Sunday, May 23, 2010

A few more hybrid cards...

Here are a few more hybrid cards. I really enjoy designing the card layout digitally, printing it all out and adding the little touches of physical embellishments.  This little bird with the silk flower embellishments for the wings and tail is one of my favorites. I also really like the way the second card shown turned out. I'm loving those large grayish gems flower centers and I think the little black and white striped ribbon is a perfect little touch. Hope you like them too.

Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Gem: Doodlebug; Flowers: Prima; Dimensional Pearls: Ranger.    Digital Products: Rejuvenation by Veronica Spriggs; Friendship Ralph Waldo Emerson Wordart by Bethany Harty. (Digital products available at http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/)

 
Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Gem: Recollections; Ribbon: Sundance Catalogue.    Digital Products: Day by Day by Veronica Spriggs; Get Well Cards Wordart 1 by Bethany Harty. (Digital products available at http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/)
  
Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Gem: Recollections; Ribbon: May Arts.  Digital Products: Nature's Own by Veronica Spriggs; Encouragement WordArt by Bethany Harty. (Digital products available at http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/)

Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Flower: Martha Stewart; Glitter: Ranger.    Digital Products: Chasing Time by Veronica Spriggs; Journaling Prompts Vol.1 by Birgit Kerr. (Digital products available at http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/)

Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Flower: Martha Stewart.   Digital Products: Funkalicious Kit by Veronica Spriggs; Foilage - Holly Berry by Veronica Spriggs; Encouragement Wordart by Bethany Harty. (Digital products available at http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/)

Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Gem: Recollections; Glitter: Ranger.   Digital Products: Rejuvenation by Veronica Spriggs; Friends 5 WordArt by Bethany Harty.  (Digital products available at http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/)
  
Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Ribbon: We R Memory Keepers, Michaels; Liquid Applique: Marvy Uchida.   Digital Products: It's Only Natural Full Kit By Veronica Spriggs; It's Only Natural Add On By Veronica Spriggs; Dreamer WordArt by Bethany Harty. (Digital products available at http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/)

Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Ribbon: May Arts; Flowers: Prima; Sequin Flower Center: Prima.    Digital Products: Cherry Crushed Denim Page Kit by Veronica Spriggs; Happiness Wordart 2 by Bethany Harty. (Digital products available at http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/)

That's it for me today, thanks so much for stopping by.  Patty

Friday, May 21, 2010

Hoping my head clears soon...

Ugh, I've had a nasty cold all week and it's still hanging around today. I'm really over it and I just wish it would get over me and go away!  Anyway, I've have a bunch of cards that I haven't posted yet, so I'm get them out here this weekend. Here is the first set, ironically they are mostly get well cards - I should send them to myself.  These are hybrid cards I made using some wordart by Bethany Harty mixed with some of Maya's fabulous kits (both designers are at Scrapbook Graphics).

 
Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Pearls: Queen and Company; Ribbon: Sundance Catalogue; Chalk Ink: Clearsnap.   Digital Products:  Papers: Steampunk by Maya, Kindness by Maya; Elements: Sweetums, Sweetums Garden, and Sweetums Forest (all by Maya); Word Art: Get Well Cards Attitude Wordart by Bethany Harty.

Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Gems: Prima; Ribbon: Sundance Catalogue.    Digital Products: Papers: Steampunk by Maya, Kindness by Maya; Elements: Steampunk by Maya, Earth Dance by Maya; Word Art: Happiness Wordart by Bethany Harty.

Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Pearls: Queen and Company; Chalk Ink: Clearsnap.   Digital Products: Papers: Steampunk by Maya, Kindness by Maya; Elements: Sweetums Garden by Maya; Word Art: Get Well Cards Wordart 1 by Bethany Harty.

Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Pearls: Queen and Company.   Digital Products: Papers: Kindness Kit by Maya; Elements: Earth Dance Kit by Maya; Word Art: Get Well Cards Wordart 1 by Bethany Harty.

If you've got this cold that's going around too, hope you are felling better soon!  Take care, Patty

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Some Blingy Birthday Cards...

Here are a few cards I made with the re-released version of the Marks Paper Company's August digital kit. This new version of the kit has a lot of new elements including the medallions on the first two cards and the swirl on the third card.

Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Gems: MAMBI.   Digital Products: August Kit by Marks Paper Company (Stacy Marks); Font: Americana.

Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Gems: MAMBI, Prima; Ribbon: Pebbles.   Digital Products: August Kit by Marks Paper Company (Stacy Marks); Font: Americana.

Products: Blank Card: PaperSource; Cardstock: Bazzill; Gems: MAMBI, Prima; Flower: Prima. Digital Products: August Kit by Marks Paper Company (Stacy Marks); Font: Americana.

Thanks for stopping by today - Patty

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Some hybrid projects...

First here is a set of gift boxes perfect for Mother's Day. A friend of mine gave me a tablet of pre-cut boxes - the kind you just punch out and assemble. If you've been watching my blog, you know that I've previously shown these boxes altered a couple different ways for use as Easter treat boxes. But I really like making them and I wanted to make some that were more suited for Mother's Day. As it turns out, this set is definitely my favorite of the ones I've made so far. I used the Creative Fusion Collection - About a Mother at Scrapbook Graphics, specifically I used the paper and elements designed by Rosey Posey for the Collection. The boxes originally come plain white with some embossing. I add the patterns to the boxes by running the sheets through the printer before I punch out and assemble them. Additionally, I sprayed the back of the butterfly and flower cut-outs with Sweet Clover Gimmer Mist.
Digital Products: Metamorphosis Elements and Metamorphosis Papers By Rosey Posey. Physical Products: Boxes: Marcella by K; Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels; Pearls: Mark Richards.

