Welcome at my "HOME SWEET HOME".
This weeks challenge from the three muses and, at the same time,
my last blog of this year.
After already two busy weeks here at home, (doing overtime at my work),
I have so much to do for the Holidays.
I realy don't know how to fit in the time to photoshop, take part on more challenges, creating collage sheets, visit you all...and so on.
Perhaps that it is recognizable to you all ??
I can only hope that you understand this :-)
In the meanwhile I'm sure that i will miss blogging and therefor I will ending this year with a LONG blog. (Hopefully YOU have the time to read it. LOL)
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But about the challenge !!
Home sweet home. I'm proud to live in the southern area of the Netherlands. The "Brabantse" hospitality ánd Burgundian mèntality is famous in our country and thát is wat I LOVE the most !! My cradle has stood here, my parents have raised me here, I met my loving husband here also.
Our children are born here, most of my friends and my family live here. And I have such a good life in this green and beautiful province ! I can't imagine to live elswhere.
Ofcourse i like it to travel and discover majestic places and cities but i'm always looking foorward at the end of a vacation to going HOME.
"My little home is my cosy castle" hahaaaa.
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About my entry !!
I used a few personal photos that I snapped yesterday with my camera. At THIS moment, the Netherlands is covered under a thick layer of snow !

Brrrr COLD and slippy.

(click to enlarge)
And my second entry. This one is photoshopped with elements from a few different scrapkits. The background is personal. Enjoy.

CREDITS


And then...ending THIS (blog)year....
Let my first THANK you all for your kind visits and words about my stories and "Art".
It felt so warm !
I gladly wish you ALL a joyful and blessed Christmas.
May it be magical, delightful and filled with your dear ones around you.
I wish you lots of love and hope to "see" you again in 2010 !!
xxx Rian

The Mystical Nativity from Sandro Botticelli

Because we celebrate in the Netherlands "SINTERKLAAS-feast" tomorrow
i thougt lets make a freebie surprise.
I've scanned this PIP envelope + 2 cards.
(A very dear internet friend gave birth to a daughter and therefor I bought this)
It's available, as a PSD file, FULL sized as from TOMORROW at my website.
(please click this SAMPLE to enlarge)

Theme: Challenge ArtCreationsFriday. / MARILYN
I've kept it "simple" this time and tried, with using a few different textures and changing blendingmodes to recive a vintage retro look.

A few steps in progress & CREDITS.

AND !! I've promised to Will that I would publish a few photo's of her gorgeous canvas that i recived this week !! Miss. Wil...a big hug for you and thank you so much for this amazing gift ! I will cherish it !
(On the collage you see parts of my pc-room ,
don't pay attention to the dust LOL)

Another "BORN TO BE WILD" experiment.

I followed a part of a new tutorial that i found > HERE <
Ofcourse "freubel" took it over at the end.

I had to try it again !
This style is so exciting to learn that i had to use a photo of myself!
Can't help it. LOL

Theme; Challenge The Three Muses / FUN & GAMES
Last week I found on my attic again a old Dutch magazine. "The Margriet"
(I search there a lot since I photoshop LOL)
And what a surprise! Exactly in the middle of that magazine i found a awesome image of this "zwemmende ganzenspel"
The swimming GOOSE GAME
It seems if Sinterklaas threw it right into my lap for this challenge haha.
There was only ONE difficulty, precise in the middle of the goose there sat 2 staples and a little tear! Grrrr
So what have i done ? I repaired it in Photoshop with the clone-stamp and hopppaaa..i was ready to play with my goose !!

NOTICE !
If you like the (original and repaired) goose-background,
I share it gladly as a FREEBIE and FULL SIZED on my website.
other CREDITS....

I've tried a totaly new style today.
What a experiment !