Easter Sunday Evening ......

We went for a walk in the beautiful evening sunshine Easter Sunday, and as we left I took this picture of one of my neighbour's barns .....

I've played with this in Photoshop using Kim Klassen's texture Serendipity and another texture History - doesn't the rust colour 'pop'?

As we carried on down the lane I noticed this plant was covering the banking for many yards - I don't know what it is, but it is so pretty....

 Down to Hollocombe Water and this is one side of the bridge ..

and this is the other side.  The water is very low at the moment.  It is usully rushing along at quite a pace, but Sunday it was almost still.

Bit further along, and some bluebells embracing the water's edge.

Up into the wooded area, away from the water ....... the evening light was amazing.

 I have played with this photo too, adding two layers of the texture Serendipity.  Makes it look a really magical place .....

by the path was a mass of these flowers, some pure white and some with a dash of pink, like these.  I think they are wood anemones, but not sure.

Along a bluebell path ......

 Couldn't resist it - had to add just one layer of Serendipity to this ...

and finally home.  I took another view of the farm Barns next door to where I live, as I came down the lane.
Lovely end to a lovely day - hope your day was good too.
Till next time .......

Broken fairy wngs .........

Oh Dear!  I do hope she has grown some new ones!!  I scanned the wings and then transferred the picture to some hand dyed fabric........

sandwiched it up and quilted it - well most of it!
VERY HAPPY EASTER to all my blogging friends.

Cherry blossom pink and apple blossom white bluebells!

I'm surrounded with gorgeous blossom in my garden at the moment.  This Cherry is breathtaking when you look up into the branches.

This week Kim Klassen's challenge is to use two of her free textures, Silence and Sweettreat.

I chose this blossom, and used three layers of Silence (white) and three layers of Sweettreat(pink).

I love the 'softened texture of the finished picture.

I've also got some white bluebells ......

 so I picked a few, popped them in a vase together with a spray of lilly-of-the-valley ....

and played with the same textures, until I arrived at this.
If you would like to see what other people have been up to, do click on the Texture Tuesday button on the right hand side.

I finally caught a picture of her ........I just knew I had seen one .......

 Isn't she lovely ..........?
Till next time.

Texture Tuesday Party .....

Well this Tuesday Kim Klassen has invited us to share a photograph that has been edited in Photoshop Elements, and which we particularly like, in fact our favourite one!  I haven't been doing this very long, so haven't achieved many favourite ones, but this one in particular fits the bill, as it was when I discovered the text tool that writes horizontally!!  I must admit I did get pretty excited.... 

There were over two hundred people who came to the party last Tuesday - if you want to see some of the amazing creativity, click on the Tuesday Texture button on the right there.
Till next Tuesday ...

Tis Tuesday again already .....

This is my offering this week for Kim's Texture Tuesday Party.  I took the photo below last week with the specific purpose of trying to improve the image, which I think worked really well.  I used Kim's free texture WarmSun three times, with the soft light blend and opacity between 55% and 75%.  It certainly warmed it up some! 

My neighbour popped in last Sunday morning (Mothering Sunday) with this lovely bouquet from her garden.

It was soooo pretty - I thought I would share this with you too.  Hope you all had a great Day.