Seeing Gingham

Hello!
How is everyone today?  Hope you had a great weekend!   We had such nice weather where we are, a bit hot, but I got to spend some uninterrupted time with hubby and kids, so that was a nice change.

Today we are sponsoring the Digital Tuesday challenge, and the theme is GINGHAM.  Ooooh, I LOOOOVE gingham, it just makes any image cuter!

I made a little sumpt'n with the Plush Panda pre-colored image and digi papers.

The black splotch pattern paper is a bit of a tight repetitive pattern, so to make it look less that way, here is what I did.

1. In Photoshop, set your initial canvas size to a little bigger than the size of paper you want cut for your project.
2. Add the PNG digi paper of choice on a new layer.
3. Rotate the placed digi paper.  I rotated the digi paper at about 20-25 degrees within my Photoshop canvas area.
4. Save the canvas area (your full document) as a PNG (or JPG). My canvas size was 4.5 x 2.5 since I wanted a 2x4 piece.
5. Place your new saved PNG (or JPG) into whatever document you use for printing color images or papers. I use Word.
6. Now you have a custom size digi paper that is printed at an angle. This way you don't have to waste any digi paper by cutting a piece at an angle.

MATERIALS I USED:

• IMAGE: Plush Panda
• CS/PAPER: white, digi paper from image set, black, green
• INK: printer
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: spellbinders eyelet squares, black gingham ribbon,Twinery twine, basic grey button, CTMH bitty brads, sewing machine, foam dimensionals

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Thanks for visiting us today!  I hope you get a change to join the Digital Tuesday challenge this week!

Gettin' fruity

Hello!  We are sponsoring the Totally Papercrafts challenge this week ant the theme is to get fruity!
I got a chance to make something that fits the challenge and I wanted to share today.
I used the Fruit Hat image and made it fun bright colors.  This is actually a birthday card for someone.
I watercolored the image with Tombow markers and a waterbrush, waited for all the to dry and then sprayed with my matte finish acrylic sealer and then added the white dots on the pink ribbon on the back of the hat.

 

I just had to cut a teeny tiny tag around a 1/16" hole punched in white CS, so that i can hang it off the hat.  Just for fun!

Thanks for visiting today!!  Hope you can join in the fruity challenge with us at Totally Papercrafts!

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IMAGE: Fruit Hat
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS bubble gum, PTI yellow CS, misc digi paper
INK: printer, white gel pen, pink inkpad, Tombow markers 925, 515, 847, 985, 942, 177, 606, 755
ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, sponge, spellbinders ovals and beaded oval dies, PTI ribbon, SU buttons, MS frond punch, twine, MS border punch, pearls, sewing machine, 1/16" hole punch, foam dimensionals

WINNERS of Blog Parade!

A big thank you to everyone who stuck with all the blogger problems and other minor mishaps and continued through to the end!!

Below is a list of the names of those entered in the Blog Parade "Hop", in the order you completed and added your links to the linky.  
(NOTE: there were a few that forgot to enter the linky, but commented that they finished, so I went ahead and entered you by the date/time of your comment on the DP blog.)

No.	Name/Desc	Date/Time
1	Anna R	June 3, 2011, 11:21 am
2	Jeruha Borden	June 3, 2011, 1:41 pm
3	Sandy	June 3, 2011, 3:33 pm
4	Cindi F	June 3, 2011, 5:44 pm
5	Patti Painter	June 3, 2011, 5:50 pm
6	Stephanie G	June 3, 2011, 5:54 pm
7	Rhonda Miller	June 3, 2011, 7:25 pm
8	Georgia E.	June 3, 2011, 8:06 pm
9	Sharon Swain	June 3, 2011, 9:06 pm
10	Kathy S	June 3, 2011, 9:24 pm
11	Christa M	June 4, 2011, 9:00 am
12	auntie em	June 4, 2011, 4:10 pm
13	Amy Johnson	June 4, 2011, 8:50 pm
14	NanaConnie	June 5, 2011, 6:20 am
15	rose petal sandra b	June 5, 2011, 6:30 am
16	Scrappyrat	June 5, 2011, 6:52 am
17	kurlygirl	June 5, 2011, 6:57 am
18	carol	June 5, 2011, 7:32 am
19	IKE	June 5, 2011, 7:46 am
20	Teresa Arsenault	June 5, 2011, 7:46 am
21	Tink	June 5, 2011, 8:24 am
22	Linda	June 5, 2011, 9:17 am
23	Gale	June 5, 2011, 1:32 pm
24	scrapalajen aka Jennyfer	June 5, 2011, 2:18 pm
25	barbara	June 5, 2011, 4:14 pm
26	Helen	June 5, 2011, 9:16 pm

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RANDOM.ORG CHOSE THESE five numbers as the winners of a $15 gift coupon to doodlepantry.com

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SANDY

SHARON SWAIN

NANA CONNIE

LINDA A

BARBARA

Winners will be emailed at the email you provided in the linky later this afternoon with all the details on how to redeem the coupon.

