It's a great effect! Love how you framed it. Your masking and the background are perfect.

Love how you balanced it with the frames. A knockout red.

There's something about Venice. I'll never forget it!

So going to try that technique. Thanks for explaining it! Love the effect. Like an illustrated storybook.

Great effect - love it!

Thanks for the beautiful inspiration, Joanie and Tansy! My mother had 5 sisters and Kath was the eldest. Born in 1916 to a very young mother at a time when the world was going to war she made a wonderful life for herself. Left home at 16 to find work and educated herself. Taught herself to...

Google is shutting it down on May 1 apparently. The Picasa desktop app will continue to function but after March 15 there may not be any more updates far as I can make out. They won't be leaving a download link either. Google today announced it is shutting down Picasa in less than three...

Love the unframed photo. Very effective. Colorado is on my go see travel list.

How amazing you all three paint and can enjoy a hobby together! What fun and a great page.

Thank you, Ellen. I'll check it out.

Love it Marleen! The photo treatment is perfect.

Love the focus on the sparkly water! I assume this is California. Am enjoying all your photos.

Must be wonderful to see them! Great page.

I love the contrast in colours and your title. Terrific page!

Wow! FABulous!

Wonderful textures and blending and that cluster is just perfect.

A really beautiful page!

One gorgeous little puppy and a beautiful page! Love how you focused on the figure and brought out the colour of her hair.

Thanks for the challenge, Joanie. Enjoyed it. This is Narooma, a lovely spot down on the NSW coast below Wollongong. I selected a couple of artsy templates and mixed it up. Used a watercolor fotoblendz to mask the photo. Added textures, urban stitchez and minibrads and also a couple of...

A knockout page! Your background does the sculptures justice. So wonderful.