Honeybee showcase ~ Altered Photographs

Welcome to the HoneyBee Showcase for this Wednesday!  It's Altered Photograph week here in the hive, and we have some sweet projects to share with you!  We started out on Monday with Rosemary's tutorial on how to use imaging software programs to alter your photos before you print them... Now we have some that are altered after the fact!  Let your creativity be inspired to fly!!!
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This is my take on the Monday Motivational tutorial at Betty Bee's Buzz by our Honeybee Rosemary on altered photograph. I used my parent's wedding picture to make a page for a 75th wedding anniversary album. I used my printer to print out 4 copies of the picture. My Copic markers colored Mom's bouquet. I then cut out each of 3 copies of the picture - one with Mom and Dad, one with Mom, one with the colored bouquet. I seperated each with a 3D dot. The sheet music was made from an online source and the embossed paper is from Tuesday Morning. The lace is from my stash.

Thanks, Rosemary, for the great motivation! Lots of great ideas to keep trying this again


on some other old photos, too! Let's see what you can do now!!!Judy Ford
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I made a LO with my altered photo.  (The altered photo is the top picture).  My children love this little concrete bench under an elm tree in my parents' yard.  We can rarely get a good picture of either of them, but on this particular day we took several photos and one was cute of J and another was good of K.  DH & I combined the two photos!  The tree and bench are not quite right if you look really, really close, but for the purposes of my LO, it worked perfectly :)

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Look who's early this week me, me, me, me!.......love this technique, Rosemary! Thank you so much for the inspiration.  I used my Copics on my picture and did they ever work like a dream!  This is my grandson, Lucien, taken this past week-end at a Heritage Festival

I colored in the cute little bunny that he is so gently holding.......isn't that sweet?  Here is the scrapbook page I did with this image.

Lucien saw so many cool things on Saturday that I am making him his own 8x8 album, (Thought I would use this page as the cover) so he can share it with his daddy, who was not able to go because he had to work.
Hope you join in and share your photo's with us.  We would love to see them.

Beth Ullman

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 I followed Rosemary's suggestion, but since I am still at the hospital with DH, I did a quick and easy version with a printout of a cropped photo of my granddaughter, and added  wonderfully blended colors with Copic markers.  There is a tiny bit of color to her lips, and I did her eyes blue, but it doesn't show up... anyone have an answer to this?  I tried all of the colors in my arsenal, and went back and made the white reflections white again.  Thanks to my sweet daughter for the beautiful velvet Mother's day card that serves as the mat for my card!  (Not bad for creating under adverse circumstances!!)


Betty Brett

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It's YOUR turn!  Show us your altered photo projects!!  You can use digital alterations, or you can alter the print using ink, paint, or your choice of other medium.  We'd love to visit your blog, and find out what creative ideas YOU have!  You can link below, and everyone can come and visit,  or you can send us an email at BettyBeesBuzz at hotmail.com  

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Monday Motivational 5/9 Altered Photo

Good Monday Morning!!!
  

 

Rosemary

Welcome to this week's Monday Motivational!! Today I am going to show you how to alter a photo using a software program.  For my class, I am using Paint Shop Pro 8, but if you do not have this program, you may be able to get an idea of how to apply it to the one you do have.  I have Photoshop Elements 3, but I am more comfortable with Paint Shop since I have been using that one for years.  If you do not have a software program, you can still play along!!..At the end of my software demo, I'll give you ideas how you too can alter a photo!...So, let's get stated!! The first thing you want to do is open your program and get the photo you want to alter. 

On the top toolbar, go to Windows and click Duplicate.  You can now close the original photo since you will be working with the duplicate.  This will allow you to retain the original and not lose it.

Now, go to Edit and click Copy

Then go to Edit and click Paste.  Choose 'Paste as new layer'

You can see in the layer box what you have and what you are working on.  Make sure you still have the highlight on 'raster 1', then go to 'adjust' then 'hue/saturation/lightness'.

Set saturation to '0'. Click okThis is what you will get.

If you look at the layer box you will see I put my cursor over Background.  This will show you what is under the top black and white photo.

