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Thursday, November 15, 2012

just for you



Quick post I promise ;).  A good friend of ours is celebrating her birthday this weekend and I wanted to make her a special card.  This card is roughly 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 and all cuts were done using my Cameo.  The card base and the envelope are images by Samantha Walker.  I used the ChopinScript font for the sentiment in the front of the card as well as the inside. 

Here are some closeups.  As you can see I went irock-happy with the blings (LOL!). 

 

the matching envelope - I think it's crying out for some
blings, don't you think?  The day is young - I may add
those later LOL! 

The inside of the card - I also used a couple of digital images from
computerscrapbook.com by Coreen Silke. 
 
It's almost the weekend!  Hope you all have a wonderful one - see you next week!  

Monday, November 12, 2012

More Disney Trip Digital LOs


Happy Monday!  I'm finishing up scrapbook LOs from our first trip to Disneyland in 2008 (I'm really way behind in scrapbooking!).  These are just a few of the 26 digital scrapbook pages I recently completed.  I used the CM StoryBook Creator 4.0 software to create the pages and then printed out the 12 x 12 LOs in my wide format printer (which has been working overtime for me lately LOL!). 

Here are some more of the pages. 






Credits for the Disney-themed digital papers and elements.
Kellybell designs
Trixie scraps
computerscrapbook.com

Thanks for stopping by!  Have an awesome week, y'all! 

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Hey there gorgeous


Hi there!  Remember those Disney images I showed you all a couple of posts ago here that I found online and turned into a .png so I can use them over and over in other projects?   Well here's one I put in a card for my little niece who is turning 1 year old tomorrow - her mom is a Disney fanatic and will surely appreciate this image.  You can actually do this process with any .png or .jpg images you want to cut with the Cameo - much like the process you'd use if you're familiar with digital stamps.  This card is a 5x7 and all cuts were done using my Cameo.

I started out by importing the Disney image onto the Silhouette Studio and then sized it to fit a 5x7 card.  Since .png images don't have cut lines, I had to use the trace feature on the Silhouette Studio to trace the outer image.  I then used the offset feature to create the cut lines outside the image as seen below.

 
 
Here is how the image looks like after printing (I wanted to layer the two images for depth so I printed two onto an 8 1/2 x 11 size white cardstock).  You won't see the cut lines here but the Cameo will know where to cut using the registration marks on the three corners of the paper below (yep, still using a Cricut mat in my Cameo).


And here are some closeups of the finished card. 

I used some glitter glue in Minnie's bow and belt.

The pattern on the scalloped image above is from the
Silhouette Store - I used the print and cut feature on
the Silhouette Studio.  I used the Antrokasdemo font for the
sentiment. 

I used another .png  image , a frame, as seen above to add interest
to the inside of the card; this frame is from computerscrapbook.com
The left side of the card liner is punched with a MS lace puncher. 
The sentiment on the inside of the frame is typed using
Chopin Script font.
 
Thanks for stopping by once again - I sure do appreciate your comments.  Have a wonderful day! 

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Classic guys never go out of style



Hello again my blogging friends!  Today's post can also be viewed over at The Bugbytes blog.  Thanks Pam and her readers for having me once again.  I'm sharing a card I created for my dad's 75th birthday.  The card was roughly 5x7 and all cuts were done using the Cameo.  All paper patterns used were also from the Silhouette Store. 

The base of this shaped card was achieved by overlapping the antique vintage car image by Jamie Koay and the banner frame by Sophie Gallo via the offset feature on the Silhouette Studio, as seen below.


 
 
After creating the outer shadow for both images, I made another copy of the shadow, flipped it vertically and then welded the two shadows to create the base of my card.
 


I used the print and cut feature of the Silhouette Studio to fill in the patterned paper for the vintage car and the banner frame.  I've also included a sentiment on the banner frame using Arial font.  For the inside of the card, I used the Baroque Script font. 



All the cuts using the Cameo came out really nice!  I printed and cut a total of three of the vintage car to layer for depth. 


And here's a shot of the inside of the card.  A little faux stitching here and there, some irock white gems and a bit of foam mounts and I'm done. 


Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day! 

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Gone digital?!


Hello all!   I've recently been creating hybrid LOs because I love incorporating die cuts with my digital LOs.  But today, in honor of National Digital Scrapbooking Day let me share with you all a double LO I recently completed using only digital elements and papers. I am still using the Creative Memories StoryBook Creator 4 software to create my digital LOs.  After completing my LOs, I printed them at home using my wide format printer.  The pictures were taken back in 2008, the first time we took our kids to Disneyland. 

Here are some closeups:


 
 

The Disney character images on these LOs I used as embellishments were originally .gif  images I found by googling "Disney characters" online.  I turned them into .png  images so I can use them and resize them to my liking in my LOs (plus I can use them again in other projects).  I used PhotoShop Elements to achieve this.  Below are closeups of the images I got online.




Aren't these cool?  I love digital scrapbooking!  I have other Disney LOs I'd like to share with you all sometime soon.  Thanks for stopping by and have a creative digital scrapbooking day!

Credits:
Trixie Scraps (Disney themed papers and elements) , computerscrapbook.com (some of the picture frames, elements)


Tuesday, October 30, 2012

No Treats No Entry No Way!


Happy almost Halloween, my blogging friends!  Wanted to show you all the treats my kids are handing out to their classmates this year.  Every year I strive to make the treats a little fancier than the year before but then somehow I always end up in a rush, so this is what I came up with this year.  I had to make 49 of these door hang treat boxes!  I normally don't make this much treats but my DD is in a combined class this year due to budget cuts at their school :(  plus the kids in my DS' class.   

The base of the door hang box is by Silhouette and I believe it may have been a freebie when I registered my Cameo. I cut the base in solid cardstock, then cut the patterned papers (mostly by Recollections) to layer using the release compound path feature on the Silhouette Studio.  I used the print and cut feature for the sentiment (Creampuff font) inside a scalloped square by Lori Whitlock.


The cut outs on the front are ready made cuts by Recollections and the kiddos did their arrangements. 

Here are some closeups:




Thanks for stopping by and have a fun and safe Halloween! 

Monday, October 22, 2012

Naia's Birthday Card


Hello there fellow crafters!  Thanks for stopping by!  I'm taking a break from digi scrapping (and hopefully not too long of a break this time cuz I'm way behind in scrapbooking) and showing you a card I made for my little niece who is having her 5th birthday tomorrow.  This card is 6 x 6.  The base of the card is made from the shadow of a doily cut image by Lori Whitlock, purchased from the Silhouette Store.  I cut the doily 2x and used foam mounts for a little bulk.  Then I used the internal offset feature on the Silhouette Studio for the inside cut and imported a digi image by Polly Craft.  The sentiment is written in Abbeyline font. 


Here's a closeup of the image.  I am still learning to use the Promarkers I have recently purchased so be kind ;).  I think I need to buy more...


Ok, till next time!  I hope you guys are having a wonderful start of the week!