NewART is now available in the aA store. Each of the 5 individual digital products is discounted by 20% or available as a collection at 37% off through Friday May 24, 2013 at 9am EST.
I used this release to create the following layout. Make sure you're signed up for AnnaNews to receive the Layout Deconstruction tomorrow morning.
Digital Supplies | Artsy Layered Template No. 91 (frames), ArtPlay Palette Embrace, UrbanStitchez No. 3, Family WordMix No. 1
A big snow storm in our area on Saturday provided a little unexpected scrapbooking time and so I was able to check off a few layouts on my list, adding the journaling to a few I have had in the works and playing with some new photos.
This layout was created by using the frames from Artsy Layered Template No. 91 and documents the birthday dinner we had at my in-laws on Friday night. I moved the frames in the template to a new layout, rotated them by 90 degrees, duplicated and re-arranged the duplicate frames to create the above design. I added a solid paper from the ArtPlay Palette to create a foundation for my page and tucked a few of the transfers behind the frames to matte my photos.
Templates can really help to speed up your scrapbooking process by providing a starting point for any page. You can use the same template multiple times to create different layouts, simply by making small adjustments, or just using some parts of the template to add to your designs. Consider also taking layers from different templates to create new templates.
The possibilies are endless.
Following on from yesterday's post, I want to share the other 4 layouts from last week using the Holiday Template Pack No. 1B and provide insight into how I created each page.
December 5, 2012 | Digital Supplies
December 6, 2012 | Digital Supplies
December 7, 2012 | Digital Supplies
December 8, 2012 | Digital Supplies
Work has already commenced on this weeks pages which I will share next week.
Change in plan. My Holiday 2012 Project has evolved and taken on a life of it's own, now rfllowing the standard guidelines of December Daily. It's not what I intended but I'm going with the flow on this one. I sat down Saturday afternoon to create a few pages and had so much fun with my new Holiday templates that those few pages quickly turned into a page for each day of the week. It just happened that way.
I basically used the templates in order, for the most part, populating them with recent supplies from the aA store and photos from my iPhone. These days I'm taking a LOT more photos since upgrading to the iPhone 5 because the camera is better and it's just more convenient. I previously owned the iPhone 3G. The downside, of course, is that my Canon 60D only gets pulled out on select occasions.
Each od my Holiday layouts is titled with a single word or theme which prompts my story. The templates are delivered with one title per double-page spread so I simply duplicated the title and moved the copy to the other side of the page, changing the word to support my chosen theme/prompt. The font for these titles is Soymilk.
The first 4 pages are cohesive spreads which use a number of techniques as outlined below:
December 1, 2012 | Digital Supplies
December 2, 2012 | Digital Supplies
December 3, 2012 | Digital Supplies
December 4, 2012 | Digital Supplies
Being flexible and open to change keeps the process interesting. I'm not going to put myself under any pressure to continue this project with the same momentum but one thing I have learned in this business is to never say never. I'm going to let the photos and stories happening this season be my guide.
Just a quick few words to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! Regardless of whether you live in the United States and/or celebrate this holiday or not, I just wanted to say I'm grateful for your support of this blog and my work.
Quick sneak peek of what's happening in the aA store tomorrow. I'll be sending out a special AnnaNews later tonight outlining all the Black Friday weekend specials.
And a few layouts from my fabulous design team.
The Family Quilt | Marnie Morgan
Don't Be Fooled | CindaA (Guest)
All Is Calm | Adryane
Not A Creature | Heather Prins
MidWeek Release. There are 6 NewART digital products coming to the AnnaStore later today around noon EST. These products are 20% off until Wednesday, 21 October 2012.
6 New sets of ArtsyKardz to coordinate with ArtPlay Palette Woodland and ArtPlay Palette Crazy Life (by request) delivered in .jpg and the popular layered .psd format for use in digial and traditional scrapbooking as well as Project Life.
Instructions and inspiration for using both the .jpg and .psd version of these Kardz can be found in the following posts:
Product previews are as follows:
365 + 1/Project Life FotoInspired Layout No. 41.
