The PSE2-meister strikes again with the ubiquitous Mollshka!

Molly is patiently waiting for Mr Sandman, but she can't get party thoughts our of her mind after she turned 7 on 1 March, the day Challenge #4 started. However, she needs to be thinking about sleep after all that partying. Molly was about 4 years old when my wife and I brought her home from the pound in March 2001, so we decided on a birthdate of 1 March. She has turned out to be quite a colourful character, as you can see.

The birthday pic was shot on Molly's birthday. The hat only stayed on long enough for a big smile and a photo. The picture of the clouds was from the evening of 4 March from the roof of my house. The exif information is from that photo as I used it as the background to start this project. The clouds set the mood for the turbulent partying into the night and the inevitable need to rest. The bed shot was taken earlier today (6 March) and I added the yellow glow around the DREAM letters that sit on top of the head of the bed. The pic of Molly and her wine glass party trick was from the Challenge #3 exhibition gallery, except that I isolated Molly and the wine glass and had to play with the pic a bit more to let the new background show through the glass.

The coloured border and thought bubbles were all done manually with the help of the gradient tool. I added a narrow white border around each, then applied some gaussian blur for a softening effect.