The Challenge for Studio Kit Contest #9: Create a piece of art using elements from the "Postal Passion" Studio Art Kit.
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The votes are in for Studio Kit Contest #9 -- Postal Passion.
Here are the winning entries, as chosen by the Artella Community:
FIRST PLACEAnnette Phillips
"Letters Mingle Souls"
Digital, 8"x8"
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SECOND PLACE
Cheryl Stevenson"Dolly Post"
"Tiny illustrations -- 1.25" x1" (with pasted-on titles) of dollies collected over the last few years, scanned into Corel PaintShop Pro and framed by a digital postal frame built from a digital scrap of 2 blank postage stamp frames. I have been collecting little tiny illustrations of all kinds for years, and this project is the inspiration now for making them all up into 'Postal' Sheets. Dimensions are 8" x 12" and the final composition is digital. I used a wax seal and postmark from the kit."
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THIRD PLACE
Alexandra Xavier
"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"
Digital collage, created size 8"x8"
"I made this using elements from digital kits and scanned pieces from my ephemera collection."
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AND HERE ARE THE REST OF THE WONDERFUL ENTRIES:
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Constance Bates
"ParAvion: The Final Destination"
9.96" x 6.69" at 96 pixels per inch
I used a photo program and paint program to create the postal service dead-letter black hole. I'm particularly proud of the looks of my Planet!
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Julie Burger
"Go Postal"
12.5" x 9"
Hybrid Digital: Scans of drawings, doodles, paintings, and other art were added to a digital background and to enhance the vintage envelopes and create my Astro Mail Girl.
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William J. Charlebois "Better with Age"
Digital Collage, 11"x14"
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Jacque Chinnery"Letter to Berlin 1945"
Digital Collage, 6"x7.76"
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Tara Douglas-Smith
"The Gift of a Smile"
Digital Collage using only elements of the Postal Passion Kit
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Tammy Hensley "Motherland Messages"
Sunflowers, wheatfields, quilt blocks and Teddy Roosevelt form this digital creation to honor the artist's home state. The quilt blocks are all pieced with elements from the kit to create 4 North Dakota quilt block patterns; the Teddy envelope honors one of the artist's heroes and North Dakota as TR was inspired to create the National Park Service during his time there; finally, the sunflower and wheatfield stamps form the background for it all as they form a beautiful backdrop to many images there.
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Barbara Miller
"Stamp Collecting"
"I decided to use elements of the Postal Passion Kit to help me meet the current Digital Rework challenge in the Artella Cafe, which was to alter the picture of a book. The altered picture reminds me of my mother, who was an avid stamp collector for most of her life."
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS, and thanks to EVERYONE who entered this contest. You're ALL winners in our books!