Am I a Scrap Addict *TooT*? Yes.. I am! ;) & CPS #77!

Morning ladies! Bright and beautiful today… but calling for thunderstorms later on.. but what else is new? lol! I managed to get *THREE* cards done last night! Woohoo! lol!! Now I need to get my butt in gear and finish up a card order, and start on a HUGE Xmas card order I have to do.. haha! Anyone wanna help me make 100 Xmas cards? lol! Have you started making your Christmas cards yet? How many Christmas cards do you have to make this year? I’m thinking my number is going to be around the 250 number.. so I *REALLY* need to get started or i’m going to be doomed! lol!!

Am I A Scrap Addict?

I have some exciting news to share with you today! Deanne from “Am I A Scrap Addict” has asked me to join her Card Sketch DT over on her sketch blog! I’m a sucker for sketches.. so couldn’t resist!! I’m excited to be a part of her DT for the next 6 months and hope you’ll join in the fun with me!!

Be sure to check out her fabulous sketches and play along!!

http://a-scrapaddict.blogspot.com/

And here is card I made last night based on this sketch from Deanne…

And my card.. using *SCRAPS*!! lol! I really need to make a dent in my scrap folder.. so I’m making myself use all scraps until I receive my next DT kits!!! YUM!!!

Materials: Doodlebug Velvet CS, Bo Bunny pp, Scenic Route pp, 7 Gypsies Sticker, Prima, MM Blossoms, misc. buttons, May Arts Ribbon, Kaiser Craft Pearls, Embroidery Thread, FISKARS Threading Water border punch, DCWV Rub Ons (I think that’s what they’re called anyways.. lol!)

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Q & A

I was asked a question the other day about my photo’s and forgot to answer it up till now…

Arianne August 10, 2008 at 10:31 am Edit

Congrats!
As always your cards look stunning!

(I was wondering about your photos. How do you make them look so amazing?)

Arianne.. first of all, thank-you for the compliments! I’ll just tell you what I use to take my pics and make them pretty.. I use a Nikon D80 DSLR, and have a bagfull of lenses, but mostly use my 35-80mm, or my 50mm lens. They seem to be my standby’s for my scrapping pics. Then I use PhotoShop CS3 Extended Version to pretty them up! I will adjust the colour, contrast, brightness, etc.. place an unsharp mask on my pics, etc.. basically just play around with the settings, and then ‘border’ them to give them a little bit of ‘extra’ oomph! lol! My pictures don’t come out of my camera looking like this.. I only wish! LoL!!

If you don’t want to invest in PhotoShop, as it is quite pricey, I would suggest downloading Picasa from Google and using it to brighten and sharpen your pictures. You can also do some other basic functions with it using just a single “click”, and for *free*, it really can’t be beat! I used to use it before I was “fluent” in photoshop.. haha! User friendly and easy to boot! No ‘learning curve’ whatsoever.. lol!

Here’s the link to Download it…

http://picasa.google.com/download/

I hope this answers your question and helps you out! Please let me know if you have any other ?’s or need any help.. also feel free to email me personally.. you can find my email under the “Contact Me” tab above.

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CPS #77

Now onto my CPS #77 card for this week! I really love the CPS sketches and happen to stalk errr.. admire a few of the Sketch Artists at CPS!! So I really try to get the CPS challenge done weekly if possible!

To see this weeks sketch hop on over to CPS to see the fabulous sketch and all the inspiring cards!! YUM!!

http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/2008/08/cps77-part-2-sponsored-by-inque-botique.html

And here is my card for this week… flipped on it’s side!

Materials: Imaginisce, Scenic Route, Chatterbox pp’s, May Arts Ribbon, AC Chipboard Thickers, Prima Poinsettia, Misc. buttons & twine, FISKARS border punch.

Ok ladies… that’s it for today!! Have a wonderful day!! See you tomorrow!