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Freebies and New inspiring products for 2010!

Happy 2010!

Everything from Pieces Of Me Collection III; except for mask freebie and wordart.
Check out the new products -

 

 

 

 

Great freebie at Pixel Canvas -

And a freebie for my blog followers -

Download VPearce_Captured_wordart_and_journalSOPT

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I'll be on a plane tomorrow...

... headed for the sunny Gold coast! I have this in my bag to read while I'm away -

No it wasn't a cheeky Christmas gift from my husband, I bought it for myself, because I really do need help in this area.

This for Noah, he loved the animals one by Ed Emberley. So I thought he could occupy himself with this when he gets bored on the plane.

I'm sure my mind will often wonder back to the subject of scrapbooking and designing while I'm away. I bet I will be brainstorming ways to scrap the photos below and create a kit to co-ordinate.
 

 

There are more photos, but I just don't have the time to work with them. Just like I really don't have the time to be posting this post! I should really be washing my hair and disconnecting my comupter for storage. OK, I'll go now, but I will be back in the new year to make a quick post about my new products & give aways.

Oh, did you hear about the hot new designers? They will be at Pixel Canvas early January, so keep your eyes peeled!

Enjoy the rest of 2009!

I'm stuffed!

In other words I ate too much!

Merry Christmas everyone!

I've taken so many photos!

Another Piece Of Canvas Art

This time it's not for my wall. It's for a client who wanted it to be about her sons and to include the colour red.

I am really happy with it. One thing I have noticed when the image gets printed on canvas, is that it ends up a little lighter than whats on my screen. The colours are lighter and there isn't much contrast. One way to tackle this problem would be to adjust your levels on each photo/embellishment. And darken(not de-saturate) your colours on other elements.

SUPPLIES USED: 
Typography Paper
Jumping and Running Word Art & butterfly
Dandelion and frame from Forecast kit
Decorative grunge swirls
Bird from Love You kit
Montage masks
Heart and foliage from Reflections Pck, COMING SOON 2 Pixel Canvas

My daughters 3rd birthday is coming up next week! Jacinda's  first 2 birthdays didn't involve a lot of planning or people. Now that she is more aware of what a birthday is, I think she will appreciate the event even more. Here is her invite I designed -

 

I used this fantastic action - COFFEE SHOP VINTAGE BLUSH
and This awesome texture, cant remember who the creator was - CLICK

My latest page design -

Welcome To The Freak Show

SUPPLIES:
Orange paper & sun doodle from Punch Mini Kit
Stitches from Fastened 1, by HeatherT
Flower (recoloured) from Changes Kit
Dashed Lines from 1000 Miles Mini Kit
FONTS: Arial, 1940 and CK Ali.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a productive week!

106 Pages of Pure Delight & a Gift Idea!

I just got my 2007-2008 family Album done! I am so relieved to have it finished and printed.

This time I ordered from Snapfish.co.nz. I had a few disappointments with it, but I can still appreciate and enjoy the album. I found the quality a little lower compared to Shutterfly's. The inside of the cover had air bubbles under the paper, the images came up a little desaturated and the quality of the prints are'nt so crisp like Shutterflys. There is also no option to put text or image on the spine, which is really important. I wanted to order closer to NZ, but wont be ordering again at Snapfish, especially after spending $123.80 NZD (I hope my husband doesn't read this!). There is another fantastic option for New Zealanders though, and its called photobook.co.nz. The quality is A+ and just as good (if not better) than Shutterfly. I used PhotoBook to create a yearbook for one of my clients and found the prices to be really good. The software to construct the albums on PhotoBook isn't too flash but it is really easy to use! I would recommend their services to all New Zealand digital scrapbookers.

So, here are my favorite pages from the 2007-2008 Year Pearce Family album, finally those pages I created when I first started digiscrapping are printed! Take a look! Size is 8"-8"

And this is the last page, below is the inside cover (digital version)
 

Heres a quick gift idea!

Take some shots of your kids against a black or white background, and create a snow globe gift for family members, like I did below -

I got this done at Snapfish, and was very pleased with it. Turned out very classy!

QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT
I have left Catscrap.com to concentrate more on the growth of Pixel Canvas. Everything will now be housed under Pixel Canvas.

On my next blog post, I will share a canvas art,  created for one of my clients. I can't believe its Friday, this week has gone by so fast!

Enjoy the weekend everybody!

HUGS

Vinnie

A couple of pages to share

I'm making good progress with my 2008 album, almost finished. Heres a couple of pages.
Come On...

SUPPLIES: Brads from my Brad Pk 1; Jesse Edwards Apple Cider Paper Pack ; font - ck Jacquie.

In a box

SUPPLIES:  Dashed line and finger pointing stamp from my 1000 Miles Kit ; Katie Pertiet_FilmedLTNo2.

It was my sister Vineeta's 23rd birthday last weekend. We all had dinner at La Porchetta then went back to mums house to play on VJ's Wii game. Well, I stayed up stairs looking after the kids while the rest played rock... something.
Anyway I wanted to show the pretty necklace I ordered through Lilly Ellen Designs at Etsy.com. And the hybrid card I made for her.
I made this in 10 minutes or less. Simply type your text, and colour to match your embellishments. It might take a few prints to get the colours to match. I used a cute felt sticker by K and Company

Here she is all dressed up and cute!





Jacinda's not too happy about not having a crown too. So cute!

Love this pic of my Noah

If you are wondering when my next kit will be out, it will be out this Thursday at Catscrap.com (Catscrap time) I'll post it here when its out, togther with a coupon. This will be my last kit for the year!

Thanks for visiting, now its back to work for me!

Beach Flower Photo Tips

I wanted to share how I treated my photos for the Beach Flower Album. Thanks for all your comments!
I kind of cheated. I used Mulletgods free Vintage White action. There are a lot of great actions that I love to play around with.
This is what my photo looked like before -
ORIGINAL


The photo after I applied the Vintage White Action -
APPLIED VINTAGE WHITE ACTION
 

Then I turned off the CURVES 1 layer.


 I then targeted the original layer. And selected Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Selective Colour

 

To bring more of the purple out from my daughters top I selected the magenta colour on the palette. Selecting the black will affect the lightness and darkness of any magenta in your photo. Selecting the other colours will add to the magenta in your photo. So you could end up having a cold or warm tone of magenta.

On the same window, I adjusted the yellow and red in my photo, to bring out more glow in my daughters skin. Then I chose the black colour to subtlety lighten the overall image.

This is the final result -
 

Easy Peasy! Thanks Mulletgod!

Here's some advice on creating a layout.

Keep It Simple. You dont always have to create a masterpiece.

My Beach Flower

I took these pics a few weeks ago, untreated. Camera set on AV, f/5.6, ISO 200 -

 

This is how I used them with my latest mink kit - BEACH FLOWER. Inspired by my little indian beach flower!

 

 

You can view the whole album here at Pixel Canvas
I will be back later tonight, to share how I treated my photos and other layout tips.

Sigh

That's the title of my latest page -

CREDITS: Reflections Kit @ Scrapartist for the month of November.

Brother And Sister Page

I created this for the Pixel Canvas Random Challenge. Credits: HeatherT's, Fastened 1; My Brother and Sister - MINI KIT, out in the store now!!
 

Have you guys seen this book? It's an amazing pop up book, but for adults - 

Pop-up typography book, by designer Marion Bataille. I want it!

 

While we are on the subject of pop ups. Look at these gorgeous books.

 

This ones really cool!

Alice in Wonderland!
 

Aren't they delightful! I have always loved pop up books since I was a little girl, and these are really inspiring me to collect! Or even create.. hint hint!