Kind of

The above is the pic I started from, cropped the center, put a lace layer over top with a gradient and something (hehe). I am not real sure of what I did, maybe a render? Then I desaturated and voila. I enjoy doing this, it gets me to play around with photoshop and see what I can do.

the rose

Picture of a dead rose. Reduced the saturation all the way. Used old photo effect and then old paper effect

My Threshold Try

I found an awesome tutorial that helped me to figure this out. What do you think?

Experimenting with threshold

Added a threshold adjustment layer above the original, merged down, deleted the white area, added a gradient layer underneath, merged down again. Then I used the cut out filter and added a slight texture.

Lets see what you can do with threshold.

sun challenge

I started with a circle, used the lasso tool to make the shapes of the rays and filled with color. duplicated the layer, lowered the opacity and rotated it slightly. Added a gradient layer. I used the paint daubs filter (I think) I play so much I sometimes forget. Underneath the sun I added a blue layer and then a cloud filter with the blending mode changed to soft light.

Sun Challenge

This is my sun. First I made a new layer. Then used the gradient to make the yellow/orange/red. Made another layer. Used the lasso tool to make the shape. Inversed the layer and cleared it to leave the shape. I played around with the hue/saturation and added an outer glow. Another layer and I used the cloud filter, and there you have it. That was fun!

My Edits

First I want to say thank you to Ann for inviting me into this fun place. I am really excited about it! With that said, here are my 2 edits:

Labels

When you post an edit be sure to add a label with your name. That way if anyone wants to check out all the edits that you have done they will be able to find them in one place. They can simply go to the categories and click on your name to see them all.

My challenge entry

If you would like a brief explanation on what I did you can read my post at annssnapeditscrap

Challenge

Are we ready for another challenge?

Ready or not, here it comes

For this challenge I want you to experiment with layers and blending modes.
Choose one picture
rotate it, flip it horizontal or vertical
then try on different blending modes to see what you come up with
You can even repeat the process a couple times if you want. Just have fun.

Here is my entry

I hope I posted this right???
This is my daughter Anne and my uncle gerald.

Follow me challenge entry

Here's mine

Lets get this show on the road.

I suppose it's not going to be a very big show just yet, but here's to fun times and lasting friendship through the love of editing.
Lets start this off with a little challenge, shall we.
Since this is a new blog and I'm hoping we'll be adding authors as well as followers the theme of this challenge is "Follow me"

Incorporate the following lyrics from John Denver's song Follow me, into an edit.
Follow me where I go, what I do and who I know Make it part of you to be a part of me Follow me up and down, all the way and all around Take my hand and say you'll follow me

Submissions can be a design, word art, or a photo, as long as the above lyrics are a part of your creation.

Authors (at this point just myself and Miawa) may post submissions here. Everyone else is welcome to play along also. Just leave a link to your submission in the comments section of this post.

Welcome to No Mama Drama Edits

As you can see it's pretty bare in here right now. This blog was created because myself and I'm sure others are tired of dealing with forums that are filled with drama.

How this site will work:
1) a maximum of 25 people will be invited to join this blog as an author.
2) all authors have the right to post their work or start a challenge.
3) any author who does not post at least once every other week will be removed
4) all submissions to this blog must be your own original work, the use of copyright material is strictly forbidden
5) no obscene, defamatory, or immoral works may be submitted to this blog. We don't want anything posted here that is not appropriate to be viewed by everyone.
6) new guidelines may be added or changed at any time. be sure to check before posting.

if you have any questions or comments you may contact Nomamadrama_edits@yahoo.com