Another Title Experiment...

Ethan Portrait in Black&White

I love black and white portraits!

Storing Up for Winter!

My apologies...

This blog is under construction and while I am fine-tuning my settings, some posts may show up twice...Please bear with me!

Bear!

We had a bear visit our yard during the summer...

So this is what I saw when I looked through my window.  He was that close...

Even though I was scared, I couldn't resist and opened my door to take some pictures...He saw me but continued to demolish my birdfeeder...(Bears LOVE birdseed!)

When I had all the photos I wanted, I tried to get him to leave by banging pot lids together and he finally sauntered over to the Cherry tree in our yard but there is no fruit on that tree and so...


 He foraged around the yard, finding all the little bits of food in the grass which had been dropped there by our grandchildren who had recently visited...

Finally, when he figured there was nothing else to be found, he left.

Douglas Squirrel

XOXO Maria

And three more...

XOXO  Maria

Autumn Vista

Imagine a view like this out of your window...

Typographic Tool

For those of you that need dummy text this is a handy resource to have. It provides you with the standard Latin text already in HTML tags. Clicking on any of the blocks automatically copies the text to your clipboard.
Copy and paste the link in your address bar.

http://html-ipsum.com/

XOXO Maria

FREEBIE

Here is a link to this free Photoshop background.  When you click on the link the zipped file will download to your download folder. (Or wherever you have specified your downloads to go.) Double click to unzip and bring it into your favorite scrapbook program.  Enjoy!

https://www.yousendit.com/download/ZGJlRm85NEg4aU94dnc9PQ

(Link expires November 19, 2010)

Masked Layouts

Two of my favorite photoshop techniques are masking and brushwork.  Those two techniques are used in these pages from Ethan, our grandson.

XOXO  Maria

Title Within a Title

I learned a new title treatment and am showing it off on this page. I think I like it! What do you think?

   

XOXO  Maria

                                    What a grin!

I love the timeless, classic look of black and white photography!  I find that the nicest B&W photos often have a little bit of colour mixed in...Just to warm them up a little.

Montages can be such fun to do as they allow us to zoom in on details while still giving us the whole picture.

This is one of our granddaughters.

XOXO   Maria

Here are a few layouts featuring some of our grandchildren

"R" loves his bunny!

 Granddaughter twirling in her new dress...

and grandson taking his first steps

XOXO   Maria

Adding a texture to a photograph allows you to quickly, (and sometimes dramatically,) alter a photo.

I will be posting FREE textures in the near future, so you can experiment yourself.  Stay tuned!

XOXO  Maria

I am a digital designer and I love to create digital scrapbook pages. Often I design everything on the page myself, other times I may use a template.  I will be posting a FREEBIE template soon, which you'll be able to download and use with your own pictures.  

This is the same layout but with different backgrounds.  Which one do you like better?

Here is one of my photos which I blended into a background paper.

And one more...

XOXO  Maria

I thought it was interesting the way this squirrel allowed me to come close without being alarmed or getting up from his resting position.  This particular Douglas Squirrel has been around for a while and I suppose he knows me by now.

Feel free to grab this desktop image. Enjoy!