i heart faces - texture

I love to put texture on my photos ... it makes me :) I've seen so many wonderful images with great textures and I have fun playing around with them. This week's theme at I ♥ faces is texture, so I thought I would enter this one:


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14/365

Before I tortured myself worked out with Jillian Michaels' DVD this morning I was playing with my camera, thinking about my Project 365, and snapping some pix. I decided to put the camera on the floor and take a photo of me in my shoes ...

I ran the Color Mix Urban Cool Action from Maggie Holmes, then ran the Coffeeshop Give it Texture action using the retro action from Skeletal Mess/Shadowhouse Creations ( ♥ those free textures!)

play time

I haven't had a lot of time to play with Photoshop in the past few months because I have been so busy with the new business (which is a good thing!!). But we're in the middle of the winter slump and so over the past week or so I have been wanting to just play play play. Here is a recent photo I took of my brother's family:

I did a few things to this one:
First, I ran Coffeeshop's Give it Texture action and I used one of Skeletal Mess's free textures (thanks!!). Then I ran Coffeeshop's Teeny Tiny World action, then Johanna's Tea Party action. All the actions can be found at Coffeeshop.

If you have some free time and want to learn a little about playing around in Photoshop, visit Coffeeshop and have fun!

PSE Play

I use Photoshop Elements 8. It does just about everything that I need and you can't beat the price! I have been playing this morning with textures and actions.

Here's what I did:
Opened the photo and did the basic adjustments (lighten shadows, adjust levels) then I did this:

I ran the Coffeeshop Give it Texture action (Rita is THE BEST!!!!)

I used this texture and desaturated it. I also erased the texture from Charis so she didn't look dirty.

Then I ran the Johanna's Tea Party action (my newest favorite .... ♥ this action!!!), also found on Coffeshop.

Then I put my little watermark on it and viola! Playing is fun :) ... now I need to run because my little girlies new new shoes!