'What a Hoot'.......and a Dragonfly Showcase

Just wondered if you'd all seen Christen's wonderful owl she made for our bird challenge......isn't he gorgeous?!! We'll be showcasing all your beautiful birds in the middle of next week, just before our new challenge which will be on Friday 14th August.
Here are your dragonflies from last month, in all their glory....a wonderful mix of digital art, fabric, collage, charms and altered art. Thank you everyone who contributed - you always amaze and inspire us!

Maureen................Meikoningin

Sue..............Lumilyon
Jan...............Wildgoose

Beth........................Christen
Daisy...............................Gini

Genie .............................. Jean
Viv...................................Genie

Lynn..............................Jaqi
Lyn..............................Patty

Jackie........................Lori
The Gypsy.....................Rein

Sylvia-Anne

If I have got any names wrong, or missed anyone out, please let me know.
Linda x

Digital Art

I've never thought much about digital art until recently.
But we seem to have had more and more contributions from digital artists over the last few challenges........and now I am being converted. We've already had some beautiful ATCs, tags and collages from you for the dragonfly challenge (you still have 2 weeks to join in), but I wanted to give these two pieces a particular mention.
The first is by Lori at http://ravenpainting.blogspot.com/ ....... absolutely stunning.
The second is by Lumilyon http://lumilyon.blogspot.com/ ........ totally enchanting.I hope you agree.
Now I want to learn how to do it!!

Linda x

A DAZZLE OF DRAGONFLIES........

........... is what we'd love to see from you this month.
Dragonflies are such beautiful creatures, its such a shame they only live for a few weeks. But fortunately your art can give pleasure for much longer than that, so we challenge you to use the image in your artwork........... ATCs, fabric, jewellery, inchies, twinchies, metal.....the choice is yours!
I've made a mixed-media piece using fabric, Angelina fibres, a Crafty Individuals stamp, rusty leaves from Retro Cafe Art, Angelina film, text and gems.
The words are from a poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti:
Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.........

Come back next week to see an example from Rosie.

Have fun!

Love Linda x