Sketch Challenge

Happy Friday and Happy June Krafters!

I am wrapping up the last project of NSBD! The final challenge was to complete a layout using a provided sketch. At first I was not going to do this challenge, but at the last minute I figured I would since I did all of the others. So this is what I did. I will be redoing this one in the future because it has potential. That is the beauty of digi layouts J

Have a great weekend everyone! Krafthead~

Products:

PSE

Designs by Krista

Memories: Journaling Challenge NSBD

Happy Memorial Day All!

I hope you all have a wonderful day remembering what this day signifies! I plan to throw some goodies on the grill and fellowship with my friends and family.

The project I am sharing today is one of the best memories I have of my daughter. When she was about 18 months or so, she used to say, “Wait a minute” all the time! It was hilarious! When she said it, she always had this expression on her face! It was the cutest thing…seriously! This is another project I did during NSBD. The challenge was all about journaling!

Although this day is to reflect on the men and women that sacrificed their lives for us, I encourage you to remember loved ones and simpler times. Thanks for stopping by, Krafthead~

Products:

PSE8

Designs by Krista Digital Scrapbook Kit

NSBD-Like Home Challenge

Hello Kafters!

Here is another project from NSBD! I know many of you seen this already in my gallery. However, I wanted to share anyway. This challenge was to make a layout about your home or a place that reminded us of home. I decided to do a digi on my city. This was really fun to do! The papers are from Krista Designs; aren’t they great!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project!  Thanks for stopping by, Krafthead~

Products:

PSE8

Designs by Krista Digi Kit

Subscriber Corner: Erin Bradley~

Subscriber Corner is something new I am going to implement on my blog. I give my subscribers shout outs for various reasons! I hope all like the new additionJ …now on with the post!

Hello Krafters!

Ahhhhh, I wanted to share something other than a card…aren’t you glad?? LOL! Many moons ago, I worked in the Printing and Publishing field. I was very familiar with Photoshop and all of its power. However, as the old saying goes, if you don’t use it, you lose it! I have had PSE for a while, but I only used it for minor photo touch-ups and played around with adding pictures to a template (shared here before). I wanted to sit down and begin to learn what this program has to offer. I have to say, it is much different than what I remembered…sigh….

Erin Bradley had a freebie paper pack (Summertime) on her blog and her digital papers were the inspiration for this project! Go check out her blog because she has beautiful images there. Remember, you can always print the papers if you don’t want to venture into digi scrappingJ. So thank you Erin for offering your lovely papers…it pushed me past my comfort zone!

This project was intimidating but fun and I know I have a lot to learn, but I am happy I made the attempt! I love the feel of paper so I doubt I will switch to digi. BUT I will make more of an effort to do more digital scrapping in the futureJ

Thank you once again Erin and I thank all of you for coming along with me on my digi journey. Thanks for stopping by, Kraftehead~

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Summertime Digital Paper Pack-Erin Bradley
Photoshop Elements 8

Day 16-OCTC

Hey Krafters!

              

I wanted to focus on family and friends who may live out of town. Let's face it, most of us are trying to budget as much as possible and cannot afford to send everyone something. Here is a solution for you! This is a fast and simple gift idea that will be personal and you did not have to break the bank. It only took a couple of minutes to put this together with the help of Photoshop Elements. Now I must admit I don't know much about digital layouts (as you can see). I have only done one or two J But that doesn’t stop me from trying and sharing LOL!

Anywho, you can add your photos/journaling to the program, send the layouts on a disk, some binding material and there you have an instant photo album! I will only cost a few dollars to ship. Or these can be sent via email J This is a cute gift idea that any family or friend will cherish forever. Remember to add journaling (I did not add to this layout) to share the story behind the photo(s).
Thanks for stopping by, Krafthead~

Materials:

Photoshop Elements

 

I Went Digital~

Happy Thursday Krafters!

Today I am here to share with you my first digital layout. This one was done a few months ago during National Scrapbooking Day. I remember saying that I would only do one challenge that day since it was my first time participating, but when I did the first, I was hooked for the rest of the day. I decided at the final moments to join a challenge where we had to use photos from a vacation or stay-cation. Since I didn’t have any of those type of photos printed and there was about 45 minutes to the close of the challenge, I had to do something. Why not try my hand at a digital layout. I did just that!

I bought Photoshop Elements 8 a few months earlier just to clean up pictures. Since I had it, I figured I should use it. In 2009 during the winter break, my DH and I took our daughters to the Museum. It was really fun and the pictures turned out great. My original idea was to open one of the pictures to use as my background paper by fading it. I quickly realized that it has been about eight years since I did anything like this and was totally clueless on where to start. Wow, things have changed over the years! Anywho, I found some templates in the program. When I saw the Africa map, I knew it would be a perfect match with the photographs! I matted my photos, added the title, made a quick journaling box and that was that!

I need to play around in PE8 more! I had so much fun creating this project. Because of this jog down memory lane, I have been inspired to try my hand at another digital layout. Thank you for sharing my digital journey with me J

Materials:

Photoshop Elements 8