March 21, 2012

Vee's Note Card Party - Altered Photos


The delightful and clever Vee (at A Haven for Vee) put her creative thinking cap on about a week ago and decided to host a link up party. The purpose of the party is to feature four of our favorite photos that we have posted on our blogs. The idea is that these images could be used to make note cards. I have been making my own note cards for several years now, so it was an easy decision to participate in the fun. 

The difficult part was deciding which four photos I would feature! I’ve narrowed it down to several older ones that are “altered” in some way, with special effects and/or textures. And I have already printed and used each one of them for card making over the years! 

This photo was shared on May 1, 2010. The momma wren was perched on the edge of our bird bottle (purchased from Colonial Williamsburg), resting a bit between feedings for her new babies. I applied a soft watercolor filter and also a texture. 




The next photo was featured on July 4, 2010. This weathered flag sign decorates an old building in the charming little town of Leipers Fork, Tennessee. I applied a textured background to the sky to evoke a feeling of overhead storms. Leipers Fork was heavily damaged with flood waters in the spring of 2010.




The third photo was presented on March 7, 2009. It features a barn cupola at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It was a very dull image until I layered it with a photo of a Bali print fabric. Suddenly, it was raining spots! 


My fourth and final photo is of an antique horse weathervane on display at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. It was also featured on March 7, 2009. The original image is so bad that I almost deleted it! But I decided to see if it could be salvage by applying a floral scrapbook paper layer. When I tinkered with the blend mode, I ended up with this colorful and whimsical graphic. 




It was like a trip down memory lane to feature these pictures again. I hope that you will visit Vee’s web site and check out the photos showcased by other linkup party participants!

40 comments:

  1. Brilliant choices! The barn and bird are my favorites. Thank you for sharing.

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  2. what great pics. i love the flag on the old building. so gorgeous. i love how so many are picking different photos from their blog for the note card link up party. so cool. happy to find you. take care. (:

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  3. LOVE each of these images! Each different and each gorgeous!

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  4. Those would be stunning as note cards. Perfect choices.

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  5. Beautiful photos! I particularly like the one with the flag and the bird.

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  6. You're so creative! I happen to have gotten some note cards with that first picture on it and I loved them!
    HUGS
    Kim

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  7. What a beautiful job you have done with the special touches! My favorite is the mama bird resting, oh so pretty. Thank you for sharing.
    Sue

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  8. Loved these!!! I'm SO glad you didn't end up deleting that last one...It turned out Beautifully!
    hughugs

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  9. I love your beautiful photos! This was such a fun party! Thanks for sharing.

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  10. Hi Donna! WOW, I am impressed! Those are gorgeous photos and would make fantastic notecards! Love all the layering and textures and backgrounds. I haven't a clue how to do any of it but I so admire it when I see it!! I hope you enjoy the beautiful spring!!... Donna

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  11. These are indeed note card worthy! Such beautiful work you have done, with the touch of a true artist. I'd be hard pressed to choose a favorite...maybe the mother wren...but the weathered flag on the barn is wonderful too...

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  12. Love the whimsy of the final two, which would speak well to many. I can think of several in my family who would be drawn to those note cards. You really are an artist you know! The first two are singing my song. Lovely, lovely! I'm so glad that you participated and I'm glad that the participation afforded you a little journey down Memory Lane.

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  13. These are all absolutely gorgeous! I can see why you make your own note cards. They are perfect.

    My favorite is the one from Hancock Shaker Village only because I grew up a stone's throw from the place before moving to Georgia (many, many years ago.)

    You are so talented.

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  14. These are great, but my favorite has to be the mama wren :) Maybe because I was in Williamsburg last year and saw those unusual birdhouses.

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  15. my favorite is that sweet little wren. :)

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  16. The first two are my absolute favorites! Wonderful photos!

    The other two are so interesting and inventive the way you used fabric textures on them!

    Deanna

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  17. Your photos are beautiful, and I especially love the effects that you use on your photos making them look so painterly.

    I love that one of the weathervane. I go to the Shelburne museum when I visit my mom in South Burlington.

    Have a lovely day.

    Karen

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  18. Your photos are so creative! I love the bird and the red barn the most but they are so darling, thanks for sharing

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  19. I LOVE the bird in the urn, love it! All great choices. Visiting from Vee's xo

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  20. Wow! Great photos Donna. I love the first two best. How neat that you travelled through my home town so far away from where you live! Thanks for visiting. Blessings, Pamela

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  21. Wow! They're all good, but the first one of the bird is *amazing*.

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  22. These photos are so artistic. I love the weathered flag on the barn.

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  23. The picture of the wren is amazing. I love the effects that you have applied to each photo. I really enjoyed my visit. :)

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  24. Wonderful Donna, just wonderful...the old barn and the flag is my favorite...I'll take 2 dozen
    Sandi

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  25. Beautiful pictures! I especially love the first one of the mother wren peeking out of her house. So sweet!

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  26. The first one. I love them all, but that one stands out to me. :)

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  27. Wow...you are artistic!
    I love the first photo...but I think it is neat what you did to the others as far as the layering!

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  28. Wow! What talent and technique! You are so way beyond me. I've seen those birdhouses at Williamsburg!

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  29. I like the first one the best.

    By the way, I started making my own greeting cards thanks to you. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  30. I knew you would have some fabulous photos and you gave them the special touches for notecards! You should start a notecard business! (I picked up my second Brad Thor book at the library today. I can't wait to start it tonight!) Hugs! ♥

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  31. Very nice. I remember these pottery birdhouses from Williamsburg!

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  32. Love your pics! The bird is just too neat:@)

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  33. Love the flag on the barn! -- and the bird is so cute!

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  34. Great choices- I love the second one the best!

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  35. I love that horse! It was fun seeing these again.

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  36. You made some great choices. I can't imagine it was easy to pick with all the pictures you have

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  37. Dear Donna,
    Just hopped over from Vee's...love the mam bird the most, though they are ALL gorgeous! Lovely, lovely blog ~ I'm a new follower!
    Best,
    Anne ♥

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  38. I vote for the bird and the flag. I am so grooving on your talent!
    Hugs
    Blondie

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  39. I remember and STILL love the Wren best!

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