tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34045849.post7562031490292047927..comments2023-10-30T10:58:42.689-04:00Comments on My Life as an Accidental Artist: Super SwimmerMrsLoomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15391433296896865032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34045849.post-320334044928111932008-06-24T22:34:00.000-04:002008-06-24T22:34:00.000-04:00I use Adobe PhotoShop Elements 5.0 for pretty much...I use Adobe PhotoShop Elements 5.0 for pretty much everything. There are a couple of great websites for digital embellishments and digital papers--along with pretty much anything you can imagine. I love creating my own embellishments. For this layout I took a picture of the pool between events and then saved it as a 12"x12" 300dpi background. I scanned Caty Mae's blue ribbons and used PSE to erase all the background. You'll see more of that as I go along; there's something satisfying about creating my own embelishments from three dimsensional objects. <BR/><BR/>Costco now prints 8" and12" squares in their one hour lab, so I create and upload to Costco and then dh (dear husband in this case) picks them on his way home from works. It's prety slick---less expensive than traditional scrapbooking, but all the fun design elements.MrsLoomishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15391433296896865032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34045849.post-13796478544949867202008-06-24T19:52:00.000-04:002008-06-24T19:52:00.000-04:00I keep meaning to ask if you use a program on your...I keep meaning to ask if you use a program on your computer to make those scrapbook pages or are thy done by hand and then scanned?Popshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568843411872587048noreply@blogger.com