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I know I skipped a few days/cards, but I hope to go back and at least re-watch the videos. Decided to just do Day 7 today. I liked seeing the process to make an envelope, but I don’t know that I will do that today. I try to design my cards to fit envelopes that either I can buy, or that I have on hand. I used a photo of some flowers and a butterfly from my 2022 garden. Lace was from Jessica Dunn on digitalscrapbook.com.
Thank you Carole! I learned lots! My problem seems to be remembering what I learned 🙁 I would send this card to you!
Susan, I spent my time on the ‘drawing board’ side of the fence. I wish I had more opportunity to be in the printshop and see how it all worked! I did try to see as many of the finished print jobs as I could, but often they were getting shipped to the client, and I was chained to my drawing board. It might be a month later when we would get some print copies. Unless the client was unhappy with the job, then we would hear about it sooner 🙁
Susan #87020 – When I worked in advertising and design many years ago, everything that was printed on a commercial press, had a 1/8″ bleed added to the paste-up board. So if something was going to be 8″ x 10″, the paste-up board would have 1/8″ on each side, so the image area would be 8 1/4″ x 10 1/4″, with a trim of 8″ x 10″. The reason for the bleed is that they can’t be certain the machine will always trim on the trim line, so you add 1/8″ so the color will extend off the edge if the cut is off a bit. If I am printing something at home, and trimming it by hand, I don’t add that 1/8″ bleed because I can be more precise when I am hand trimming it. If you are having it printed with a commercial printer and they are going to have to trim it to size, they will probably want you to have the 1/8″ bleed. But I would really ask the printer! Today they can print photos that are borderless, and even my home printer does a pretty good job of borderless 4×6 prints, that are printed on 4×6 paper and not trimmed.
I hope that helps, and I hope I did not make more confusion!
I will say, I am sad that the Pre-Black Friday event is overlapping this workshop!
There are not enough hours in a day 😉
Thanks Carole, there is lots to learn in these few days.
Only Card 2 for me–enjoying seeing all the different things we are coming up with!
In the past year, I have had several of my doctors move–one stopped practicing, one moved out of state, and one is a mystery. If I had the opportunity to send them cards, it would be something like this….Blessings on the new adventure. And I sure do miss them all!
A few card making tips–If I am planning to print a card on my home printer, I try to avoid areas of solid color-someone mentioned that earlier. I also add old fashioned crop marks on the corners and I mark the fold line and score it lightly with the end of a burnisher. Paper and card stock has grain, even if you can’t see it, a score line makes it fold easier. Often I will find the envelope I plan to mail it in first, and design the card to fit the envelope. It is upsetting to print several cards and then realize I don’t have, or can’t get the right size envelope!
Here in the USA, the next holiday will be Thanksgiving. So for Card 1, I used a Thanksgiving/Fall theme.
All of the papers and elements came from Pixel Scrapper. The font for ‘blessings’ is called Baby Heart.
I think I got the confirmation email.
There is nothing in my spam folder from today.
So I didn’t get the first email!
Do I have to register again?
Did the first email go out? Is this the first day, or am I confused?
I didn’t get anything yet.
I used to make cards…..then things got in the way. I HAVE made our annual Christmas card for most of the past 40 years. Way back in the beginning, sometimes it was silkscreened, or hand-cut, or printed at a printshop.
But then we got a computer! And then a color printer! But some years it seems I spend more time fighting with the printer to print the 45 or so copies I need to mail, and I end up just being happy it is done 🙂
Yowza!
I like seeing what everybody is doing! Gerry, I like what you have done!
I used both methods to change the color of the dates and the lines. I didn’t intend to do that, but PSP was giving me trouble when I tried to change the color of the lines, so I went to method #2. But it does look like my lines have disappeared! No, I don’t like that, but I’m done for tonight….I think that happened when I resized, but I don’t remember how to make it not happen….that was another workshop…
I have not posted yet because I am slow! and I have not had much time to focus on this project!
But I think I am like Monique, I am not sure about the style, so maybe I got stalled there.
I added the year, because I WILL FORGET in a year or 2. I write things on my calendar, in some ways they become a journal of sorts. As a genealogist, I keep my old calendars because they bring back memories. Hopefully good memories 🙂
This is what I have begun for the first template-
Gerry – I’m with you, I have a great dislike for snakes!
Bonnie – My story would be ‘3 dead copperheads’, unless my husband was around. He likes to rescue the snakes, I prefer to take a shovel to them.
Susan – My childhood dentist was also a smoker, I feel your pain. I’m glad dentists wear gloves these days!
Day 4 – sports….there are no althetics trophies in my family, not for me, not for the rest of my family. But Mom did have a bowling trophy or two. Ironically, my youngest daughter did take up bowling for a couple of years, but I do think it was just because there was a boy she liked who bowled. She did date the boy, then she broke up with him…lol.
Carole–the text shadow on a new layer, you said it would follow the text if you moved it? Mine didn’t follow the text when I moved it! It kinda made a mess and had to undo.
Oh, and these stories! Triggering some memories for me.
Day 3, trying to catch up a bit! – I don’t remember getting into trouble much as a kid. My brother was the oldest, and he had a corner on the trouble market 😉 I was child #4, of 5 kids. Us 4 girls were pretty good, or that is how I remember it!
I know I fell off the StoryTime wagon this week after Day 1! My excuse is I had to do a newsletter this week, and now that it is done, Day 2! Not sure I will be able to catch up tho. I used the quick-page for Day 2, but I guess this could be Day 5 for Food, but don’t think I can get credit for 2 days with one page 😉
Rene Marker–I am a genealogist too. And I have also seen many birth certificates with the time of birth recorded. But it is not on mine, nor is there a place to put it!
Loving reading the stories!
It takes me time to figure out what to write! Maybe I should use my word processing program to figure that out, and copy and paste. And now I see typos too!
I regret not asking my parents the time I was born. I have an older brother and 2 older sisters, maybe I can ask them, but I doubt they would know. I could ask Aunt Jean, but she has dementia, so I don’t know if she would be able to help me 🙁
Signed up. I think I have stories, but don’t realize that I do? If that makes sense.
With both of my parents deceased now, and cousins who have passed, I am quickly becoming the ‘older generation’. I should record what I remember/know now.
Smiling as I look at everyone’s layouts!
Day 6 – When I watched the video yesterday, I picked photos. But after watching the video for Day 7, I changed my mind and decided I want to use them for day 7….so I picked some more garden photos instead! It is a bit early to plant tomatoes here in western Pennsylvania, but I planted a couple a week ago. My theory is only plant what you can afford to lose this early. And so far, the weather has been good, only time will tell if it was a good decision. It is always fun to get a ripe tomato early, so sometimes I will take the chance. And yes, only a gardener gets excited about the roots!
Day 5–I worked on this last night, but didn’t take time to upload it.
I have several oriels too! They have only been around here for the past 2 years. Oranges are a treat, they mostly get grapy jelly. I have found my goldfinch also enjoy the jelly. I have to bring the feeder in at night–I am certain my racoons would love the jelly and tear the feeder apart.
Day 4, more spring flowers! I fiddled with Hue & Saturation to adjust the page to my photos. Or maybe I tried too. I decided not to add a title.
Day 2, I guess I will use another photo of my tulips today! They seem to match the colorful quick pages.
