Summer Has Finally Started!

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What I Created in a Photoshop Class

I recently took a small photo shop class and here are some of things I created. For my first time with this software I think I did pretty well. But it definitely takes a lot of practice to get used to all the tools and buttons.

In the class we made pop art. Which is where you take the same photo 4 times and use bright colors to change each image. In the end you have 4 different designed photo's put together as one for a really cool piece of art. I really like how mine turned out.

In this picture I made all of the uncut fruits black and white and left the split open fruits the same way they were in its original photo. That way they can really stand out.

Here I merged to images together and blended the cat over the dog. The words cat and dog are both filled in with the corresponding animals fur. Which I thought was a pretty cool trick.

  We were also told to take any pair of opposites or 2 things that went together. I chose fire and ice. I did the same thing as I did with the dog and cat photo. I blended the ice cubes with flames and cut the words out of the corresponding object.

New Scrapbook Goodies are in my Etsy Shop!

Lots of awesome new scrapbook supplies from Studio Calico, Freckled Fawn, and October Afternoon are now available in my Etsy Shop. Go check it out and pick some supplies up. Use coupon code BEAR10 for 10% off your order.

 Studio Calico Wood Mounted Stamps

Freckled Fawn Triangle Washi Tape

Freckled Fawn Neon Enamel Dew Drops

 Freckled Fawn Ombre Pink Enamel Dew Drops

 Freckled Fawn Ombre Orange Enamel Dew Drops

 Freckled Fawn White/Black/Grey Enamel Dew Drops

 Freckled Fawn Ombre Blue Enamel Dew Drops

I love enamel dots (who doesn't). They are just the perfect little element to add to any project or to use as a finishing touch to a scrapbook page. It was such a great idea of Freckled Fawn to make ombre ones. And now we have items from the new Travel Girl collection by October afternoon.

 

 October Afternoon Tin Pin Flair Badges

October Afternoon Tidbits (Doubled Sided)

October Afternoon Buttons

October Afternoon Washi Tape

There are also more products from the Travel Girl collection by October Afternoon in the shop as well.

Polaroid Land Camera - 12x12 Scrapbook Layout

Today I have a fun layout to share with you. This layout was inspired by the 213 in 2013 with Corrie Jones (Two Peas in a Bucket) video, and I loved the way her layout turned out. So I wanted to make something similar.

 First I took a 12x12 sheet of white cardstock and took it to my sewing machine. I sewed around the boarder about three times. But I didn't sew perfectly straight, I like the whimsical look and the simple flow of the thread. I took out my 6x6 patterned paper pads from new collections including Studio Calico Atlantic, Amy Tangerine Yes, Please, Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm, Studio Calico Snippets, and some scrap pieces from My Mind's Eye and cut 2x2 inch squares with my exacto knife. Then I decorated every square with lots of die cuts, cork stickers, flair badges, slide frames (which are my fave!) washi tape (another fave!), and lots of other goodies.

Everything I used on this layout is found in my Etsy Shop and will also be linked below.