Next to getting money in the mail, finding out that I won something ranks right up there for me...early this morning...checking my email before work (that day job that interferes with my creative process!) I found out that I had won a gift certificate from French Kiss Collections ...
For those of you who aren't familiar with this fab site...its a grand place to get all sorts of inspiration for editing your photographs...since I have become enamored with Photoshop Elements and discovering all the variations of what one can create, its been a glorious exploration of creative possibilities. French Kiss Collections offers for sale a wide variety of premium vintage inspired textures, brushes and overlays to use with your Photoshop editing...most of it French-inspired (the designer, Leslie, lives in France with her French husband).
The drawing I won involved posting pictures either of your creative work space and/or you being creative...and winners were selected randomly - oh lucky day!
So before I scrambled off to work, I made my selections from the shop...it was tough but I finally whittled down my choices...and downloaded the files so I would be ready to play later in the day...
Here is my first image...a combination of old postcard, vintage bird etching and French postmarks...
My second design used a photo I took last weekend of fresh tulips...editing in Elements with two grunge textures and an overlay of an old French sales receipt...
I can tell that this is going to be quite a diversion from work at hand...
I encourage you to check it out...creativity loves company!