My Purse

I went to a friend's house for a crop a few weeks ago, and rather than try to organize enough to pack a crop bag, I decided to bring my laptop, photo printer and a couple of tutorial books (Digi Scrappin 101 and 102 from Design Originals). I played with the lessons in the books and I made these 4 digital mini-layouts for my Braggables purse and wallet (actually a small purse).



I made each photo black and white and then turned it sepia and upped the contrast a little. The flower is from ScrapGirls and was a freebie that coordinates with this (http://store.scrapgirls.com/product/11353/) collection. The frame is also a freebie from Scrap Girls that coordinates with this (http://store.scrapgirls.com/product/10061/ScrapSimple-Paper-Templates:-Typo) collection. Finally, I used the Bleeding Cowboys font and picked up a green from the frame with the eyedropper to coordinate the color. These were real simple to do. I printed them on 4x6 paper and trimmed them to fit the windows.

Birthday Card for my Husband

Here's a birthday card I made for my husband featuring Doris Castle's Pure Love page kit, which was included in the book/CD Digi-SCrappin' 102 Brushes and Actions. This book from Design Originals (the ones with the panda bear logo) was a very straightforward, easy to use introduction to brushes and actions in photoshop elements. There have been a couple of versions of elements released since the book was written, but it was pretty easy to figure out what to do when the instructions weren't quite right.

To make the background I copied the blue from one of her elements using the eyedropper tool. I layered the word overlay on top of that, then the other elements (a frame, a heart and a journaling block). I looked for a font that had the same feeling as other elements in the kit that had words.

I created the project in an 8.5x11 canvas, printed it and mounted it on a cream colored 5x7 card. I found the quote on the internet, attributed anonymously He loved it!

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- "It's lonely at the top, but you eat better."
Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Tim Holtz Distressables Elements digital images

- Paper Trunk patterned paper, Fancy Pants rub-on

- Paper Trunk patterned paper, 7 Gypsies Texture Rub-on

- 7 Gypsies ATC tab, K&Co Life's Journey Stickpin

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-"Once you have flown, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been, and there you long to return." Leonardo da Vinci; Lumiere paint, Melissa Francis Vintage Architecture

- "Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after." Anne Morrow Lindbergh; Deco Art Paper Perfect

- "An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys." 7 Gypsies printed ATC, vintage mother of pearl buttons (they're from my grandmother's button jar!)

- Paper Trunk patterned paper, Hambly transparency, Luxe Designs Rub-on

- "No ray of sunshine is ever lost, but the green which it awakens into existence needs time to sprout, and it is not always granted for the sower to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith." Albert Schweitzer; mesh

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- "There never was a child so lovely, but his mother was glad to get him asleep." Ralph Waldo Emerson, CTMH stamp, embossing powder.

- "Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark." Steven Wright; Tim Holtz Distress Inks, October Afternoon patterned paper

- October Afternoon patterned paper, Fancy Pants rub-on, Tim Holtz Distressables Elements digital image, Lumiere paint blobbed on a craft mat and partially dried, then blotted up with the card

- Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Hambly transparency, Tim Holtz Distressables Elements digital image

- 7 Gypsies ATC tab, K&Co Life's Journey Stickpin

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- "Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults" Peter DeVries, quoted by Barbara Coloroso in Kids Are Worth It; tiny clipboard

- "To love beauty is to see light" Victor Hugo; Hero Arts Shadow Stamp, Hero Arts Shadow Ink

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Paper Trunk patterned paper, Hambly transparency, staple, twine

- "You can't force a child to be independent, you can only force him not to depend on you" Pat Yearian; 7 Gypsies printed ATC

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- "The heart has its reasons, of which the mind knows nothing." Blaise Pascal; 7 Gypsies printed ATC, Texture Magic dimensional paint

- "One good turn gets most of the blankets" 7 Gypsies printed ATC, microscope slide, Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks, UTEE



- He/she who laughs last thinks slowest" Tim Holtz Distress Inks, October Afternoon patterned paper, Tim Holtz Distressables Elements digital image

- "Be nice to your kids. They'll chooose your nursing home" Paper Trunk patterned paper, Hambly transparency

- Paper Trunk patterned paper, Hambly transparency, Tim Holtz Distressables Elements digital image

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- October Afternoon patterned paper, Hambly transparency, Tim Holtz Distressables Elements digital image

- 7 Gypsies ATC tab, 7 Gypsies numbered clip

- "Friends help you move, real friends help you move bodies" 7 Gypsies printed ATC, Tim Holtz Distress Inks

- "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." Emily Bronte; Lumiere paint, Texture Magic dimensional paint, Crafter's Workshop doodle template

- Paper Trunk patterned paper, Hambly transparency

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- "Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going." Tennessee Williams; Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Tim Holtz Grungeboard, Tim Holtz Crackle Paint - I love the look of the crackle paint on the grungeboard, it looks like old leather!

- "Diplomancy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' ... til you can find a rock." 7 Gypsies printed ATC, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Rusty Pickle chipboard heart, acrylic paint, Ranger Glossy Accents - I love putting Glossy Accents on painted chipboard, it looks like an epoxy element!

- "Dreams are the touchstones of our character." Henry David Thoreau; Magenta stickers, Perfect Pearls

- "There are no facts, only interpretations" Friedrich Nietzsche; 7 Gypsies printed ATC, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Tim Holtz Distressables Elements digital image

- "You can make lots of mistakes, but if you give children avenues for creativity and joy, they will have resources to carry them through." Charlotte Davis Kasl; 7 Gypsies printed ATC, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, KI Lace Paper

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Nice Message from a Nice Person

Absolutely love this store! This is very much suited to my scrapbooking "style"!!

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- Hambly transparency, Paper Trunk patterned paper, Tim Holtz Distressables Elements digital image

- Paper Trunk patterned paper, Hambly transparency, staples

- 7 Gypsies ATC tab, 7 Gypsies numbered clip

- "Programmer - A red-eyed, mumbling mammal capable of conversing with inanimate objects" Tim Holtz Distress Inks, chipboard bow, Lumiere paint, Krylon Copper Leafing Pen, Krylon Gold Leafing Pen

- Paper Trunk patterned paper, Luxe Designs Rub-on

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Terry

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Scrap Pink Results

Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in our Scrap Pink fundraiser! We raised over $520 for breast cancer research.

The winner of our Scrap Pink page contest is Setfanie Lapetina with her page titled "How I Save My Hoots". Stefanie is a breast cancer survivor who is also a researcher and her page combined humor and seriousness to perfection.

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- "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." Pablo Picasso; 7 Gypsies printed ATC, Lumiere paint blobbed on a craft mat and partially dried, then blotted up with the card, Renaissance Art Stamps metal charms

- "ever stop to think and forget to start again?" 7 Gypsies printed ATC, Lumiere paint blobbed on a craft mat and partially dried, then blotted up with the card

- October Afternoon patterned paper, Hambly transparency

- “Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.” Henry Van Dyke; Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Renaissance Art Stamps metal charms

- "The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do" Burrhus Skinner; Splatter Net!

- "Every artist was first an amateur" Ralph Waldo Emerson; 7 Gypsies printed ATC, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, October Afternoon patterned paper, Tim Holtz Distressables Elements digital image