Be inspired challenge july 2013

Welcome to our Be Inspired July challenge.

Last month we challenged you with colors. This month we want you to leave out the colors BUT only on your photo(s). What does it mean? You are asked to make pages with black&white photos and bold color elements (and/or papers) on your LO. There are so many creative ways to use black&white photos, let us see your way For some ideas and inspiration you can check a recent post on Val's blog here. Are you in?

It may help you that there is a special offer during the challenge: the kit My star is for 5$ instead of 6.50 until 20th July.
Use the code: ValC_BIMyStar07

I made this lay out as an inspiration for the challenge. first I adjusted the light with a level adjustment layer(AL).Then i made a gradient with blue to made some sky. After some cloning i turned the picture b/W with the help of an B/W AL. I played with colors to optimize the contrast of the picture.

I not only used the featred kit but also happiness and Courage