Friday Fix-it's at I ♥ Faces...brand new to this!

So with my DSLR in the shop I decided it would be good to start working on my PSE skills.  Something to take my mind off of not having a camera.  I came across lots of great blogs, and think that i ♥ faces has easily been one of the best for getting new tips.  From there I have explored many more and I will be adding them to my blog's on the right.  So many thanks to i ♥ faces for not only the great info, but for finally motivating me to start my own blog...

This weeks challenge was to edit this photo...

Here is what I came up with...

I took the same edit and adjusted the tea stain layer to Color, Saturation and then Hue. 

The Process

I first popped the eyes following the methods found here.  I used a combination of #1 and #4 methods.  Then I used my smart brush and cut out the background using the cloud contrast and setting it at saturation.  I further edited it by cleaning up the skin using the brush healer, sharpened the photo and adjusted the skin tones.

I then purchased the textures from Florabella.  I used the tea stain over each and it added some great coloring on her costume.  I loved the looks from all three so I decided to combine them into a grouping.

I am looking forward now to next week's fix-it.  Hopefully I will have my camera in a few more weeks, in the meantime here come the edits of the photos I already have!