The MUST HAVE Paper Texture Collection

Buckle up my texture friends.  Check out today’s Textures.  Oh my, I’m love, love, lovin’ playing with this collection. 

I wanted to get my hands dirty this weekend.  Get the creative juices flowing and have some fun.  So I grabbed a collection of water color and handmade papers, some dyes, including walnut ink crystals and some strong coffee….and got to it. 

I narrowed today’s collection down to four favourites.  It’s a 4 for day!!  Yeppers, you can get all 4 of these textures for $5.00.  Today only.  They will be up-priced tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 8th) to $11.00.

You can create all kinds of magic with these.  I grabbed a favourite image, today’s textures and mixed and matched them combined with my soon to be released recipes from the ‘photoshop cookbook’.

Here’s a few sample images to get your photoshop engines revved up!

Oh but first, I almost forgot…check out today’s textures…

Whatchya think?  Can you imagine the possibilities? 

Now let me get back to the sample images I promised.  Be sure to mouse over to see the before and afters.

And another version with a little color pop. 

I mixed and matched the 4 paper textures on this one image. And the possibilities were endless!

Okay, just one more... for today, my friends. Seriously are textures & photoshop not mind blowing?  wow!!  So much fun!! Sooo many possibilities!

I hope you like today’s offering!  Lot’s of good stuff to share with you this week.  But for today I will close with this ADD to CART button.

Grab these babies’ quick my friends. 

May I take a moment to get a little sentimental and say…..  you know i love you…right?

Thanks for all the amazing encouragement and support you all share.  I feel truly blessed…each and every day!…  

xxo,

p.s. I also promised some info on the cookbook.  It’s coming…  just a few more details to iron out…..I’m so pumped….  ‘sigh’

p.s.s.  No news on the doggy front.  I haven’t heard boo.  Maybe soon?  Maybe not.  You all have been incredibly kind.  Thank you so much.

Shakespeare Inspired Textures to Love

Happiest Wednesday! How’s your week going? I hope this note finds you well. I’m finally here with Tuesday’s textures. Wooo hoo! I actually did a companion texture so it’s a 3 for again. Check them out.
If you look real close you can see Shakespeare's sonnets in the corners of the texture.  Scroll down to see it on the daisy image, as well.

                                   autumn                                                       shakespeare's sonnet

here's the companion that I used as a base with the autumn textured images.  it works like a charm.

I call it soft and sanded.

and here's a few more sample images ....  I used the sanded soft on mutliply and then added autumn at soft light 100% for this daisy image.

and here's the same daisies minus the desaturation using the shakespeare's sonnet texture.  I used one layer at multiply 75% and one layer at soft light 60%.

I hope you like today's 3 fors...  I can't wait to see what you do with them.

click below to order today's textures for $3.00.  (The price will increase tomorrow at 12pm central.)

have a most fabulous day!

xxo,

 

2 for textures....continue.... :)

mouse over for the before ~ lilacs using today's black & white texture

happy texture tuesday!

how are you?  how was your weekend?

okay, so i had a flood of emails last week, asking me to continue the 2 for textures.....

and i have to say i love the 2 for day....

the orders come in and it creates a most fabulous vibe!

you all are totally sharing the LOVE.

but by the time paypal & e-Junkie dings me....

 i'm close to giving them away.

so the 2 for offer will stay...but the price has increased.

now, keep in mind that i am painting, inking, stippling, stamping... these babies....

you are getting hours of hand created goodness for a few bucks.
:)

oh and the white textures on my white blog background
aren't grooving too well....
but trust me.... they are FAB.
click HERE to see them on black

they do add an awesome effect to your images....

digital scappers are loving them.

okay enough said......

let's get on with the goodness.

click below to order your textures

one day only ~ 2 for textures $3.00

price will increase to $7.00

after 7pm central wednesday August 4th

i love a good white texture.  i mean love!! 

so i set out to create a couple of lovelies for you.

and check out a few versions of my lilacs in a jar...

using today's 2 for's

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lilacs using 'just white' texture

lilacs using 'just white' texture ~ black & white version

and one more...

lilacs using black & white texture in

black & white.

:)

okey doke....

i think that covers it.

i'm sharing a photoshop tutorial this afternoon at the stay-cation site.

come on over for a visit if you have a moment.

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xxo,

sharing my photoshop recipe for the lilacs...over on 2BBB today.
come on over and check it out....

texture offering ~ 3 for $3

happiest tueday

oh my goodness, i have lots to share today.

i realize i am a little late with my 2 for textures...

and along with being late, i'm changing things up a little as well.

today i am offering 2 hand painted textures and an overlay.

the price is $3.00.

this price will be effective until wednesday evening, around 7 pm central.

check out this cool create overlay

you will see it in action as you scrool down the page.

:)

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this will be my last tuesday to offer textures at $1.00 each.

i'm not sure of the upcoming details...

stay tuned.

but, my painted texture pricing will be increasing.

so grab 'em up.

