The ***TIME*** Contest winners have finally been decided and boy, if it wasn't difficult to judge! Because I love clocks so much I just wanted to choose them all! The entries were all brilliant! Hubby and I really enjoyed working our way through them. So, a big thank you to everyone who entered and spread the word. Huge

to you all.
But, alas, there can only be three winners, so without further ado I shall announce them...
First Prize -12 months DA subscription -

I thought the detail and variety in this was extremely well done, and the fact that the clocks are all buried in the sands of time added the perfect finishing touch. Huge congrats to
Second Prize - 3 months DA subscription -

Again, lots of detail went into this one, and what drew me was the combination of time and nature. I love the ivy and all the shades of green. Congrats to
Third Prize - 1 months DA subscription -

Third prize was chosen by my husband. He is a bit of an ole softie and was drawn to the love theme of this one. He also liked that it covered so many different art medias. So congrats to

So, I'm afraid
time had ended for the ***Time*** contest, although I am sure I will repeat the theme some
time in the future because I enjoyed it so much.
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NEW CONTEST!!!CONTEST THEME...****NATURE RECLAIMS****
We may think we are the dominant ones on this planet but left to her own devises, nature will always break through our barriers of bricks and mortar and reclaim her land. I have always loved the atmosphere of wild and overgrown places, be them rooms, buildings, objects, gardens, landscapes...anything really.
So, basically, the requirement is
wild and overgrown but I will leave you to interpret and translate it how you wish.
All mediums are accepted - photography, photo manipulation, traditional art, digital art, fractal, poetry, prose, sculpture and crafts.
More details will be added soon.
RulesEntries will be added to the Entries Folder (link to be added below asap) as they are submitted.
Please NOTE me with your entry.
I would appreciate it if you would also mention that your work is an entry to the Nature Reclaims contest with its comments.
I will accept NEW WORK ONLY (started from today's date - 6th Jan), and only one entry per artist.
Closing DateThe contest ends on the 30th June, giving you plenty of time to submit your entry.
PrizesFirst prize - a year's DA subscription.
Second prize - a 3 month DA subscription.
Third prize - a 1 month DA subscription.
My hubby and I are the only judges. We prefer to keep it simple.
ENTRIES...All new entries can be found here -
[link]NEWS ARTICLE LINK -[link]****************************
Some of my Works

Some of my Sculptures/OOAK Dolls
...over at my *
Forestina account...

And my DD
Thank you to all who fave my pics, leave a comment, or take a general interest in my work, it is much appreciated! I try to get back to you all and check out your work too. 
Me and Photography...
I know very little about photography and use a rather cheap Vivitar with a wonky shutter. Basically, I point and click like a woman possessed and hope for the best. This suits me fine. Then, I like to try to turn the mundane into something magical with a slight tweaking of colour and light. Nothing major but enough to make it look a little otherworldly. Enough to make you believe that it could be another time, another place...another world...

Things I Especially lurve...
My husband, Immediate Music, TOPIARY, anything magical, dreamy or enchanting. Hugging trees. Mazes and labyrinths of every and any kind, cats (especially tabby and grey ones), mirrors (not in a vain sense but playing around with reflections...creating mirror worlds!), nature, Red Dwarf (especially Rimmer!), birds, squirrels, hedgehogs, cute rodents like mice, rats and voles, toadstools, TREES!!!, forests, woods, old keys, old pocket watches, waterfalls & streams, Lara Croft, Twin Peaks, surreal and fantasy art and manips, Escher's Relativity, J. Waterhouse, anything Austen related, Guy of Gisborne, Richard Armitage, wistful people, the Frouds, sunrays, sparkling water, dewdrops, dreamy poetry, North and South (R Armitage version), Jane Eyre (Toby Stephens version), cobwebs (minus spiders!), Halls of Doors Alice-in-Wonderland style, cute wooden bridges, watching movies especially - LABYRINTH, Legend & PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, Julian Sands, tasteful outdoor nudes, pointe ballet shoes, ballet & dance, history, standing stones, Robins, blue and purple flowers, redheads, long hair, pre-Rathaelite art, drawing, sculpting, crafts, painting, writing, Mr Rochester, shabby-chic, patchwork things, unicorns, walking, yoga, caves and secret underground places, castles, ponds and water features, stately houses, ruins, Broken Sword (games), dragonflies, X-Men, Ricky Gervais, Wolverine, Queen's - Who Wants to Live Forever, spring & summer, being immature, secret gardens, Xena: Warrior Princess, ivy, abandoned overgrown places, really dark chocolate 70% +, hummus, picnics, DAYDREAMING!!!, photography, ALAN RICKMAN, Snape, Rufus Sewell, Kevin Smith (Ares), Frankie's - Power of Love;, Angelina Jolie, wistful beauties, quaint thatched cottages, English villages, hearty mugs of hot weak tea, baking cakes and biscuits, um...and I will add more as I think of them!
The photos in this gallery are NOT stock.
I offer plenty of stock pics at my stock account (link below). Thanks.