Winners! And 25% OFF Supernatural Textures!

THANK YOU to everyone who entered for this giveaway and left your insightful comments!
I love reading about how others use their textures and how they've transformed our editing capabilities~


Now, on to the winners!  These 5 people will receive a set of the Supernatural Collection from Patti Brown:


Kim Hartmann
Charlottes Web
Tara Eckert
Traci 
Sarah Cox


If you see your name please email Patti at:
patti@pattibrownphotography.com
I've emailed her your names and she will be expecting to hear from you to confirm your win and send you your download.  


It's so hard for me to not be able to give everything to everyone!  But Patti has been very generous and offered a 25% OFF DISCOUNT for everyone who wants to purchase her fabulous Supernatural collection!    Just use the code "wayoutnumbered" when checking out for your discount.  How cool is that...I have my own discount code!  


{by the way...using that discount brings this set to under $30....way cheap!}


So get your textures and Get Busy!!  And don't forget that I'd love to see your creations with textures or anything else...post to my facebook page and show off your wonderfulness!  Just search "Inspired by christy" and Like my page!


And....since I MUST have a photo in a post...here's one more shot of yours truly edited with a texture from the Supernatural collection....Sarah had requested a "color" photo of myself and this is the best I could do!  Take a good look because I won't be posting pics of myself again anytime soon~  I prefer to show off my beautiful models!

Kaleidoscope Winners! Plus 30% Off for Everyone!

I'll get straight to the good stuff ~ if you are one of these 5 people you have won the ENTIRE Kaleidoscope Texture Collection!!

#28 Curt and Sarah        I think the Dream Collection is my favorite. But, seriously, they are all gorgeous! Impressive!

#37 Jensen Family       These are amazing!!!! i would love to work with the light set. I would have never guessed textures could do this. Awesome.

#57 Lisa      I definitely love the Gallery collection and the Light Set collection! Super cool!

#99  danmelkel     I have been drooling over these collections the past few weeks. I think my favorite is the light set.

#102 Kim       Wow, Wow, Wow - I just love them! I would love to try the new Gallery collection...simply fantastic! Thank you!

If you're one of the 5 winners please email: patti@pattibrownphotography.com and let her know you're a winner from wayoutnumbered.  She will email you all her collections...WoW!!  

But wait, the good news ain't over yet!  EVERYONE receives 30% OFF any of the Kaleidoscope Collections!!  Simply use the code: outnumbered when checking out.  This discount code is good until December 8th, 2009 so shop shop shop!

Here's my super technical way of randomly choosing the winners...Random.org was used to generate 2 of the numbers...

...and my 3 rowdy boys were told to write down their random # on a sheet of paper to choose the final 3 numbers. They were so excited to help choose the winners!  (by the way, I'm sure you're all impressed with that huge bicep my son is flexing for the camera!)

And if you like free stuff then stay tuned, I've got more contests in the works!  My newest obsession, Memory Round My Neck,  will be giving 1 lucky photo fanatic a Custom Photo Necklace just in time for Christmas!  Mary Sue has created some of the most beautiful photo jewelry and she'll be offering the winner a choice between one of these Black Rope Necklaces made with your favorite photo...

... or one of these Silver Pendant necklaces, also with your favorite photo to show off everywhere you go.

I've also got a few Anatomy lessons coming your way...my first will be 

Anatomy of... a Brown Haired Girl.

Although this little beauty needed no improvement...

...I'll show you how I added a bit of drama with Kaleidoscope textures and Coffeeshop actions to create this portrait.

Whew!  That's a whole lotta info in this post!

Now here's your assignment ~ for everyone who wins or purchases the Kaleidoscope collections, please please please leave a comment here on my blog soon linking to the fabulous creations you make with her textures.  We all want to learn and be inspired so share the love with us!

Win the Entire Kaleidoscope Texture Collection!

You may not have known it when you woke up this morning, but this is your Lucky Day!


The fabulous Patti Brown has given wayoutnumbered
5 Complete Sets of the Kaleidoscope Collection to give away to 5 lucky photo fanatics!


I'm a Texture Junkie and I use Kaleidoscope creations on almost every photo I edit...typically I use 2 or 3 at a time and just layer them up and see what happens:)  Textures are wonderful for so many reasons...

1. No actions to install or run. Just download and open like a regular photo.
2. Compatible with all versions of photoshop AND elements! 
3. Simply lay over your photo and completely adjust to your desired look.
   

If you're new to using textures, there's no better collection you could win!  If you love using textures, there's no better collection you could win!


I just can't even describe how awesome this giveaway is...you'll be getting the ENTIRE Kaleidoscope collection...


The Dream Collection
    ~ 24 Fine Art Textures
I used the Dream Collection to create this portrait of a rowdy young man in a not-so-rowdy moment.
(of course I've posted Before & Afters because I'm also a B&A freak)

Don't you love the grungy effect on the edges and the background...

The Lite Flare Collection

 ~ 20 overlays to fabulously flare out your photos.

I used Lite Flare to add a little sunshine to this beauty.

It looks like the sun is shining down just for her!

The Light Set Collection

~ Over 30 translucent overlays inspired by light.

I used the Light Set to seriously add some background enhancement to this dreamy little girl.

See that great background twinkle on the left?  That's Alien Sprinkle...cool name and cool effect!

The Gallery Collection - The newest collection just released on Monday!

~ over 80 textures and 9 artistic edges.

I've got a mini-tutorial for you on these textures:

Here is my original photo.  I love the content expression but I wanted to bump up the intensity a bit...

I cropped the photo, softened her skin with coffeeshop powder-room 2 then added 3 Gallery textures and 1 Artistic Edge...

1. Smoke @ 84% opacity
2. Watercolor @ 100% opacity
3. Dust clouds @ 100% opacity
4. Abstract Edge 1 @ 71%

After I placed each texture over the photo I added a layer mask to that layer.  Then I lightly erased the texture away from her face until I got the desired color.

Here's a screenshot of what my Layer Palette looked like with all 3 textures, 1 artistic edge and their layer masks...

Here's the finished portrait...I love how the textures really brought out the warm colors!

I could post for days about the wonderment of the Kaleidoscope Collection...but instead I'm going to give you your chance to win over 160 incredible textures and overlays!

Here's all you have to do to receive an entry:

1. Check out the Kaleidoscope site then leave a comment here saying which Collection you're most excited to work with.
2. For an extra entry post a link on your facebook page to this giveaway post and leave a comment here with your facebook ID.

The contest starts NOW and will close at 9pm Eastern time on Friday, November 20th.

I'll post the 5 WINNERS on Monday, November 23rd.  

Good Luck!