Small freebie

Things not going too well right now. Spinal problem is worse and I am on prednesone until I see Orthopedic on May 6 at which time I will tell him I'm ready to schedule surgery. Meanwhile during regular check up with PCP my liver enzymes were high. Thought maybe because I'd been taking Motrin but no, 3 weeks later still high. Tomorrow I go back for more extensive bloodwork and on Wednesday I have an ultrasound. Pain is a little better but after a couple weeks on prednesone I've got the side effects of severe fatigue and sweating. My husband has been helping me as much as possib;e and I am working on getting things set up to carry us through a 3 month surgery recovery during which I cannot drive or lift anything. Meanwhile his doctor put him on Mounjaro a couple months back and it is only causing him gastric problems. So he isn't a happy camper either. Played around with making a few masks and thought you might want to give them a try. here is the preview:

and examples

And a page I made using one of these (image of woman from Ana Gabriela Felix, all else mine.

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nvmdljox8ciapon2v6h3d/ws_SpringMasks.zip?rlkey=7tt3yxnavjiiwnqxj3kipurh2&st=dwbjtahw&dl=0

More Easter ai

No preview but here are examples of what is included. Right hand is problematic so didn't do much trimming.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7dkqadfqyuc2vnajv6d9q/crosses_borders_etc.zip?rlkey=pl9ospkwjv4cqswz62257yr9c&st=4wxjet09&dl=0

Quick freebie

Vintage Frames from an old illustration

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/u9j7xfjj2851czhjdxcod/ws_vintagesFrames_pre.zip?rlkey=oblp0n1bckmzwrrudnhdbzcm6&st=y5syoiay&dl=0

Misc Easter pngs

I'm about ready to give up! Nothing is working today. My Yahoo mail stopped delivering mail on 3/6. I made a couple email requests and they restored a couple days of mail, no explanations. Second go - nothing. Have to try calling to see what's up. PC issures too but I'm going to try to get this posted. I made a bunch of Easter elements on Bing ai. I've done a good bit of clean up on these so you won't have to do much to use. No preview but here is an example:

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vagd8eevi1ymbyjb32nx4/ws_miscEaster.zip?rlkey=504ypdw4sr8oo7m96dg5yz34b&st=c8n9olgt&dl=0

Misc. Overlays

Earlier in the month, I was playing with some element pieces and decided to make these overlays. Most are damask like, a couple are bold and would look good embossed. Enjoy. Easter goodies coming soon.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rxtj8vge367lsst3vn7rr/WS_Misc-Overlays.zip?rlkey=7cqhvob5u8v4fc4h2ioy2kqst&st=gjgz0ckq&dl=0

Quick post

Didn't make a preview - doing little as spinal pain is high and effecting use of my right arm. Anyway, here are some Celtic papers if you want them. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/v08tcsgzadlwsp1syb19u/ws_Celtic-papers.zip?rlkey=vnfqp0lqegexrg9nnxnomwx9y&st=tplkpm4m&dl=0 Happy St. Paddy's Day! Here is some Celtic stuff I've made for challenges.

A tip about extractions

Chances are you already know what I'm going to tell you, but for those who don't here goes. This is an ai generated whimsical boy done in Bing

I want to make it a png. I notice that there are some white/light areas and know these make extraction, especially extraction using the magic eraser, difficult. The first thing I do is crop the image, then I use the polygonal lasso tool and trace the areas where the white is to delete them first. Like this:

Next I try the magic eraser and find that there are some areas the magic eraser removes that I don't want erased, so I undo that step. I go back to hand erase the problem areas.

Looks like it will be good. So I go to Enchance . Adjust Color> Color Variations> Darken. I'll darken the image 3 times. Now I can use the magic eraser. The rest of the background is gone and I go back and lighten the image as many times as I darkened it and this is my result.

This is the procedure I use most often. It doesn't work for everything but helps a lot. Hope this is information you can use.