Be Inspired by April in Paris

Hi, it's Julie Ann here with some spring inspiration. Coming up in our April Issue of GingerScrapStreet Magazine, my article will feature projects on the theme of April in Paris. Here is a storyboard of inspiring Paris photos for you to enjoy by in the meantime!

1. L'Artiste, 2. Monet's Roses, 3. Monet's Garden in Giverny, France - The Pond (V), 4. A, 5. Clock #2 Musee d'Orsay Paris (2005), 6. Fancy Sign, 7. Lovely French Postcards, 8. Metropolitain., 9. Paris Kiss 2, 10. Psyche Revived By Cupid's Kiss, Paris, France, 11. France - Paris - Louvre - Kissing Couple, 12. Ile de Re, Holiday Romance, White-spotted Bluethroat, 13. monet's window, 14. Monet Waterlilies, 15. Sunday morning at the Champ de Mars, 16. The Cloisters, Paradise Island, Bahamas, 17. Le hameau de la Reine Marie-Antoinette..., 18. April break, Paris, Ladurée, quartier Madeleine, 19. French break, Toulouse, 19.04.08, 20. Marie Antoinette's Bath, 21. IMG_3240.JPG, 22. Cherub Planter, 23. Versailles Gardens, from the queen's apartment (?), 24. La Concorde et La Madeleine, 25. Bienvenue à la Tour Eiffel - Torre Eiffel - Eiffel Tower - 巴黎鐵塔 (Paris, France)

Photo Fun- Pencil Sketch

Awhile back I stumbled across "Mama Shan's" video tutorials for photoshop on YouTube. I don't have photoshop but I do have Photoshop Elements so I watched the video about turning a photo into a pencil sketch. After watching it I wanted to try and see how far I could go even though I don't have all of the features that Photoshop has. I couldn't find the exact picture I used on this picture below as my computer crashed awhile back and I lost some items.




I did find the orginal picture of my dog, " Lexie" and below you see what I did using the steps from "Mama Shan's" tutorial to turn it into a pencil sketch. I was fun to try and I learn some more about my program which I didn't know how to do before going through this.






I took the finished pencil sketches and added a few more things to them so I could use them on some cards I was making to sell.

So a fun way to learn your program or learn something new is to go through a tutorial such as these. So I challenge you this week to try something new!