SUSAN'S COMPUTER DESIGNS , CARDS

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DESIGNS OF THE DAY

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MY CARDS

I believe that a sense of humor is an essential aspect of life.

Therefore, I created 'fun' cards, some of which are below.

Many years ago, my husband and I visited East Africa. I used

some of my photos for a few if the cards. I also used some of

the inked stamps and flowers/lace/etc. in making other cards.

HERE ARE SOME OF THEM.

FATHER'S DAY

BIRTHDAY

PRESIDENTS DAY

VALENTINES DAY

NEW YEAR

CHRISTMAS / SEASONS GREETINGS

EASTER

Small images surrounding poem from clipart.com

RETIREMENT

JUST FOR FUN

SPECIAL CARDS FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE

A special card to my son for his birthday

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Please click the music bar for a personal introduction. Thank you!

PLEASE NOTICE THE MENU TO THE LEFT. IF YOU CLICK ON ANY OF THOSE

MENUS YOU WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE LINK WHICH HAS PARTICULAR DESIGNS.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY DESIGNER BLOG.

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DESIGNS FROM DESIGNS:SERIES #1

I take original designs and make others from them.

MY CARDS

I believe that a sense of humor is an essential aspect of life.

Therefore, I created 'fun' cards, some of which are below.

Many years ago, my husband and I visited East Africa. I used

some of my photos for a few if the cards. I also used some of

the inked stamps and flowers/lace/etc. in making other cards.

HERE ARE SOME OF THEM.

FATHER'S DAY

BIRTHDAY

PRESIDENTS DAY

VALENTINES DAY

NEW YEAR

CHRISTMAS / SEASONS GREETINGS

EASTER

Small images surrounding poem from clipart.com

RETIREMENT

JUST FOR FUN

SPECIAL CARDS FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE

A special card to my son for his birthday

DESIGNS FROM DESIGNS:SERIES #1

I take original designs and make others from them.

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MY CARDS

I believe that a sense of humor is an essential aspect of life.

Therefore, I created 'fun' cards, some of which are below.

Many years ago, my husband and I visited East Africa. I used

some of my photos for a few if the cards. I also used some of

the inked stamps and flowers/lace/etc. in making other cards.

HERE ARE SOME OF THEM.

FATHER'S DAY

BIRTHDAY

PRESIDENTS DAY

VALENTINES DAY

NEW YEAR

CHRISTMAS / SEASONS GREETINGS

EASTER

Small images surrounding poem from clipart.com

RETIREMENT

JUST FOR FUN

SPECIAL CARDS FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE

A special card to my son for his birthday

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DESIGNS FROM DESIGNS:SERIES #1

I take original designs and make others from them.

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DESIGNS FROM DESIGNS:

Series 2

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work in progress..more soon

HONORING THE CAST AND CHARACTERS OF

UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS
1

my favorite television series of all times

Mr. Hudson, Gordon Jackson

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JUST SINGLES: SERIES 1, set 1

Honoring Mozart

set 2
Honoring Beethoven

set 3
Honoring Tschaikovsky

set 4
Honoring Chopin

set 3: Honoring Brahms

set 4: Honoring Bach

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JUST SINGLES, SERIES 2

set 1
Honoring George and Ira Gershwin

set 2
Honoring Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein

set 3

Honoring Stephen Lawrence

set 4

Honoring Jerome Kern

set 5

Honoring Bernie Katzman

Set 6
Honoring Marvin Malisch

Click and then scroll down to see the original
picture from which the five designs above were designed.

Set 7
Honoring Frank Loesser

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ABSTRACT REALITIES

series 5

set 1

Honoring, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILES, by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes novel)

Halloween fire

Two geese looking at a pumpkin

In the famous Paul Bunyan tall tales, one
story talks about "The winter of the blue snow."
This designs reminds me of that wonderful story.

A fish jumping the wave

Four Ladies eating, head views

A sneak peek at the ocean deep

A warrior riding on his dog

Set 2

Honoring PICKWICK PAPERS, by Charles Dickens

Waves crashing on rocks

A Fantasy Land at sunrise

Twins in Lollipop Land

An Enchanted forest

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ABSTRACT REALITIES Series 6

Set 1
Honoring Pocket Full of Rye, a Miss Marple mystery
by Agatha Christie

A tree in the rain

A happy couple taking a walk through town at sunset

Apple Tree as seen through a partially open window

An aquarium

At the Theater

Set 2

Honoring The Blue Carbuncle, a Sherlock Holmes Mystery-by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Queen of the Cats

starry-eyed lovers

Garden Tangle

Don't Step on the Butterflies...please!

Little girl walking under the autumn trees..

(can you find her?)

