Some experimentation and the last photo assignment....

In an effort to get the mojo going for Round 1 of Paper Crafts Gallery Idol, I decided to practice some of my new Distress Ink skills. See if some artistic revelation would hit me for my first official entry - due at 9 a.m. on Monday. Here are my experiments - mostly textures here...

I focused mainly on stamping with water last night. Some with a lot of water, some with not-so-much. I love this technique. As a bonus, I got to use the huge stash of clear stamps I've been hoarding for years. Particularly, the background stamps I tend to collect.

I didn't think they'd work as well as the wood, but they did just fine. I had a lot of fun playing with them. I also learned that not all cardstocks take ink in the same manner. Some work better than others.
Still need to work out the kinks here. I have a few more variations to try and some ideas knocking around in my head. How stressful, though. I feel so much more creative when nothing is at stake. I need to get to that place ASAP and stay there for the duration of these challenges! But how?

Tonight is my last advanced dslr class. Those 6 weeks just flew by! Our final assignment was to take a photo of someone/something jumping.  I needed the little people for this one, since they are notorious, experienced jumpers. I had an idea how to shoot the jumping and compose the shot. So, I woke them up early and asked them to jump on the bed for me. (yeah, I know - didn't have to twist any arms here!) I sort of got what I was looking for.

I needed a large depth of field. I always mess that up! If I had more time I would have re-taken them but it's just been a nutty week. Now, need to get back to the desk and make some stuff with paper!