There is a lot of new word art showing up in the Scrapbook Graphics store, thanks to their newest designer, Bethany Hardy. Bethany's word art covers a really wide range of topics and she has an “attitude” series that is really funny – with sayings like ”I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was going to blame you.” I think it would really funny to use something from the attitude series on cards, but for today, I'm sticking to some nice sentiments about friendship and love. :)

For most of the graphics on the cards, I used kits from Tangie Baxter’s Art Journal Caravan. These kits are perfect for cards, they are sort of mini-kits with about 25 elements in each. A nice amount of stuff so you have some  options, but not enough stuff to overwhelm you with choices when you are making something small, like a card.  I assembled all the cards in Adobe Photoshop, printed them onto white cardstock and then added some additional layering and embellishments.

Digital Products: Art Journal Caravan Provisions {Parcel 05} by Tangie; Make Merry collab by Tangie with Sherriejd; Life Wordart by Bethany Hardy.    Physical Products: Cardstock: Bazzill; Gems: Doodlebug.

Digital Products: Art Journal Caravan Provisions {Parcel 02} by Tangie; Inspirational Wordart 3 by Bethany Hardy.   Physical Products: Cardstock: Bazzill; Gems: MAMBI.


 
Digital Products: Junque Journal Collab by Tangie w/ SherrieJD; Brackets Friends WordArt Pack by Bethany Hardy.    Physical Products: Cardstock: Bazzill; Gems: Prima, Recollections.
 
Digital Products: Art Journal Caravan Provisions {Parcel 13} by Tangie; Brackets Friends WordArt Pack by Bethany Hardy.    Physical Products: Cardstock: Bazzill; Ribbon: Michael’s.

Digital Products: Art Journal Caravan Provisions {Parcel 07} by Tangie; Friend Wordart Pack by Bethany Hardy.     Physical Products: Cardstock: Bazzill; Ribbon: Offray; Leave Pins: Maya Road; Dimensional Pearl Paint: Ranger.

Digital Products: Art Journal Caravan Provisions {Parcel 11} by Tangie; Friends Mini Wordart by Bethany Hardy.      Physical Products: Cardstock: Bazzill; Gems: MAMBI; Glitter: Ranger.

Digital Products: Art Journal Caravan Provisions {Parcel 06} by Tangie; Friends 5 WordArt by Bethany Hardy; Dreams In Colour 2.0 Yellow By Mgl.      Physical Products: Cardstock: Bazzill; Ribbon: Offray; Dimensional Pearl Paint: Ranger.

Digital Products: Art Journal Caravan Provisions {Parcel 06} by Tangie; Love 3 WordArt Pack by Bethany Hardy.      Physical Products: Cardstock: Bazzill; Ribbon: May Arts; Liquid Applique: Marvy
 
Wow, this has been a lot of posting for me today. I need to be better about not letting the project pile up here :)   Thanks for stopping by today!  Patty

Quick cards sets using Variations...

This tutorial was made for my April post on the blog at Scrapbook Graphics. I've actually already done the May post there, which I'll post here today as well, but I wanted to get this one up first. This is a digital technique you can use to make a complete set of cards using just one card design.


First you need to create one card design that you like. Here is a screen shot of my design; it was made using Rosey Posey’s One More Day Kit.


Next, I made a copy of all of the layers in my design and collapsed these copied layers into one layer. This lets me retain my original layers separated in case I want to change something later. This new merged layer will be the first card for the set. I’m making a four-card set, so I made three more copies of the merged layer. Now, I’m just going to adjust the colors on my copies using the Variations tool. In Photoshop CS you can find this tool under Image, Adjustments, and then click on Variations. In Photoshop Elements you find it under Enhance, Adjust Color and then click on Color Variation. Here is a screen shot from Photoshop CS of what you see when the Variations tool first opens. The tool lets you clearly see what the graphic will look like if you add more of one color or another.


You can select to edit the Shadows, Midtones, Highlights, or Saturation. I only edited the Midtones on my images. The next screen shot shows what it looks like after I clicked More Yellow twice. The top two images in the screen shot show the original and what the new color edited version looks like in comparison.


That’s it, you just color edit as many copies of your design as you want to include in the card set. As you can see, once you have your design done, making the variations for the additional cards is very quick and simple. Here is a screen shot of all four of my card images.


The next step is to print them out. The finished size for my cards is a 4″ square. So, I need to place my card design on a rectangle that is 4″x8″, which when folded in half will give me a 4″ square. The screen shot below shows an 8.5×11 page set up for printing, everything that is light grey will be trimmed off. I find it easiest take the final card design as one layer and put it in to place all four designs into this one print file and just turn on each card design individually for printing.


Here an image of my final cards. I added rub-on greetings after they were printed. You could also hand write the greetings or add them digitally before you print. I love giving little card sets like this as thank you or hostess gifts. Just stack them with some envelopes and tie it all together with a ribbon.


Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!  I'll be back later today to post some more hybrid projects.    Patty