Urban Wings Artography: Summer

It is most definitely summer and I love it! I don't especially like the heat but I love being able to spend time playing outside with the kids. I used some of Nicole's graphics for some fun summer layouts

The kit might not be bright and sunny but it  had enough pops of color that I thought it would work well with a picture of my girl looking at a ladybug "fly away home". By the way the picture was way blurry but some layers and some cool papers make any picture look good!

Definitely about summer... just not this summer. This at the end of last summer. He seems so much bigger somehow.

Summer colors and summer days. He finally got a new bike and he is loving his new ride!

 

Robyn Gough: ACR & Lightroom Presets

For editing my pictures, Presets and Actions have to me my favorite thing. Especially for my every day pictures. It makes them special with one click. Robyn has started selling some awesome presets and I have had the privilege of getting to try them out! Here are some of my pictures edited with them:

 Edited using fauxlomo preset from her drama collection.

 

Edited using Sepia from her sweet sepia collection.

 

 

 Edited using the Vintage preset from her Drama Collection. This is my favorite collection!

 

Robyn Gough: Templates!

I love templates. They make creating fun layouts fast. Especially when it is an event like our Awana Awards..

 

Urban Wings Artography: Some New Layouts

Nicole is always adding some fabulous kits to The Creative Pixel. Here are some of my layouts using them:

 

Using a picture from our Christmas Photo Shoot:



 

Using Art in the Park:

 

My favorite Layout of the bunch - A's love of reading:

Using: Bedtime Stories

 



And finally some sports pictures. I have so many that these were some much needed kits!

Using AllStar Sports II

 

 

 

Using All Star Sports I

 



May Club Digital & Themed Set

New baby Themed set at DSP.  Need I say more!

May Club Digital at DSP. Club Digital is definitely a great thing to have.

Robyn Gough Designs: Teacher Tags

It has come to my realization that teachers really like tags with pictures on them. It doesn't matter if they are Awana, sunday school or even friends that lead book clubs. They are a great way to help them remember the kids that year. So for Christmas every year I make a picture tag for gifts.

This year however I decided to make one for End of Year events:

I used Robyn Gough Designs Divine Vintage Brushes and the background is from Shabby Amore. So easy to make. Cutting them out is what took the longest. We have had very big smiles from those who have received them.

 

I printed these tags on photo paper since they were so small. I think I used the wrong paper though because the ink would no set so I ended up spraying them with a  matte finish acrylic spray (since I bought a large pack of paper I will probably be doing this often!) I am also currently in love with washi tape so I used some on the bottom. I also added a ribbon and taped them to our packages. Pretty cute if you ask me.

 

 

And in case you are wondering...  This is what the file looks like before printing.

 



Marcee Duggar Design: Cards

I have had this ongoing want to use Marcee Duggar Designs in cards. I knew it would be simple and quick because her products are perfect for what I had in mind. So when I realized my kids would be doing their last field trip and activity with the group, I wanted to make sure to give a little something to the ladies that have poured so much energy into making a fun year happen.

I didn't have much time (I never do!) so I decided today was the day to make those cards. I used Collage Deluxe Word Art  but Marcee has tons of other products you can use. I also used Collage Blends One for the inside of the cards.

I used Publisher to make the cards because I knew all I wanted was to resize. Marcee's art is beautiful so I knew all I needed was pretty paper. I did end up using to alter some of the blends to fit better on the inside. It was so easy to do and I got it done in less than an hour. If you don't have publisher, you can probably use power point. No need for any fancy computer programs with these.

I ended up using 4 different word art stamps for the front since I knew I wanted to give them a pack of 4 cards. All I did was set up guides and place these stamps on the page.

 

For the inside, I had to think a little more. I knew I wanted them blank but still wanted something pretty so I took out the collage blends and added a verse to each card. In publisher you add a second page and then print double sided. Here is a sample of two of them.  The frame is from Collage Art Graphic Pack.

Like I said I used pretty paper. I used 3 different types: Kraft cardstock, peach textured cardstock  and regular beige paper. I love how they all turned out but my favorite is the peach one. I matched them with Kraft envelopes, glassine envelopes and regular cream envelopes. I was originally going to make just two sets but when they turned out so lovely I made another set to have ready for a gift.

So for today Happiness is all I am feeling.

 Oh and this is what the cute packages looked like (more on the tags later):