My Heart Will Go On

This is for the NBK BW Challenge

Nbk
Used elements and brushes, recolored of course from the kits below:
DeFrightful
Intuitive
Crush

Tutorial at BlueLighting
How to Create a Powerful, Text Portrait Poster

Anna challenge 01-27-18_02-02-18

My lift takes the vertical direction,  Thanks for the inspiration.

Everything by Anna Aspnes

I used brushes and splatters from various kits listed below:
Artplay Brumal
Foro Insprired Edge Templates4
ArtsyBlendz Origins Paper
Artplay Mini Cider
Artplay Cultivate
ArtPlay Hearth
Artplay Hygge
Artplay Inclement
Artplay Downtown
Artplay Breakaway
Artplay mini Cherish

Not all Frogs

I saw this photo of the frog, minus the crown and was inspired to do this layout!  I used the new function in Photoshop CC called "Subject" to extract the little guy, which choses the subject and selects it for you, for more complex subjects you still need to fine tune the edges, but this one I didn't have to adjust anything.  Thank you Anika for showing us this new tool.

NBK Designs
Artcrush MiniO
NBK Intuitive

Natalie Designs
Perfect (crown)

Cvisions
Enjoy the little things (mask) retired

My Commute

My Commute - For Week 4 ArtJournal 2018

I’ve driven this route for almost 15 years.  At first it wasn’t too bad, it took about an hour to get home.  Now the commute takes me anywhere from an hour and a half to two hours most evenings.  Hopefully this is changing soon since our payroll department will be moving to the San Jose area soon.  The new location will be about 15 to 20 minutes from my house.  I can’t wait for the change to take place.

NBK
wonderFALL template (had the two colors required)
Intuitive gesso style (used on outer frame)

Anna Aspnes
MultiMedia Arrows No 1

Fran Gardner
Wordart My Commute (used on the background)

A Mother's Love

Faith is my son-in-laws sister, here she is with her son Jayce.


Everything Anna Aspnes
ArtPalette Care
ArtPalette Capture
ArtPalette Magic Rabbit

2017 - Defining Moment

2017 was just a blur to me, it was a year of work, going home,3 and more work.  But one of the events that stood out for me was our vacation to France.  The first part of our trip was amazing, we saw little communities from the coastal region all the way to the heart of Paris.  I wish I could say that I loved every minute of our trip, but I didn't.  The last couple of days should have been the best, we were in the heart of Paris, the most romantic city in the world and I couldn't enjoy it!

The first day there, we walked from our hotel room along the Seine to the Eiffel tower.  Due to my weight and coach potato life style the last few years, I was in misery.  It was hot, my bursitis in my hips were getting painful with all the walking that we had done.  My feet were swollen (painfully so) and I had to stop now and then to rest along the way.  We finally made it to the Eiffel tower, Jim was eager to tackle the climb to the top, me not so much.  Taking the elevator to the top, we took in the views and were ready to go down again.  My darling husband, ever the eager tourist wanted to take the stairs down, I accommodated his wants not wanting to put a damper on the trip.

This was my breakdown moment, I realized that my weight once again had gotten in the way of enjoying this vacation, I needed to lose weight and get into shape.  I vowed that day I would do something about it.  Since that day I have lost over 40 lbs. and still need to lose another 60 lbs.  I feel so much better and have more confidence in myself.

So, with eagerness and confidence I face 2018 knowing that I'm well on my way to reaching my goals of weight loss and wellness I've set for myself.

Risa and Kiki

These two have such a special bond. Most nights Kiki follows Risa into her room when it’s bedtime, curls up at her feet, and goes to sleep with her. When I went to go check on Risa, Kiki was snuggled up next to her with an outstretched paw. Seeing this made my heart happy. We are all so happy Kiki came back home to us, especially Risa.

My moment right here right now

Week 3 Moment

At the moment I was having my morning coffee, my precious quiet time of the day.

Everything NBK

Changes

All Messed Up

Believe in the Magic

This was suppose to start as a double exposure attempt using a completely different photo of the girl....it didn't quite turn out as I intended, but I still like it.

I used 3 different papers from Emeto's Winter Walk collection and used gradient blends to take away areas from each one.

Emeto
Winter Walk

Anna Aspnes
Snow overlay
Scripttease Winter overlay
snow Sprinkles
Holiday wordart

NBK
White Christmas - magic lights

January challenge #4_Inspiration Color

January cHALLENGE #4 Inspiration "Color"
http://ozone.oscraps.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35811

Anna Aspnas
Artplay Palette - Neige
Framed Foto Blendz1
Splatters from various artplay kits
MultimediaArrows1
Artplay Home (branch, recolored)
Artplay Notabilla (succulet)
Artplay Anaphora (bird)
Doily Edge Overlay 1

Oscrap 2018 January Word Challenge

January cHALLENGE #1 Word "Magic"
http://ozone.oscraps.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35805

Anna Aspnas
Artplay Yule (frame) resized.
Artplay Magic Rabbit (brushes)
Magic Sprinklez 1
Artplay Auriferous (overlay)
Gold paint 3

NBK
White Christmas

Viva
Golden Lights

BKerr
Letter M (retired)