Of course with the vivid colors of her bedding and bedroom, I did not have any scrap-stuff that matched - so I improvised - I made the background paper. It was pretty fun to do - since she was dreaming - I listed things that she might be dreaming about, and then I softened them so that other things would show up. I also learned this week how to type text in a circle, so I thought I'd show off that new skill. I also cut out the letters for the word "dreams" and then sanded them a bit to soften. Fun!DIGI-SCRAPPER TOOL ALERT: I got this incredibly awesome magazine - Better Homes & Gardens has a tutorial magazine out called The Ultimate Guide to Digital Scrapbooking for Adobe Photoshop users. It has some awesome tutorials. I have been learning more and more and more.
Here is another page that I made this week that I am rather pleased with:
These are some special kids I know that have taken a liking to each other. I made it as a sort of belated-birthday gift. I used a paper that I already had - but I put the words to their favorite song in the background. That was pretty neat. I love the way Adobe allows me to match colors. That is very important. This photo had some reds that worried me when I first started making the page - but that eyedropper tool was super to help me match it all up!I am looking forward to seeing what you've been up to this week! Happy Scrappin'!
Beautiful pages! You are so clever. I bought a scrapbook instructional manuel about a year ago, and have done nothing so far. My main worries are that first of all I have no time to actually do this no matter how much I would like to! And secondly that we can't really afford to even do some things as a family at the moment, so I can't justify money spent on a hobby that just benifits me. At least when I knit I can make things for gifts! LOL! Maybe one day my life will slow down and I will start to scrapbook. (was that a pig I saw flying past the window?) :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the invite to scrap Happy. I just have not posted because I have not scrapped in awhile. The kids are keeping me busy with summer activities. When I get a chance to create. I will be sure to share in scrap Happy again.
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Thank you for inviting me back to Scrap Happy! My blog says I have thousands of visitors, but few people say hi. I have never settled in to where I live and now we are moving, so it is kind of lonely right now.
ReplyDeleteI love your layout! The background is really neat. I think I read that you want to share a freebie. 4shared.com is free and pretty easy to use for the designer and the freebie hunter too. It seems to be what most people choose to use. I use CS2 and I am just learning, mostly by experimenting.
My latest layout on my blog was done with some blue paper I designed from the pink freebie set on my blog. If the link doesn't look right, scroll down or post to me and I'll send it out. Watch out for cbox. I signed up for a freebie and it put something that sounded like porn (didn't click the link). It didn't show up on my computer, but when I was showing my blog to my DD's friend, it was on it. I was mortified and quickly deleted it from my blog before she saw it. Sorry, just had to share that :0 Tasha