Family Collage in Text

I found this idea in my Scrapbook Etc. magazine for this month and decided to give it a try. I used my Picasa program to make this collage of my favorite pictures from this year...

Then, I used my Photoshop Elements to put the collage into text. I plan on making my cards for this year out of this. I really love how it looks. I can't wait to finish this project and see the end result.

25 of 52

Love you, Mommy!

I edited this one on my Adobe Photoshop. I thought it would be fun to make it look like an old vintage photo that had been manually colored.

So here's the original .....

And here's the edited one...

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Are you the Mom who's always taking pictures and look back only to realize you aren't IN any of them? Do your kids look through photo albums and ask "Where were you Mommy?" Well, Carin over at Forever in Blue Jeans decided to change all that and challenges any one who's interested to do the same. So hand over the camera, or at least figure out the self-timer and get on the other side of the lens more often. Post your photos of you enjoying time with your family every Thursday and share the link with other Mom's by posting it on Carin's blog. You can start any time with week 1 of 52, don't worry about being "behind" just jump on in.

Photo Editing - Day 5 Textures

On day 5, I learned how to add textures over photos to give them a worn or grungy look. I choose this picture of my cousin's hair on her wedding day. This is my favorite edit from the class. I love how it made the picture look old and worn. It was perfect for this picture because she was dressed in vintage style clothes for her wedding.

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Photo Editing- Day 4

Clip Masking. I learned this technique from a tutorial on iHeartFaces. So, this was not a new one for me. But, I do love using this and it is always fun to add some texture to the edges of your pictures. Here is my edit for Day 4, Clip Masking.

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Photo Editing - Day 3

Vintage and Hand Tinting Technique. This is supposed to add a soft, antique feel to the photo. I couldn't find a picture that I thought would be really great for this technique, but I chose a picture and learned the technique. I changed the lighting, and added some color to Zander's lips and checks. Then I added a little sparkle to his eyes and a frame. I'm not sure I like this one, it might have been better if I had a different picture to work with. I'll have to search for a better picture to try this on and do it again. It was fun to see what you can do and look at her samples, though.

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Photo Editing - Day 2 Brushes

Day 2 I learned how to download and use new brushes. Basically the brushes are used like stamps to add a little fun to your pictures. This was something new to me. Believe it or not, there are lots and lots of brushes online that you can download to use on your pictures. I think this will be a fun new technique for me to use. Check out my assignment picture for Day 2.

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Photo Editing Class - Day 1

I signed up to take a free online course for photo editing at JessicaSprague.com. While I am gone, I have set up posts to show you what I've learned. Some of the stuff, I already knew, but I did learn a lot of helpful tips and some new techniques.

On the first day, I learned how to add PNG frames and word art. A very simple and easy change to add to any photo. I used this picture of Mason and added the frame and word art. I just used the word art she provided us, so it isn't the most appropriate word for the picture, but it was just for a learning experience. I'll have to find some more word art and frames to download that will match my pictures better.

My Boys

These are just some pictures I edited while playing with my photoshop. I love the one of Mason. I couldn't really find a good one of Zander to edit. He rarely lets me take pictures of him. Oh, well.

Here is the original of Mason...

the cropped picture...

& the edited one..

Here's Zander's original.....

the cropped picture....

& the edited one..

Post 200 - More Photo Editing Fun

I've edited a picture of Zander and his friends playing on his trampoline. He loves it, and I think he's friends did too! I hope we can have them over to play again soon!

I liked this picture, but it didn't turn out so good. So, I did some editing to it. Here is the original....

Here it is with a Warmify Effect and a Black and White focus on Zander's friend, Cali.

And this one is the Black & White Focus on Zander and a Soft Focus Frame. (The soft focus frame is also on the one of Cali.)

I know they are not great, but I'm just a beginner. I enjoy playing with my photos and seeing how I can change them. This is one of my new favorite hobbies. What do you think of my editing??

After I looked at this post, I noticed that the pictures look pretty blurry. They aren't that blurry on my computer. Not sure what happened there, maybe if you enlarge them they won't look as bad. :(

PS This is my 200th post! Wow, that's a lot of Woolverton Adventures!

Clip Masking

I've been reading the tutorials on iHeartFaces blog for Photoshop Elements. I got this program from Jason 2 Christmases ago and I'm very excited to finally start learning how to use it. If you haven't ever tried, it is very difficult to use and the manual that comes with it doesn't help much. The program can do lots of real cool things with your pictures, but you have to know how to use it. So, when they started posting these tutorials on iHeartFaces, I was super excited to read them and try them out. This is the first one that I've tried and succeed on, Clip Masking. Go check it out so you too can learn how to put a fancy crop on your photo.