And The WINNERS are.....

 

 

  The Winner of the 

$25 Paper Whimsy Gift Certificate is 

~ Brenda Smith~

~*~

Now for the Winners of the 

$5 off Coupons with a $25 Purchase:

~Diane of Craftin your Heart out~

~Suzy of Suziqu's Thread Works~

~Martha of Martha's Favorites~

 ~Chris T~

~*~

 Congratulations Everyone and Thank You so Much for Entering!

And Thank You Gale For your Generosity!

Also,Thank You So Much for all of Your Sweet Comments 

on my Devoted Vintage Altered Bottle.

It really Does Make my Day! 

 

All Winners will be Contacted via Email.

~*~
Would you Like to do this again Next Month?
How About A Monthly Giveaway?!

~ I am So Lucky~

Devoted ~ Vintage Altered Bottle & Give Away!!

You just Never Know 

what you will Find Strolling Down the Isles

 of Thrift Shops.

I Love the Challenge of Repurposing 

the Discarded.

I have to Confess

 that I have Many Thrift Shop Finds 

that Haven't yet

 Realized their Altered Potential!

 

I Found this Old Bottle

 on one of my Trips 

and Fell in Love with its Shape.

 ~Devoted~
Vintage Altered Bottle
is My New Tutorial for Paper Whimsy Inspire. 
~*~
And Now for the

~Give Away~

Enter for a Chance to win a $25 Paper Whimsy Gift Certificate

Courtesy of Gale from Paper Whimsy.

~Also~

Four $5 dollar off Coupons with a $25 Purchase.

~Thank You Gale~

Here is All you have to Do to Enter:

• Leave a Comment here on my Blog with a Way to Reach You if you Win. (Email) And if you haven't already, I  Encourage you to Sign Up for the Paper Whimsy Newsletter For Current Specials, PW Inspire Tutorials, and Giveaways. You can Also  Like the Paper Whimsy Facebook Page to Learn More about Current Whimsy News.

The Winners Will Be Announced

 From a Random Draw

June 21st

~*~

~Good Luck Everyone~

~If you would Like to Share with  Friends
Post the Giveaway Button above on your Blog with my Thanks~ 

~*~

~I am So Lucky~

Also Thank You Debra For Being our Hostess
 for Vintage Inspiration Fridays

~Time for a Giveaway~

~The Proverbial Hat~

 The Winner of the 

$25 Paper Whimsy Gift Certificate is 

~ Corrine Marie~

 ~*~

Now for the Winners of the 

$5 off Coupons with a $25 Purchase:

~Fiona (Anubis 1)~

~Kathie Barrus~

~Marva~

 ~Doreen ( Luni Ladi)~

~*~

All Winners will be Contacted via Email

By Gale of Paper Whimsy 

with your Bounty!

 Congratulations Everyone and Thank You so Much for Entering!

And Thank You Gale For your Generosity!
Would you Like to do this again Next Month?
How About A Monthly Giveaway?!

~ I am So Lucky~

~ Digital Collage Tutorial & Give Away~

~Noble Deeds~

With a Little Nudge and a Promise from My Good Friend Gale, I have Discovered that I Could  Learn Basic Skills needed to Create Digital Collage Art using Photoshop Elements. Here is my Tutorial, as Promised, of what I have Learned  Thus Far.  I Personally Learn Best Visually so that is how I formatted this tutorial. You will find Screen Images with Highlighted Direction for Each Step.  We will begin with the Basic Fundamentals and then Build from There to create the Collage above ~Noble Deeds~. My Hope is that My Tutorial will Give you the Confidence and the Knowledge to Create one of your Own Digital Collage Works of Art.

You can Find My Tutorial

Here in My Etsy Store

 ~*~

And Now for the

~Giveaway~

Enter for a Chance to win a $25 Paper Whimsy Gift Certificate

Courtesy of Gale from Paper Whimsy.

~Also~

Four $5 dollar off Coupons with a $25 Purchase.

~Thank You Gale~

Here is All you have to Do to Enter:

• Leave a Comment here on my Blog with a Way to Reach You if you Win. (Email)

The Winner Will Be Announced

 From a Random Draw

May 17th
I  Encourage you to Sign Up for the Paper Whimsy Newsletter For Current Specials, PW Inspire Tutorials, and Giveaways. You can Also  Like the Paper Whimsy Facebook Page to Learn More about Current Whimsy News.

