tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755291.post113971802442180284..comments2023-10-20T06:05:46.548-07:00Comments on Nelly Nortay: Valentine PapercutNellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534349557268467432noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755291.post-1140064148637231952006-02-15T20:29:00.000-08:002006-02-15T20:29:00.000-08:00just beautiful,lucious valentinejust beautiful,lucious valentineHARDWAXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02449451806913818892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755291.post-1139786119482458662006-02-12T15:15:00.000-08:002006-02-12T15:15:00.000-08:00Beautiful colors, shapes, and depth!Beautiful colors, shapes, and depth!Lisa Ridolfihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214882925990059420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755291.post-1139763866567824782006-02-12T09:04:00.000-08:002006-02-12T09:04:00.000-08:00Totally beautiful!! The shapes and colors are so ...Totally beautiful!! The shapes and colors are so striking!Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029722057577018059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755291.post-1139756475927641592006-02-12T07:01:00.000-08:002006-02-12T07:01:00.000-08:00It starts with restless hands, usually when I get ...It starts with restless hands, usually when I get into bed (I get restless legs, too)...so I reach for my handy-dandy scissors and whatever paper is close by...this time it was from a quadruled pad. Then I fold ze paper ala kindergarten-style, sometimes adding or changing a fold as I go along...and just cut cut cut...and voila! Then, I scan & open in Photoshop and adjust brightness and contrast if necessary, so I can magic wand select negative, positive shapes...and begin to work with them on layers using various levels of transparency, color, scaling and rotation. It's all experimentation. The most difficult part is knowing when to stop! Thanks for asking...and thank you all for your generous comments!Nellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03534349557268467432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755291.post-1139747597447715372006-02-12T04:33:00.000-08:002006-02-12T04:33:00.000-08:00GLORIOUS!! It isn't just the CUTS (which are wond...GLORIOUS!! It isn't just the CUTS (which are wonderful in themselves) - but the colors and their gradients that bring the entire piece together!Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16962094268196360875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755291.post-1139737345052232512006-02-12T01:42:00.000-08:002006-02-12T01:42:00.000-08:00Gorgeous! How do you do these???MDGorgeous! How do you do these???<BR/>MDMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00114883433510455071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755291.post-1139722561626228312006-02-11T21:36:00.000-08:002006-02-11T21:36:00.000-08:00That's amazing!That's amazing!Misahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04959308400841122200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14755291.post-1139720275310201452006-02-11T20:57:00.000-08:002006-02-11T20:57:00.000-08:00This is absolutely gorgeous! I'm in awe of it, re...This is absolutely gorgeous! I'm in awe of it, really!Ramesh Gandhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448755601343354802noreply@blogger.com