Magnolia Surprise

With camera in hand, I set out to Cracker Barrel to take pictures of the blooming Magnolia trees. You will be surprised at what I got and how I transformed it into something new.  

Original

1. The first thing I did was extract the flower from the background. Used Photoshop Elements (my favorite software).

2. Then I added two textures--thanks to Kerstin Frank and Liz West on Flickr.
3. Blended them together with the soft light blending mode and lowered the opacity to 58%.

Now See

Continued the process several weeks later. 

1. Added an overlay from Shadowhouse Creations' Scratch & Frame Box Set
2. Final touch was topography from Scrapbook Graphics.

Surprise