Vintage Floral Color StoryBoard

Happiest Thursday....

And can I just say... what the heck? How did Thursday happen already?

'sigh'

The thing is... John has been on holidays..... and it makes for many interruptions!

It's been nice... but it's also been difficult...  I'm sure you know what I mean.  

The above storyboard is made from one of the templates I shared in the Test Kitchen....

I thought I'd share the actual photo recipe here, with you all....

Here's a screenshot of the layers panel. It's pretty self-explanatory....  

If you have questions, be sure to post them in the comments.

Take a closer look at the 2 textures I used on the Photo itself....Loretta & Vintage Overlay...both are part of the Studio Collection.

Loretta started with a piece of chip board....  But you probably guessed that. :)

This is a perfect example of why it never hurts to think a little outside the box when playing with textures..... I bet you wouldn't have guessed I used such a heavy texture on this soft photo....

The power of layers....and blend modes.... is a beautiful thing!! Don't you think? 

If you would like to check out this template...and get in on all kinds of premium goodness... check out the Test Kitchen......

xxo,

p.s. I will be back later with that brush tutorial I promised... :) 

p.s.s. I'm falling in love with Grey.... It's the strangest thing... I've never cared for it... now I LOVE it... It's funny how are tastes change...and evolve with time....

Back to School Color Storyboard

Good Morning!

Ooops... it's now afternoon... yeesh....  

way too many interruptions today!

How's your week going so far? I hope good....  

It's been HOT, HOT...HOT here...and then this morning... BRRR...  a cold north wind blew in.... quite strange.

I do believe the sun is warming things up.... but man, that wind is STRONG.

Today, I thought I'd share a little something I love to make when I need a creative boost!

A Color StoryBoard....  

This is a great way to choose colors for your design projects or a palette for your blog or website.

Simply find a photo you love.... and open it up in Photoshop...  Hover over the image with the color picker.... and select several different shades from within the image..... 

You don't have to make a color board like this.... But it's definitely a lot of fun!!

You can also find several FAB color swatch apps online.... like Adobe Kuler.  Have you tried it? It's super cool!! 

Color Schemer is another good one! You can check it out here.

And I just found this...but I haven't tried it yet... It's called Instant Eyedropper.

Here's how it works: 

'Instant eyedropper is a free software tool for webmasters that will identify and automatically paste to the clipboard the html color code of any pixel on the screen with just a single mouse click.'

Before I sign off....

Remember that brush tutorial I've been promising?

I will post it tomorrow...sweet and oh so patient friends.....

Test Kitchen Members... I have a color board template to share shortly... watch for that later today.

Must run....  or I should say bike... Ben and I are off to get blown away on the trail....  

'sigh'

xxo,

p.s. absolutely brilliant submission for this week's Texture Tuesday!! Just so much to love!