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i've been so busy the past few weeks
besides encaustic class every wednesday
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
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvHFiAym03Qj-4FNX4BsjByj9y1fyvgQa0RnU8t9xQEkBtsbEj-2agO00y6rssvJvuMYB6BVtMeucV9SknmplhOJQj5_jGQyM8q96bkqO52HDhHdrt7QAQjdbIj3EVMe2CdExuT7QCDQ/s400/lu+project1.jpg)
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
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2w5CNn7KAGecAMCrqUkmWT-SUQn3qVedr-juddJCJqsJcKh8aE4muVteyis1tWTS3_0etuXDaWXOOcj0IfDDOCKi7vvUTKDjc-GEl3VZY4RDqYvE_RLcXAMMqVGMczvXMQRw6NAqCNg/s400/lu+project2.jpg)
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)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrY5XhitRnBmhbZiKzlSpgkPQ9uwFsoMgEIk1kcR0ChYQXX1y1hWeKWkT3zOq2FcmBUtY5ptiz8rpaoRJVjolX-dPIGcbIeHcJz_SbATUWm8Mx1Mb0BxXde-PzbN-PNgyJD6XTRA5enQk/s400/lu+project3_edited-1.jpg)
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 creationsand set the blending mode to "darken"
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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!!!