Fix it Friday... on Saturday!

So, I didn't get to play along yesterday, but since they are doing it again today, I can!  Yeah... so here is the original.  Such a beautiful picture, but I have a hard time with the colors in the brick; it seems to make her coloring a greenish yellow!  But... here it is.

Here are my edits, one black and white, and one with a little bit of color!  I also added a texture!

Such a beautiful little girl!  Head on over to I Heart Faces if you want to play, or to see some other great edits!

I heart faces: nostalgic

This is one of my absolute favorite photos of Madisyn. It is funny that this week is nostalgic, because I had finally gotten around to printing pictures this week. I was finishing some editing on this picture, and thinking back on her little life so far. I couldn't believe how much she had grown in just the last 5 months since this picture was taken. I looked at the flower in her hair, and how I had made it for Sydney when she was about the same age as Madisyn in this picture. Her hair, barely able to hold that sweet flower, and now it is long enough to do pigtails. The dress, I made for her after seeing some cute ones on the internet and it reaches the ground in that picture, yet now is to her knees. And... can you see how she holds her hands as she is balancing. She was just really starting to walk around and she always held her hands like this! I thought is was so cute, and I miss those precious moments of that time! She is my youngest; and you never know what is going to happen, so you sometimes wonder if these will be the last precious baby moments you will have. I treasure those moments and love looking back at these pictures and re-living those moments! Now that I am teary and really nostalgic, I'll show you the picture!

Head on over to I heart Faces to see some other great entries!

Silly faces at I heart faces

This week is a silly or crazy face at I heart faces. At first I didn't think I had anything. I didn't remember taking any crazy faces recently. But, then I remembered our trip to Disneyland... And my dad... He was being crazy and funny on the Wild Grizzly ride. We made him do the face a few times as a matter of fact! We were all laughing so hard!! So... here it is without further adieu!


I give you.....TURTLE!!!!

That is what we thought he looked like anyways! Too bad it was such a bright day and facing the wrong way to get a not too bright pic! But, we sure had fun anyways! Have a great day yourself, enjoy the crazy and fun moments! Go check out I heart faces for some more great faces!

Ok... I keep trying to post the button and it gives me an error saying I can't post this code... anyone able to tell me why and what do I need to do? Any help would be great! Thanks...

another note... for some reason I somehow entered into the pet category without meaning too... I must be having troubles today, time to get off the computer before I crash something! So, I am really only entered the silly face, not the pets, although we did call him Turtle, he really isn't... so I hope I am not disqualified! Sorry...and Thanks!

Sweet Boy at I heart Faces!

It is Fix-it-Friday over at I heart Faces. This is such a sweet and fun picture, and I thought it would look great with the technique I learned in the Jessica Sprague class. So, here are a couple of fixes. One with a clipping mask, and the other without!
To get this look, I:
adjust saturation anywhere from 50-60
adjust hue to 35, and click the colorize button
Then choose soft light in your layers tools
adjust levels as needed
adjust middle level toward the right to darken the picture
Change your color to black
Click your gradient button, and make sure it is on the circle gradient
click in the middle of the picture and drag to a corner. It should lighten the middle and darken the egdes. Then you can go over it with a brush if needed to lighten anything else.
I almost forgot... I also lighted the highlights in his eyes a little bit by dodging. His eyes are so blue and they should pop! I could barely see them when I zoomed in on this pic though, so I couldn't really do much with them other than dodge a little.
Then if you want, add a mask. I love the effects of this look and have been using it a lot! Need to learn some new tricks now too!

Jessica Sprague's class

So, as I posted before, I had signed up for a free class from Jessica Sprague. I was out of town while the class was going on, but I was still able to complete it after I got back... well, Friday. I really enjoyed all the things we learned and it was a lot of fun. The class mainly focused on how to use frames, stamps, brushes, clipping masks, and textures! She also taught us how to do a storyboard. It is amazing what you can do with a photo. Here are some of the projects and pics that I completed with it. Go check out her website to see some other great classes and tutorials she has to offer!

Feet over at I heart Faces

This week is all about feet over at I heart faces! This picture is truly one of my favorites, and one I will treasure forever! It was taken when Madisyn was about 2 months old! I love baby feet, and this picture reminds me of the days when her feet were oh so tiny! Head on over to I Heart Faces to see some more fun feet pics!

I keep trying to add the button, but it keeps saying I have an error when I do... I hope I can still enter! I don't know why it won't let me today when it usually does!

Jessica Sprague- project 1

So I had signed up to take this class a few weeks ago, and then totally forgot about it! It is a free one that teaches you how to use frames and other png's in photoshop! I thought it would be fun, so I signed up! Anyways, I am 3 days behind, but here is the first project! this week was adding a frame and wordart. I am really excited to have learned this, and wondered why I hadn't before. But, I am learning now, so that is good. Head on over to Jessica Sprague's site to learn more fun editing and scrapbooking ideas!
This picture was taken on the 4th of July as we were running back up my parents hill! Madi thought it was so much fun to be able to do it herself. I had to run in front of her to catch her giggling and smiling! She is a little ball of energy, and we have so much fun with her!