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Anna-aspnes-digital-art-artplay-collection-sojourn-Holmes.jpg

Catching up on some earlier grandbaby photos for the baby book and I cannot believe how much this guy has changed in just a few weeks since this photo was taken. This image shows the happy Dad with the family dogs (Arthur and Llewyn) plus Cousin Buko (the one sitting on Jake's lap). It's one of those weird photos to scrap because it's so busy and doesn't play well with other photos. So I chose the simple route, blending the photo into my chosen background paper with my fave brushes—to make this easier, I always turn the blend mode to multiply so I can follow the contours of the paper when blending, then I revert to “normal” when done. I added the wordART from the collection next, changing “Perfect Pause” to “Perfect Paws” for obvious reasons. Once the structure was in place, I added another Artsy Paper on color burn mode at full opacity to enliven the background and then let it rip with embellishments and multi-layers from Artsy Transfer #4. At the last minute I slid in a frame from the collection's Framed Masks set to further contain the chaos and, after flattening the file, added a slight gold gradient at the bottom on color burn mode.
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Sojourn Collection, available at 53% discount until March 1 https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Sojourn-Collection.html

AnnaBlendz Artsy Brushes #4 https://www.oscraps.com/shop/AnnaBlendz-Artsy-No-4.html
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  1. Anna Aspnes
I love this picture - just so unstaged - and the dog in front just cracked me up!! Your title work is fantastic and I am jealous of your blending talent!
 
What a great idea to blend with multiply blend mode on, then revert to normal. I will be trying that. Love the flying 'SQUIRREL!' I think that's a universal goto word to get dogs attention. Love it! What a happy group!
 
What a great idea to blend with multiply blend mode on, then revert to normal. I will be trying that. Love the flying 'SQUIRREL!' I think that's a universal goto word to get dogs attention. Love it! What a happy group!
I was thinking that exactly, because it looked like photobombing Llewyn was going after a “SQUIRREL!”
 
I love this picture - just so unstaged - and the dog in front just cracked me up!! Your title work is fantastic and I am jealous of your blending talent!
Thanks so much! Llewyn is quite a character, a street pup from Puerto Rico who is irrepressible. About the blending, it’s a lot easier with the annablendz brushes because the edges make fades that are VERY forgiving. And I always try to stack the deck by blending into something—usually patterns or textures on the artsy papers. (And cover wonky edges with embellishments LOL)
 
The paper you used to blend your photo worked so well--love the framing, your title and the hilarious dog in the foreground!
 
The paper you used to blend your photo worked so well--love the framing, your title and the hilarious dog in the foreground!
Thanks for picking up on that! Right behind where everybody is sitting (except the dancing dog), there is a window that overlooks a meadow. I was trying to get that meadow vibe going!
 

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