This first card is from one of my own photos. It is Archway House in Sherwood Forest, and it was a full colour photo. I changed it to sepia (well, the program calls the colour tan - sepia was too bright), using Roxio Photosuite. I printed it on to watercolour card, and then aged it further with Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Old Paper. Apart from rubbing round the edges with the cut and dry foam, I also put a random light coating over most of the picture to make sure it did not look too new. The coppery card it is mounted on is from the PDA Majestic and Stardream range - beautiful quality card and a joy to work with.
This second card was treated in the same way, and I think the steam engine fits this technique perfectly. In this case, the topper is mounted on dark brown pearlescent card from PDA, and then onto a dark olive green card from the same range, which has a slight hint of gold in it too.
Both these cards were for birthday cards for friends, the second of which is a real steam enthusiast, so his picture is of a Great Western engine on the famous Lickey Incline, near to where we live.
I do like using my own photos where possible and altering them to create something different. In fact, I am off now to have a real play, both with photos and with some brayering practice. Have a lovely day, all of you.
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Lovely cards, Maggie. I've discovered that sepia can be a bit too bright too and usually go for a browner tone. I like your techniques for aging the photographs and they do look good on the vintage tones of the matting you have chosen for them. I'm having a lovely crafty day too - enjoy yours :) Elizabeth x
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