if only they would join amnesty international and do some real good. Although providing exasperated amusement is good for me.) I love the swaying cow parsley in the wild area, which becomes a white shadow in the dusk. I once saw a Kestrel  bring down a fat pigeon through these trees.

Tootles
Louise

inspriation avenue - New Year

Dearest Minions,
Greetings and Salutations Mes Ami,

Here is my entry to this week's Inspiration Avenue challenge. I was lucky enough to be given by a good friend a Elephant poo paper book and another good friend gave me Alphabetica by Lynne Perrella. I want to try an Art journal this coming year and below is my first page. I have really enjoyed reading and looking at the pictures in the book they are such a good trigger and can anyone sane really not love a book made out of Elephant poo paper?

 

I hope to improve and develop new ways of making mess on my craft table.

Have a wonderful new year my most wonderful Bunnies of Doom!

EE

inspriation avenue - Faith

Dearest Minions

This is my entry to this weeks challenge. I always liked what Dave Allen used to say "may what ever God you believe in go with you."
EE

inspriation avenue - decide

Dearest Minions

Here is my entry to the Inspiration Avenue challenge this week which is named "decide".
EE

inspriation avenue - metamorphosis

Dearest Minions,

This is my mutant army of caterpillars which is primed to be released on gardens belonging to Simon Cowell also it is my entry to the latest Inspiration Avenue challenge; metamorphosis . I think that a suitable subtitle should be NOMNOMONONOM!

Simon Cowell, your salad days are numbered..... (spot the Shakespeare ref.)

EE

simplicity -inspiration avenue challenges

Dearest Minions,

here is my entry to this week's inspiration avenue challenge, for me this really sums up the word simplicity. The image is clean, pure and soft like a freshly washed Bunny....

enjoy, EE

Tea - inspiration Avenue

Dearest Minions,

MUST PUN! can not stop.... this is Kittea.

Introducing my new, not very secret, weapon......Made from Lisa's altered art images (kitty and cup), background label is from the graphics fairy, sown on the sowing machine, stamped with hotp flourish -only de finiest inngredients go in our Kittea.

mmmwwwwahahahahahahaha!

tootles

EE

Inpsiration Avenue Clouds

Dearest Minions,

Here is my entry to the Inspiration Avenue challenge: Clouds. I really like this photo as I had to get grot in my hair to get it, but it was worth it.

Tootles
EE

inspriation avenue - my town

I am fortunate to have my base for world domination in the Beautiful town of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. I would like to point out that's it's initials are BSE. I took this photo last May, in the church yard by St Mary's church.
EE

inspriation avenue - purple

Dearest Minions,

This is my entry to the Inspiration Avenue challenge which is Purple. It is an ATC that I made using an embossed elusive images rubber stamp and cosmic shimmer sprays I have called it "is there life on Mars?" guess what I was listening to at the time?

EE

inspiration avenue -Fruit

Dearest Minions,

Here is my homage to fruit and indie music of the 90s I call it "come on feel the lemonheads". Pictures from the graphics fairy and vintage photos.

EE

inspriation avenue - pure

Dearest Minions,

After a challenging day when it was had enough to dominate my desk let alone the world, here I am singing "eye of the Tiger" and going all Rocky on another challenge.

This was taken in the water meadows in Bury St Edmunds. The theme is pure and this seems to sum up pure.

EE