:)

anyhow, enough of the jabbering, let me share today's sample images

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mouse over to view the before images

i have been bursting to share this first sample with you.

sherry was so kind to send me this beautiful boat image to experiment with.

isn't it GORGEOUS?

and honestly, with or without texture it is

truly beyond.

thank you for letting me 'play' with this beautiful image, sherry!

i'm running a little photoshop magic challenge on the stay-cation site.

you can read more about it here.

anyhow i thought i'd share the photoshop recipe.

i used both of today's textures.

here's what i did.

i converted the image to black & white. 

i then added a layer of  the 'archives' texture at multiply 100%

then i added 2 layers of the 'masked' texture -

one at multiply 100% and one at softlight 56%

i then duplicate the base image and moved it to the top of the stack at soft light 77%.

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i thought i would do one more sample for you....

which lead me to designing today's 'create overlay'

i love the feel of this image....

the pretty daisy with the grungy desaturated textures.

'sigh'

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okey doke....

to order today's textures and the 'create' overlay pack

click below.

update:
note: price adjustment:
the 3 for 3 offer is now over.
the new price is 3 for $8.00

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thanks bunches....

have a most inspired day!

xxo,

p.s.

i have had oodles of emails asking if my textures will work in elements.

the answer is YES sirree.....

:)

click HERE to view my texture screencast tutorial.

2 for tuesday returns with some makeover magic

happy tuesday my friends.

is it just me, or does 2 for tuesday seem to come around awfully quickly.

:)

i'm super excited about these new textures.

i really enjoyed making them for you.

honestly i was in a bit of a funk today...

but once i started painting, inking, gluing, stamping, grunging...

i was much happier.

so here's today's 2 for textures.

click below to order today's textures.

remember: they will only be available for $2.00 until wednesday morning at 9 am.

after tuesday price: $7.00

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and i thought i'd show off the new 2 fors

on maureen's amazing red, white & blue cherry bowl image.

maureen was so sweet to post it in the photoshop magic makeover challenge pool.

i just had to play with this image.

and speaking of maureen...have you visited her lovely blog?

cottage 960

(what a fab name)

if not, you must. 

'sigh' 

it's such a lovely, cheerful place.

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here's edit # 1

i used today's 'spill it' texture along with my 'frosted' texture from the baker's dozen.

and now for edit #2

i used the frosted texture again and today's 'paste it' texture.

thanks so much for sharing your lovely image maureen!

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if you would like to submit a photo into the magic makeover pool

click HERE for more info.

xxo,

p.s.

it's texture tuesday on 2bbb.

i'm stirring up a little photoshop recipe if you wanna pop over and check it out.

texture lovin' goodness & give away winners announced.

scale image with both textures

first things first....
i used a random # generator to pick 2 winners for the baker's dozen collection
there were 90 entries in all (a few via email)
i  numbered the email comments from 86-90.

thanks so much for your completely sweet comments guys.
 the winners are
#11 & #58
elk & siddav
please email me and i will arrange to send you the download link.

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oh my word,

10:30 tuesday evening....

and by george, i think i've done it.

lots to share today.

so grab a cup of coffee or a cold drink...

and let's begin.

today's 2 for textures are ummm, may i say wow?

2 painted, inked, stamped, collaged textures for you.

so let's take a look at today's 2 for textures.

shall we?

INTRODUCING 

'layered love'                                                            'fab'

i hope you love them.

so you know the scoop, right....?

today only starting now until thursday morning around 9 am

you can steal these babies for $2.00

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after promotion
texture price: $6.00

click below to order the textures.

then take a peek a boo

at 2 more before and afters...

and if that were not enough.

i think i may be slightly insane...

but i thought, hmmm, why not share a little

texture lovin' tutorial as well.
some photoshop recipe sharin' via vid.

oh before you scroll down too far and i lose you to the video...

please pop back thursday for a most fabulous

'perfect day' feature.

you are going to love it!

i think i will keep our fabulous guest a mystery....

but here's a few words that come to mind when i think of her

awesome, fabulous, fun, inspired, jump

can you guess who this might be?

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are you one of the stay-cationers?

the site is up and running.  pop over and make it official.

okay i am jabbering on....

but

there's so much to share.

on with the show

remember mouse over to see the befores.

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scale image with layered love texture

scale image with fab texture

 
and finally the texture lovin' tutorial.

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until tomorrow.

xxo,

texture tuesday ~ 2 for deal ~ #5

 

mouse over for the before image

recipe sharing on 2bbb if you wanna get the details

hi there,  happy 2 for texture tuesday...

i pulled out my daisy image from 'picture summer'

and added some textured goodness.

i used today's 2 for textures.

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'waterstained'                                                           'spilled ink'

you probably know the drill already...

'insert smile'

today only 2 for $2.00

full price 2 for $6.00

these are 300 dpi 12" x 12" high quality original art textures.

enjoy.....

thanks so much for stopping by... 

you are AWESOME!

xxo,