Green Paper

Vintage Gluebook Pages and Our Challenge Winner!

I had a nasty bout of the flu this week and I'm out of sorts and really behind on everything!

I have a couple recent gluebook spreads to show you...

And, I forgot to announce the January Collage Challenge winner - it's Corinne of Dining Room Table Art.  Thank you to the sweet people who kindly reminded me!

What have YOU been up too?

Challenge Reminder!

You have a couple more days to submit your entries into the January Collage Challenge. All creations need to be in by Sunday at midnight. 

There is some fabulous art posted already, and plenty of creativity on display, so please stop by and be inspired!

I was asked about the images in this month's challenge:

The pink book sellers label is from the Vintage Graphics and Text Collection. 

The floral poetry page is from the Victorian Gift Book Collection.

The cabinet card of the little girl was one of the images in the Collage Coterie online class, which is no longer available. My classes come with plenty of imagery to use, you don't need to own any vintage paper or images to take one of the online classes.

Posting my work Update...

Thanks to all of you for your kind comments of encouragement on my last post. The Flickr photostream I mentioned has been corrected, and all of my art has been removed. I'm removing the links in my original post to avoid any further embarrassment for the other artist.

Again, thanks to each of you for your support!

She's posting my work...

I hate writing this post, but I could really use some help. 

A few weeks ago, a friend directed me to a Flickr photstream, which includes about 70 (yep, seventy) pictures of my own gluebook art. None of the individual pictures mention my name or any information about me.

Since it's my art and I want the pictures removed, I have emailed the Flickr user twice, and have contacted her through the Flickr system. I've never received a response.

In my last email, I asked her to have them removed by yesterday, or I would have to contact Flickr/Yahoo. I also told her I would post about this on my blog.  Unfortunately, nothing happened.

So, today, I sent a copyright infringement notification to Yahoo, and now I'm posting on my blog.

I know this person reads my blog, in fact, she enters the monthly challenges. So, how do I get her to remove my art from her Flickr photostream?  Any ideas would be so appreciated!

Our January 2012 Collage Challenge!

Happy 2012!

It's the first of the month, so time for the Green Paper Collage Challenge, presented the first week of each month.  The challenge is simple - create a piece of art using at least part of each of the three images provided here:

To capture the jpg version above, just click on the image to open and then click again to get the largest size. Then right click and save to your computer.

Or, you can download the easy-print PDF here:   Download Jan 2012 collage sheet

How to enter?

1. Create a piece of art - anything at all - using at least part of each of the three images.
2. Post your art somewhere on the web - your blog, Flickr account, whatever!
3. Using the Linky below, link us to your web location so we can come and visit. 

That's it!  

The deadline is next Sunday, January 8th. On the 9th I'll draw a name at random to win a downloadable image collection - The Antique Logomachy card collection, which normally sells for $18. 

They're a favorite of lots of artists, so if you've already purchased them, you can pick something else instead!

Here's the Linky to use to link us to your site:

I can't wait to see what you create!