Using "MY DIGITAL STUDIO" ~ My First Card

Why would I want to digitally create a greeting card? Let's see...I could answer:

• Because I love using my computer to bring my artistic thoughts to life.
• Because  I want to prove to myself that I can.
• Because  I want to be able to show others how to do it.
• Because  I want to add embellishments to my final card.
• Because IF I decide I want to have my card mass printed, I can.
• Because I can put away all my supplies in a FLASH, Woo-hooo!

ALL TRUE STATEMENTS!

If I think of any other reasons, I'll let you know.  It's fun to challenge myself and see all the wonderful ideas and the many possibilities.I can make many variations so easily.  I used a stamp design from the set "Always". I used a paper from another digital artist, Christina Bartholomew. It is from her set called Siblings..Background 10.

Here's my card.  This first card is a 4.25 x 5.5 " card because I wanted to keep to a familiar format of my handstamped and punched card art.  You will be seeing three photos.  The front.  The inside greeting portion and the back of the card. I'd love to hear your comments and see some of your digital ideas too.

Out with the old & in with 2010!!

Have you heard the saying "Once in a Blue Moon"? Well guess what? This New Year of 2010 was truely a Blue Moon!! You can learn about this rare occurance a bit more on Yahoo.

The old year was full of wonderful times, great experiences with friends and business partners and traveling to new and exciting places, but it also was a time of financial hardships for so many, a time of leaving old lives behind and saying goodbye. I'm so excited to see this brand new year get started! Whoo Hoo! It's a brand new year...2010... and do I have plans! I want to make our rare BLUE MOON New Year into something special. Last year I was challenged to stop creating goals which are destined to fail,so this year I will be using new terms to creat my LifeMap.Instead I will be replacing my thinking and speaking with words like DESIRED OUTCOMES and EXPECTED RESULTS...I'll let you know how it turns out.

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My first craft of the New Year is going to be a desktop calendar...a cute CD style that I have been wanting to create digitally. Here is a photo of the sample and the link I found that has this template.



http://shuttersisters.com/home/2009/10/24/2010-photo-calendar-templates.html