Photo ShaZAM

I learned a cool new trick for photo editing in Photoshop (from Jessica Sprague: click here for tutorial). The original pic was really dark. Here's how it turned out:

Look at those eyes! Love how this "fixed" my poor shot. I'll be adding this trick to some others I've learned. (If you want to learn some more, check out TaylorMade Designs' tutorials here and here, and the "Drab to Fab" article here.)

I did a LO (layout) of my nephew this week for the "Christmas in July" challenge on Tangie Baxter's Creative Team blog. And guess what? I won the $10 GC! WAHOO! I just LOVE participating in challenges. It really boosts my creativity (and every once in a while, I win a prize--what could be better?).

Last night I let Caleb play Starcraft with the guys for a couple of hours. (I would have played too, but didn't have anyone to watch Caden.) So Caleb's letting me have a couple of hours tonight to scrap. There's a Chickie Chat at TheDigiChick at 8 pm (MDT)--I am so there! Amanda Heimann (one of my favorite designers) is hosting!