Friday, November 4, 2011

Picture Dodger! And The Halftone app

Today I was gonna share another awesome card with a "Thank You" theme but the actual card has taken a severe left turn from what I imagined so I am giving it another go and posting later.
But I will share this:
Picture Didger- GOTCHA!!!
Materials: DCWV turquoise graph paper (AAA! LOVE!), alphas from Glitz and Cosmo Cricket,  Little Yellow Bicycle word bubble (transparency I added a background to), Studio Calico rub-ons added stick side out, Smooch Black mist, Gauche Alchemy Red Mixed Media kit items, buttons from Sweet Tierney on Etsy.

I've written several stories on iPod photo apps- you can check those out in the resume page above. Then I found Halftone- or as I like to call it- the perfect marriage of new and old paper obsessions.
Faceless Halloween shots are now so much fun!
Back in my early 20s I was broke but spared what I could to buy comic books- specifically all "Batman" titles, anything with the name Neil Gaiman on it and "The Invisibles". I eventually gave up the comic habit but I've been looking for a way to add comic book quote bubbles to my photos ever since.
REALLY funny Dave! I am SO gonna get you back! COOL effect right? This photo was taken in almost complete darkness- the halftone pointillist comic print effect did the rest.
Well Halftone makes that super easy! It also has 12 different paper backgrounds, 9 different caption layout options,  6 different quote bubble designs, 21 different stamps (words like BAM! or Splash!) and over 20 fonts for your captions- it's amazingly powerful and can send a high rez version of your photo directly to other camera apps like Instagr.am or directly to your Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr accounts. Is that not fabulous? It is to me- I LOVE this thing!
Dignity and adult demeanor be darned! I'm having FUN! 
In also humming right along in my daily grace project.
Here are the last 2 days.
11.3.11 Grateful for helpful Abuelas and the smiles they inspire. 
11.4.11 Grateful for her feeling confident enough to leave...
yet always returning to take me along.
Muchos Smooches!

15 comments:

  1. awesome! been seeing these on FB. LOVE the page you've made for them! The red, yellow, turquoise, black and white is a WIN! Also love the coffee ring-style stain on the far-right photo. ALSO love Neil Gaiman :-)

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  2. I am inspired. I love what you did for that layout. Love love love the coffee stain stamp. How did you do that? Looks super cool. And I am envious of all the apps. I have an old boring phone, and shall for a long long time unless monthly service charges decrease dramatically.

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  3. That is awesome!!!
    And I love your layout! To, to cool :)

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  4. That layout is so great! Love that app too-I'll have to go look for that one!

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  5. Love your layout and that is a super cool app! I will be looking it up! :)

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  6. Great layout! I love the color combo
    And all the fab photos and details Michelle!

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  7. this layout is AWESOME! it's so much fun and i really love that button... just yummy!

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  8. Dude....what an awesome page!! I love it to bits! :) If I had a cell phone, I'd totally be downloading that app right now...lol.

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  9. Your layout is so cool! Love how you used the app and those darling photos! Totally fun and artsy page with the misting and paintwork! :)

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  10. That layout rocks !!! I love the energy it has...very cool.:) I that app needs to be on my phone asap! (do you get a percentage for promoting it so awesomely?;)

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  11. This is FANTASTIC! You are such an inspiration!

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  12. Love that comic book page! Fantastic design and the coffee stain is a perfect touch!

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  13. THIS IS SO AWESOME! SHWAMO!You are really making me want an IPhone! IPod touch can do this too correct? hmmm. Thanks for linking and showing your project some love :)

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