Another carnation

Carnations and cup

Down to earth

Red planet

Still in orbit

Still colliding - joining in with Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday 'pop' eDition, using her texture pumpkingrunge

Still colliding

Colliding worlds

False alarm! - the only collision was in my lounge between a glass globe and a table lamp!

Reminder of summer!

One day

What a difference a day makes!  The bud opened in the warmth of the room with the sun streaming through the window.  A double daffodil as well!

Celebrate!

I'm joining in  with Texture Tuesday this week where the theme is 'Celebrate'  I've added one of Kim's textures 'daisy' and  several adjustment layers.  The daffodils are still at this stage - hoping they will survive the high winds, but saying that, we've only got about four in our garden!  We had six, but two were destroyed when  the wind blew something heavy onto them.

Small signs of spring

Linking up with Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday eDition, Flower Power, using two of her textures - jessica and coolgrunge.  Wishing you all a Happy Easter and some warm spring weather!

Banjo string

Close up of a banjo string (with dust!).  A photoshop frame (duplicated) which was made into a png file, with the image  added later. 

Details

orchid again

In spite of much neglect this small orchid plant refuses to die off and produces beautiful white-pink flowers twice a year.  Its label which has also survived says 'Orchidaceae Dendrobium'.  I've grown quite fond of it!

Seat with a view

A well known local view, between Alnwick and Rothbury in the border county of Northumberland, also appears in one of The Hobbit film posters!  The 'fold' was created in Photoshop and the page curl in Paint shop Pro.  On a nice day you can spend quite a time here admiring the view of the Cheviots and the Simonside hills.  One of my favourite places!

Signs

The two hyacinths were shot in my kitchen with the window behind the flowers, the blue one has one of Kim Klassen's textures added (edith) whilst the pink one has one of my textures.  The snowdrops were seen in Hulne Park in Alnwick on a warm day before the snow came in from the east reminding us that it's not quite spring yet.

A splash of colour

Masking it!

Having seen various masks on different blogs, I decided to have a go at creating one myself.  In Photoshop I opened a new page and using various sizes and shapes of brushes created the mask shown above.  With an image of a hydrangea the first mask layer is Lighter Colour 75% and the second layer, using the same mask, is Difference 75%.
Please feel free to have a try using the mask on one of your own images - just link back please!

'Ugly duckling'!

Back to the piece of vilene plus molding paste - not very exciting to look at -

but can lead to some interesting digital effects!

Still finding out how to place text and photos in Blogger - thanks to Su and Emma for suggestions.

Take a piece of vilene ...

I took a piece of vilene, about A4 size, made a pattern with molding paste and a sequin waste template, added acrylics and treasure gold .. and made a cover for sketchbook.


Using the same piece of patterned vilene I  created a digital image in Photoshop.  Now I need to work out how to put script below the image - help gratefully received!