Day 1 of the 12 Days of Textures

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Welcome to Day 1 of the '12 days of Textures'. I'm super excited about this!! 

I have more than textures to share with you over the next few weeks.

I will be posting part 2 of 'my story'.... I have some new offerings to tell you about....and I thought I'd share a little Christmas tour of our home.... I'm almost done decorating.....  woo hoo!

Let's ease into it all..... and start simply with our Day 1 texture ~ Lilly.....

I used 'lilly' on my image above.... Here's the easy-peasy recipe. Lilly did all the work on this one. 

• Layer 1 - Image (white balance and exposure edited in lightroom)
• Layer 2 - Lilly at soft light 100%
• Layer 3 - Blank layer at soft light blend mode. Painted black using a soft round brush at 80% opacity to faux burn the left side of the image. 
• Layer 4 - Black and white adjustment layer at soft light 45% opacity.
• Layer 5 - Final curves adjustment to darken the inside of the image.
• Layer 6 - Added the quote.

Okay I'm going to leave you here....

Feel free to use the 'inlinkz gadget below' to share your '12 days of textured photos' only throughout this series, . Please link back to the series. The gadget will remain open until December 25th.

You are welcome to right click and copy the 12 day banner above if you wish or grab the button code at the bottom of this post.

Basic texture party rules apply....  :) Your image must contain one of the textures from the 12 day's series.

Click HERE to download 'Lilly'.

I will be back again tomorrow with your Day 2 texture and some holiday decorating photos.

xo,

New to the Café and Textures? Wanna build your texture stash, check out the 2011 Texture Collection.

Get the saving's details HERE.

Share a 12 day button on your site if you like. 

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Comments

[Joanie]

oooooh... I love this one! Love the musical notes...

[Barbara]

Kim, thank you so much for all you share! I so appreciate your generosity!

Barbara Carroll

[Deanna]

Oh I am lovin this one.....I especially like the textures with music or writing. Thanks again!!!

[Linda]

Kim - Thank you so much for this beautiful music! I love it!

[Skye]

thank you so much for the freebies! You always go above & beyond! :) Merry Christmas!

[barbara]

thank you so much Kim!

[chasity]

oooohhh...... love this.

[Barb]

Thank you so much Kim, for this awesome texture!!

[kelly]

oh, kim, i love this one! gorgeous... can't wait to play with these gifts all month. thank you so much!

[Laura K Aiken]

Lovin your quote and texture today, Kim. Thank you!

[Pat Mark]

Thank you Kim, Merry Christmas to you. I wish we could all send you gifts too, you are so generous with us.

[June Scott]

How fun is this! Looking forward to participating... love your Lilly texture - looking forward to "part 2" Thanks, Kim!

[Natalie E.]

Love this one. Thanks so much.

[Lorena]

I love the musical notes on this one. Perfect for designing a layout for a sick friend who is a singer. As always, Kim, you hit the mark! Thank you so much.

[Diana]

Thanks, Kim.... you are always so generous and such a loving person to your followers.

[Jayne]

Thank you!! So amazingly beautiful!!! Your the best!

[norah]

Great texture! What is the font you used?

[Mary Ann Potter]

Thanks so much, Kim. What a beautiful texture! I'm so anxious to see and use the rest as the days go by! 8-)

[Kelly]

happy *sigh*...LOVe this introductory texture Kim...Gorgeous image.

[Pixel Berry Pie]

I love your idea of the 12 Days of Textures! This is bound to be awesome.
Thank you for all your work on these textures, because I appreciate them!

[Kia]

Awww, I love this one so so much! I adore all your musical textures, so artistic and beautiful. Can't wait to have a wee free time and play with it. :)

[DiginanLiz]

Thank you so much, Kim, this is so pretty and can't wait to see the remainder of your 12 days of Christmas! Warm Christmas Wishes to you and yours:)

[Sara]

EStoy encantada con estas maravillosas texturas

[Lisa]

I hear your praises sung on many of the blogs I visit. Your textures are amazing. I'm a texture novice and am just now getting interested in using them in various ways. Your photos are so inspiring!

[JenN]

Thank you!! This is beautiful.

[Mela]

Kim - thanks so much for your generosity!

Wishing you just as much kindness and generosity this holiday season !

[Angie]

Thank you, Kim! Really love this texture a lot. I love the musical chords. Soooo pretty. :) You are lovely beyond words and so very generous. Warm Hug to you! xo

[Angie]

Um... musical notes I meant! Ha hah! I haven't had enough caffeine this morning so it seems-brain is still in "fog" mode. And it's Monday. But what a lovely Monday it is, thanks in part to sweet you! :)

[Jan Castle]

Thanks so much...I just got Photoshop Elements 10 and hope to figure out how to use it over the holidays and try out all the textures! This one is really special with the music in it!
Jan Castle

[Xanthe]

Those dried flowers look amazing :) happy 12 days of celebrating!

Can't wait for your tour..... x.

[Lisa]

Your textures are always so fabulous and I am so grateful for your willingess to share them for free!

[Sylvia]

What a lovely texture to begin with !
Thanks for all your beautiful textures and inspiration, Kim !
Sylvia

[peggy gatto]

what a beauty!!!
thanks for the textures and the 12 days!!!

[Lissa]

Oh, I'm sooo excited to here you're story: part two. Looking forward to participating in the 12 Days of Christmas. Happy Holidays to you Kim. You are so generous. Only good can come of that.

[sue]

thank you for sharing, your textures are great and love the tut too
Sue : )

[scrappychick]

Love this texture and it's name. It's my daughter's name! It is even spelled the same way.Thanks!

[Synnöve]

Thank you very much for all this wonderful textures and the inspiration to try some new work.

[Julie]

Kim,
Thanks for the 12 Days of fun, fun, fun.

Although I don't post to a blog, I use the textures often and enjoy the 'difference' in the picture. It's like I have a little secret no know else knows how I did it but they notice something is different.

thanks
Julie

[Debi]

Thank you Kim! This is so lovely!

[Barbara Wessel]

Oh Kim!! You are so sweet to offer this to us, out of the goodness of your beautiful heart! Thank you from the bottom of mine:)
Barbara Wessel

[gretchen]

oh, my.... this is just beautiful!

[Joy]

Oh Kim this is gorgeous. Can't wait to use it. What a lovely first texture. I love that quote and used it just recently on another one of my pieces. At least now I know who quoted it .. so will go back and add that, thank you.
Have a delightful week, my friend. Thank you for your kindness and always sharing your wonderful talent with us.
Hugs, Joy

[Heather :) :) :)]

You always create the most beautiful textures :) :) :) Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather :) :)

[Laurie]

What a neat idea! You are so creative.
I LOVE THIS TEXTURE!! Anything with musical symbols.....
I will try this 12 days of texture, but it might be near impossible :( . This full time job I have is seriously getting in the way of my creative life.

[Grandma Deal]

Thanks so much for the lovely new texture 'Lilly.' And also the opportunity to fill in my collection of your 2011 textures. You are a good-hearted woman.

[Neringa]

This whole experience is so exciting :) thank you so much!

[Barbara B.]

Kim, Thank you for your generosity. Your textures are a delight.

[Mary Ann Potter]

I absolutely love your Christmas decorating! Thanks for sharing it here, and thanks as well for today's beautiful texture. What a lovely way to celebrate this most blessed season.

[Heather]

I love all your textures but this one is just so extra special. Thanks so much for sharing xx

[Lisa F]

Thanks so much Kim!