By the Light of My Laptop

My goodness where has the time gone?  I really don't like how fast time seems to be moving lately!  But some good news...there's still time to enter my Negative Space Sketch Challenge over at Soul Scrappers.  Entries need to be posted by 7pm ET on Monday, December 10th.

This LO captures part of my daily life....my laptop.  Technology is part of our everyday lives from smart phones, tablets and computers to our MP3 players.  So why not document it?

I'm still playing with blending modes in PSE7, trying different lighting effects.  I did finally buy PSE11 when Costco had it on sale.  It was necessary if I wanted to continue to take classes and I do love to take classes! I've loaded it onto my laptop, but haven't  had a chance yet to play.

For this challenge I used digi elements from Captivated Visions and from One Story Down Collab called Being Me.

I hope you'll join in the challenge.  Until next time...Happy Craftin'! 

If Not Now - When? A Snapshot Challenge

Snapshot 19 is all about Values.  You can read the post here.  I wasn't sure how to go about this page.  I knew I wanted to represent values I thought were necessary in a person and if we all had them what a wonderful world we'd live in.  I saw these theatre masks in a kit by Rebecca McMeen over at Scrapbookgraphics.  I still wasn't sure where I was going. 

I've been practicing with blending modes, trying to understand how they interact together.  I copied the hand with the masks a couple of times and then started trying out different blending modes.  When I used a multiply and color dodge combo I had an "AHA" moment and could see what I needed to do for the rest of the page.  And here it is...

 

Digi credits: Digi Credits:

Viva Artistry-Celestial Paint, Renaissance, Illuminated Journal II, Gearhead Alpha
Studio Rebecca-Grotesque
Studio Tangie-Inktastic 02, Paperworn action, AJFs:TweedleDee, Orange Marmalade
Capivated Vision- Wiser not Older
Studio Wendy-Subway It action

Beth Rimmer-Grungy Overlays

 

Well that's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by and Happy Creating!

Outside The Box Design Studio

 

There's a new art journal forum from Outside the Box Design Studio.  I discovered them during Digital Scrapbook Day this past weekend.  They ran a contest to win a seat in one of their upcoming art journal workshops.  The catch-you had to use their products, but they did give you a coupon; oh and you had to use the word "art" on your page.  So I purchased the starter kit using the coupon and made this page.  Received a message a short time ago that I was one of the winners...Woohoo.  This is the page I created.  Hope you get a chance to create :-)  Until next time...Happy Craftin'!

Snapshot 2012 #18 - I Believe

Digi Credits: Studio Viva Artistry-Fairy Tale-Virtuosity, Penmanship, Le Reve

Beth Rimmer: Grunge Overlays

I finally made it to another Snapshot 2012 chat.  Although you don't have to go to the chats to participate I find the discussions help me focus on what I want to do for a page. Snapshot 18 is about our beliefs.  What beliefs do you hold dear, or perhaps what beliefs have changed over the years.  It's a pretty broad topic.  I chose one of our family beliefs.  We are strong proponents of the "Each new day brings new possibilities.  Yesterday is a lesson learned, let it go, move on with no regrets."  Our teenager especially embraces this...lol.  For this page I worked a lot on blending the background papers.  Underneath the ink and gesso there are 3 different papers with different blending modes applied to help create the look I wanted.

 I've been playing in PSE7 for 10 months now and am still discovering new things to try.  I haven't even started playing with brushes.  Of course PSE11 has now been released.  It looks like a great program, but I don't want to upgrade since I'm still learning PSE7.  Unfortunately many of the new classes coming out are for PSE9 or higher so I may not have a choice if I want to take any classes.

 

Oh and before I sign off I wanted to share that this piece was selected as a WOW layout over at ViVa Artistry.com and as a GSO (gallery stand out) over at Scrapbook Graphics...Woohoo!  It was a wonderful surprise and I just had to share it with you all since you are kind enough to visit my blog and look at my creations :-).

 

The weekend is almost here and I hope you find time to create...until next time...Happy Craftin'!

Art Journal Caravan Rolls On!

It's been a while since I did an AJC page.  I was looking through old itineraries that I haven't done (and there are many!) and came across a prompt about actors you think are hot.  Well, big fan of The Vampire Diaries here so I had to do a page on Ian Somerhalder!  You can find the credit details here in my SBG gallery.

 Can't wait for the season premier on October 11th!

Hope you're having a wonderful crafty day :-)

Delicious Autumn

Autumn Poetry is a new digital art kit just released by Studio Tangie over at ."Scrapbook Graphics.  I had the privilege of getting a sneak peek and playing with all the gorgeous elements in the kit. 

The journaling is an excerpt from a George Eliot piece and says-

"Delicious Autumn my very soul is wedded to it and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeing the successive autumns"


I had a hard time trying to get the font readable on the dark background.  I finally settled on adding a glow to the text.  Not very realistic, but at least you can sort of read the poem.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful weekend full of creative opportunities!

It's ARTastic Challenge Time

ARTastic Challenge Blog is "a challenge blog with a difference. We find inspiration in works of art."

This month the inspiration piece is:
"The Prophetic Calamity" by Shannon Crees
 
The criteria to play this month- a black background and a solid use of geometric patterns.  I've been on a roll scrapping pictures of my son and his friend and this challenge was no different (I think this is the 3rd LO this month!). 
 
I used Studio Tangie's AJC12 Parcel 37-Misty Overlays for the geometric pattern and accents from her Mtreehouse kit.
 
There's still a week left to join in the fun :-)
 
Hope to see you there...untill next time...Happy Scrappin'!