Archive for July 4th, 2009

My dh has been resistant to all things social networking. But, I finally got him to join Facebook. So last night he asked me to make him a profile photo badge too. It has all the things he loves in it…God, Country, Family, Guns, Technology, Body Building, and Rich the Ace Franklin!

I used photos I’d taken on our drive to Angel Fire at Christmas. After blasting the saturation I applied a pencil sketch filter and then used a gradated mask to blend them together. Most of the elements are on layers blended with “Pin Light” selected. It was fun doing this “digital collage.”

Since the design is a little eclectic and most of you don’t know my dear husband I should probably explain. He works at Verizon on the telecom switches that make your landlines work. There is a photo of one of these in the upper left. His favorite activities are shooting at targets out in the woods with his brother (policeman) and dad (pastor and Vietnam Vet), lifting weights, and watching UFC. His favorite fighter is Rich Franklin who has an amazing love of God and sportsmanship. Plus he was a school teacher who followed his passion and is now a millionaire, what’s not to love about that?

I think it was a great “Facebook Warming Gift.”  It even has a flag in it to celebrate the Fourth and now he is the coolest new kid on the block!

Credits:

• 3 Photos trees, cross, dh: Me
• Hearts: New Life Dreams
• Wings (on top heart in honor of our son in Heaven): Kasia Designs
• 1’s and 0’s: Obsidian Dawn
• Bling: Holly Designs
• Flag, Telecom Switch, Gun, Rich Franklin Logo, and Weights are all product shots off the Internet.
• Tin Frame: Katie Pertiet