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ArtSale. There will be a whopping 22 hand-selected AnnaProducts featured in the on sale category of the aA Store and will be discounted by 30% through Friday 19 October 2012, 9am EST.
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It was a really great weekend with much-needed time spent away from the computer in order to spend a bit more time with my family. In turn I found myself taking a few more photos than I have been of late, but by far my favorite part of the weekend, was spending some one-on-one with Ella sharing in our passion for creating art.
She has always been a creative little soul, right from the get go, but until recently she was more interested in doing it alone. As she is getting older she is more inclined to hang out with me at the mall, or go to lunch which has been different for us and super-fun!
We went to the South Denver Art Center for a *cupcake* painting class but we both agreed that *coloring outside the lines* and creating our own rendition of the painting was the way to go. Love that she has this gift of thinking outside the box. I intend to nuture it and see where it will take her.
Supplies | ArtPlay Palette Golden Glory, ArtPlay Palette Fairy (brushes), FotoWallets No. 3, Martial Arts No. 1, Stitched by Anna Bitz No. 2, Stitched by Anna Threads No. 1
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She was so excited to start Martial Arts 3 years ago. It was a surprising choice of sport for such a girly girl but she enjoyed it and progressed from Kid Kickers to the adult program in the Summer of 2010. She made it through the anxiety of moving into a new class with the gentle coaxing and support of her very hands-on karate *leader* and proved that she could hold her own against a predominantly older male class.
She pushed through a knee injury and a hernia both of which momentarily knocked her confidence, but somewhere along the way the focus of the school shifted from nurturing the students to making as much money as possible. Constant reorganization left me doubting the program and Ella was increasingly lacking in enthusiasm. for the sport she once loved.
In June 2012 Ella earned her last belt, brown with black stripe, in Martial Arts. We did not know this at the time. Ella’s intention was to make it to black belt but she had also made it clear that she would quit the Art shortly thereafter. She never practiced outside of class, she was often seen goofing around in class and it became increasingly apparent that Martial Arts had become more of a social occasion for her.
With Red Belt testing just around the corner there was increasing pressure for her to move into the Premier club and attend class more than twice a week. As soon as she had decided this is something she wanted to do, she ended up back on crutches following an incident on the school bus. A new knee injury kept her out of class for a couple of weeks during which I struggled to justify the expense of getting her to black belt and if indeed she would even make it at such a young age. Ella has always been known for her reluctance to challenge her body physically and I knew the Black Belt training would probably be too much for her.
We made the decision together over a period of several weeks to ensure it was ultimately her decision. She had the choice to continue but the deal was that she had to commit to 3 classes a week instead of 2. She was unwilling to do it so we’re taking an extended break with option of returning to Martial Arts when she is older if and when she wants to.
I commend her for sticking with this goal for the past 3 years but for her I think it was more about not wanting to disappoint than the fact she wanted to be a black belt. It takes perseverance and discipline to finish something you are not completely invested in. It is very important to her not to be seen as a quitter but I think sometimes there is something even more courageous about recognizing when it's time to quit. We are so very proud of you E. and all you have accomplished on this Martial Arts adventure.
MidWeek Release. 5 NewART products are coming to the AnnaStore today: 2 New sets of ArtsyKardz to coordinate with ArtPlay Palette H20 delivered in .jpg and the popular layered .psd format. Instructions for using these ArtsyKardz can be found here.
These products are 20% off until Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 9am EST.
FotoInspired Layout No. 27.
I'm also re-releasing 2 older products by request:
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ArtSale. 13 Hand-selected AnnaProducts will be featured in the on sale category of the aA Store and will be discounted by 30% through Friday 13 July 2012, 9am EST.
I'm spending today organizing and getting packed up for our trip to the UK tomorrow. I will be out of contact until Thursday but the MidWeek Release and ArtSale will still happen as has become the norm. Look for a regular posting on the blog tomorrow featuring the NewART products as well as a couple of the ArtSale items.
A little creative break this morning using AP H20, FotoBlendz Overlays No. 3 and MultiCircle Frames No. 1 from AnnaRelease 6 July 2012. I also used MultiMedia FlutterBys No. 2.
