I had wanted to use this cute image of the girls for a while. Their dresses weren't the right color, but I recently did a Graphics Fairy tutorial that showed how to use a layer mask to easily "paint" over areas in the design with the preferred color. And the quote was the perfect addition.
Of course, I had to use some European ephemera to make a tag. So much ephemera is French, so it was nice to use something in German instead.
But I couldn't leave out the French. This tag combines a portion of a map of France with a French Chateau. Interestingly, the Benjamin Moore paint company has named "Metropolitan Gray" as their color of the year. And it works so nicely with Living Coral.
This is a collaged image using five layers -- a gradient background I created using Living Coral and white; a grunge overlay; the music added using a Photoshop brush; and the woman in the garden and tree branches from The Graphics Fairy.
This tag also is collaged using the similar approach -- a gradient background, text from a Photoshop brush, and two images from The Graphics Fairy.
The color was starting to remind me of Valentine's Day. As a result, we have this tag featuring Cupid and a quote from Shakespeare.
This lady with her fan already was dressed in Living Coral. It was easy to add the text with a brush and a little flourish at the top of the tag.
Lastly, I wanted to use some ephemera featuring an old-fashioned big-wheel bicycle (also known as a "penny farthing"). I ended up making three tags because there were such great image options from Pixabay. My favorite one is the first one, but I also like the others. For the background, I started with a vintage floral design from The Graphics Fairy, removed the (somewhat garish) colors, and blended it with Living Coral.
So that is my homage to the Pantone color of the year -- Living Coral.
Enjoy!
So lovely - thank you so much for sharing! I just received the Passport Journal die by Eileen Hull which is a smaller type die with the spine, covers and pages - I am liking it very much! Glad I found it at a good price with Free shipping from Sizzix - I am thinking these are going to be my Junk Journals for a bit!
ReplyDeletePretty images! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, love this color!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your beautiful images.
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much for your freebies. I am in awe of all your work. I love all your work and thank you again for sharing.
ReplyDeletemy moms favorite color! Thank you for sharing! I can see her using some of these!
ReplyDeleteI'm new to your lovely blog, and now I'm binge-reading! Can you post a link to the color overlay tutorial you mentioned?
ReplyDeleteDonna: the tutorial is on the premium Graphics Fairy member site: https://members.thegraphicsfairy.com/2018/01/29/change-colors-in-image/
ReplyDeleteYou need to be a paid member of The Graphics Fairy to see the tutorial.
Good luck.
Nancy
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