Set 3

Honoring the Lord Peter Wimsey stories

Murder Must Advertise

by Dorothy L. Sayers

Flowers floating in the pond

At the theater...waiting for the curtain to go up

A dragon fly flying over a woman's face

A butterfly person flying behind a lovely lady who

Is walking in her garden

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THREE'S COMPANY

SERIES 1

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JUST SINGLES SERIES 3

Honoring Lerner and Lowe

Honoring Stephen Sondheim

Honoring Cole Porter

Honoring Jerry Herman

Honoring Leonard Bernstein

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SAME DESIGN, DIFFERENT COLORS

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BEFORE AND AFTER:SERIES 1

I make the designs on photoshop using my photographs taken in a
variety of places and of many scenes. Sometimes I use my own drawings.

The original picture is of some containers

The autumn tree in this original photo is no longer there.

The original picture is of a greeting card I made.

The original picture is of some granny squares.
I used the granny squares to make a game.

The original photograph is of an escalator
in Macy's. This is probably an old escalator.

The original photo was taken on the NYC Highline

The original photo is of two dolls that I had made many years ago

The original photo is of a rabbit character I made for a mini scene.

Set # 10

A picture of a drawing technique for children

The original photo is a scene from the Okefenokee Swamp
in Southern Georgia, USA

The original photo is of a wonderful gift I received
from a wonderful person

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BEFORE AND AFTER : SERIES 2

Publish Post

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WHAT'S DIFFERENT,WHAT'S HIDDEN, or WHATS WRONG?

Series 1

Look at each picture and figure out what is

different.

Click for answer

WHAT'S HIDDEN? LOOK CAREFULLY..

click for answer

Whats wrong?

click for answer

Look closely and pick out the two images that are the same

Click for answer

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OTHER WORLDLY BEINGS
Series 1

Many Earthly people have quite an imagination as to the appearance

of aliens from outer space. These are the impressions I get while
working on photoshop.

SET #1

an alien pet

OTHER WORLDLY BEINGS

SET #2

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OTHER WORLDLY BEINGS
Series 3

Out there, somewhere , is planet Alvista where the oceans are yellow and
the creatures are their own thing!

This is a Pilosh, a favorite type of pet on the Planet
Alapooch. This Pilosh is named Stolfoot, and belongs
to a loving family.

This is Pickelblast who lives on the planet Echo.
She thinks she is beautiful, and on Echo, she really is.

Tyros is the assistant to King Calpermath of the
small planet Tiltterster which has a population of 2.

Plopwhistle is a clown on the planet Holtrans.

Oozie from the planet Slip

Walla used to live on the planet Pooph,
but took to travelin'... so now he lives
.......????......somewhere!

Here is a happy fellow named Grosnick. He lives

on the planet Hollowhurst. He is perfectly normal

except the odd way he claps his hands.

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OTHER WORLDLY BEINGS
SERIES 2

Set 1

This is Queen Tak. She rules the Queendom of Poralsho
which is one of five Queendoms/Kingdoms on the
Planet Excurisa. She is really rather sweet.

Eight-Eyed Tooncup, from the planet Zip

An insect from the planet Blots

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FANTASY FOLKS AND OTHER BEINGS

SERIES 1

SET 1

Here is a king who is jumping for joy.

The queen gave birth to a girl and a boy.
He'd tip his crown, or else his hat.
But that he can't do 'cause he's wearing a cat.

SET 2

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ABSTRACTS FROM THE MASTERS

Honoring CLAUDE MONET

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Monet's Water Lilies(above)

becomes an undersea abstract

Honoring August Renoir

Renoir's beach scene above, becomes
"Fan-tasy" below

and

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DESIGN SPECIALS -click photo to enlarge

I belong to Weight Watchers and am learning better food choices. I have to plan strategies to help me. Here's one... Instead of eating this cake at a school party, I photographed it and made it into a computer-generated photoshop design. I think I will try to do that with my cravings.

DIDN'T EAT DESIGN #2

DESIGN SPECIALS: FLOWERS IN A WEB
-variations

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DESIGNS THAT MIGHT BE CARPETS

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THE BLESSING OF COLOR

SET 1

There is a lot of beauty in black and white. Some wonderful drawings in black and white can be found in museums. I happen to love color, though, and do my designs that way. This link shows the same design in black/white/gray and in color. In some cases I prefer the black/white/gray version, as in the first design posted. It looks like it has a few diamonds or crystals....

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FOUR FOR FUN

In these sets, I am combining four
designs with similar coloring OR similar shape.

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ABSTRACT REALITIES
SERIES 3
set 1

Honoring "PSALM OF LIFE," Poem by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Woman standing in front of a woven blanket

Man (left) holding a sword over a man (right) bowing and tipping his hat.
( a bully and his victim--don't be either!!!)

