Friday Finds 11-15

Linking up with Kim for Friday Finds.
I love to find a package in the mail. It's even more exciting when I can't remember what I had ordered. Makes it like Christmas! After a few moments pondering this package, I remembered I had won Kim's Kinfolk book giveaway!
Looking at the photos is like a trip to Europe!
I can't wait to make the Spiced Raw Chocolate Mouse.
Thank you Kim!

Not a gorgeous still life shot like hers, but grabbed this with my iPhone and ran it through Mextures app.

Beyond Layers, Day 101 -Cup Challenge

Back to Beyond Layers... This week, a challenge: a cup, a book, and an accessory. The quote is so NOT me. But I liked it just the same. This is currently what my husband I are reading together at night. (Oh dear, I think we're in for it.) I used Chaos texture by Kim Klassen. twice, once at soft light and once at multiply with low opacity. Added a custom curves adjustment in the blue and green channels. Added brushwork using Grunge Swirl Brushes by me. and then took it into RadLab for a little more adjusting. Text is UglyQua and is set to multiply. see before below...
It was nice to get back to some Photoshop this week. I had been playing too much in Lightroom with editing photos and my computer gets slower if I edit from within Lightroom. sigh.... I may have to try and find a used one year old 17" Macbook Pro to replace my nearly 4 year old one.

After

Before, with just a touch of Camera Raw editing.