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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love how this gilded spray turned out with striped vellum leaves and gilded skeleton leaves (spray paint on watercolor paper). It's very pretty but I'm not sure about the berry colors. they are more varied and a little paler in real life.</span>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215780396293872479noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405086.post-20251933811732433312015-01-13T02:38:00.000-05:002019-02-15T09:00:01.297-05:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">This house is based on Howard Lamey's <a href="http://www.littleglitterhouses.com/paul/twin_peaks/twin_peaks.htm">Twin Peaks Beach house</a>. I did my own thing with the windows and doors though.</span><br />
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<br />Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215780396293872479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405086.post-63264671259048489062015-01-13T01:28:00.000-05:002015-01-13T01:28:46.553-05:00After a two year siesta!At my age, it really doesn't feel that long ago that I wrote to this blog……. just a short nap, but I probably should have waited until next Thursday to post this - then it would be a two year anniversary! I did want to post some of the fun things I've been doing with my new hobby, the Silhouette Cameo machine. Lots of fun making Christmas cards and decorations, in fact the poor machine hasn't had much of a rest since hubby bought it for my birthday last September. Actually, I purchased it online and told him what he'd gifted me - he was much relieved that he didn't have to go out searching for something. <br />
I made a number of box cards from the very talented folks at <a href="http://SVGCUTS.com/">SVGCUTS</a>. Also lots and lots of tiny houses - mostly glitter and putz style, to place on top of Christmas treat boxes for my family and friends. It's the houses that have really held my interest, but now that Christmas is over, I hope I can still find fun things to make.<br />
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It's a non woven polyethylene material that's used for many items - I save the odd envelope that comes in the mail, and cut it to letter size so it will print on my printer. I print thin vertical-type designs and then cut the page into strips and feed through my Xyron machine. I don't think I've tried other adhesives, but the Xyron glue is extremely strong with Tyvek.<br />
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This will be the third class I've taken with MaryAnn Moss, and if it's anything like the previous two, I know I'll stay happy and busy in months to come!<br />
If you enjoy working with paper and scraps. I urge you to take her Remains of the Day (ROTD) Journal Tutorial. Mary Ann is such a good teacher and will help you bring a wonderful journal to life in simple steps.<br />
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Next is her Boogie Tilt Journal - three hardcover books that are a little more ambitious, but still attainable with her wonderful video instructions. I see this is on sale right now: <a href="http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/dispatch_from_la/full-tilt-boogie-an-online-visual-journaling-class.html" target="_blank">Full Tilt Boogie</a><br />
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I should add that these classes have to be the most fun ones I've taken, and are very addicting.<br />
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What an enjoyable way to spend a lazy afternoon - reading a good book on our porch by the lake, a few years ago. <i>Angela's Ashes</i> was such a well written book, I didn't want it to finish. </div>
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I used Anna Aspnes and Katie Pertiet's brown paper for this page. Background paper is mine. The font is <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Signerica. </i>Inspired by<i> Maine Every day, </i>by<i> whatnext </i>at<i> Oscraps </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">So the darling great granddaughters came with us, I treasure them dearly, but not while shopping - they don’t help when I need to figure things out at the jewelry department. They did have a good time with all the glittery and shiny goodies to enjoy. Every few minute I’d hear “Nana. look at this lovely (whatever)” shouted at me in their loudest voices - just in caseI didn’t hear.</span></div>
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I was fast at taking a number of shots of this, and it wasn't until after that I realized my camera was on manual. As I checked each image in the viewer I adjusted the controls without thinking, so breaking in my photography book (see previous post) seems to be working, because having the book stay open is so comfortable, that I'm reading and learning from it daily!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215780396293872479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405086.post-57985444547268106312012-02-02T13:08:00.000-05:002012-02-03T13:10:18.737-05:00I'd like to package more designs to give away, but don't want to use 4Shared, because I keep reading on DST about viruses coming from there. If anyone has a better place to upload to, I'd appreciate a link or something - thanks.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215780396293872479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405086.post-48464505755052685472012-01-25T17:25:00.009-05:002012-01-26T17:02:01.553-05:00The darn book won't stay open!I'm determined to learn all the buttons on my Canon camera. The manual is okay to understand, but print is way too tiny for my aged eyes, and it won't stay open. I downloaded a copy from Canon that's easier to read on screen, but it's a bit of a pain when I want to lounge on the couch and read from the coffee table (in my case tea-cup table!) with the camera on my lap. Printing pages was fine but with too many to print, I decided to purchase a Canon 7d Guide from Amazon. The book is great, but the pages still wouldn't open flat. I was just going to get it "spiral wire bound" from Staples, but found this guide for opening new books correctly and it really works to keep them open!<br />
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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215780396293872479noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405086.post-53310972487326075742011-10-25T07:46:00.002-04:002011-11-23T01:17:00.241-05:00Frustrated by Blogger!I tried the new designs and features in Blogger - didn't like them, and now I can't get back to my old design. The header is centered over the posting block and not center of the page, the graphics aren't the way I set them originally. <br />
It's just like Blogger was in the beginning, too hard to control. <br />
I have some experience and training hanging paintings in galleries, and I like to use the same concept on my blog - simple with a white background. That way the colors have little competition.<br />
