I adore the Brooklyn Bridge, and chose rather than use current photos, to create a page made with photos from the bridges early years.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE: NIGHTFALL By D. B. Steinman
Against the city's gleaming spires,
Above the ships that ply the stream,
A bridge of haunting beauty stands
Fulfillment of an artist's dream.
From deep beneath the tidal flow
Two granite towers proudly rise
To hold the pendent span aloft
A harp against the sunset skies.
Each pylon frames, between its shafts,
Twin Gothic portals pierced with blue
And crowned with magic laced design
Of lines and curves that Euclid knew.
The silver strands that form the net
Are beaded with the stars of night
Lie jewelled dewdrops that adorn
A spiderweb in morning light.
Between the towers reaching high
A cradle for the stars is swung;
And from this soaring cable curve
A latticework of steel is hung.
Around the bridge in afterglow
The city's lights like fireflies gleam,
And eyes look up to see the span
A poem stretched across the stream
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Fonts: Eras Light ITC, LandsDownShadowed
This weeks AnnaLift layout was so inspirational. I knew right away I wanted to make it of The Brooklyn Bridge. The layout was also pretty quick and easy. I took a neutral background paper. I applied the tissue textures. I added the photos, using different blend modes making certain the paper showed through the photograph. I placed some transfers behind the photos, and softened them by either changing their color, blend mode and/or opacity. I framed each photo. Ithen added the large photo of them workers on the suspension wires. Changing the blend mode to darken allowed the background to disappear. I added the title font, and the Moment WordArt. I then added the poem, and then the edge overlay, changing its color and blend mode. I then took 3 of the artzyKardz and placed them behind each photo. I used the PSD kardz so I could modify the different layers, changing their colors and blend modes to make it look like there was a slight watercolor wash to the photos. The final element was the addition of the compass brad.
***thanks for looking***
