GREENS COMING THROUGH - CELTIC FEEL

Onto some greens with touches of purple and yellow....truly these are
turning out so differently then when I first started the series...more like some
sort of puzzle pieces.
I like the way it turned out...a bit of a Celtic feel to it - I am loving it!!!
Of course I can never leave well enough alone so I played with more filters and came
up with this one:

Like a dandelion in the middle and chevrons shooting out from the sides...
cool effect...I like it...have no idea how I did it...but I am loving it all!!!!
I like the idea that no "star" images are pronounced in either image...
new and different!!!
I have updated my collaborative blog with more photos and more remembrance
if you care to check it out at: A MOTHER & DAUGHTER'S PROSPECTIVE.
Thanks for stopping by and Looking!!!

START OF KALEIDOSCOPE SERIES - ROSE

I thought about what kind of art I wanted to do now. I know that AEDM is over but

I want to keep creating...to keep those ideas and inspiration flowing...
so I have decided to create my own Kaleidoscope digital images.
I am going to do a whole series of them...
Just something I started playing with in paint shop pro and I like some of the ones
I have already done...so here is the first one I am going to share--

Believe it or not....I call it Rose...lol I think I must have some inner
thing going on about roses..strange but it keeps coming in my head!
Now of course I had to play with some filters and see what I could do with it...
so here is another one of the same image but squared off
I have no idea how I get the images I get....I just play and then something shows up.
I like the free flow playing around that is happening with me...
I love the colors in them....but honestly the top one is my favorite.
So what have you created today?
Thanks for stopping by and Looking!!!!

COLORFUL INK BLOTS

I just had to play in Paint Shop Pro again...this time I created colorful ink blots and
swirled them, twisted them and just kept adding colors until I was happy with the vibrant colors in it.
I like the way it turned out. I am slowly but surely learning what I can and cannot do with psp..
the possibilities are endless.
This is my entry for Day 23 of AEDM.
I hope everyone had a BEAUTIFUL Thanksgiving. Here it was just my hunnie, daughter and myself...we made way too much food...it was all absolutely delicious...really a peaceful
and loving time together!! What more could I ask for!
Thanks for stopping by and looking!!!

MULTIPLYING BITS COLLAGE

Now this ATC card was fun. I just kept playing with filters and adding bits and pieces to it
and this is the result. I actually was able to create my own lil bits of paper (and multiplying images I made up - geez I wish I could remember how I did it) and make
the whole thing look like a collage.
The reason I do not remember how I did it is because when I get into the creative mode sort
of thinking working digitally - I tend to just keep playing without over thinking on it...just trying to keep playing without any rhythm or reason to it...I find things come out better that way.
I like the blues in it. To me it is soft, mellow...soothing colors...nothing harsh.
This one actually made me feel good too.
During one of my blog hopping activities I came across this site called STUDIO FRIDAY.
Every monday a word is given as a challenge..I was interested because I know
I need a bit of inspiration coming at me in different directions to stretch myself and my
thinking... (Tine - who owns the web site is SUPER nice) so check it out for yourself..

Well Thanks for dropping by and giving my site a look...
The ATC card is my entry for Day 21 of AEDM..
(remember 21 days straight of doing anything becomes a habit...hmmm I so hope so - this is another mile marker I have reached - doing a happy dance here).

ALTERING PHOTO CHALLENGE

My friend Anke offers challenges in her blog called CREATIVE SPIRITS CONNECT.
I have wanted to participate...the last challenge is altering photos...but my photos are all
digital..I don't have them printed out...so I could not figure out how I was going to participate in this challenge. Then today it came to me - (I seem to be running on slow as far as my thinking goes) I can manipulate my photo in paint shop pro and see what I come up with. (I don't think Anke was thinking digitally) But I played around with filters I have never used before and the above are the results...I know the photo is small and you cannot see all the details - sorry...I am just going to leave it like that because
I don't want to mess up anything...but I had fun!!!
The picture is of my three kids during a visit in April 2007.
So this is my answer to the challenge...Thanks for Looking!!!

