Wednesday 2 December 2009

Fun and Games..

That's this weeks 3 Muses theme. To me fun and games brings back memories of Ludo, Snakes and Ladders and Tiddlywinks! All played with my Grandmother!
The background of this piece is the packaging from some chipboard pieces, sanded and then painted with white acrylic and the chipboard games bits added. The image is from an old picture book. The text is computor generated (That's about the limit of my computor skills!)

23 comments:

Eila A said...

What a fantastic collage, Effie! You have used the various materials in a great fashion. And the text and image certainly ring bells in many of us: losing in a game was (is) very frustrating!

indybev said...

Great collage, Effie! I was born with an over-abundance of competitive spirit and I've spent my life trying to learn to lose gracefully, so your entry rang a bell with me. Well done! Thanks for playing along.

johanna said...

wonderful collage you made! i remember my sons also couldn´t lose!!

Taluula said...

Ha ha ha Effie, this brings back so many memories of fighting with my brothers and sisters when one or the other of us 'changed' the rules to try and win.

Kudos for a beautiful collage.

Sandy said...

Wow what a stunning creation.
Looks fantastic. Love them.

Rika said...

What a wonderful collage!

Yvonne said...

Fabulous collage, Effie!

Martina said...

WOW - Effie, this is just so stunning! Amazing interpretation of the theme.

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Wonderful collage.

Terri Daugherty said...

oh wow effie, you transported me back to 1968 where my little sister was the worst loser. this depicts her to a T. love your piece, very funny!

Astrid Maclean said...

Great pice, wonderful!

Lorraine said...

marvellous collage yet again Gail

Judy said...

Ah! the other side of fun & games, Effie, so brilliantly illustrated here - great piece!

Kirsti said...

OMG... that is sooo like our house - the chants of Loser, Loser can be heard many a day... love this...x

Tinkertaylor said...

love it... it was monopoly that caused the arguements in our house!

Ozstuff said...

A gorgeous and beautifully crafted piece of art with lots of nostalgia for those of us who were brought up on those old board games. (I think some of them are still around but I haven't heard of Ludo for many years).

LynnF said...

Oh wow, Effie...what a splendid collage! All those elements work so perfectly. Really fine work! LynnF

GlitteryKatie said...

Excellent!!!

José said...

Great collage with beautiful colours.

Sid said...

Great stamp and love your collage pieces on this too !

Anonymous said...

lol love it

Lesley Edmonds said...

Great collage, reminds me of me and my sister in years gone by LOL!
Lesley x

Alix said...

just fabulous...such a sense of fun i adore it :)