New listings at...

...Dark Decors

Hand painted Tapered Candles

Festive Witch Hat ornaments 

(more designs in shop)

Who wouldn't want a 

pair of these...

...oh how we laughed.

Photo A Day - May

Day 4

O'boy, so not on the ball...woops!  Ok, so this picture is actually for day 4, which is the word "fun".  

So here's my photo...

When I was little I loved the "see-saw", that was one of my favorites (besides the swings).  It was always fun to "bump" the other person when they least expected it.   Well I don't know where you live, but out here (Las Vegas) I've never seen a see-saw at any of the parks, so this little equipment was the closest I could actually find.  It is a lot of fun, my son and I use to come up to this park when he was little and we would play on these horses...they'd go up and down and side to side.  Ahhh....to be young again.

Capture Life!

Texture Tuesday - The Felicity eDition

This week our challenge was to use Kim Klassen's free texture "Felicity".

Our weather, here in Las Vegas, has been so mild for a winter, that some of the trees are already blooming such beautiful flowers.  On my way to taking my son to school, I pass a park that is lined with these trees, (Yoshino Cherry trees).

I first softened the photo and added a chocolate brown filter at 52%, then I added the texture "felicity" Screen mode at about 85%, erased over the flowers at the opacity of 35%.  Then I added the quote.

If you're interested in Texture Tuesday with Kim Klassen, then click on the button below.

                                                                       Capture Life!

Do you know what today is....

Texture Tuesdays over at Kim Klassen's blog, The Golden Edition...well it's not quite Tuesday for me, but I wanted to get a little head start.

Our challenge for this week is to use Kim Klassen's "Golden" texture that she so kindly gave to us for free...if you're interested in receiving FREE textures head over to her blog and sign up.  She makes some of the most amazing textures.  Anyway, here's my entry for this week.  I'll show the before and after pictures and at the end I'll give you the details of my editing.

 1. Duplicate original

2. Added "Golden" texture

3. Blending mode Overlay 100%

4. Merged down

5. Duplicated the image again

6. Added "Golden" texture a second time

7.  Adjusted the Bright/Contrast using the curves to darken it a bit

8. Used blending mode Overlay 100% again.

I hope you like it and please head over and check out the other entries at Kim's blog.

Happy Editing!

Just in time for summer....

Savi is having a giveaway and this is what you can win....

Spring Flower Corsage Tank

Give away ends on Monday May 10th at 7pm EST.

Jack Skellington MoNsTeR bOx

This MoNsTeR bOx is not for sale,
as we don't wish to go to jail.

We captured it for a review
and posted here to show to you,

these lovely pics of Nightmare fright
but Disney owns the copyright.

And though our Skelly shan't be bought
we are satisfied that he was caught.

For you see my friend, that's what we do...
...hunt MoNsTeR bOxes just for you!

See our collection of fine specimens at Ametista Artistic Offerings