VINTAGE PIECES

Yesterday was a bit of a downer for me...I did not want to let go of my son when it was time
for him to leave...I truly felt my heart cry...
I created the above ATC card using some vintage images that I had...it is nice just not
exactly the look I was going for but then again...I just let the flow go and this is what
came up..I am ok with it...of course I could not leave it alone - I wanted to
make it look like it was made on canvas so I used some filters and that is the look below that I got:

This is my entry for Day 14 of AEDM...still kicking...lol
Thanks for stopping by and Looking!!!

SHOPPING QUEEN

The above is an ATC card I made in dedication to shopping...I love it.
It is the first time I have ever used a black background...not too sure about it.
Then of course I could not leave well enough alone so I decided to manipulate the card
digitally with some filters in psp and these were the results:

This one above I used inverted hues...interesting I guess...
then:

Now this filter was a fractal mirror sort of filter...I like it because it almost makes
it look like a playing card...
Well those are my entries for Day 8 of AEDM.
So far so good!
Thanks for looking!!!!!

MOOD PHASES

I know I already have an entry today for AEDM but I wanted to play with a photo
today and see what I could do with it....
Here are my results:It is a picture of my daughter manipulated and colorized with several filters
until I got the effects that I liked.
This was fun...thanks for looking!!!

CARING

Here is my art work for day 5 of ART EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH...
I digitally created this ATC card from vintage graphics and such that I have.
Of course I had to play with the image and so the next picture...I played with a filter called
crumbled and this is the look I got....

I like the way they came out....and again..since I created it - I wanted to show it.
Thanks for Looking!!!!

BELIEVE ATC AND I SIGNED UP

Okay - I did it....I signed up for Create Art Every Day... I know I said

I would join next year...but there are no guarantees of where life will be by then..
and my creative "juices" and ideas are running now...so I took a deep breath in and signed up.
Since I have been creating everyday anyway...I am caught up with everyone else...
Here is the blog badge from the challenge:

You can click on the graphic and it will take you there...I was kind of scared to sign up because
I really do not feel like what I create is worthy of what I see others do...but I am jumping
in with both feet and we will see where I land.
Here is what I created today...


This is another ATC card I created digitally...I like the colors...so I played with some filters
in paint shop pro and inverted the colors...and this is what it looks like:


I like the colors inverted and darkened...so there you go...my creations for today!
Thanks for looking!

HEAVENS

Just playing around in paint shop pro and came up with image after manipulating
a couple of filters..I think it came out grand!!!

ORGANIC BLUE

This ATC card was just using filters and manipulating the settings...I do like the look..

COLORIZED LILLY

I took a picture of a calla lilly in my garden a while back and decided to manipulate the photo with different filters in paint shop pro....
I really like the different effects...so I combined all the different filters done with the photo and this is the result.
I like it alot!!!!

ATC - TRAVEL LABELS

Digitally created collage using several tubes of travel labels.
The top one is the original one..the bottom is the same using several different filters including BW...I really like how both turned out.

ATC - ASIAN WONDER

I recently created this card....using several psp tube images and several filters...
The top card is the original card...the bottom one I used different lighting filters to manipulate the picture...
These were created digitally in PSP.

FOUR WAY LOVE

These are the same atc card...just used different filters to get different effects...

not sure which one I like the most...then again I like them all!!

Some filters used were: pastel, shattered, and watercolor.

This was digitally created in psp8.

MISUNDERSTOOD

I am still working with oriental images...I like this one because I used several filters
including mosaic and watercolor...I like the effects...
this was digitally created in paint shop pro 8

IMAGINE

I created this in paint shop pro...first time I played with filters that I had never used before....dissolve,linear break and some others I cannot remember...I really like the way this turned out.