Sunday, May 4, 2025

Security call for my fairy godmother

 

Today I'm joining Neet (whose blog is Hickydorums) at Art Journal Journey.  Her theme is It must have wings.

 This is my fairy godmother.  She obviously has wings.  The "security call" refers to the background, which consists entirely of security envelopes.  Detail shots are below. 




I'm having a terrible time with PhotoShop.  It shuts down every time I try to crop the full image or add my watermark.  Not sure why that's happening, but I have shut the program down and logged off at least a dozen times.  Nothing worked, so that is why you get the added white space.  I can't crop the original scan.  I had planned to crop the girl's shoes and show she was standing on one of the envelopes, but PS wouldn't let me.

I started with pieces of four security envelopes, which I glued in place.  I stamped wings from a dragonfly stamp, then fussy cut the wings.  I glued them in place, then added the TH paper doll on top (second detail).  I then computer generated the words and outlined them in black dye ink (first detail).  I outlined the entire image using a black Posca pen, although the scanner cut the top off.

Thanks for dropping by today. I am thrilled you stopped by and hope to see you at Art Journal Journey and hopefully even share your own interpretation of It must have wings.



11 thoughtful remarks:

Elephant's Child said...

Sigh at the photoshop issues.
Love the background to your fairy godmother = and don't we all need one of them.

Gillena Cox said...

LOVELY response to the 'wings' prompt

much💛love

My name is Erika. said...

You are making good use of these security envelopes and doing some nice recycling with them.And I like your fairy godmother too. She looks like a good one. I miss Photoshop as I have a Chromebook and I have no way to get it onto my machine, unless Photoshop has gone where you can download a digital copy. They didn't as of last year, but I should look again.Enjoy your Sunday. hugs-Erika

Tom said...

...I have yet to try PhotoShop!

Jenn Jilks said...

I use iPhoto.
It sounds like a memory problem. Have you tried emptying your cache? Just a thought.

Neet said...

What a brilliant idea to use the envelopes again for your background. They work so well and you have so many different patterns to use. The fairy godmother is perfect and I love her wings.
Sorry you are having problems with the program but I am useless when it comes to things like that. Thankfully I know a man who can!
Hugs and thanks for your latest entry.
Neet xxx

Rita said...

I have never used photoshop so I am of no assistance.
She is very sweet! :)

Elkes Lebensglück said...

What a brilliant idea, wonderful!!!!
Hugs Elke

Christine said...

Lovely page

Jeanie said...

This is lovely, Elizabeth.

Hena Tayeb said...

Looks lovely. Hope you can find a solution to your Photoshop woes.