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Beach Birthday
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Beach Birthday

A slight break in my Pt Lobos series, but only in color, this photo was also taken there, on the last beach at the end of our hike.
Yes, I am in shorts and a T shirt on Feb 6. Our rainy season is taking a break and blessing us with temps in the 70s. I love CA!

Anna Aspnes ArtPlay Palette Niege (*coming soom*)
See Word Art No 1 (*coming soon*)
Warm Glows No 8 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/WarmGlows-No.-8.html
Multimedia Winter No 2 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/MultiMedia-Winter-No.-2.html
Acrylic Alpha http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Acrylic-AlphaNumberSet-No.-1.html


Process:
This photo was very dark, looking right into the sun, so I used a levels adjustment and a hue/saturation adjustment to lighten and set to black & white, except I erased a portion of the adjustment to allow the gold at the bottom to show through.
A transfer from the APP was used as a mask, duplicated multiple times, yielding the fun loops. Photo was clipped to this, then supplemented with the lacy transfers at the side and a few more brushes and embellishments.
I wanted an anchor for my title/word art, so I placed the frame from the APP behind the photo, set to Lighten.
Another copy of the photo, with inverted masking and Hard Light mode, was used at the bottom and left edges.
Warm Glows and Multimedia snow was used to sparkle things.
To contain it all, I used a key line and a rounded rectangle (gray, opacity 15%).
Background is 2 papers from the APP, a solid white, then two copies of a beige paper set to Color Burn to dull the white a bit.
I love what you did with the photo and all the textures reminding me of the water. Fabulous use of the glow. Beautiful page. Loved reading your process notes. Certainly can't wear shorts around here right now. Snow up to our eyeballs.
 
I like this change-up in design... the placement of the warm glows and the layering of frame elements!! We are at 18 degrees and snowy!!
 
below zero here ... however, I rather think of this time as my "hibernation" period -- we go so FAST in the warmer months, that we would never be able to keep up that pace -- ie., winter. Zone 3 gardens get planted in June; smelled in July and over in August! I'm sure jealously has got to be a pretty "high level" sin.
 
What a wonderful way to celebrate a birthday! Happy Belated Birthday!
 
Love the sparkly look ... light reflecting off the water! Wonderful blending and texture! Happy Birthday!
 
happy birthday. looks like you had a grand day! love how you documented the fun!
 

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