~Good Luck Everyone~

~If you would Like to Share with  Friends
Post the Giveaway Button above on your Blog with my Thanks~ 

~*~

~I am So Lucky~

 

~ Incandescent~

~ Incandescent~ Jill McCall~

For So Long I felt like Photoshop was
 too Daunting a Task to Undertake.
So with a Little Bit of Play
 and a Thimble Full of Knowledge
as my Good Friend Gale said to me,
I have been learning Quite a Bit.
(Also Remembering that the"Undo" Button is Close at Hand.)

~ Incandescent~ Jill McCall` FBCover~

I would Love to Share with You
what I have Learned so Far.
(By the Way I still Consider Myself a Humble Student~)
I have started putting together a Tutorial
that Hopefully will Help You Feel Less Intimidated.
Some Basic Skills and Answers to Simple Questions.
The same Questions I Had When First Started.
but was Afraid to Ask
It is in the Works Right Now
and upon Completion
can be Found
 Here on my Blog
as Well as on
Paper Whimsy Inspire.

~Hope Your Having Wonderful Weekend~

~ Time Flies~

 I am revisiting a Favorite way 

of Creative Play, 

Mixed Assemblage.  

They are just Simply Fun to make~

I Love Using

Watch Part Bits and Bobs. 

Tweezers are Required

 but it is fun piecing everything

 together like a Puzzle.

 

 Watch Gears, Springs and Cogs

and a Bird! 

Love them All Like my Friend

 Laura Says!

Time Flies 

is my New Tutorial 

for Paper Whimsy Inspire

~Have a Peek~

Have a Wonderful Weekend Everyone!

~ Victorian Easter Cones and Eggs~

 Are you Ready for Spring?

I Think All of Us Are!

I had Easter & Spring in Mind

when Putting These together.

 I really so Love 

Using Vintage Materials 

when I can.

There is nothing more Beautiful than 

Something Covered with 

German Glass Glitter!

 

~So Sparklie~  

The Victorian, German 

Looks is so Lovely.

 

 These are My New Pieces 

for Paper Whimsy Inspire!

Have a Peek!

~ She Walks In Beauty ~

~ She Walks in Beauty ~

   She walks in beauty, like the night

        Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

    And all that's best of dark and bright

        Meet in her aspect and her eyes:

    Thus mellowed to that tender light

        Which heaven to gaudy day denies. 

 One shade the more, one ray the less,

        Had half impaired the nameless grace
    Which waves in every raven tress,
        Or softly lightens o'er her face;
    Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
        How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. 

   And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,

        So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
    The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
        But tell of days in goodness spent,
    A mind at peace with all below,
        A heart whose love is innocent! 

~ Lord Byron ~

 ~*~

As I was Working on this Collage Piece,

~ She Walks in Beauty  ~

 (One of my Favorite Poems)

kept Popping into my Head.

It Just Seemed to Fit.

My Love of the 

Regency- Jane Austen Time Period

 also Played a Role I think.

It is My Go Too Theme for Creative Play !

I Hope you Don't Mind too Much!

 ~*~

~ She Walks in Beauty  ~

 is My  New Tutorial 

for Paper Whimsy Inspire .

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Felicitous ~Among the Roses~

~Jane Austen and the Regency Period~

Who can Resist this Romantic Time.

Ackermann's Repository or Ackermann's

 Produced many Gorgeous Illustrations 

for their British Publication.

In its Day, 

Ackermann's Greatly Influenced  

English Taste in Fashion, 

Architecture, and Literature.

~*~

More Playing with Layers 

and Photoshop...

Oh My I can't Help Myself !

I am Having Way too Much Fun!

Have a Wonderful Weekend!

~ Signs of Spring ~

I have been playing around with
 Digital Collage and Layering a Bit.
I am still Learning about
 the Vast Program
known as Photoshop.
I finally had to just Jump Straight In.
This is what I came up with.
What I have Learned thus Far
 has surely  made my
Digital Collage Work
so much Faster & Easier
to Create.
In the Past it would Take Hours
to Create a Piece Like this
 using the Program I used before.
The Beautiful Images I used Here are
 Hybrid Images from
 Paper Whimsy.
I am Looking Forward to doing more!
Have a Wonderful Day Everyone!