Photoshope Elements Grungy Textures

Let’s grunge it up.
(…and Ingrid Michealson, scroll down to see what I mean)

I promise this is really simple.

• Download the largest size Flickr image of the texture you are currently in love with (there are frames, grungy, bricks, wood grains…)

• Layer it over the top of your favorite image in need of some PSE love.

• Choose the best blending mode.

When you mouse over the drop down menu in the layers palette it says:

Set the blending mode for the layer

There are 25 different modes! From Hard Light to Color Burn.
Have fun playing with them all!
I don’t totally understand the whys and hows, but it has to do with the light effects and blending them?

• Last: use the eraser tool set to the soft round airbrush, around size 400, and 30-60% opacity. Begin erasing the middle (or focal point) and maybe the edges and corners. That’s what I did anyway… Email me if you have questions!

I gave up and created these collages below to show you how amazing they all are!
I love the different ‘feeling‘ each one gives.
Antique, Victorian, Eerie, Modern…
Which one do you like the best?