you've got mail!!!

i've been so busy the past few weeks

besides encaustic class every wednesday

and my online class with susan tuttle

OWOH has kept me answering e-mails,

blog surfing

(i've "met" some really creative people)

and making cards and art

( gifts for the winners and my new followers)

it was nice to receive this wonderful art and gift certificate

in the mail

from my friend ludgera

( thanks lu, i will be off today to aboveground!)

ludgera, who's in california

taking a bookmaking class

needed some help editing and manipulating

her photos for class

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above, one of the finished projects i did

which lu stitched to the burlap

and sent as a thank-you card

i loved the challenge

working with someone elses photos

it gives me a new perspective on

something i might not have considered

she sent me the photo above and below

and asked to add them together

so i altered them a bit in ps
playing with the brightness/contrast
opacity and using the b/w feature
( i tried lots of filters as well but lost a lot
of the detail in both photos)

i then decided to take it a little bit further
i added a warm carmel color
and used the "overlay" blending mode
then the text from an old postcard
using the "screen" blending mode
and finally a texture i found at
shadow house creations
and set the blending mode to "darken"


and then the finished project!
which of course i didn't stop there
for fun i inverted it,
tried on a few filters
duplicated it and added a lighting feature
and played with the blending modes again
you can go on forever!!!