ATC Swap with Art Joy Stuff

Kimberly at Art Joy Stuff is hosting an ATC swap titled "April in Paris".  Today I mailed off my cards and decided to show you what I submit for this fun event.  It is a 6/6 swap so I made six cards of the same image which I designed on Photoshop (first) from one of my own CDV photographs.

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OK, first I have to apologize... I had to use my iphone camera and some of these images show better than others...sorry for the blurs...

If this little girl looks familiar it might be because I tried to  make her look like a baby Frida Kahlo.  The original photograph that I purchased showed this child with a slight hint of her own uni brow so I emphasized that stopping short of going totally cartoon-ish.  And Frida wouldn't be Frida without flowers in her hair and a dark cat sitting beside her so I added those elements to the Photoshop'd image.



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The quote I used is, of course, one of Frida's quotes.  When I researched her I found most of her famous sayings were a little dark in mood so I was happy to find this more care-free quote to use for little baby Frida..."feet what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?"



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I bought the original CDV because she reminded me of my niece, Gina, as a child.  Beautiful child and beautiful adult with a sweet kind face...I think Frida must have been a sweet baby as well.



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Frida Kahlo has been a favorite with altered artists for a long time.  I have never ventured into that genre until now but I can honestly say I had a great time working on this.  When I have received the cards back from other artists who participated I'll post them here so you can see the other wonderful ideas and visions folks came up with...



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The last few photographs are from the first card I made - and decided not to enter into the ATC swap with Kimberly.  It was "cute" but didn't have as many embellishments and was flat - not 3-D except for the glaze I used to make the child stand out more.



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The little girl for this card came from Lisa's Altered Art Creations and I added background, overlays etc. for the theme of April in Paris.  No Paris themed project would work without an eiffel tower monolith looming in the background - oui?  And because she is holding a parasol I added the caption "rain or shine".



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Here is a link to Art Joy Stuff:

http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com/2012/04/sign-up-here.html

Here is a link to Lisa's Altered Art:

http://www.lisasalteredart.com/index.htm