31 Day Card Challenge - Day 29

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I twisted the sketch for day 29 of the 31 Day Card Challenge to fit with the plan I had for my Dad's birthday card. He enjoys watching a quiz show called Only Connect, where the aim is to find the connection between four clues. The sketch only had three squares and a sentiment panel, but I have added an extra square. Other than cutting out each piece this card was fairly simple to make, I just printed out the greetings I needed. The row of four squares say Happy Birthday in Irish, Spanish, German and French.

Happy birthday Keeley!

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Today is James' sister's 30th birthday. This is the card we have sent her. All the paper used on this are a digital design I did based on the Beatles.

Papers

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I have something a little different than usual to share with you. I was playing around on Paint Shop Pro and decided to make a few papers using this image. I thought I would share them here because I would love for you to use them, and I would really love to see what any of you create with them.

Thank you

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Over the weekend James' parents, sister and brother in-law have been staying in a caravan. On Saturday night James and I went up to join them. We had a lovely evening watching the karaoke, playing in the arcade and then playing Uno. On Sunday his sister and brother in-law had to go home early, so we went with his parents to Bridlington. We had a great day. I used a few pictures from our trip to make this thank you card for James' parents. The sentiment is on a piece of acetate which can be lifted to view the pictures clearer.

Digital Title Page

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I really like how this page turned out. It is only the fourth digital scrapbook page I have made. I am thinking about making my Florida book using digital scrapping so I can finally get somewhere with it. This will be the cover page.

Bookmarks

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Yesterday I downloaded a few free digital stamps so I could have a play around with them and see if I wanted to buy more. Today I've made a couple of bookmarks using them. This first one is made using an image by Dustin Pike. He has so many cute designs!

The pile of books on this one is by Bee Crafty. For the quote I googled 'quotes about reading'. Once I found a quote I liked I edited it using Paint Shop Pro. That quote is so true for me, it seems like every time I go shopping I decide I will just have a quick look in Waterstones and then end up walking out with a few new books.
I think I will definitely be buying some more digital stamps, it's really nice to be able to adjust an image to be exactly how you want it.

Digital Stamp Tutorial

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I have made a few cards recently using this tutorial for making your own digital stamps. I realised though that I haven't been doing it exactly as that says because it's not very clear, and not so easy to follow, so I am going to share with you the way I do it. My instructions are based on paint shop pro, but I think they should be similar for other photo editing programmes.

Step 1:

Select your image. Crop and re-size it to how you want it.

Step 2:

Adjust the brightness and contrast, making the contrast quite high.

Step 3:

Adjust the threshold so that you are left with a black and white image. Threshold can be found under 'Adjust' and then under 'Brightness and Contrast'

Step 4:

Create a new image, making sure it is the same size as your image. In PSP when you create a new image it gives you the option of what colour you want to make it. Here is where you create your background. I just play around until I find something that I like.

Step 5:

Copy and paste your image over the top of the background. Then use the 'magic wand' to select the white parts and delete them.

Step 6:

Now you can add whatever extras you want to such as a border or text.

This image is of Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, taken by me when I saw them last October.

ERPOM! Challenge number 2

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It's time for Eyelets, Ribbon, Paper - Oh My's second challenge. This time it is hosted by Lynn and she has asked us to use one of our patterned ribbons for inspiration.


I set about looking through my ribbons for something that stood out a bit and I came across this duck ribbon. I have no idea where it came from, but I thought it would be perfect for this challenge. The sentiment was designed using Paint Shop Pro.

You rock!

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On Wednesday I am going to be having a girlie evening with my three best friends. Two of them will be receiving the card posted here (I made another one with a green base), and I couldn't really leave the third without a card so I have made this one for her. I really love that that DP, which I made using the circle stamp from the Scrumptious set by Papermania. I think I might have to make some more. 'You Rock' is also done using Papermania stamps, the 'Leftovers' alphabet set. Both stamp sets can be found here (second and fifth on the list).

Digital thank yous

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I've been playing with making my own digital stamps again. This time I've added some text to the image too. I didn't realise it would take up so much space when I printed it so the actual card is pretty plain, but at least it let's the image speak for itself. These three will be going to my Mum, my Grandma and my Auntie to thank them for the holiday we've just been on. The image is of everyone who I went with on the doorstep of the house we stayed in.

Colourful friends

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I found this site earlier which teaches you how to make your own digital stamps. After a bit of experimenting with a few different pictures I came up with this. I am going to make a second one of these and send one to each of the friends who are in the picture with me. Both panels are slightly raised, but it doesn't show in the picture.
- The sentiment is from 'Friendly Advice', which is part of the Kids Quotes range by Inkadinkado