Practical Magic Blog Party ~ Sisterhood

I saw this blog party last year and was intrigued. I wasn't able to join in last year but I enjoyed looking through the various posts for the party that others had created. When I saw that it was time for it again this year, I jumped right on board. 

There is no words to describe how much I love the movie (reading the book is on my "to read" list). I fell in love with everything about the movie, especially the house. (Who doesn't wish that house was there's?!)

Photo courtesy of Amas Veritas

What struck me the most, and that still pulls at the heart strings, is the friendship and bond between sisters. It's something that I wish I had growing up with my own sister.

photos courtesy Amas Veritas

For my love of Practical Magic and the bond of sisters, I created a piece of digital art inspired by the movie and the bond expressed. May you all find the bond of sisterhood and cherish every bit of it.

Thank you for stopping by! I look forward to visiting all the blog parties!

Digi Art ~ Witchy Poo Gabby

In spite of all the craziness going on around here this last week or so, I managed to finish another digital art piece. She's my little Witchy Poo Gabby. She is by far not to be the last. I have other little Witchy Poos in the works at the moment. And hopefully they will be added to my Etsy shop soon (after I do a few test prints once I get some photo paper).

She was created in Photoshop CS4 on a Genius Tablet.

Embrace your inner Goddess Digi Art

Digital Dreams over at Willowing has come to a close and it's a bitter sweet ending. I've really enjoyed the course and looked forward to each weeks lessons. I'm a bit sad that it's ended. But I learned a lot and will continue to create digital pieces in addition to everything else I create. Tam is such a wonderful person and teacher.

Here's my week 5 creation.

I leave for our family camping trip in 3 days. And I plan to be armed with some creative outlets so that I may dig myself out of my creative rut that I've been in lately. Wish me luck!

WIP Tuesday: More Digi Art

I'm having a lot of fun playing in Photoshop lately, when my tablet and software are on speaking terms of course. I am just in awe of what sort of effects you can get from a few tools and layers. I am really, really glad I am taking the Digital Dreams course. I am learning tons!

After completing my 3rd week's lesson, I decided to play a bit. We haven't worked with shading yet in the class, but I thought I'd try my hand at it a little bit. I am thrilled with how her eyes turned out. They almost look like glass. I have a bit of work still to do on her as well as deciding on a background. But I am really loving her right now.

Another piece of Digital Art

Here's another piece of artwork I created in Photoshop. I am so going to print this one off and put it in a nice frame for the family room wall.

1st Digital Art

I took the Art, Heart and Healing art journal course last year (I still am working on a few pages for that) from the wonderful Tam. I recently signed up for her Digital Dreams course and am really excited about it. So excited in fact, I spent this morning and afternoon playing around with my Photoshop and completing the homework for week 1.

We were to create an image with a blue background, add an image in, create a purple circle or square, make the purple object look 3D, and use layers.

I was totally inspired by an image I had collected when I got into paper crafting, hence the name "Power of Song".

I've only ever used Photoshop for editing photos. I'm really pleased with how it turned out. Who knew playing with layers would be so much fun?!