**OK….just ready to post the link on Dans ma maison when I realized … I got excited about BLUE and made a 5×7 collage and forgot it needed to be a house … dohhh!!!! … back to the drawing board**
***back again … if you scroll all the way down to the bottom you will find my blue house now… it went together so much faster than my postcard :)***
I have been waiting to use this lovely water lady from Suzee Que’s Flickr images … it was on the cover of The New York Tribune Sunday Magazine in the early 1900’s … she seemed to fit the “blue” challenge over at Dans ma maison very well … I gave her a fan to hold …
the swans are from Elizabeth at Last Door Down the Hall
the flowered backdrop is a photo of my Mutti’s 1941 fabric covered autograph book … what treasures that holds
I blended inks and paints with hand sanitizer for the background since I just happened to have some handy … be sure and visit Jean at Bluebirds Living in the Meadow, if you haven’t already, for a nice tutorial on using hand sanitizer on inkjet images
“Oh! darkly, deeply, beautifully blue, as someone somewhere sings about the sky” ~Lord Byron, 1788-1824
so I got busy and made a HOUSE for the challenge using some scrap paper for the background, inks, paints and another size of the lovely water lady and fan for this 6×4″ card
Magpie's Nest ~*~ Patty Szymkowicz 
Oh, Patty! This is soooo elegant! Anything with swans makes my heart flutter just a little faster, and this is magnificent! Hugs, Terri xoxo
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This is beautiful Patty. Now all you’ve got to do is put your thinking cap on to make the house!
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BOTH pieces are lovey. On the “house” one, I love the enlarged fan image behind her. Gorgeous work!
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oh they are both beautiful Patty,….
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Beautiful pieces!!
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WOW – WOW – WOW. I had no idea what awaited as I read your post and scrolled down. Patti, these are really beautiful – both pieces. I now need to wander over on the hand santizer thing… hmmmmmmm intriguing. Love the autograph book photo. Heartwarming.
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This is a great example of how to use an image two different ways in two different media. Your art is amazing.
I agree that it’s always easier to make a second piece than the first. By the time you get to the second one, you have all the bugs worked out.
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Gorgeous! Love this; so peaceful and elegant!
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Love both of them Patty. Very lovely image. And a fabulous job on both.
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Not only is it beautiful…….it’s antiseptic!
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What a beautiful pieces! Love everything ! I enlarged to look at all the details! WOW!
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absolut klasse,liebe Patty!
Sanja xox
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wow !! beautiful house
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Ooooh, both pieces have this beautiful, clean(!) look to them 😀 Gorgeous 🙂
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Patty, both pieces are so fantastic! A big aplause!
Great work!
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bravo your house is very beautiful. I love it very much. It’s very elegant
🙂
caramelle
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hi patty
just lovely!! the water lady is a beautiful image and adding the swans to it just inhanced her!
beautiful beautiful work
enjoy your day
tabby 🙂
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It’s awesome Patty!
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Woooooooooooooooow !!!
No more words Patty. This is incredible. Love them.
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Your house is so beautiful!!!
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Oh this is beautiful!!!
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OH ~ I LOVE this ~ I truly do!!! The image, the colors, the swans, make me tingle all over with creative bliss! You are so inspiring!
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Oh my goodness Patty, sounds like something I would do LOL
I absolutely love both versions, this is a striking image and with the blues….. oh my…… stunning and very elegant 🙂
I have to go check out the tutorial using hand sanitizer, thanks for the link.
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Very nice blue house ! 🙂
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what a stunning collage!!! great art piece.
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Traumhaft, Patty! 🙂
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Très jolie maison Patty, merci de ta participation.
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This house is beautiful, colours and the design incredible! hugs Nettie
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amazing collage work Patty – love the images you selected! 🙂
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