Month: May 2013

 

I’m a guest over at Doodlebug – and they’re giving away a spot in Camp Scrap!

Speaking of give-aways… Claudine Hellmuth also has a spot to give over on her blog. 🙂

and the incredibly talented Wanda has a how-to up on her very beautiful floral birthday card (that she made me!). You can see that here.

 

AND Gossamer Blue has spots to give-away in Camp Scrap! Check that out on their blog here.

 

Have a great weekend everyone- I’ll be away from the computer (turning it all the way off right now, in fact) soaking up the long holiday weekend. I’ll be back Monday!

So the other day I was waiting (as I often am) for one of the girls to get out of school and I was clicking away, editing photos from the last few (holy cow batman, so eventful) weeks. A mom asked me about it – and I was explaining how simple. pick a photo. tap editing. save/go. EASY. If you want more of an explanation you can see my post here about the app.

Point is – except for the fact that it saves significantly smaller of a file than original (still printable, but not as big a file is all) and that you can’t zoom to REALLY see the detail of your adjustments, it is the #1 photo app I use. I love it. I don’t know how I functioned or accepted so many bad iPhone pics before it!

I sure do love it when technology makes things prettier and better… and I don’t have to hassle with editing photos on my laptop before ordering. Good stuff.

Oh and if anyone is wondering – occasionally (quarterly or so?) I hook my phone up to the laptop, pull alllll the photos off except the few I leave on always, and load onto computer by cut/pasting into my photos. Then I sort, delete, edit, and order whatever I want. All the keepers then join my “real” camera photos in back-up-land on an external hard drive.

I like to keep it clean, simple, and I like knowing I’ve printed my pictures so I don’t end up with forgotten moments and stories in a file on a device somewhere. More on that some other time. Right now I’ve got teacher gifts to create!

Navy ink = love. Seriously I’m just doing so much with it, so I made a video and you can find that + a new project posted over at the Simon Says Stamp and Show blog today! (Yep, I’ve been a verra verra busy girl lately!!) I also explain in my video why I love Hero Arts shadow ink in navy, as well as what I do/why I also love Distress ink in Chipped Sapphire. I could really also get into pondering why I only just recently started loving chipped sapphire… but that’s another story for another day.

This week’s Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge is “favorite ink” – which is why I’m sharing my video today. Want a fun little insider info? We are now adding a weekly post by one of the designers that will be a project how-to, tutorial, or generally just crafty goodness that relates to the challenge of the week. Cool, right? I’m always dreaming up new fun stuff to bring to that blog, and I’m grateful to have such an AMAZING team to work with and who bring their talents and creativity to the table too. So much fun stuff in store this summer with Simon… good times!

Ok, so be sure to visit the blog to see my video, card, and of course to see the ink challenge and all of the other creations. If you are inspired to make something be sure to enter! This week’s prize (as always) is a $50 voucher to Simon Says Stamp! The winner is randomly drawn – you can enter by posting to your blog, flickr, or other site too. See the blog for entry details and rules as usual.

I’m guest blogging today over at Shimelle.com – with a new layout + video on my creative process if you’d like to check it out, you can see the post here.