THREE MUSES - WEEK 52 - CARD

Here's my card lady (who seems to have noticed it's the one year anniversary of The Three Muses challenge). I've used my favorite colors (black and white and red), and my gorgeous borders are from generous freebies from Astrid and Norma Frances. Thank you, ladies! I hope you all have fun with this challenge, and can't wait to see your entries.

The Three Muses Challenge - Relationships

This week's theme is "RELATIONSHIPS". I have chosen "sisters" for my sample picture but, of course, we form many relationships, both personal and impersonal, and the choice is a wide one. We can't wait to see where this topic has taken you.

For credits click HERE

THREE MUSES CHALLENGE 50 - LEGS

Playing this challenge across at least three continents and goodness knows how many time zones makes it difficult for me to know just when to post the theme, but a quick tour of the blogs tells me that some of you are already waiting in the wings with your entry so although it is not quite Wednesday for me yet, let the challenge begin!

The theme this week is LEGS, but what will that inspire you to create?

We can't wait to see what you will create, but just in case you need a little help to get you started, here is a sample I made for your inspiration.

Remember that here at the Muses we welcome any medium and any style, all we ask is that you have fun and show us what you create. So enjoy.

(You can find credits for my LEGS on my blog.)

Thank you for playing along.

Three Muses Challenge #49 - Stars

My father always told me to hitch my wagon to a star, and convinced me I could do no wrong. He just simply fearlessly and unconditionally supported everything I tackled. He was my cheerleader, my mentor, my friend. This one's for you, Dad!

The Three Muses Challenge - Music, Music, Music

It is Wednesday morning in south-western Australia so here I am with my challenge, MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC.

Let your imagination run free, using the music theme in any way that takes your fancy - backgrounds, musicians, musical instruments, references to favourite songs and compositions.

You will notice that a change has been made to our comments section. We decided that the side bar comments box is much more user friendly than having to go backwards and forwards, in and out of the old-style box. We hope that it makes commenting easier for you

Credits for the above sample picture are HERE - The beautiful image of the little musician is a freebie from the lovely Ms Terri Kahrs, at Pringle Hill Studios.

WEEK 47 - HATS AND CROWNS AND WINGS AND THINGS

Hi it's me Ann and this week I have chosen the theme of HATS AND CROWNS AND WINGS AND THINGS.

Use at least one of these in your piece and show us what you are inspired to create whether it be zetti or regal, wild life or fantasy or something else entirely.

We can't wait to see what you will create, but just in case you need a little help to get you started, here is a sample I created for your inspiration.

Remember that here at the Muses we welcome any medium and any style, all we ask is that you have fun and show us what you create. So enjoy.

(You can find credits for my HATS AND CROWNS AND WINGS AND THINGS on my blog.)

APOLOGY FROM BEV

I'm sorry to be late posting this week, but I was sitting in the ER of my local hospital waiting to have my knee stitched up! I fell in my garden and hit my knee on an exposed bolt in a step. Now it's 11 stitches later, and I'm good as new, but a couple of hours late posting the challenge. Sorry. I hope it was worth waiting for!

Three Muses - Maps

In the 200 years Spanish galleons sailed to Spain laden with gold and silver, over 2000 ships went down. Only 10% of those ships have been found. Eighteen hundred treasure-laden vessels remain lost at sea. Off the coast of Florida, at the southern extremity of the Bahama Islands, there lie, under the water, sixteen Spanish galleons, their cargo holds filled with wealth undreamed of in jewels and gold. Treasure seeksers pore over old maps and shipping routes in hopes of finding wealth in the deep. In 1985, Mel Fischer and his Treasure Salvors discovered the wreck of one, The Atocha, with cargo estimated at $450 million in gold, silver and emeralds.

So, when you're next on the ocean, you might wonder if you are above such treasure!

The Three Muses Challenge - Blackbirds

This week the challenge is "Bye bye, blackbird". Apologies to Humphrey Bogart and the screenwriters for "Casablanca" for borrowing their famous line.
Include a blackbird in any setting! We already know that there will be as many unique takes on the theme as there are entries and we can't wait to see them.
To see the credits for this picture click HERE

Three Muses Challenge 44 - You Are What You Eat

Hi it's me Ann and this week I have chosen the theme of YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.

We wonder what this will mean to you, will it be Carmen Miranda hats, vegetable people, something funky, vintage, surreal or just darn quirky.

We can't wait to see what you will create, but just in case you need a little help to get you started, here is a sample I created for your inspiration.

Remember that here at the Muses we welcome any medium and any style, all we ask is that you have fun and show us what you create. So enjoy.

