A for Autumn

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I went out in the lovely autumn sunshine and took some pictures of the remaining foliage. I generally don't like autumn much because it means summer is at an end and winter is just around the corner, but I love days like yesterday. 

If you look carefully at the picture you see what I spotted when I took the picture... hence the name. :D

Edited with textures and colour adjustments.

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New Series: dreaming

emotion: wishes

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emotion: desire

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emotion: fulfillment

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I am still playing with feathers, not quite sure why, but there is something about them that inspires me. This is a series of images about emotion. The feathers were picked up whenever I saw one lying on the ground, mostly pigeon but there are a couple of blackbird feathers amongst them. 

All other images and textures my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

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Tulip

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Something a little different for me. This is for a competiton at French Kiss Collection. Check it out here. I've used two of the Chalk Board freebie textyres. They're lovely and the effect is really subtle. You can download them from the page.

 

The image was taken this morning and I've added some colour adjustments and two of the chalk board textures.

All images/textures/brushes my own, free or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

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Snowdrops

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 Taken a few weeks back, I just never got round to posting the image. I love snowdrops, like cherryblossom and magnolia they're heralds of spring. These were wild in the middle of the woods.

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Nostalgia, Flirt and Kiss

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Nostalgia is a close-up picture of my beautiful white roses fairy lights. They're made of fabric and look almost realistic. I have a thing about fairy lights. Some might say an obsession. LOL However, I love looking at them when it gets dark outside, they always make me smile. The font is called Harting.

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Kiss is another close-up picture of one of my fairy light chains. This one is brand new and has beautiful fabric lotus flowers in shades of red on it. The font is Mountains of Christmas.

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

Flirt is the third in the series and another close-up of the lotus blossom fairy lights. The font is PlumBAE.

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A Bit of Spring

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You can't beat spring flowers. They make such a difference when it's still dark and dreary outside and spring and summer seem light years away. :-)

Bluebell Wood

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This is my version of the Bluebell Wood I visited last Spring. I liked the pictures I took, but they looked a bit washed out to me and never felt right. I finally had an epiphany when I discovered tilt-shift. It's a technique that allows you to either make something look like a model railway town or created a slightly otherworldly feel. I used this technique for the latter here.

I first cropped the image, then applied the tilt-shift (lots of tutorials out there) then applied gradients, colour and textures to go from the image below to the one above. Now it feels like the day I went out Bluebell-Spotting. :-)

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Now for something spooky and a new story

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I wanted to have a play with a hand coming out of the ground. The hand is my own. :-) Maybe this means I am going to come back and haunt you all. LOL

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Here's a new story called The Heart of Wood for everyone who liked the Secret Keeper series. It's related to the Secret Keeper Universe. :-)

Glory and Remember - Through a Glass Darkly Series

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There is glory in the colours of autumn; the last burst of colour before winter. This is a celebration of this glory. :-)

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This was taken only a few days ago, late in the afternoon with the light fading. Chestnuts with their prickly outer layer and the smooth inside always seemed magic to me as a child. They are the perfect place to keep secret memories. :-)

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Through a Glass Darkly

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I've always loved this phrase and wondered what it meant and how it (probably) has a different flavour for each one of us. This is how it looks to me. :-) The phrase is from the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:12 - see here.


There are three more images in this series, which I'll post over the next few days. :-)

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The Sky is Blue Somewhere Else

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I am still going with the Snow White theme here. Don't we always think that somewhere else the grass is greener, the sky more blue... etc? And whilst we think that, we neglect what we have.

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Love of the Sea I and II

Love of the Sea I

All my own images, except for (all by Shadowhouse):

• Aged Photo Effect
• Canvas & Paper Texture Set
• Vintage Oil Painting Texture Set
• 17 Grunge Border Bars Brush Set

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Love of the Sea II

All my own images, except for:

• Canvas & Paper Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• You'd Be Surprised texture by Shadowhouse
• Square Texture Set Vol. 9 "ScratchBox Set" by Shadowhouse
• Square Texture Set Vol. 16 by Shadowhouse
• Another Mixed Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Wind by CKdailyplanet

• 17 Grunge Border Bars Brush Set by Shadowhouse

 

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Wishing I was by the seaside...

Girl With Toads

 

 

 

Sub title: The difference between frogs and toads

If you want to know the difference... read here

Surely there must be a better way to find out apart from kissing them? ;-)

Dedicated to the fabulous team at Solo Exhibition for all their hard work. Check out the fabulous exhibition they've put together for me here

Credits

Model

• blind4 by rammkitty-stock

Stock

• Toad.2_Mind-Matter by Mind-Matter
• Toad 1 by Penny-Stock
• frog 2 by Tracie76Stock
• Frog Stock by Tracie76Stock
• Black House Fly Stock 1 by FantasyStock
• Dragonfly stock image 1 by zpyder
• Bulrush by Aliinaaa
• Grasses of the field by steppeland
• My-Stock - Grass by my-stock
• Stock Rained Grass 2 by zommy
• grass by dest-stock
• Dew Catcher by penceg
• Dew Catcher 2 by penceg
• Crown Stock II by EmazingMessedUpOwsum
• Key 1 by matazidah

Backgrounds and Textures

• in a corner by CKdailyplanet
• skate+land by CKdailyplanet
• Coffee Paper Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Vintage Oil Painting Texture Set + Tutorial by Shadowhouse
• You'd Be Surprised texture by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Lace Brush Set by CourtHouse
• Ropes -n- Chains Brushes by redheadstock
• Hair brush set by para-vine
• 17 Grunge Border Bars Brush Set by Shadowhouse

All other images/textures/stock/brushes my own.

The background is put together from my own images and textures including some images from an old pumping station.

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