PAF – oct 28th – 30th & a little break

for PAF i could´t decide which alteration of my seed photo i liked better…

my next post won´t be before middle of next week… i´m away for a stamping retreat for a few days with some members of the munich stamping group. i will ink, stamp, cut & glue and mess around to my heart´s delight… no pc, only working with my hands – i plan to make some journal pages and scrapsquares, which i neglected a bit recently…

so i´m in great anticipation and hope you will have a great week, too!

bis mitte nächster woche verabschiede ich mich mal aus blogland… ich fahre mit ein paar anderen mitgliedern unserer münchner stempelgruppe auf einen stempeltreff in ein hotel im voralpenland… das ist immer eins meiner highlights des jahres – kein pc, aber die stempel qualmen lassen, nach herzenslust schneiden und kleben, alles liegen lassen können – beste verpflegung, kurze nächte… möchte ein paar journalseiten machen mit meinen file foldern, die ich im sommer besprüht habe, auch scrapsquares habe ich in letzter zeit kaum gemacht… bin voller vorfreude und hoffe, auch ihr habt eine schöne woche!

SPA: bats

it is after midnight, and i´m posting my new contribution for SPA: I’m Dracula.
I’m undead.
You can run, but you can’t hide any more, ‘cause I’m casting my curse!
I’m Dracula.
I’m evil.
And I never do a thing that’s bad if I can do it worse.

these are lyrics from a theatre/musical performance from pantomusicals.uk, where i also found the poster with the bats. i layered it with a texture from shadowhouse creations (black magick) and used the font cramps.

textures from nancy donaldson

nancy donaldson again provided some textures to play with… so far i enjoyed making the following samples, (click to enlarge):


all these are made in a similar way: using the photo, texture(s) from nancy + scan from a botanical book.
if interested, you can find my “recipes” below:
original photo cropped a little
texture 2 from nancy donaldson (crackle structure) at blending mode soft light 100% – layer mask to erase the seed
scanned image (from a botanical book) layered with blending mode darken + adjustment layer to make it more black
frame from shadowhousecreations (black vintage mask) set at multiply
text added with fonts mythbusters + pea terri cherie
~~~~~

nancy donaldson texture 2c at blending mode darker color 100%
nancy donaldson texture 2b at blending mode soft light 50%
copy of all, soft light, 22%
scanned image of a raspberry (botanical book) at blending mode divide, 100%
text: fonts second breakfast + fine hand
~~~~~

layer from background, soft light 60%
nancy donaldson texture 2a, blending mode exclusion 100%
again texture 2a, blending mode linear burn 70%
scanned image of corn (botanical book), darker color 100%
flickr ttv-frame multiply 100%

take a word: childhood

i found this postcard on a flea market a while ago. the backside tells me the photo was taken by aglaia risch, 1984 in belgium. i started a google research, but could not find out more about this photographer…

background by cosmo cricket, clover stamps by carina gardner, tape tizzape, font pie sugar noodles.

find the other participants of take-a-word here.

vor einiger zeit fand ich diese postkarte auf einem flohmarkt. auf der rückseite steht, das foto stamme von aglaia risch, brüssel 1984. leider konnte ich durch googeln nicht wirklich mehr über die fotografin erfahren…