Heather has a challenge right now over at her site – go check it out! The challenge is to use digital paper as a texture! I did it here (beautiful Olivia from last April!) 
And I was recently asked permission for a local WI magazine to publish photos of them from their session to use in some ads – can’t wait to see which one(s) they picked! oh, and btw fashion tip = the flower did NOT come with the dress – mom added it! LOVE it! Totally made the outfit even MORE adorable! Feel free to add little touches like that to your kids & your own outfits! 
Anyway, this using digi scrapbook “paper” as texture first dawned on me in the summer of ‘08 (these are some of the first photos I tried it on!) and it was like a lightbulb moment! Oh, you can’t imagine how excited I was! (remember Brandi!?) Anyway, as with most things, I stopped using it or only use it on certain things… :-) I did use it on this photo just recently though! I thought if I kept my wall a neutral gray then I could add textures to change the color!
Try it out! It’s super fun! I’ll warn you though – if you have never been to Heather’s blog, be prepared! She will BLOW you away with all her craftiness! She makes Martha Stewart look like a total loser! haha! Not only is she the mother of three, she works FT, runs her own digi scrapbooking business, makes GORGEOUS stuff for her etsy shop, her house looks like it’s straight out of Pottery Barn – and now she’s making FURNITURE! Boy, I get tired just reading her blog and I feel like a huge slug! haha! But she is a total inspiration to me! i.e. I want to be HER!
OH, and back to the using digi papers for textures – here’s a tip – if you don’t want the texture on the people/faces, erase at 30-40% opacity & flow – keep erasing until you get the effect you like!
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