The last 2 weeks have been busy, busy around here! I didn't get a chance last week to post my fix for FIF so I will post both of them today.
Both of the photos were stunning, I especially loved the tones of last weeks photo by Susan Keller's of her son at the beach. Here is the original:


I hardly did anything to this photo but here is what I did do:

• I ran Flora Bella's Milk & Honey II action from the Color & Haze set
• Over that I ran Flora Bella's Vignette and lowered the opacity to 15%, from her Extra Action set
• After flattening the image I added a free texture called Warm Grunge by Kim Klassen and changed the layer style to soft light and left the opacity at 100%. Usually I would erase some of the texture from skin and hair but I loved the soft gritty look of the texture and thought it really suited the whole beach scene {you need to sign up for her texture lovin' list on her blog}
•  Lastly, I gave the photo a slight crop by cutting out the shadow of the photographer in the lower left corner

On to the this weeks photo taken by Michelle Johnson, of her daughter during a quiet moment. Here is what the original looks like:

• The first action I ran over the photo is from My Four Hens Photography called Back Lit Pop from A Very M4H Tool Box set. I adjusted a few of the layers but I forgot to take note of what I did. I know I changed a few of the opacities I turned one layer off altogether.......
• Once I was happy with the look of the photo, I ran Flora Bella's Sweet Sunshine from the Luxe set over the flattened layer
• I wanted to warm the photo a little more so I ran Flora Bella's Sunlight action from the Extra Actions set
• After flattening the image once more, I ran Flora Bella's Sweet Color from the Color & Haze set to add a pretty haze to the photo
• I still felt that the photo needed a little more so I added a busy texture called Celine from Kim Klassen over the top and changed the layer style to overlay and left the opacity at 100%. {you need to sign up for her texture lovin' list on her blog}
• Lastly, I erased a small amount of the texture from her face and a little from the hair and shirt

That's all for today, hope everyone is having a creative weekend!!

Today's photo is one of Angie's, here's a look at the unedited version:


I had fun playing around with this photo, here's what I did to it:

• I ran the action Mademoiselle from the Flora Bella Luxe set with no further editing
• I used a stained paper texture from here and changed the layer style to Soft Light
• Over the top of that I added this texture layer and changed the layer style to Overlay and lowered the opacity to 70%
• I erased some of the texture layers from his face and hair as well as some from his shirt

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend! I am gathering my goodies together for December Daily as I am taking part this year. I am really excited to start and finish this project so I am organizing everything ahead of time to hopefully save time.......lol!! We'll see how we go shall we?

With Miss J's 5th Birthday on the weekend, I ran out of time getting my Fix-It Friday post done so here it is on a Monday!!

This weeks photo is from Dana Suggs. Here is the original photo:


I was going to crop the photo but I love all the pumpkins scattered around. Here is a run down of what I did to the photo:

• Firstly, I ranstarlet from the Luxe Collection by Flora Bella and flattered the image
• Then over the top I ran Sweet Vintage from Vintage Collection by Flora Bella and flattered the image once again
• I ran Sweet Sunshine from the Extra Actions in the Luxe Collection and lowered the opacity to 30%
• Lastly, I added this texture from Shadow House Creations and changed the layer style to Soft Light and lowered the opacity to 80%.
• I erased the texture from the little black dog {who looks like toto from the wizard of oz.....too cute} and from the face, arms, shirt and shoes.

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That's it from me today. I just wanted to thank all those wonderful people who left sweet comments here on the blog {Amanda, Miss J wants to know if you have ever had a curly fries that long before......lol ;) } and on facebook. As well as the phone calls, e-card {finally got it this morning Judy ;) } and private messages as well as text messages for Miss J's 5th birthday. She was so excited!!! So thank you one and all!!

A little late with this weeks FIF as the weather here this weekend is oh so nice!!
This weeks awesome photo is by Angie Arthur and you can choose from the jpeg or the raw file to work with. The photo was exposed for this handsome young man’s face which left the sky completely underexposed. The object this weeks challenge is to bring color back to the sky.Here is the original photo:


For my first edit I added sky but gave both of my edits the same editing. Here are my two:



Here is the run down on my editing:

• I ran the Allure action from Flora Bella's Luxe set and delete the Allure layer leaving the color pop layer
• For the photo {top photo above} with the added clouds/sky, I used this texture by Abby Lanes and erased the clouds from the rest of the photo
• I applied this texture from Shadowhouse Creations and changed the layer style to multiply and lowered the opacity down to 28%
• From the Extra Actions from Flora Bella, I applied the vignette action followed by the Sweet Sunshine and lastly the Vignette once again and lowered the layer to 15%

Hope you like the edits, I think I like the first one better with the clouds and the blue sky.
Enjoy what's left of your weekend!!

Time for another Fix-It Friday and this photo is so sweet! This week's photo is supplied by Amy Locurto, the co-owner of I Heart Faces and the publisher of Living Locurto. 


