Tagged No. 2

This is the same tag stamp that I used on the card I posted on Monday.  This time I inked the stamp with two colors of Distress Ink and spritzed it with pearlized water.  The flower and flourish design was completely gone so I added my own flower and flourish using black ink.  The black background strip is folder embossed and the border is punched. I adhered the tag to silver cardstock and embellished it with silver thread tied with a black bow.  I added dimensional silver paint to the centers of the border punch.

Poppy Play

This is another poppy in my yard.  The photo above is the original photo.

I opened the photo in Photo Effects Lite and applied a "gamma" effect for the rich color in the second photo.

Then I opened the gamma version and added a "poster edge" filter for the detail in the last photo.

This stuff is fun to play with and you never know what the end result will be.

Tagged

Once in a while I buy a stamp set and can't quite get around to putting it to use.  This tag was from one of those sets - a collection of tags.

I black embossed the tag onto white cardstock and added punched flowers to the stamped flowers.  The red background is folder embossed and the butterfly is punched and has a faux jewel body.  To finish it off I strung some fibers through the hole and tied them in place with a red bow.

Pink and Yellow

Honestly, I'm not very fond of this card.  I was determined to use the yellow strip that was punched some time ago but not used.  I added punched flowers to the center and added a punched border at the bottom.  I punched a bunch of yellow flowers to add to the border.

Perhaps a different color scheme would have been more effective.  Hmmmmmm

Poppy

Although I didn't have as many poppies bloom as is usual, those that I had sure added a bright spot to the garden.

The photo above is the original, a blossom taken from the back or stem side.  Then I opened it in Photo Effects Lite and added a comic book effect.  I like the dotted texture and varied colors it added.

Leftover Chevrons

These die cut chevrons were left from another project and I grabbed them up after challenging myself to use up some leftover pieces.

I adhered the green chevron on top of the yellow in a way that let only a bit of the yellow show.  The flower is die cut and was also leftover.

Can't get much more simple than this but I thought it was an effective design.

Chickens & Hens

My chicken and hens plants did so well they needed to be thinned but before I did that, I snapped a photo.




Then I used Phto Effects Lite and the kaleidoscope effect to create the second photo.  How fun is that?!