This is such a cute and versatile kit

In addition to the free minikit, I added some bits from Nature Hike II Collection, on sale for the month of July!

To mimic the style of my inspiration piece, I first ran the Underpainting and then the Palette Knife filters found in PSE on my photo. I placed a solid background paper, adding paints, stains, and word art. I framed my photo and accented it with elements from the collection.

Created for the July Chall. # 1, Mixed Media

I used the yellow paper to make the doodle flowers yellow. I took apart the word art and used the dots it a different area.

Created for the "Use All challenge" by Karen Schulz, using the cute little mini kit she provides :)

It is summer - and really hot - here in the US and July means Independence Day. I am unashamedly a Patriot and a former active duty member of the US Army who took an oath for life, so this day has a much different meaning for me than for some.

The background is paper 3 in multiply mode over paper 1, then paper 3 in Multiply mode is used as an overlay. Word Art from the collection is also blended over the background for the title.

I originally made this for the June template challenge, but my WiFi refused to cooperate, so here it is anyway. I love this sweet photo by one of my favorite Pixabay artists, Jill Wellington. The photo of the capitol is also by a favorite Pixabay artist, David Mark. This wonderful stacked...

To create the CHAOS overlay, I cut the word "chaos" from the wordart and ran it through Karen Schulz' Scatter Magic action. To make the words feel stamped on the page rather than floating, I played with the blend modes of the various text layers.

Karen Schulz Freedom Fest is new in the Oscraps store.

Created for the Day 1 Birthday Challenge For this page, I combined two papers for the background. The bottom layer is a green and blue artsy paper from Karen Schultz. The top layer is a paper from Anna Aspnes using the Linear Burn blend mode. For the photo, I clipped the photo to a mask from...

Kit: Ready to Explore by Karen Schulz Word Strips Stash Builders Neutral by Vicki Stegall Paint: Chicography Sampler by Viva Artistry