Whistle while I work

{Credits: blue background paper by Heather Ann Melzer; red paper by Holly McCaig; scallop paper template, swirl border, and flower brushes by Rhonna Farrer; blooming flowers by Ann Langpap. Fonts are AmalieScriptSSK and Angelina.}

I discovered Yahoo's Launch internet radio today. Listening to it streamed over the internet while I work. Singing along to soft pop. They even have some preset stations for "At Work", like "Film Scores", "Quiet Storm", "The Coffeehouse", "Chill Out", "Lite Office Music", etc. I like it, even if listening to "soft pop" makes me sound like an old folgy.

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One more

Credits: Summer Fun kit by Heather Ann Melzer

Just wanted to share one more layouts today. Things are going well. Being productive both at work and at home with my creative stuff. Got my lab results back from the doctor, and everything is a-okay with my glucose and cholesterol. Yay!

Last Saturday we went running at Cardiff with Sally. The three of us ran at our own paces for about 30 minutes, then had brunch at Beach City Cafe, our favorite. It was fun to get out to the coast again and run. Then at night we went to AJ & Meera's house for a home fellowship reunion potluck. Todd made homemade dark chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. It was delicious! We enjoyed seeing Linda & Don, Pat & Harold, Anna & Hai, and of course AJ & Meera. The guys had a ping pong tournament. They also attempted to put up the badminton net on the backyard grass but got wet instead when the automatic sprinklers went on.

Yesterday Todd and I and Sally went to Miramar Lake after work. They rollerbladed while I ran 5 miles in 52 minutes. Pretty enjoyable out there right before sunset. Afterwards we went to Chile Peppers for dinner.

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I am on a roll

Since I'm on a roll, I'm posting another layout done today. I used Heather Ann Melzer's "Art of Play" kit. Photo effects are from Virtual Photographer.

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The best free tool ever!

I found a free plugin for Photoshop called Virtual Photographer. I am so blown away that these are FREE! With one click of a button, you can process your digital photos in so many different ways (literally hundreds) that would have taken a long time to do. Here are some samples I did. You can download at the link above.

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Collages class

I started my Photoshop Elements Collages & Composites class this week. I learned to make one photo collage, multiphoto collage, and learned to blend one photo with another photo. It was fun! Here are some of my stuff:


This is a one photo collage I made by selecting different parts of the photo and copying it into separate layers, adding borders and drop shadows.



This was the untouched photo of the Kilauea Lighthouse on Kauai, Hawaii. We were there in Nov 2003.



A photo of some clouds on water.



Lighthouse photo blended with the cloud photo. Pretty cool eh?

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