Friday, May 7, 2010

4 x 4 Friday--Hats


A great hat can change your day!

Image from Suzee Que; background textures are one of mine, a piece from Shadowlands and the frame texture by LeslieNichole at Frames4Use Flickr Group. Photoshop brushes and filters; and the quote is from an old ad for Plaza Suite Hats.

ACF # 73--Invitation to the Dance


This week we were presented with this perfect little couple, so poised and proper. All I could think of were dancing lessons, with the students so serious, and trying to be so very grown up.

The music and text pieces were Googled, and some of the musical notation is from a photoshop brush set. Background textures are from Cynthia Powell's set of painted silks, and from Temari09 at T4L. Blending styles and PS brushes completed the picture.

Three Muses Challenge-Stars


Wishing on a star...my cousins and I did a lot of that during our childhood summers. Do children even play outside after the stars come out any more? I really hope so; not much is more beautiful than a sky full of twinkling stars to wish on...

Backrgound credit to Songbird Avenue and TK Swayze at T4L; images from Dover; photoshop brushes.
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Sunday, May 2, 2010

SPA- Sewing


I learned to do hand sewing when I was a Girl Scout--even got the badge!I took machine sewing lessons when I was 13--and made most of my clothes until I was out of college--and taught my mother and sister to sew too! I loved sewing, all kinds and made some unique and funky clothes and toys for my daughter, quilts and other stuff. I always had a sewing room.
Sad to say, when we moved to Boston I lost my sewing room--my machine is tucked away in a closet, and my much diminished fabric stash is in bins in the basement {SIGH}
I miss it sometimes.
So here's a bit of nostalgia for me...
made with elements from Cynthia Powell studios (silk fabric texture); T4l; Gaby Braun; elements from Songbird Avenue kits, Ms jordan's Lazy Sofa Days and HZ designs. The paper pattern was googled and the main image is from a vintage sewing machine ad. Some Photoshop brushes completed the nostalgic feel.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Emerging


I downloaded some wonderful new Photoshop brushes this morning, including a set of fractal brushes by Kime-ra. As I was trying them out, I thought to use a black background and color the brushes white and the fiery yellows orange and red. The effect was AMAZING, like painting with light. The face is also a new brush, from a set called Steampunk Bizarre by Hogret. I found these and several other cool sets at http://www.brushesdownload.com/
A few texture bits- a moth from Graphics fairy and a text piece from Bocaccino at T4L, and she was complete. I love it when a piece just comes together.