By using my 'pan tool' (that is the little arrow on the side toolbar), you can enlarge your photo so it's easier to work with.

Then click on the 'eraser' and start erasing!

If you look at the center of the page toolbar, you can see where you can change the size of your 'eraser'. This will come in handy for the size of the area you are working on.

As you get closer to the edges make smaller strokes or click your cursor in those tight ares so if you should go outside the area you want to change, you can hit the 'undo button' and start over in that area.  I use the undo button quite often..lol  It helps to have a steady hand which I don't have.

Here is the finished flower!!

Now all you need to do is save your photo until you are ready to print it out. 

Please make sure that when you do a 'save as' you change the file extension.  It will automatically come up for the software program, so use the drop down arrow and change it to JPEG-JFIF Compliant format.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!!

Here is a layout I did using this altered method

Ok, now for those of you who do not have a software program, pull out those Copics!! You can use the Bic markers, but I find the softer tip on Copics  work better. Print you photo in black/white and color in those areas you want to highlight!! I did  have pens that were designed just for coloring on black/white; sorry can't remember who made those.  I do remember though, they were pale and just gave a softer touch (look) to the photo.

Remember when paint was all the rage?  I used a sponge brush with just a little paint to go around the edges of a photo.  Simply do your brush strokes by pulling the paint from inside to the outside of the edges.

Ok, so the eyes and eyebrows are a little scary, but you get the idea...lol..Ok, stop laughing...lol..

Acrylic paint was used for the edges, Copic for the hair and eyebrows and Atyou Spica glitter pens for eye and lips.

Here are some other examples of altering a photo

Sepia

If your program has 'effects' you can really have some fun!

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Kaleidoscope

An interesting technique for a layout is to cut up your photo in 3 pieces and pop the center piece! This works well for those cool landscape shots!

There are so many ways to alter a photo and I would love to see what you have to share!!

Buzz, Brag, and Bee Happy Friday - May 6

Welcome to Buzz, Brag and Bee Happy Friday!  This is our chance to share all sorts of assorted excitement, and invite you to join right in!  What's the buzz?  Want to brag?  What makes You Happy?

We are very excited to announce the upcoming visit of

Guest HoneyBee

AMY SHEFFER of PICKLED PAPER DESIGNS!!

Amy will be in the hive the week of May 16th!! Bring your friends, and come join us!!!

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Honey Bee Courtney Lee here for excitement!

National Scrapbook Day is on May 7th and My Pink Stamper has some AMAZINGLY fun things planned as well as AMAZING giveaways! So come and get ready to scrap your heart out and play in all of the fun! As a My Pink Designer I can tell you that it really going to be something!  

I am also THRILLED to tell you that I got another card picked up for the September 2011 Cricut Magazine! This bee is buzzing with excitement!!! 

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June Houck

This week I won top 5 at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog!  I am so honored.  Every week there are the most detailed and beautiful creations.  I literally squealed with delight when I saw the post.  I won for the Mother's Day card I made for my mom that I will give her tomorrow.  Here is my top 5 card:

Happy Mother's Day weekend to you all!  I can't wait to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday with my family, but I am just as excited to celebrate National Scrapbook Day tomorrow.  It is so fun to play with paper :)

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Rosemary

Boy, do I have something to brag about!!..Last Saturday I bought a new mini-van, Dodge Grand Caravan. I have a Pride Go Go scooter that comes apart and would stay in the trunk of my PT Cruiser; it would fit, but you need to angle the pieces to get it in the opening.  It was getting harder for me, so many times I didn't go out like I wanted and then realized it was time to get a new vehicle.  I ordered an inside lift that will allow me to keep my scooter all put together and it will be lifted into the van and of course lifted out!..How cool is that going to be?!  I ordered that on Monday so just waiting for the call that the lift came in so it can be installed into the van.  Now, as for the color of my van...Mango Tango!! I didn't realize until Tuesday that the Sizzlet alphabets I used on my Mother's Day card is called Mango Tango..too funny! 

I wish you could see the pearl finish on the paint!

