Have you seen this snow globe?

[Amber1279]

I follow lots of photographers because of Clickin Moms ... anyway, have any of you seen this:
http://thesleepingwillow.com/blog/sn...eeping-willow/

I am seriously tempted to buy the $20 template to do this for my Christmas cards!
http://www.thesleepingwillow.bigcart...e-and-tutorial

[Traci Reed]

cute!!

[KateD]

Very cute!

I saw a layout using what looks like the same snowglobe that someone's using as the cover of their December Daily album.
http://www.designerdigitals.com/digi...ll&limit=last7

[AmberK]

Maybe a seriously talented designer could make one up and put in the store for way cheaper than $20????

[yari]

That is awesome!!!

[kelley]

I saw that same december daily cover thing Kate did - I love it!! That is amazing. I'd love to do something like that!

[hollyxann]

I thought about it too!!! I saw it and thought it'd be a great idea.

Perhaps there is a designer that could do something like it..................

[MamaBee]

that is really cool!

[Melissa Bennett]

That is SO cool!! Really worth the cost honestly.

[Shawna]

You can get similar templates from another photographer for much cheaper, Stacie has three different sets and she was offering them for free but now they're only $1 each -
http://www.rockmyedits.com/2012/11/2...lobe-template/

I grabbed them but haven't had a chance to play yet.

[Amber1279]

I am sure the one I posted is worth the $20, especially to a photographer that can resell to their clients. It is just a little steep for my non-commercial use LOL.

[Ronisdragon]

I love this!

[marlathrall]

I bought the $1 ones and they weren't that easy to use... It was just a jpeg and you had to mask back the picture... I did make the cheesiest Christmas card ever for my mom though. You can see it here: http://marlathrall.smugmug.com/2012/...5380&k=TCQBkqf

[abm234]

I just bought the $1 template but I hadn't seen your post yet Marla! I hope I can figure it out!

[Shawna]

Stacie just added a couple more templates with clear glass ornaments instead of snow globes, they're $1 each too.

[Sherri Tierney]

Hmm... now I want one, but not sure if I want to mess with making the $1 templates worked if Marla had trouble with them.

[marlathrall]

I think they would be okay depending on your picture. If you had a pretty blank background I think it would be easier. I had a giant tree and I had to try to figure out where to cut it off.

[Sherri Tierney]

I got the ornament template and one of the snow globe sets. I just tried the ornament one and think it turned out pretty good...



I haven't tried with a color photo though, just a sepia one that, by chance, kinda matched the background.

[Sherri Tierney]

I wish this had more of a Christmas background though. I kinda don't see the point in the background it has. Too bad you can't change out the background really easy.

[marlathrall]

Yours looks good... I think my picture what part of what caused me so much headache. I think it would be a lot easier if it was a PSD file and the background and snow globe/ ornament were a different layer? That might be how the $20 one is.

[jessica31876]

IMO the 20 dollar one is not any better then the JPG. I bought it thinking it was a layered PSD and it is not. It is a flattened PSD. At least in PSPX5 it is. Maybe in photoshop it isn't. I dont know. I did use it but I dont like it very much.

[origami]

Originally Posted by jessica31876

IMO the 20 dollar one is not any better then the JPG. I bought it thinking it was a layered PSD and it is not. It is a flattened PSD. At least in PSPX5 it is. Maybe in photoshop it isn't. I dont know. I did use it but I dont like it very much.

I bought the one dollar ornament one. I think the best way to use it is with a portrait of one person. Especially if you have one that already sort of has a blurred background. Then just use a layer style. I'm having trouble getting the snow overlay to look like snow, but I think I like the ornament without snow anyway.

Now, maybe some talented SSD designer will come up with a lovely layered PSD or TIFF template!

[marlathrall]

Originally Posted by jessica31876

IMO the 20 dollar one is not any better then the JPG. I bought it thinking it was a layered PSD and it is not. It is a flattened PSD. At least in PSPX5 it is. Maybe in photoshop it isn't. I dont know. I did use it but I dont like it very much.

That's disappointing... I would think that it wouldn't be much harder to make the PSD. Hmmm.... Here's mine- don't laugh... it's totally cheesy. lol.


mom&dadscard by Marla Thrall, on Flickr

I bet it would look much better with a different picture though.

[Milmomma]

I got the 1$ one and used the snow behind it and then blended a lot on mine. I do like the ornament one too though.

[jessica31876]

what I ended up doing is lowering the opacity of the photo, slightly erasing the edges of my photo that I extracted so it looks more antural inside the snowglobe and tehn duplicating the photo in a couple different blend modes to get it to look like it is behind the glass but look a little nore natural. Took me awhile playing with it to get it how I wanted it to look. Would have been much easier if it was layered like a template usually is. I guess it might be a little different in PS because Im pretty sure there are more layer styles then I have the ability to use (have about 15 or so in PSP). I cant remember which styles I used now. My daughter loved it which is why I bought it and that is what is important I suppose.

[ripal]

Here's my quick work.. My daughter said it looks awkward! LOL But I didn't spend much time looking for right photo. Just wanted to see if it works:


Here's the original photo:

[SeattleSheri]

That's funny! I made a similar snow globe about 5 years ago

[Jengerbread88]

I'm getting mine printed tomorrow, I think... any constructive criticism before I go? (I used the $1 one, btw)