Instagram Layout

About time I created a page! I finally did, so I'm celebrating by sharing it here. :) 

(I was about to lose my CROPS-A-LOT status, and that can't happen!)

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I have been spending my spare time (and not-so-spare time) playing with Instagram. I just love this app for my phone! Anyways, I needed to come up with something scrapbooky, I just had to! 

So, upon a little searching of Instagram ideas on Google and Pinterest, I happened upon Printsgram. This fast, lightning quick little site allows you to print your Instagram pics, and I'm hooked! It's so easy! 

Here's some close-ups to get a feel for the texture and layers of the page. 

(I don't think I'll ever stop traditional scrapbooking for that reason: the texture and depth!)

a crocheted chain of yellow crochet cotton 

some luscious red flowery paper by Basic Grey: Konnichiwa.

Hey, where did the "E" go in my title??!?!! Those are inked Basic Grey chipboard letters, by the way.

chevron buttons (didn't keep the packaging, so I have no idea what brand they are) :(

little jewelry tags that I snagged at Staples

a l'il row of yellow of double-crochet stitches

white feather (still liking feathers!)

crochet thread tied up in knots and also wrapped around the chevron paper...

one banner made with the Basic Grey P&J line...

the other is metal-like paper run through the Big Shot using the Polka Dot Embossing Folder

the little yellow flower is cut from really, really old ribbon (from the fabric store perhaps?)

little snips of verse out of an old, torn apart bible

doodling...doodling...doodling 

more green dot paper to give us some green on upper left of page...

The bannock was very tasty! We had a great time with these lovely friends!

Happy scrapbooking! :)

New FotoFusion Template and Layout

Have you seen this amazing sale?!?! Kim DeSmet is retiring, so her entire store is on sale for twenty bucks! The following layout was created using one of her kits. It's called Her Personality. I love it. Click here to go there.


I've made another template and created a layout with it. I hope you like it.

Template No. 11

Tips on using the template No. 11:

1. I created little circles for the flower middles, but you could always add brads, buttons or bling. 


2. You might have difficulty moving the little circles. The mouse tends to click on the yellow "panning" circle. To cease your frustration----:P----click on the blank area around your canvas to reset your mouse. Then click and drag. (The panning tool won't be activated with that first selection.) Does that make any sense at all? If not, just disregard my tip here and figure it out yourself. LOL (And declare Anna plum crazy.) Oh, don't select and release, click and drag is the order of business here. :)


3. You can add patterned paper to the slide mount (the little rounded frame). Just select it, go to the paper in your bucket you want to use, right-click>APPLY TO SELECTED FRAME.

4. There are empty image frames behind the slide mounts. If you find your picture does not want to fit into the little rectangular window, try changing the shape of the image frame. That worked for me. :)

5. The best tip is #5: The "title" and "subtitle" text is on the COLLAGE layer, not on the default text layer. In plain English, that means you can move the title backwards and forwards in your layers. You vant to know how I didit it?:)
Here she goes: Select the title>right-click>MOVE TO LAYER>check the little box that says COLLAGE.
You're welcome.:) (You just don't know how excited I was when I discovered that little tidbit.)

6. FOR THE NEWBIES. If the above tip made absolutely no sense to you, you gotta know this! If you would like a flower petal, for instance, to be BEHIND your photo, but you dragged it onto your canvas after your photo (so it's above your photo),you can change it! Select the flower>right-click>choose SEND BACKWARD. Whoo hoo! Isn't that great?


ABOUT THE LAYOUT:

1. The patterned paper that kind of fades into the background on the left side of the canvas was created using the matte called BLACK HORIZONTAL GRADIENT. Drag the paper onto your canvas, resize it the desired size, open your BORDER DIALOG BOX. In here you will find that coooooool matte. Select it, and VOILA! I also reduced the opacity of the image so that it wasn't quite so bright on my page. You know, it was gettin' busy and all. You understand.:) Remove the shadow on the paper. Very important.


2. I always remove the shadow on my stitches to make them look sewn to the page.

3. I split the largest image frame into two to better compensate my photos. If you don't know how to use the splitting tool, check out my tutorial on that awesome tool.


There you have it. All that blatherin' has come to an end. I heard the sound of relief from all you. See ya'all a little later!

Products Used:

Papers, flowers, buttons, bling, etc: OScraps: Kim De Smet Her Personality 

Stitches: Designer Digitals: Anna Aspens Stitched by Anna White No.07

Mask on upper right area of layout: Designer Digitals: Anna Aspens FotoBlendz Clipping Masks No.6

 (I "copied" this mask into my FotoFusion Mattes Folder.)

Fonts: Arial Black, Burst My Bubble and Cheri

ANOTHER TEMPLATE NEXT FRIDAY. I hope to, anyway. I'm not very good with my promises sometimes. I gotta work on that.


If you have any questions or comments, please email me at customscrapbooksbyanna(at)gmail(dot)com.

Log Your Memory Challenge #1

I've been enjoying this community, and downloaded their Memory Logbook 2010. This is a great resource to keep track of all your little memories and page layout ideas.

The website gives different challenges every week, and so I attempted my first and uploaded it to the gallery. The challenge was to create a layout using inspiration from a children's storybook. I was reading "Give a Mouse to a Cookie" to my youngest, and when I saw this page, I was inspired to create a page with similar features. (And that was before I knew about the challenge! :) ) So here's the picture of the book:

From Log Your Memory Photos

and here is my layout. It's not my usual style, but I enjoy trying different things.

Supplies: Designer Digitals Katie Pertiet Photo Masks, Little Dreamer Designs Doodley Doo Alphas, Lumapix FotoFusion frame, and Century and Georgia fonts.

Beautiful You

I downloaded this free desktop from The Shabby Shoppe blog and just dropped the pictures in. Super easy scrapbooking! Personally, I prefer layouts more symetrical than this. I'm contemplating buying the kit that comes with all these delicious supplies, called Sprout, but do I really need it? :)

The pics are of me, my amazing sister-in-law and friend, and a Godly, someone-who-I-look-up-to church lady, who were both at last weekend's ladies retreat I attended. It was an amazing time of renewal and encouragement. BEAUTIFUL YOU is what it was called.

Next post will be of an annual scrapbooking project I'm working on.