Shine Your Light - a revisted design!

Already it's the beginning of December and we are still having a warm spell here in Southwestern Ontario! It's not all good as we're hoping the ground will freeze up soon so the dogs don't have to play in the mud! Not that they mind at all - We're the ones who mop up after them! Happy pups are usually muddy pups!

So while the dogs are busy taking a nap and it's too muddy to work in the garden I thought I'd play with some images and take some design ideas a little further. The Daisy image below is one I've enjoyed playing with and the theme intrigues me.



Click on the image above to view it at my Flickr site. When there - you can click "All sizes" above the image on the right side to view a full screen size.

The Solstice will be here before we know it and I wanted to play with some artwork that celebrates the return of the light to the Northern Hemisphere. There's something reassuring about celebrating the return of the sun right at the beginning of winter in the northern half of the globe! While it may be getting cold the days will begin to get longer and will usher in the the warmth that will eventually melt all the snow that is sure to come!

Wanted to see how this image would look on-line and hopefully get some reactions from my visitors. I'll be using it to send to friends to remind them of the Solstice. There's so much to celebrate this time of year!

Have been working with a trial version of an updated Photoshop application. Enjoying it muchly... missed the sale date and am fretting now over what I'll have to pay to aquire it... well not fretting as much as feeling regret and remorse over losing track of the time like that! I'm not surprised as it's something I do often - time seems much more flexible to me, until it's past and then I begin to wonder where it went, he he!

Oh well!

still, I enjoyed the exercise and think it's worthwhile to purchase just for the ease in which I can perfrom tasks that took hours of concentrated effort to achieve previously. Really simple tasks too, you wouldn' t think it would be a big deal to add copyright notices and other details but I have found it to be a very time consuming process in the past. Okay - I can hear me justifying... yeah...

Just check this out...

I was playing with a pretty image of some lavender blooms

I managed to apply an effect to the backgound of the image and found the effect very pleasing;

Then I tried comparing the enhanced image, with the regular for in use as a greeting card type of layout that emphasises the lovely lavender hues;

Thinking it'll be worth the investment in the long run, I've used my older version for almost 5 years now!

Inspired to Create; On Behalf Of My Brother

The cards traditionally provided to bereaved guests don't really appeal to me. I created this to use for my brother's simple service and am working on a eulogy for Saturday. This image will be applied, like a boiler plate, to the inside bottom of a 1 fold card. The words "In Loving Memory" in the same script & colour as the large Willie on the boiler plate image will be printed on the front page. I also added an image of an eagle to the front of the card. Very pleased at how it turned out - this is something I can mail to people who couldn't make it to the service. (We're having snow squalls here and it's possible some people may not be able to get through!)