a couple of photo edits for the end of the Beyond Layers class

i haven't done much on the blog lately--sorry to my 4 whole followers! :o)
here are a couple of photo edits i did for Kim Klassen's Beyond Layers class. i'm now onto her Beyond Beyond class! just can't get enough Kim...

photo © Kim Klassen. for this one, i used Kim's textures called "Little Things" (a black/white layer) and "Carol". i masked off the flowers/vase/leaves from the texture layers, trying different levels of textures, etc. the brushes on the corners are called "Just For Decoration" and i could have sworn i got them from www.designerdigitals.com quite a while ago. i added some bokeh spots for fun. that one tulip sticking out just made me think that it's okay to go against the stream sometimes, therefore, my wording "Be Different."

photo © Kim Klassen. for this one, i decided i wanted the gray background to fade into the background more (the original photo had a lot of different gray bumps and wrinkles), so i did a duplicate layer and a gaussian blur, then masked off the flower, leaves, etc. i added Kim's texture "Subtly Yours" as a linear burn at 40/40 and put the text on at 70/70--the font is Linux Libertine caps. i also used some of Kim's text lessons to play with dropping the I and S, the leading, etc.

to see what classes Kim has in store, to get cool free textures (sign up for her email newsletter), etc., visit www.kimklassen.com or www.beyondlayers.net.

on another note, i need to figure out how i made that © 2012 Craft Courtesan stamp and update it for 2013!