Who's That Lady? Three Images

Over a year ago, on Canada Day, I took a photo of a colourful mannequin on display at the park:

Lovely as she was, she has been altered in the service of learning. I'm not sure which alteration I like best:

This one:

or this one:

What does everyone else like?

Type Mask for a Gnome

My Photoshop projects are quite random - months of diligently working through the book from start to finish wasn't very productive; I was bored and kept seeing things ahead that looked like more fun than what was in the current chapter.

So, when a fellow blogger offhandedly said to make something for her, I had today's project. (Check out her blog.)

The original image:

The finished project (masking with type and applying layer styles)  -