Cottage Arts — Inspiration

From a Prom Perspective

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From a Prom Perspective

Hi everyone! Sorry the blog has been quiet....we're busy getting ready for our 6th birthday celebration starting Wednesday with six days of fun! Rachel had prom last weekend and we had a blast getting her ready and shooting a bunch of images. Yesterday she and I created a few layouts and thought I'd share two of them with you. They are variations of perspective pages, giving off the feeling of being "in" the page. The first mimics a bedroom wall using paper that looks like wallpaper and has a window frame showcasing a photo of her swinging at our lake cabin. The...

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Using Text Paths with PS/PSE/PSP

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Using Text Paths with PS/PSE/PSP

Hi everyone! Time for a text path tutorial with ideas from our creative team (layouts at end of post).  Our Creative Text Paths 1 are available for Photoshop/Elements (psd format), as well as Paint Shop Pro X2 or higher (pspimage format), and help you whip up creative word art in a flash (the rest of our Creative Text Paths are only compatible with PS/PSE). I've written two step-by-step tutorials below...one for PS/PSE users and one for Paint Shop Pro users.   The rest of our Creative Text Paths are compatible with Adobe Photoshop and PS Elements but not Paint Shop...

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Scrapping your Favorite Things

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Scrapping your Favorite Things

A memory book of your favorite things, television shows, songs, books, etc… really says a lot about who you are as a person. Imagine what a treasure this could be for generations to come when (although hard to imagine) American Idol or CSI are no longer the current shows. Will you remember what your favorites were if they are not documented? What do you want your family to know about you through the things you love...your sense of humor, love of a mystery, sense of adventure? Supplies: Off the Beaten Path 3 Papers, Adventure Page Pak, Nature's Sketchbook Journals 4,...

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Paying Tribute to our Heritage

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Paying Tribute to our Heritage

Hi...Beth here! Hope you're having a great week...spring rains have hit Minnesota with a vengeance. We hope the flooding that follows is minimal. Today we're talking about our heritage and paying tribute to those who came before us.     Supplies: Nature's Sketchbook Papers 1, Elements 2, Journals 2; Printer's Archived AlphaSet; It's my History Kit; Seriously Cool School Elements; Recipe Card Blog Freebie (expired); my own rolling pin At a scrapbook crop recently, I was asked the question: “What do you want your children to remember most about living in your home?" After thinking about this, I realized the...

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It's a Funny Thing

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It's a Funny Thing

We all know how important laughter and humor is for our well-being. Using it in your scrapbooking is also good medicine! Creative Team Member, Donna Gibson, is known for her witty pages and creative storytelling, sharing snippets of her family's antics. I believe it is her photo stories, eye-catching design, along with detailed journaling, that make her pages memorable. Check out her entire gallery here.     It's so true that kids say the darnedest things. When Rachel (now 16) was three I started writing down the witty quips that sprang from her mouth. Now I just need to get...

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