Here is how I edited the photo:

• First up I used the Sharpen/Defog action from Flora Bella's Extra Actions and erased some of the layer from her eyes
• I ran Flora Bella's Soft Urban action from Color & Haze
• Over that I ran Flora Bella's Pastel Tints & Hazes from Color & Haze and used the Lemon Tint
• I added a texture layer from Shadowhouse Creations changing the layer style to Screen and the opacity to 50% and erased any of the texture from her face and body
• I added some Sunlight from Flora Bella's Extra actions followed by the Vignette action

Here is the finished photo:


Off to enjoy some of the sun before it vanishes again! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend ;)

I haven't done a fix it Friday photo for quite some time so I thought I would have a go!
This weeks photo is by Rachel Durik from Savor Photography. Let's have a look at the original photo:


Here is what I did to edit the photo:

• Firstly, I ran Ambrosia from the Luxe Action Set by Flora Bella
• I added a texture layer called Papyrus from Pareeerica set to Soft Light at 100%
• Duplicated the texture and changed this layer to Multiply at 10%
• I took my eraser tool and erased the texture from their clothes on both texture layers
• I cropped the photo
• Lastly, I added a Vignette at 100% from Flora Bella's Extra Actions

Here is my edited photo:


Wishing all the Dads out there a Happy Father's Day ;) Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Friday again.....wow this week has flown by. Today's photo is by Christina of 3 Sweet P's.......here is the before shot:


Here is a run down on how I edited the photo:

• Firstly, I ran Basic Editing from The Photographer's Tool Box by My Four Hens to lighten the photo
• To brighten the eyes I used Eye Pop from The Photographer's Tool Box
• I then ran All For One from Random Rocks - the newest freebie by My Four Hens over at Shabby Princess's blog feature. I fiddled with some of the layers to get the effect I liked best
• Lastly, I added a texture layer {see below for free texture} and changed the layer to overlay in the layer palette in Photoshop. I erased most of the texture from the little boys face and hair and lowered the opacity to 81%

Here is my edit:


Feel free to use my texture for your Fix-It Friday photo!! Have a wonderful weekend......I will be moving the girls into one room over the weekend, fun, fun, fun!

Woohooo....another weekend is here!! Big plans today...

• Wash the car by hand
• Create something....anything
• Don't clean the house
• Don't pick up the toys on the ground....the girls can do that!
• Unpack more kr past kits
• Drink yummy cappuccinos made on my awesome coffee machine
• Maybe hang some washing on the line....well it is sunny!
• Take the car to the car wash

Today's photo comes from Leticia from Blessed with Five Boys....here is the photo:


I used My Four Hens Photography actions today.....{shock | horror}

1. Photographer's Tool Box: Basic Editing
2. Freshly Vintage: Eggshell
3. Lightened the eyes a little
4. Photographer's Tool Box 2: Warm Me Up
5. Added a texture layer, changed the layer style to soft light
6. Erased the texture from the face and body with a soft brush

Here is the texture I created, feel free to save it to your own pc and use it on your Fix-It Friday photo {simply right click on the texture and open in a new tab and save it for your personal use}:


Lastly, here is my photo:


Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

Time for another cool photo fix!! I have been in bed for the last few days with a really bad sore throat {once again} My throat swelled up so much that you could barely see the opening in my throat!! I didn't want to miss this week's fix so I dragged myself out of bed, rugged myself up, took a few panadol and made myself a cup of tea. Here is today's gorgeous photo of Angie's daughter {you can even download the RAW file to play with...see HERE for details}


Here's my edit:


Here's how I edited my photo:

• I used the clone stamp tool in CS3 and removed the little pink thingy on the left of the photo as well as the creamy colored stick thing on the right side {real technical terms here folks}
• I used Soft Pop from The Photographer's Tool Box from My Four Hens Photography Actions
• I erased some of the Soft Pop action on her jumper, hand and boots so that the follow actions didn't blow out the color before flattening the image
• I then ran action 127 - #6 from Night Fate Free Actions using the default settings for the 2 o'clock shadow then flattening the layers
• At the bottom of action 127 there is an extra option for lighting effects - I ran this as well using the default settings
• Lastly, I added some texture {love texture in photos} using THIS texture from Flickr changing the layer to Multiply and erasing any texture from the road surface, the girl and a little from the grass on the right using a soft brush and lowering the opacity to 61% ..... that's it!!

I'm going back to bed for some more rest....hope everyone is getting ready for a huge iNSD!! Have fun & don't break the bank...lol xo

Yes I am a little late but with good reason.....I went over my 25gig quota for the month with my internet so it slowed down to 64kbps....very painful to sit and wait to see if a page loads or not. In the end I just gave up!! I had to wait a long 3 days for it to click over into the next month....gggrrrrr......

So, let's take a look at this weeks photo by Allie who wrote "bring out her eyes more and brighten the colors just a bit"


I used actions from My Four Hens Photography in this order:

- Photographer's Tool Box: basic editing
- Color Play: slightly golden
- Photographer's Tool Box: soft pop
- Photographer's Tool Box: eye pop

I added a free texture {can't remember which one, sorry} from one of the many texture flickr group's, over the top and changed the layer to hard light and erased most of the texture from the little girls face, hair, scarf and jacket. That's it!


I will post my "I ♥ Sunday" later this afternoon! Hope you are all having a relaxing weekend full of creativeness!!

I am a frequent reader of I ♥ Faces and I love looking at everyone's photo fixes on Friday's. So today I decided to play along using this photo from Debbie:


I played with the curves in CS3, brightened up the eyes and fixed some blemishes, ran my favorite action Eggshell from Freshly Vintage at My Four Hens Photography and added a layer of texture. That's it, here's my version:


Had loads of fun doing this, I think I may have to do this every Friday now......lol!!

That's it for today.......more goodies to show you in the next week....fun, fun, fun!!