After spending the last 13 years doing design and illustration for others (corporations, companies large and small, and individuals), I've decided to venture into the world of digital scrapbooking. It sounded like so much fun -- creating things I would like to create, with no one to answer to!
I started scrapbooking the old fashioned way before it ever became popular, in 2000, after a trip to Key West with my boyfriend (he's now my husband). After our trip, I put together a scrapbook with photos, ephemera from the island, and embellishments I'd made myself: cutouts, little drawings and paintings, pieces of ribbon, etc. Lots of work, and very messy!
Years later it occurred to me, why can't I use the programs I use every day in my graphic design work to put together scrapbooking layouts?
I even had one of my layouts accepted for publication in a Somerset Studio digital scrapbooking magazine... so I must be doing something right!
After having a hard time finding really good papers and embellishments, I decided to start making my own... and discovered Photoshop actions, styles and filters to help me with my work. Then I researched possibly selling my kits. And here I am!
I'm currently selling at www.scraphead.com -- just started this summer, so look for new stuff, coming soon -- three new kits every month!
I've been thinking about an apartment I used to live in, in Chicago. It was the top floor of a two-flat greystone and had never been updated. We worked out a deal with our landlords that if we scraped wallpaper and painted, we'd get money off the rent.
A couple years ago, I collected some leaves at an arboretum near my house and painted them in my sketchbook. They sat around for awhile until I had an idea -- why not scan them in, clean them up, and use them on layouts? They'd be perfect for fall designs, cards, even decorations to put in windows!
I've created my very first Photoshop action: a simple brushed metal effect. Download it here!
I went a little crazy creating elements for my two Halloween kits for sale at Scraphead, Fright Night and Haunted House, so I thought I'd put together a little freebie containing three of my favorites from the Haunted House kit for you.
Here's another freebie for you: a brag book page sized to match yesterday's page. This one also uses elements from the October Daily Download kit at Scraphead (papers and elements for today's LO designed by Snowraven).
I can't seem to stop making Halloween papers and elements -- it's so much fun!, so I put together another kit. This one is similar in feel to my Fright Night kit, but with the addition of purple and green colors and some new motifs. Check it out over at Scraphead!
When my daughter was born I made her birth announcements myself -- cut paper, glue, ribbon, vellum -- and then decided to do a digital version of it just for fun.
