Monday, July 06, 2009

In the Garden...

Yesterday morning I had a wander around the garden with Daves camera to see what had grown and bloomed that would be of use in my artwork. I took a number of photos which I'll be uploading onto my other blog in the next few days, but on seeing this weeks theme over at TMTA this morning (In the Garden) I had to have a quick go at combining one of my photos with a few collage images from itkupilli.blogspot.com.

Here below is a section of a photograph I took yesterday (taken inside our poly tunnel- a few weeds inside with the shadow of grasses and twigs outside)



I had a bit of a play about with the image and produced a background that I thought could be workable.

Here are a couple of ATC's using the background created from the above photo.






37 comments:

Anonymous said...

Absolutely gorgeous, the photo as well as your artwork!

Connie said...

Amazing ATC's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love what you have done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sandy said...

OMG your artwork is unbelievable.
Fantastic ATC´s. Love them.

johanna said...

oh MY!!! great photographing and i LOVE what you did with it!
thanks for playing!

Fiona said...

Just stunning Jo - makes you want to jump right in and sit in that garden!

Chris said...

They're gorgeous, Jo. I love how you've combined the images. Very ethereal

Nancy B said...

I love that you showed us the before and after photos. You did a wonderful job on all of your ATCs! I especially like the "Wonder" ATC!

Anonymous said...

wonderful photograph and love how youve worked it into these ATC's

Sid said...

Such a delicate image, put to excellent ant artistic use Jo !! Gorgeous.

daisy said...

Fabulous!

flutterbycrafter said...

Absolutely fantastic, you truly are an inspirational person.

Jann said...

These are just beautiful creations! I love what you did with the photo background and how you incorporated your vintage images into the ATCs!

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joanne wardle said...

oooo very clever

Tinkertaylor said...

Absolutely fabulous, I love the before and after photos as this helps us poor mortals to look outside the box when crafting.
Thanks

x said...

Gorgeos work, love it...;-)

Siobhan Brignull said...

the original photo looks like a painting, it is a wonderful piece of work.

Lori Saul said...

Fantastic ATC's - I love that you incorporate your photos in your work- I like to also!

Rika said...

Gorgeous ATC's!

Joanne said...

Your work is just amazing, it leaves me speachless. x

Lynne K said...

Great photo to begin with, but then used so creatively in your ATCs. Brilliant!

Petra Tillmann said...

Great work Jo!

lilipaon said...

very nice done , great atc

lisa said...

That photo is just stunning. How clever to combine it with your craft to create a work of art. These are just beautiful.

Lisax

Heather said...

Your photos are beautiful and the way you have used them as inspiration is so clever. The backgrounds are gorgeous and give such depth. This is stamping art or should that be Art Stamping?

lottie said...

Oh, I haven't been around the weekend so have just logged on and seen this.

A bit of a 'play around' - love that understatement - I don't know who you did it, but it was brilliant. Love the original photo too.

~*~Magpie's Nest said...

Your cards are really lovely!!!

LivArtNow said...

These are absolutely gorgeous!!! I love them so many wonderful details and the colurs are so beautiful and summery!! Well done!!!

Linda

Sally said...

Great photography - and absolutely love what you have achieved with it! Stunning ATC's.

Caroline Moore said...

wowwwwww - love these Jo - love the colour of the changed background too and how you have worked it.

deb said...

These are fantastic Jo, the background came out amazing.

Vicki G said...

THese are amazing and your photo beautiful Jo! You are a true artist!

Vicki

cheryl said...

oh hun these are amazing been playing with some of my photos I have taken of our garden but gave up hugs cheryl xxx

Anne (cornucopia) said...

the photo is great! And I like the ATCs you made from it. Good idea.

Carol Q said...

beautiful ethereal photo Jo. the background for the ATCs is stunning.

Gillian .... said...

Inspirational Jo, what a stunning collection of atc's, is there no ends to your talent!:) Hope you are all well x

Amy said...

These are all splendid!!