kimi kreations

Click on any image for a bigger view. Out shooting today... A big thank you to Holly. This is by far my favorite shot of the day! She looks like a beatnik. :) ~kimi~

Click on any image for a bigger view. Happy Friday Everyone!! Here is another copy of my inked frame. This one with a brown or golden background. It is in a 5x7 format. Apply it over your 5x7 image and print. :) My girls playing around last weekend. We had a blast! Here is the download. kimi Kreations brown inked frame and here are a couple of other images from our day out. ~kimi~

For Easter is not a time for sadness, but a time for rejoicing. Just as spring awakens sleeping flowers and animals after a long cold winter, so Easter awakens us to the wonders and the love all around...

Click on any image for a bigger view. Holly had a friend over named Hannah. (top photo) And at this house if you sit still too long you have to submit to pictures. :) Now they both have new matching myspace pictures. If you were 17, would you think this was cool? I have to tell you... I think they are pretty cool! oh, the girls are cool too. ;) ~kimi~

Click on any image for a bigger view. Let's learn the how to get that raised look from the safety pin. Erase the area that will look like it is going through the paper. (hard edge brush) Create a new blank layer above the layer that you want the effect applied to. (in this case, it was the frame layer. Go to Edit, Fill and choose 50% gray. Change your blend mode to overlay . Select your burn tool, set to midpoints at around 18-20%. Select a very small soft brush. Zoom in very close. Run your burn tool in a straight line a few times to make the shadow area on both sides.. Select your dodge tool, set to highlights at around 12-14%. Still using a very small soft brush. Run it over the top area to give a lightened effect. Zoom back out and lower the opacity on the fill layer because I always tend to overdue the effect. ;) Do let me know if you give it a try? Happy Scrapping! ~kimi~

Click on image for a bigger view. A Present for you!! Here is the textured paper that I promised. I also made an overlay for the Up and Running class over at JessicaSprague.com . The overlay is applied to the paper in my example image. Give it a try on any of your scrap papers. Here is the download with the paper and the overlay included. kimi's birthday present I am hoping for some time today to play with my camera but it looks like work is calling. Have a great weekend everyone! ~kimi~

Click on any image for a bigger view. Take an ordinary image and make it extraordinary!! A plain ole tree, all alone. I added about 4 if not 5 different textures to this image. They were all added on separate layers above the tree picture. Changing blend modes and lowering opacities as I went. This look is very in right now. Remember you can erase the areas that you don't want to have texture. I hope you give your kreative juices a try!! Here is a site with some really great free grunge textures . Matt's lightroom killer tips has a wonderful free grunge texture. It is on the post dated January 28th, at the bottom of the page. It says click here to download the aged texture image . That one is on my image. I have a free scrap paper with a texture overlay added that will be available Friday morning. ...see you then!!

Click on image for a bigger view. Loading texture to your image. First, you will need to save your jpeg image as a PSD file for this to work. Now, open your jpeg image Go to Filters, Texture, Texterizer, Load Texture. You will get a menu of PSD files. Find the one you just saved. You will want to set your scaling to 100% so it will match your image. Play with the relief slider until you like the effect. Play with the light. Here is a screen shot for the ones that will ask how to load a texture. You click on the circle with the triangle on it. http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?pictu ... rywsITDSwc It is that easy... this will add a new dimension to any type of image. Take a look at the images that have been posted in kimi's Kreative homework this week. Have Fun!! Check back tomorrow for a free scrap paper using this technique. Subscribe today so you don't miss out. ;) Edit: I have changed the top picture so the effect shows more. This is a free image that may be found at FREE P...

Click on image for a bigger view. Overlay Art! 1. Choose two colors to make a gradient. Fill the whole page with the gradient. 2. Use a Distort> Waves Filter so the colors in the gradient don't blend perfectly straight. They sort of bleed into each other more naturally this way. 3. Create a new layer, hit “D” so you revert back to your default colors. Then in the filter menu go to Render, Clouds. 4. Take your rectangular marquee tool and make a middle selection from your cloud layer. Ctrl J to move to it’s own layer. Ctrl T to stretch to fit your image. Change blend mode to “ Overlay ”. Hide or delete the original cloud layer. 5. Create a new Pattern Fill layer and select "Washed Watercolor Paper" (available in the "Artist Surfaces" group from the small arrow's drop-down menu). Then change the Blending Mode to " Overlay " and reduce opacity to about 50%. After you click on the pattern thumbnail, select the small circle with the triangle and this...