Playing in Photoshop

This certainly isn't new information for everyone, but I just realized that every piece of art I create can become a new piece through the magic of the computer. I had already figured out that every image captured with my camera was fair game to design with, but the concept of re-entering  art made from camera images back into the computer for artistic transformation has just hit me like a bag of hammers!

For example, let's begin with the following print

recreated to be a compilation of a fun, young couple's engagement photo session using hand-carved stamps and watercolor pencil.

With just a little bit of tweaking in Photoshop  it can be transformed into something like this:

And with an addition of one piece of hand-painted paper from my extensive paper stash,

which can also be altered by computer, multiplying my paper stash to  truly monumental size,

I am left with a new image..

...which could become countless other images with the a few simple mouse clicks.

The combinations are endless. Yikes! So many choices, if only I enjoyed making virtual messes as much as I enjoy getting my hands messy.  Did I mention I really enjoy getting my hands messy?
Ah, the limitations of my tactile and kinesthetic ways.