Rick St Dennis / Sparkle & Sprinkles TTCRD

Hi Everyone, my DT post today is for

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 Rick St. Dennis 

Winner will get a Prize: 2 imagesRick St. Dennis MFA has been an artist, designer, stage designer and instructor for over 45 years. You can find his full Bio here. His digital stamp images can be found on Zibbet . Inspiration projects from the Rick St.Dennis Elite Design Team can be found on the Sparkle and Glitter blog, or for the darker images on the Airless Chambers blog. Rick also has a personal blog and on Facebook, there is the Rick St.Dennis Digi fans and friends group, where you can showcase your cards and other projects using RSD images to be eligible to win prizes.

Rick St Dennis "Scattering Stardust"   https://www.zibbet.com/rick1949/scattering-stardust-elf-digi-stamp

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Thanks for being here, I'm sorry I'm not visiting many of you, I'm trying, but my leg won't let me sit in my room for long and I want to fulfil my DT commitments. It is getting better, but still painful. Thanks for hanging in there with me. 😊

DSC September

It's time for the Monthly challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Anything with Wings

sponsored by  Sparkle n Sprinkle

Well what can I say about this Owl? I LOVE that he is a Knight Owl and was perfect for my Son's birthday, he would rather sleep in the day and be up all night. The stars and sentiment are also in the digi. 

I used a photo I had taken in the back garden of a full moon, it seemed a perfect background,  I duplicated the stars a few times and added the perfect sentiment that came in the package from Sparkle n Sprinkle, I printed it all out from PS and layered the grand Knight. To say that I am thrilled how this turned out would be an understatement, it is perfect for me in every way. Thank you SnS. I added a border around the background in PS, printed it out and layered the Owl, a bit of ultra fine sparkle and voila! except I added the sparkle AFTER the 3D gloss on his eyes and nose and feet and a little has caught on them, but I don't think it matters, things sparkle in the moonlight don't they? You can see it on the "real" card. My Son had a laugh at it and it's meaning, I added "I love you to the moon and back" on the inside, another of the sentiments included. 

The Original Layout in PS

DSC #126

It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

"Colour Challenge"

sponsored by  Sparkle N Sprinkle

these are the colours to use

Taken from Design Seeds

We had a choice of digi stamps from Sparkle N Sprinkle and my choice is the gorgeous Vivian, as soon as I saw her, these colours came alive for her. She is also available as a rubber stamp.

My PS layered 

 Printed, layered, embossed and clock cut file with added sparkle by Glamour Dust - my Hybrid card.

I did the layout in PS as usual and just made shapes to match this sketch, I then used overlays, which gave me patterned paper, a great way to copy the colours exactly ay? AND have patterned paper. 

What do I mean by overlays? On the left is a folder that includes one of the overlays I used, ( the 3rd from the right) it's usually a black pattern that you place over your digi paper, "clip" it to the paper, use "overlay" blending options, it then takes on the colours of the paper in different hues! I know I blind most of you with Photoshop terms, but hope it helps the people who visit and understand what I am doing.

The clock is from Wilma4ever at Pixel Scrapper Blog Hop June 2014. The great sentiment is from Create with TLC

http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/february-2015-challenge.html Anything Goes

DSC # 113 Sparkle N Sprinkle

Firstly today I want to welcome back to Digitally Sweet Challenges Denise Pustelniak, she was such a great help in my very first DT post with DSC, thank you again Denise.

It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Cosy Winter Moments

sponsored by  Sparkle N Sprinkle

I chose this image as my cosy moments, as it reminds me of a cheese and wine party we had with friends. that really was cosy winter moments! Especially towards the end of the evening LOL.

I coloured the image "Wine Tableau" from Sparkle N Sprinkle in PS, I am so happy with my colouring, as I am understanding more about the way to use brushes and layers.  

Tips on colouring in PS as I did, with trepidation, originally.  (Especially for a great blog friend Mary H)

1. right click and duplicate the main image twice, hide the original layer by clicking on the "eye" to the left of the image in the layer column. 
2. right click choose blending options, change the top layer to "multiply"
3. start painting with a basic brush on the 1st copy layer. I would magnify the image for this to make it easier.

You will be able to colour without having to worry about painting over the lines as the "multiply layer" is on top with the lines intact. You'll see this if you hide the painting layer. I hope that will help you start your colouring.

It is possible to just use the 2 layers to colour the complete image, professionals use different layers for different colours and blending options. I am not a professional so have found a way to do it without making it very complicated. I'm not saying it is the correct way, but it gives a bit of confidence and if you go really wrong, you still have your original image and you multiple layers to start again, (just remember to make another duplicate layer from your original to start again.) You can progress to more layers as you feel more confident with this way.

I've used a few techniques in this, i.e. dodge & burn to add shadows, brushes for the snow in the window, blur for the wine in the bottle, stainless steel style for the knife, embossing for the holly swirl overlay.  It did take me a few hours to complete, but I am very happy with it.

I laid out the images I wanted on the page in PS, printed and added them to the card. I decided to add a tag and lots and lots of sparkle and it does too, shame it can't be picked up in the photo, hopefully you will see I added it to all the frosty part of the card in the closeup. 

Wine Tableau Sparkle N Sprinkle

Holly overlay by Brooke Gazarek at Pixel Scrappers

Frost overlay, sorry no file name.

Green and red papers are shapes in PS.

http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/november-2014-challenge.html Anything Goes

DSC # 90

Hi Everyone

It's time for a new challenge at

 Digitally Sweet Challenges

the Theme is 

Friendship

sponsored by  Sparkle N Sprinkle

My DT image is Happy Car and I have to admit to loving this image, I decided after a few tries to go the Grunge route, but as I'm not a grunge type, I did it my way LOL.  

I used masks by Valentina Designs, Kimeric and Just Jamie for the patterned areas, I used Grunge Wall texture6 by p.szczepanski at deviantart for the background over orange, the car has an overlay of  rust03 by Anne Frost also at deviantart. For the chrome element on the car I used  rust07 also by Anne Frost.  I could go into a lot more detail of how I got to this result, but it would not interest a lot of you, so if anyone is interested then contact me and I'll try and explain.  The text is altered to appear to be written on an old wall.

this is the inside of my card  the road is a Yin Yang shape in PS
which I changed slightly to make the road. I also added a car shadow.

Here is the printed card. I added Glamour Dust to the chrome elements - well you have to have Sparkle don't you? I also added acetate into the windscreen. and layered the front area of the car. Do you like my made up number plate? 

I really enjoyed doing this card, sometimes cards or projects are done and you are pleased, other times they stand out, at least to me, this one stood out, probably because I loved the image and I used different ways of working in PS and learned more through the process as well.