No. 45

Hello again! Today I have a simple card to share with you all - lots of fabulous layers with beautiful, coordinating colours. I created this card with the gorgeous, new (and one of my all time faves) Olde Curiosity Shoppe Collection from Graphic 45. SWOON! I don't know what it is about odd images paired with gorgeously vibrant colours or the unique patterns and perfectly worn textures on the papers but I am seriously just overwhelmed each and every time I open up a new paper pad...fall in love all over again.

Now, please excuse the sketch.  I recently purchased Adobe Photoshop CS5 and I am seriously CLUELESS!  This is way over the top photo editing here people!  I mean, I am so excited about all the stuff this program can do but whether or not I will have the time to learn all this program can offer is another story!  Even the basic stuff is over my head.  (this is not a straightforward program - oh picnik how I miss you!)  It's like having an amazing camera and leaving it on "Auto" for 90% of the time (this is me again actually...ahem)  In any regard, here is a sketch for you to try if you like the card above.  Enjoy!

P.S. ANY and ALL Photoshop tips are GREATLY appreciated. I JUST found out how to remove red eye and am so stoked!!! (I didn't realize if you hold down the side bar items, that a scroll down menu appears on most of them - duh!) I'm going crazy here.

Dream a Little Dream

Just a quick post today as I wanted to share a happy layout I created with Bo Bunny's Alora Collection.

This is such a fun collection - overflowing with bright, happy, vibrant colours.

I layered lots of embellishments on top of one another which helped to add deapth and dimension to my project.  I also clustered many of my embellishments close to my photo to help frame it and keep it as the focal point of the layout.

To help 'regular' details stand out and appear as more of an 'attractive' embellishment, try adding some 3D squares/pop dots under your item.  This will cause your detail to be lifted off the page so that it stands out much better.  This is what I did with my little flags below.  They are simply strips of paper cut into flag shapes and popped off the page with 3D squares and accented with cardstock stickers.

Thank you so much for your visit today. I'll be back tomorrow with a vintage card and sketch for you to try!

2012 Graphic 45 Design Team

Whoohoo!! It is with great pleasure that I announce I have made Graphic 45's Design Team for yet another year! I am so very pleased - I adore their products so much and working with the entire Graphic 45 family is equally amazing!  Here is the official announcement posted on the Graphic 45 blog today...
And the new Graphic 45 Design Team members for 2012 (in no particular order) are...
1. Denise Hahn - USA
2. Sharon Ngoo - Singapore
3. Nicole Eccles - USA
4. Clare Charvill - UK
5. Alberto Juárez Díaz - Spain
6. Arlene Cuevas - USA
7. Tara Orr - Canada
8. Jim Hankins - USA
9. Maiko Miwa - Japan
10. Gloria Stengel - USA
11. Susan Lui - Singapore
12. Kristin Wilson - USA
13. Jane Tregenza - Australia
14. Roberto Cesar dos Santos - Brazil
15. Laura Denison - USA

Congrats to everyone who made the new 2012 Design Team!! Cannot wait to work with you all this year!