A finish and experimenting with Picnik

This is just a super quick post, since I should have been in bed an hour ago, but I couldn't resist sharing a Tom the Turkey finish.  I've been obsessed with him all weekend, and that fat body of his took a while to fill in.  Not to mention all those starts and stops for just a couple of stitches (the flowers) eats up time.  Since its late and the lighting is crappy at night, I scanned Tom, then experimented in Picnik a bit.

Here's the straight scan:

Notforgotten Farms Tom the Turkey, stitched on R&R 35 ct Maria's Special
Blend  using assorted overdyed cottons

Here's a Matted effect, pretty much the same thing as blurring in Picasa, I think.

Lastly, the one I thought was a lot of fun, as long as you don't need accurate colors.  Its a Lomo-ish effect, and I inserted text.

Despite the huge number of new starts, I really do go back and finish things, eventually.

At some point last week, I also stitched Part 2 of Carol's iStitch Mystery SAL.  Of course she put out Part 4, so I need to get that done pronto, since she's been releasing the parts every week.  Maybe tomorrow afternoon before something else jumps into my Q-snaps begging to be stitched.

Thank you again to everyone that stops by, and to those that leave comments.  It means a lot to me, and I've found that while blogging does take a lot of time, it also encourages me to get more done, since I can follow my own progress and I get online encouragement.