(You can find credits for my YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT on my blog.)

Three Muses Challenge 43 - A Nice Cup Of Tea

Hi it's me, Ann, and this week I have chosen A NICE CUP OF TEA for the challenge theme.

What does A NICE CUP OF TEA mean to you, what will fire your imagination, will it conjure up images of ladies gossiping over a cuppa, or a more sedate tea for two, or will it be a tea party (complete with Alice), or something vintage, comical, zetti or surreal, or will it be something else entirely?

We can't wait to see what you will create, but just in case you need a little help to get you started, here is a sample I created for your inspiration.

Remember that here at the Muses we welcome any medium and any style, all we ask is that you have fun and show us what you create. So enjoy.

Three Muses Challenge 42 - Incognito

Still an hour to midnight Tuesday for me, but a quick blog hop shows me one or two of you are already waiting in the wings so here goes with my dark little number.

Have fun.

(Credits for mine are on my blog.)

MUSE FLASH

I'm back from my wonderful trip to New Zealand where Mr Taluula and I visited both Islands and had a blast of a time. We travelled for 7 weeks in the tiniest of campervans, but oh it was so worth it and something we will always remember, seeing such sights and making so many friends. In Wellington I was able to catch up with JudyNZ (Mangaroa Made) and we had a coffee and a chat and it was so nice to meet someone I had only previously known through cyber space.

I confess that the first thing I did when I got home was to give my broadband hub the biggest kiss I could muster : oh wonderful, wonderful internet connection I had previously taken so much for granted. Yes, I am that sad person. Rural NZ like rural parts of the UK is not blessed with anything more perfect than windup internet.

Well enough of all that, I just wanted to say a special and very big THANK YOU to BEV and MARIE for taking care of the Three Muses, with one Muse down, for the past seven or eight weeks and for the sterling job they have done. Thank you my friends and I promise to host the next three weeks' challenges as penance for having such a wicked time in NZ.

Three Muses - Newspaper

A little birdie told me someone is waiting to be the first to post this week. I wouldn't want to disappoint, so here's MY newsprint. Can't wait to see yours! See my blog for credits.

The Three Muses Challenge - "Oh, Man!"

Wednesday is already seven hours old here in my part of the world (south-west Australia). The theme this week is "OH, MAN!" The only requirement is to include a man or men in your pictures. I got carried away with collage, beginning with separate mini collages of each of the men. I spent an enjoyable time building them up with bits and pieces and some drawing.
Have fun with this one - or treat the theme seriously. Anything goes!
For details of picture and credits click HERE

Three Muses Challenge - Architecture

I have always been fascinated by the architecture of lost civilizations, such as the cliff dwellers pictured above, in the canyons of SW Colorado. The poem is by one of my favorite contemporary poets, Don Blanding (enlarge to read more easily). Many of these dwellings still stand today and it is possible to walk in the footsteps of those people of 800 years or so ago. How they crafted these stone cities with nothing but their bare hands and primitive tools is remarkable. (A bit more about them on my blog). My thanks to Gayle Page-Robak, who suggested architecture for this week's topic. Thanks, Gayle, for my journey into the past!

The Three Muses Challenge - Nature

This week's theme is NATURE in all its wonders and we invite you to use something from nature in your pictures. I have chosen fish (in a whimsical setting). I admit to getting carried away and altering them outrageously, placing them outside their comfort zone (water!!) which could be injurious to their health.

There are so many ways to approach the theme. We can't wait to see what our wonderful artists come up with.

For credits, click HERE

Bev's Baaaaack!

I have seen the devil and it's is called Malware! After a month of ups and down in trying to rid my computer of this accursed stuff, my computer guru finally had to reformat my hard drive. Being the queen of procrastination, I had not backed up since September, so I lost a lot of "stuff". Not to mention all my bookmarks! Curses, confound and drat! Thanks for all your kind wishes. I'm trying to get reorganized. I tried to catch up with my comments, but I'm having a bit of trouble there, so if I missed you I'm sorry. All the entries this week were stellar!

Three Muses - Postage Stamps

Stamps are so much fun to play with. The lady is really "into" her work! I hope you all enjoy creating your version of art with stamps. Can't wait to see! (I apologize for late post. We're in the midst of a ^%$#%$# snowstorm, and I was distracted).

The Three Muses Challenge - Birds of a feather

It's already Wednesday morning here in Western Australia so we are getting an early start. The theme this week is BIRDS OF A FEATHER. My cockatoos have been given a makeover and sent off to a honeymoon in Paris. I can't wait to see what you have done with YOUR birds.

For details of my picture, click HERE