Monday, September 22, 2014

Celebrate - As You See It

Do you have a reason to celebrate today?  
Does anyone you know?  How about an anniversary coming up
 for a friend or some other special event?
 This card is going to do just that for my girlfriend
 who got a promotion at work.
It also fits in nicely with the
AYSIChallenge054
I also want to celebrate because I created two 
DIY photo lights and this was the first card I photographed using
 them!  I was able to make both lights for less than $75 with
 supplies I got from Walmart - not my favorite place to shop, 
but definitely a one-stop shopping place for these supplies.  
Just to purchase one light that is 
premade online is $95 - so I feel like the amount I spent is great!!
See my set up?  I can clamp the lights wherever I want.
Here is the card before the lights are on - and here is after the lights were turned on:
After - Nice and bright!


Before - Yellow-ish - Ugh!




















After all, I live in northern Ohio - and even though it's September, it's 
already getting dark around 7:30 or actually a little earlier - crazy!  In a month 
or so, it'll be dark as soon as I'm home from work       and then before I'm home!  
Sometimes, I want to photograph a card at, say, 10:00 pm.  
Now, I can!  WooHoo!!!  I'm so psyched!  
This is the website where I got the instructions on making the lights:
thetiptoefairy.com/blog/2014/01/diy-soft-lights-photography-blogging.html

What I used when playing in my stamping studio today:
Thanks for stopping by ~~ Happy Stampin' and Scrappin'!



4 comments:

  1. Your photo looks fabulous!
    The color combo is to die for!!!
    Hope your knee is doing fine after the surgery?

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  2. That gal is so stylin'! Really nicely done colouring her. Your lights look great and make a huge difference on the photos. Thanks for playing with us at AYSI.

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  3. Isn't it great what you can do with a little ingenuity? With your lights as well as with your design for As You See It Challenges this week. I love your take on the challenge, and I'm sure your friend will appreciate a little hand stamped acknowledgement of her promotion! Thanks for playing along.

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  4. I wish you get feel more better after surgery Julia and I love the color combo...annndddd your Photography like in a Foto studio yaaay you did a great job with that two LAMPS..(what is the meaning of DIY?? sorry I am a bit old fashion Julia LOL)...in Munich too sometimes its already dark or I want to make picture at 10:00 PM and no sunshine..this solution is a great idea...and thanks for the link...I will make it too one day...GREAT post Julia..and thanks so sweet to visiting my blog last time :)

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