High heeled shoe

Angel Cheering

Five Dancers Waving

Bird 's eyes, with glasses

Three Butterflies

Set 2

Honoring "THE RAVEN," poem by
Edgar Allen Poe

Boy taking a stroll on a lovely autumn day

An angel's offering

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ABSTRACT REALITIES,
series 1

Set 1

Honoring, MILL ON THE FLOSS, by George Elliot

My husband sees two fish in the sea.
I see two fish in the sea too!

Camouflaged bird

Person looking out of a car window

Rooster with a message

Honoring, RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER ,
poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Three men with bow ties

Thanksgiving Songs for Children: I Love Thanksgiving by Susan Maskin,arranged and performed by Bernie Katzman

Honoring, SHERLOCK HOMES,
THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE,
by Sir Arthur Conon Doyle

A girl taking a stroll underwater

An ancient warrior..
He makes me a worrier!!

My husband sees a bird's face?
I see a dog's face?

My husband sees a dog's face?
I see a bird's face?

Little girl with a big message

Honoring, THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS,
by James Fenimore Cooper

Man in a hat

A "cuddly?" porcupine with mittens
sitting and waiting for winter to end

Twin cats

Camel at midnight

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ABSTRACT REALITIES
SERIES 2

SET 1

Honoring LORD JIM, by Stephen Conrad

Two fancy fish gossiping

Giraffes at a waterhole
and there are two snakes..
can you find them?

The jury is out on this one, but I see a necklace
worn by a woman wearing a yellow and green dress.

Blue birds in strange cage

paper birds

Queen and her twin daughters--two other ladies on each side.

ocean surf at sunset

Set 2

A charm candy girl

At the Masquerade Ball

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ABSTRACT REALITIES

SERIES 4
set 1

Leopard sleeping in a mystical tree

Woman carrying a basket of flowers in the
mid-morning

Array of fans

Prehistoric giant birds

Six friendly frogs-- or a goat and two kittens?
Click for answer..

face mask

Sunrise

Can you see this as a frog?

Set 2
Honoring "ODE ON A GRECIAN URN," by John Keats

This looks like a nervous brown cat to me!

Weeds at sunset

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DESIGN SET #A

FROM:

                                  I became involved in making computer-generator designs quite recently.
                                  I love this work and find it stimulating and relaxing. I decided to create a
                                  blog so that I could share my work. Links to various designs are located at
                                  the top of the right column.
                                  Click on any of the design links.

                                 The design sets are subdivided into smaller groups. I couldn't figure out
                                 what to name these design groups. I finally decided to honor great works of
                                 literature.

                                 I want to dedicate the blog to people I care about deeply, and three
                               yahoo groups of talented artists: The Magnolia Card group, The MSAT Mini
                                 doll group, and The Mini-tique, miniature group.

HONORING GREAT EXPECTAIONS,by Charles Dickens

Honoring PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by Henry James

Honoring UNCLE TOM'S CABIN,by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Honoring, ANIMAL FARM, by George Orwell

Honoring, CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, by C.S. Lewis

Honoring, NEMESIS, by Agatha Christie

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DESIGNS: Set #B

Honoring, SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE SIGN OF FOUR,
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Honoring, JANE EYRE, by Charlotte Bronte

Honoring, WAR AND PEACE, by Leo Tolstoy

Honoring, BODY IN THE LIBRARY, by Agatha Christie

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Honoring HUCKLEBERRY FINN, by Mark Twain

Honoring, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, by Emily Bronte

Honoring the poems of John Keats

Honoring, CHRISTMAS CAROL, by Charles Dickens

Honoring, TALES OF PETER RABBIT, by Beatrix Potter

Honoring, THE NINE TAILORS, by Dorothy L. Sayers

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DESIGN SET #C

Honoring, ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, by Lewis Carroll

Honoring, TREASURE ISLAND, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Honoring GRAPES OF WRATH, by John Steinbeck

Honoring THE GOOD EARTH, by Pearl Buck

Honoring, DAVID COPPERFIELD, by Charles Dickens

Honoring, Sherlock Holmes:THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Honoring "PARADISE LOST", by John Milton

Honoring, THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV,
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Honoring, YERTLE THE TURTLE, by Dr. Seuss

Honoring, THE SHORT STORIES OF
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

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DESIGN SET #D

Honoring, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS,
by Ernest Hemingway

Honoring, OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, by Charles Dickens

Honoring, ROMEO AND JULIET, by William Shakespeare

Honoring THE TINDER BOX, by Hans Christian Andersen

Honoring, AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS,
by Jules Verne

Honoring, THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ,
by L. Frank Baum ,

Honoring, MOBY DICK, by Herman Melville

Honoring the poems of William Wordsworth

Honoring, " A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE," play
by Tennessee Williams

Honoring, METAMORPHOSIS, by Franz Kafka