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Happy National Scrapbooking Day to you all, and we hope you have a great time creating lots of fun and exciting projects.  Then come back and link them right here, so we can come and visit your blog!

A couple of our HoneyBees are out on the Injured Reserve List, so we are sending GET WELL SOON wishes to them. 

Don't forget to link your Mother's Day projects to our Wednesday HoneyBee showcase!  Show us what you have created for a special Mom, or mothering lady in your life. 

Happy Mother's Day to all you MOTHERS and POTENTIAL MOTHERS out there... be important in the life of a child.  You DO make a difference, and your influence will last a lifetime.

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HoneyBee Showcase - Happy Mother's Day!

It's Wednesday in the Hive, and we are honoring our Mothers, and those who have a special place in our hearts because of the influence they have in the lives of children.  They could be Daughters, Grandmothers, Aunts, other family, friends, teachers ... those good examples who have shown us the way.  We honor you!
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We also have the added treat of Judy's tree tiered tutorial from Monday!  My card above (shhh, don't tell Mom about it, because I don't think she'll see it here before Sunday!)  is closed up, and here is the full view:

It says "Making memories with you is one of my favorite things to do!"  Isn't that the truth?!  I hope you will make some memories with someone special this week ♥

My first inspiration for this style of card was this one, based on the news of this week, and the stamps that were laying on my desk... these patriotic ones.

 I really like how this one turned out.  God Bless the USA!



Betty Brett

I've put the recipes for the cards here on my blog.



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Honey Bee Courtney Lee

Today we have been challenged to make a Mother's Day card. Judy did a fabulous tutorial on Monday on how to make a three tiered slider card. I didn't have the instructions with me at the crop, so I just made a mother's day card. I will definitely be using her tutorial in the future, but I still wanted to participate this week though! :) 

This is the Mother's Day card that is going to my mom this year. 

Some cards come easily and some you just fight with and this is one of the latter. I was at Monique and Wendy's Crop for a Cure and this is like the 17th iteration of this project. I kept moving things and changing things until I liked it. I do like it now, but it was an ordeal to get here! haha.

Recipe:

Cartridges: Wild Card™, Picturesque™, and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More™

Paper: Echo Park Paper: For the Record: "Lace Strings" (yellow flower), "Advertisement"(black and white polka-dots), "Picket Fence" (teal damask), and "French Teal" (solid teal)™

Stamps: My Pink Stamper: Love-alicious™

Crop-a-dile

Eyelets

Ink: Colorbox in black and Momento in Cocoa

Twine from Paper Trey Ink

Black pen is Sharpie

Ribbon: Offray

Foam dimensional tape

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June Houck

My dh's step-mother loves Asian-themed everything.  I made a set of cards as a gift for Mother's Day. I used the iris folding technique that we demonstrated last week.  I have a video tutorial today on my blog, if you wish to view it.  This is my first time ever making a video, so your helpful comments would be greatly appreciated :)

Here is the set:

 and one close up:

I used Hero Arts papers and a Magenta frame stamp.

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Rosemary

It's been a long time since I made this slider card and thought now would be a good time to make one!..I made this Mother's Day card for my daughter-in-law, Samantha.  Once you make the slit on the card for the 'pull', you just need to cover the inside and cover the back so you don't see the cut you made.  I wish I had the right 'thank you' stamp because I would rather use that instead of the letters for this particular project. 

Here is what the pull tab says...

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Beth Ullman

Here I am bringing up the rear again I wasn't going to do this challenge as I just couldn't get my brain working to try Judy's technique than when I saw the other HoneyBees cards I saw I could do what ever I like so here is my take on Mothers Day........I did a White On White card which is a technique from Technique Junkies hope you like.

Now it's your turn!  We want to see what you are creating for Mother's Day!!!  There is a link below for you to post your cards, layouts, altered items, home decor, cakes, home made gifts, etc.!  If you want to wait until after Sunday, so you won't spoil the surprise, that's OK, because the link will remain open for another whole week!    You can also email your entry to us at BettyBeesBuzz at hotmail.com, and we'll post it for you!   We want to come visit your blogs! 

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