I'm taking a workshop on Word Press next week, and might open another blog with Google Streets captures - of places we've lived or been. I love Google Streets.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215780396293872479noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405086.post-40210628994602687032011-10-04T18:19:00.003-04:002011-10-27T05:24:37.763-04:00Banksy art - on the streets of Brick Lane, London. So cool.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjUXI06RM5PYh6SI1PZlupPd-PaWuL3GzqMr8bkmfNmNBi7lV9ifn8Zat8uw4tNRivriqa2nvRaPSLesMLWENMPcdcXAh9u8pxtoNmciYuYoy8Eqe2zngyI5TjE_lR0IR3ajkHA/s1600/1.1275832315.banksy-art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjUXI06RM5PYh6SI1PZlupPd-PaWuL3GzqMr8bkmfNmNBi7lV9ifn8Zat8uw4tNRivriqa2nvRaPSLesMLWENMPcdcXAh9u8pxtoNmciYuYoy8Eqe2zngyI5TjE_lR0IR3ajkHA/s1600/1.1275832315.banksy-art.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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I want to thank the following photographer for the use of his photograph, which is published under Creative Common License: Phillip Fayers for Tintagel CastleChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215780396293872479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405086.post-35296787589903449672011-09-27T21:10:00.010-04:002011-10-10T02:31:23.441-04:00Learning Photoshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photoshop CS5 has so many new features to learn, and I've been delighted to discover many of them through the teachings of Jason Hoppe last year, and last week I attended a 4-day Intensive Workshop with Lesa Snider. <br />
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I admit I was quite biased in favor of Jason, but then found that Lesa Snider's teachings complemented his, very nicely.<br />
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If you've never taken classes at CreativeLive, and you're a bit of a techie like me, you're missing out! When they first have a workshop/class, it's real time and free. Watching on the screen, typing in questions to be answered by the instructor, and chatting while making friends with others in the chatroom, takes on the feeling of being in an actual classroom.<br />
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They replay that days stream through the night so you can watch it again, and it remains free to watch until the class is completed. The cost is low compared to similar classes online and at a discount if you buy while it's live. After purchasing the class and receiving the links from them, you can download to watch at any time or place of your choosing. If you prefer to save the space, you can leave it on the CL site and watch from there any time you wish.<br />
I won this e-book at a drawing during a previous class.<br />
It's so much better to be able to view a class before buying, I wish more company's were this generous.<br />
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Click here to see the courses available: <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.creativelive.com/courses">CreativeLive Course Catalog</a></b></span>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215780396293872479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405086.post-72739705824806231422011-09-27T15:21:00.008-04:002011-09-28T11:56:51.976-04:00"Full Tilt Boogie" tutorial by Mary Ann MossI'm playing with my camera on manual in an attempt to get photos of my ROTD Journal. I'll probably end up using my P&S outside to take them if it gets too complicated!<br />
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I signed up for the latest class by Mary Ann Moss, she is such a terrific teacher! I checked out all the classes and videos and she lays everything out as clear as the ROTD one. Lots of short steps makes one neat book with a variety of different binding stitches and techniques. I won't begin it until I find some neat old book covers to use from the Antique shops of New England. I'm so glad I didn't get rid of my scrap papers when I went digital, these journals will make make good use of them for nice gifts to someone.<br />
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The new class is called Full Tilt Boogie, such a fun loving name, just like it's owner, Mary Ann.<br />
Check out her class description here: <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b> <a href="http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/dispatch_from_la/full-tilt-boogie-an-online-visual-journaling-class.html">Full Tilt Boogie by Mary Ann Moss</a></b></span>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215780396293872479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405086.post-59044467024306239132011-09-27T14:53:00.004-04:002011-09-28T11:27:59.787-04:00"Remainder of the Day" tutorial by Mary Ann MossI've been having so much fun making journals with the tutorial "Remainder of the Day" by Mary Ann Moss. I could never be happy sitting back doing nothing, that's probably why I dislike beach vacations so much. I loved exploring the undeveloped beaches of Guam and Hawaii years ago though. Going back to these same spots on the Internet, I see all the changes and how commercial they've become. I wonder if they are as fun as we once had climbing the rocks down to the beach area, and finding all kinds of shells, and other things that washed ashore? I wish I had a digital camera back then (way, way back!).<br />
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Check out Remains of the Day Sneak Peak video <a href="http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/dispatch_from_la/rotdoci.html">HERE</a><br />
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I doodled spots and scallops on a background paper that I showed earlier, and the butterflies are of a brush I made from a real butterfly I've had for years, and the little girl is my sweet granddaughter, Ally, showing off her hair wrap!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215780396293872479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405086.post-73928723090476204132011-06-18T20:47:00.003-04:002011-06-19T11:33:00.256-04:00Blended and Textured design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabmh3iWg9WRt_q9_nljkBrJPi_VkYIJEefNqlQ3Uq8xX_OL_v7XKTXIzRq5UZEuNmqR-mKqEwU4UUKfZEKPgLtRtQQaA6mkli7LHrhWpZIvh1BbheUzJFlyJPxEWcnCyXyQWQ7w/s1600/Blended+and+textured+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabmh3iWg9WRt_q9_nljkBrJPi_VkYIJEefNqlQ3Uq8xX_OL_v7XKTXIzRq5UZEuNmqR-mKqEwU4UUKfZEKPgLtRtQQaA6mkli7LHrhWpZIvh1BbheUzJFlyJPxEWcnCyXyQWQ7w/s320/Blended+and+textured+web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I found a couple of the background blended papers that I had done with the help of <a href="http://photomorphis.blogspot.com/">Doug Landreth</a>'s texture, and the techniques learned in his class last week, so Photoshop didn't eat the lot of them up after all. These are more like my own, older style, but not as grungy. I'd like to get some images and play more with texture and Photoshop.</div>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215780396293872479noreply@blogger.com2