my relation to snow is ambivalent… i don´t love snow slush or when it freezes to slithery ice… but of course there is the fascination of the wonderful snowfall that dampens the noise and creates a deep silence over the landscape… this photo is from a previous year, we had not much snow so far this winter.
for showing the text better (“silent night…” on kim´s new texture rejoice) i set the “rejoice 2” on inverse… tree brushed free via layer mask.
only two days of texture left… i already know i will have withdrawal symptoms;)
on this photo with ceramic ornaments i applied kim´s texture of today “providence” twice. added a layer mask to brush free the ornaments.
i just love it when all comes together so well (serendipity, actually…) – this morning we had sunny weather and a bit snow (after some aweful windy days). having monday my day off from school, i took the camera to make a little morning walk. this weathercock was the first picture i shot… ha, perfect for today´s offer at kim´s blog…
i applied the new texture “storm” twice and stamped the matching text brush (blending mode: overlay). i felt it needed a little something on the lower right, so i stamped another brush with little opacity there. done!
another day, another texture from kim… thank you so much, again!
here i used “wonderfulmagic” 3 times, plus serendipity and golden (both also from kim).
the text part “Rest” (font: adorable, thanks for the tip, rosie ) is circled with a scribble brush, a freebie from kim a while ago. love this brush!
the color fits the theme “sepia” of tomorrow´s take-a-word challenge, and the three muses want to see “angels” this week.
heute mal wieder ein file folder. besprüht im sommer, bearbeitung des fotos im oktober (siehe hier), bestempelt und mit ausgedrucktem spruch versehen…
im moment komme ich ja nicht so viel zu “handgemachtem”, da mir einfach die zeit fehlt (das liegt nicht an irgendwelchem vorweihnachtsstress, den habe ich nämlich nicht, dafür umso mehr last mit der schule). wenn ich es dann schaffe, mir ein paar minuten für mich selbst freizuschaufeln, reicht es zeitlich und energiemäßig nicht zu mehr als zu ein paar minuten vor dem pc. mit einer bildbearbeitung ist schnell gespielt, da reichen mir manchmal wenige minuten. aber natürlich möchte ich wieder mehr “mit dreckigen händen” gestalten, wird auch wieder, die zeit kommt… und dann hab ich einen bildervorrat angehäufelt, auf den ich zurückgreifen kann und ihn, wie z.b. hier, in journale etc einbauen kann…
a file folder – spray painted in summer, photo editing in october (here), stamped and finished with a printed quote…
at the moment i do not have very much time for “hand made” (not christmassy stress, but exhausted from school). when i have some minutes for myself, i only have the energy to sit at the pc and make some photo editing, which brings fast results in a few minutes. of course i want to create with “dirty fingers” again, and i hope time will come soon… meanwhile i will have amassed many pictures to use in my journals etc…
the texture party goes on…
today´s “moremagic” twice (screen + overlay blending modes)
oh yes, another one…;)
seems like i am a glutton for textures;)
leslie from “french kiss” also offers a freebie texture today, and i instantly fell in love with “intrepid“. i took this photo of a pomegranate last week and added “intrepid” twice here (brushed off the texture partly over the fruit in the second layer via layer mask).
thank you so much, leslie, i know this one will be become one of my faves… love the grungy style and that it has a frame…
(check out leslie´s site and subscribe her newsletter, she also has interviews with fantastic photo artists from time to time)
again i love the little “mail art” effect of the postal stamp on the upper right of today´s new texture “zuzu”, which i applied 3 times. added two number brushes and played with blending modes. thanks again, kim – for the generosity to share your textures!
thanks, kim, for another great texture – here 3 times “edward” (2x blending mode soft light, 1x overlay)