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Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge 13

(If you missed our post on Friday, we are having a Blog Parade through 6 pm eastern TODAY June 5!  Come along our Blog Parade and enter for your chance for a winner's coupon!)
DOODLE PANTRY DIGITAL CHALLENGE 13

Tag/Keyword: DPDC13
THEME: Use a Doodle Pantry image
(NOT just a sentiment)

Feel free to browse the freebie page HERE.  There are some "free with purchase" and some that are totally free downloads.  WE HAVE JUST ADDED 5 NEW ITEMS TO THE FREE SECTION!!

We hope you can play along with us!

FEATURED PRODUCT PATRIOTIC TURTLE
All participants who place their post link in the blue frog linky, and who have created a project that follows the theme/rules, will be emailed this OUTLINES set for FREE.
NOTE:  If you want the COLOR version which includes the outlines and digi papers, just LEAVE A COMMENT on this post AFTER you link up your project and state that you want the color version.

(Participants emailed approximately every 3 days)

OR

SCROLL DOWN FOR SOME INSPIRATION PROJECTS USING THIS FEATURED SET
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(PLEASE ONLY ADD BLOG, CDAC, or SCS LINKS. THANK YOU)







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We hope you will be inspired to play along with us this week!
Here are some of the DT creations to help get your creative juices flowing!
by Lorie                 by Karen                  by Pat

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ABOUT WINNERS

There will be 1 winner chosen from all the entries to win a $10 gift coupon to spend at doodlepantry.com.
AND everyone who enters the linky with a qualifying project post will receive the featured set for free!

Other challenge guidelines below:

1. It is expected that you will create something NEW and follow the challenges theme. Make something paper crafty with Doodle Pantry images!
2. Post your creation on your blog or online public gallery in which a comment can be left.  Post MUST be dated within the time frame of the challenge.  Please, no past creations, create something new!  
3. The linky widget may state that a URL is not required, but IT IS REQUIRED. You MUST LINK YOUR POST of your project/card
4. Challenges are open for almost 2 weeks and winners posted the day prior to the next challenge (on the 19th)
5. Only enter once per each challenge
6. Keywords or tags for the challenge are DPDC and the number of the challenge, no spaces.

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We hope you have been inspired today, and we hope you can join us.  Thanks so much for stopping by and we wish you a wonderful week!

New releases today!

Hello!  There are some new releases today, a LOT of fun and whimsical images, even some as FREE with a purchase!
And if you have already been along the Blog Parade this weekend, then YOU have seen them already!
ALL those products are active and ready for your creativity to embrace them!


CLICK FOR LATEST RELEASE PAGECLICK FOR FREEBIE PAGE
Thanks for being a part of my little doodling adventure!   Your participation in all our events each month always brings me a smile and makes this adventure even that much more rewarding!

It's a Blog PARADE!

Hello!    Today we are having a very first Blog Parade!  (More commonly known as a Blog Hop *wink*)

THIS POST IS THE START OF THE BLOG HOP

AND THE LAST STOP
Please read ALL the details before hopping along to the next blog (blog roll at bottom of this post, above the photos).

Since we have a big Creative Team of 19, we are making the posts short and sweet and filled with inspiration using the images that will be released in just 2 days!!  We have so many new releases that I think you will love. 

• TIME FRAME:  June 3 (6 am eastern) through June 5 (6 pm eastern)
• PRIZES:  5 winners each getting a $15 store coupon
• WHAT TO DO TO ENTER, just 3 things:

1. Visit and make a comment on each blog in the BLOG ROLL list below
2. Return to this post and add your name, and (if you have one) url blog link in the blue frog linky (or you can use a url of your online public gallery as long as it does NOT require an account for someone to be logged in to see it)
3. Leave a comment on THIS POST last telling me what image you liked the most from all the Creative Teams blog parade posts.

• Winners will be drawn at random from the LINKY, but will not be notified until it is verified that each have commented on every blog. A new winner is drawn if one of the first did not comment on every blog.
• Winners are announced on June 6 at 6 am eastern, here at this blog.

BLOG ROLL ORDER (IF THERE ARE ANY BLOGS WITHOUT THE BLOG HOP POST, GO AHEAD AND ADD YOUR LINK AND COMMENT WITH YOUR FAVORITE AND we ask that you check back and comment on remaining blogs later today):

• Rebecca (go here first!)
• Patti
• Pat
• Robbie
• Kathy
• Dawn
• Kris
• Sarah
• Lorie
• Karen
• Maria
• Jan
• Maranda
• Kathryn
• Heide
• Lisa
• Glenda
• Sharon
• DP blog, HERE, add your link to the linky and make a comment with your favorite image from the blog parade

Below is what I made using one of the new "Freebie WITH PURCHASE" products.  It is called Little Lighthouse and it comes with outlines, color, and 2 digital papers.

Below I colored the outline image and used some digital paper from the Bold Summer Paper Pack.

 Below using the pre-color digital image and one of the matching digital paper.

Thanks for visiting and happy parade hopping!!!