This is my first attempt at DS. I used PS. My background was made by using green (#A5A661) as a foreground color and brown (#B8693E) as a background color and the gradient tool. I pulled the two colors from the colors in my nephew's wings. The font used for the titles is called Girls are Weird and the font for the journaling is Tahoma. The butterflies were found on The Big Box of Art CDRom. They were very lifelike so I used a PS filter called Poster Edges to make them more graphic. I know there are alot of photos but I wanted to highlight how much fun they were having.
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
Stepping Out
Stepping Out, originally uploaded by collectiveelements.
Another old pic of my parents. I used JACCarney's June 17 2005 Mini Kit Sample Freebie for the paper and the photo slide. The matting is done by me using colors from the background paper. The font is Bickley Script.
The hard thing about using color photos from this time period is that the colors have warped so its hard to find exact matches. I try to look for the dominant colors in the pictures. Even though my mom is wearing navy and white and my dad is wearing brown and white, the background colors popped more to me.
2005
Danielle Who? Age 32
I created this layout in 2005 after I found this quiz online and thought it would be perfect for an about me page.
Uses: Living Simply Kit by Scrap Kitchen
Fonts: Ruling and Perpetua
Here are the questions and answers:
10 Random Things About Me
Favorite color:red Favorite flower: Gerbera Daisy Favorite movie: Trading Places Favorite book: Charlotte’s Web
Hobbies: Singing, reading, writing, and design I crochet and papercraft I don’t drink or smoke I volunteer with kids I
am a shameless flirt I’m incredibly fresh-mouthed and sarcastic
9 Places I Have Been in no particular order
New York, NY Virginia Beach, VA Washington D.C Hyannis Port, MA Philadelphia, PA Jacksonville, FL
Boston, MA Fayetteville, NC Delaware
8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die
Find true love Get married Own my own home Watch my daughter become a woman Watch my nephews
become men Record an independent R&B record Work for myself full-time Become a mentor
7 Ways To Win My Heart
Be honest Be tender Be thoughtful Be ambitious Be passionate Be kind Be respectful.
6 Things I Believe In
A higher power Karma(What goes around comes around) My mom My family Love Myself
5 Things I Am Afraid Of
The dark Spiders Fire Being lost Losing control
4 Of my favorite recipes
My Carrot cake Grandma’s Corn Pudding Mom’s Lemon chicken Auntie’s Sweet Potato Pie
3 Things I Do Everyday
Tell my daughter "I love you" Count my blessings Talk to my mom
2 Things I Am Trying Not To Do Right Now
Drink soda Be catty
1 Person I Want To Meet
Billie Holiday...my musical idol
October 2005
Portraits of A Lady
This layout was made with the Nantucket Cottage Kit from Scrap Kitchen!
My great aunt passed away July 17, 2005 and I wanted to do something special to honor her. She was always a classy lady. She was fiesty but always carried herself well. I always said she reminded me of Lena Horne.
These photos are from the 1940s and 1950s so I wanted papers and elements with a retro feel.
Journaling on the ribbon: On the morning of July 17, 2005, my Great Aunt Kitty passed away. She was classy...she was sassy...but always a lady.
I used CAC Champagne for the font. I thought she'd get a kick out of that.
July 2005
Lady Giggles
Lady Giggles, originally uploaded by collectiveelements.My daughter is the subject of many of my photographs. I like this photo because she's being girly as usual by wearing my hat. She's usually so serious about fashion but I caught her in a moment of laughter.
This page was created in Adobe Photoshop CS. I created the background using a burgundy (#411F2D) base color and created the polka dots with the elliptical marquee tool using the following colors (#8E234F, #BB4180, #DA84A0). I made one row of polka dots and then used the define pattern option to copy and paste the polka dot pattern.
The title was made using Kunstler Script which I applied a 7 px stroke border of #DA84A0. The journaling is made with Perpetua font in #411F2D.
April 2005
Flowers In My Garden
Flowers In My Garden, originally uploaded by collectiveelements.I took my daughter and my nephew to an Indian Pow-Wow in our town. On the way home, my nephew noticed this large sunflower. He was so impressed it was real. LOL. I wish I got a picture of this house. The garden was very immaculate.
Kit: Autumn Bliss (Scrap Kitchen)
Fonts: Bell MT (title) and FG Elgin
October 2005
Babyface
What an adventure to get a squirming 10 month old still to take pictures of her new teeth. They took forever to come in!
Kit: Daddy Rocks (Scrap Kitchen)
Font: FG William, 1 Beansprout DNA
2005
After Hours
Wow! What a great kit! Margaritaville by Angi Jones. (Freebie) Great colors and elements. These old pictures went perfectly. I was done in minutes.
July 2005
Nana's Little Puppy
I designed the dalmation background, dog tag, and borders.
The text reads:
"I admit I wasn't always the most well prepared new mother. There were plenty of times I left your diaper bag sorely lacking. You were staying with your Nana Linda on a bright sunny June day and though I packed extra clothing for you, I neglected to add any long pants. As the night grew chilly, your little limbs started to get cold.
Your Nana being the resourceful lady that she is checked around her house to see if there were any baby clothes left behind by your cousins. Alas, there were no clothes but Nana did find something she could work with...your cousin, Solomon's old Halloween costume!
I don't know who was more tickled...Me...You...or Nana!"
Designed 2005
A Good Name
A Good Name, originally uploaded by collectiveelements.
This is an about me page. I used the freebie from Cashew Style called Guaranteed Fresh. I added my own mat behind the picture. Also I added a pink translucent layer over my picture to soften the glare from the flash. I am the oily face queen. LOL
Designed 2005
Hot Chick, Cool Dude
I'm experimenting with working with old family photos. These photos of my parents have alot of wear and tear. There are tape marks and damage from the passage of time.
I decided to use one of Lyndsay Riches' Sassy Orange pages because it had a scratchy texture I thought would work well with the flaws in the photos. I also used the eraser tool around the edges of the photos to rough them up a bit more and hide the tape marks.
I used Trebuchet for the description text and Nora Casual for the title text. The matting behind the title is just a transparent layer with a drop shadow. All the font has drop shadow and beveling attached.
Because of the multicolored outfit my mother is wearing and the busy paper I decided to focus on the pictures and not add more to the layout.
Designed 2005
Danielle, Age 27
This LO was made using the "Alive" Freebie by Amy Jo Smith. I duplicated the flower element to make a more detailed flower and created my own matting using the texturizer in Photoshop. The font used is called CAC Camelot
Designed 2005
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