Christmas Cards

I went into one of my favorite stores, Paper Source to find Christmas card inspirations. I love how my cards turned out!

On Word, I drew a curved line at an angle, and typed out "Merry & Bright" on a corner. I printed it out on white card stock.

I cut out many, many little triangles from papers I already have. It's a great way to use up all the little scraps! And glued them down one at a time on the curved line. Then I used a star paper hole punch in three random spots. I used spray glue to attach the white card stock on a colored card stock (folded to a 5"x7"). I really like how the colored card stock shows through the little stars.

Then inside, I attached a picture and a little greeting.

As for the picture of Boo and our dog reindeer, I wanted to do a creative and funny photo. Both of them were laying on their sides, on the ground, on a blue blanket. The stars were regular foil I cut out. The moon and buildings were fabrics I had. The windows are index cards. The sleigh is an old red shirt of mine. The leash is a rope belt. The white doodles were done on Photoshop.

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday, and a happy new year! May this year be filled with the most smiles, love, and sweet surprises.

Scrapbook Gifts

When two of my close friends moved away from me within the same month (it was not planned together, and I was JUST a BIT sad, heh heh), I didn't know what to do or give them.  They both were going to be in a new place without friends or family to start. So I thought to make personalized scrapbooks for them to be motivated and explore their new cities.  I got these picture albums from Target or TJ Maxx, I forgot, sorry.

I researched the new places. I typed out (my handwriting is no good) cute sayings and touristy spots I know they will want to go to.  I found a picture of a beautiful mountain of the town one friend moved to.

The other friend moved to another country, so I found images of that country's stamps and put that in the front of the book.    

They were nothing big, but I hope they liked it.  It would hold meaning to me. I miss my two friends very much!

Photobook

I am going to jump start this blog by posting projects that I have done in the past, and hopefully be able to catch up to my current projects soon.

A few years ago, the Husband and I took a trip to England and France. We had such a wonderful time!  I wanted to make a photobook of our vacation. I use Photoshop Elements, and after almost 4 years, I am still learning how to edit pictures. =)

I found background images that I felt were "European" and "Old World" - ish. Then layered my photos on top, and slowly modified the background around that.  It took some time, but it was worth it.  Some times, you just can't beat the feeling of flipping through printed photos/photopages rather than scrolling through them on the computer, right?  Here are a few of my pages.  They are pretty simple and nothing super fancy, but that works for me!