Mariannes Motifs

18"x18" gallery wrapped canvas for $74.95

I came across this place called PhotoFiddle  that sells photos printed on canvas, art prints from your photos.  What's neat about it is that you use their software for free to create the great effects such as PopArt, Stitched, Collage, Sepia, etc.  Then their prices for prints on canvas are really decent.

They are currently having a special $20 off on a 18"x18" gallery wrapped canvas for $74.95.  Use promo code 1818.

Check these guys out if you are in the market for canvas prints.  The digital scrapbookers might not take advantage of Photofiddle's software but wouldn't a digi layout look great blown up to 18x18 on your wall and printed on stretched gallery wrapped canvas?  Yep.

Free PNG Calendar Top Quickpages for Custom Shutterfly Calendars

As part of Kim Hill's design team, we were again this year able to offer  FREE Calender Toppers that are perfect for Shutterfly or other calendars. 

This year the set has even more options, as we have not put the names of the months on the pages and also included extra toppers for alternate climates,  countries, and religious choices.

What would you do with these?  Use Photoshop Elements or any other imaging program to add your own pictures underneath the free .png Quickpages and then upload them to Shutterfly and order a custom calendar. Shutterfly even lets you add your family's special days to the calendar grid of each month. 

Click the picture below to go to Shutterfly Calendars.

Hanukkah and Christmas Photo Cards

Its that time of year when all good digital scrapbookers go into a panic of last minute card, calendar and gift planning.

Storebought cards?  Feh!  Not good enough for us crafty souls who feel we must outshine all with pictures of our beautiful families on custom made Christmas Photo Cards.  We might lose our membership in the Digi club if we didn't!

Well, folks, first of all take a deep breath and think about what the holidays really mean.  For me they are a beautiful "down time" where I get to do some nice things for my kids, see fancy light shows, and light some ceremonial Hanukkah candles. 

I didn't do cards at all last year.  I made gorgeous photo calendars for my family through Shutterfly and let the card thing go.  The year before last however, I did a really cute "Christmakkah" card which I ordered through VistaPrint.  VistaPrint has great prices on photo cards.  I recommend them for price and speed of printing.

Its very easy to do custom photo cards with Photoshop Elements and great templates and elements from Scrapbook stores such as Kim Hill's CG Essentials and Scrapbook-Elements stores. 

Here is the link for Kim's Holiday Card templates:

And here is Kim's Contemporary Christmas kit. 

Shutterfly Site Wide Sale

Shutterfly is having a site wide sale.  Here are some of the offers they currently have going.  I am excited about the buy 1 get the rest 1/2 off calendars as I make digi scrapped calendars for my family each year.


Shop Site Wide Sales at Shutterfly.com Today!

Shutterfly - Buy 1 calendar, get 50% off additional calendars. Offer valid > 9-25-08 to 10-29-08.

Buy 1 photo book, get 30% off additional photo books. See site for details. > Offer expires 11.5!

BOGO card sale: Buy 50 Photo Cards, Get 25 more free, Buy 50 Greeting Cards, > Get 25 more free, Buy 50 > > Designer Cards, Get 25 more free at Shutterfly.com! Offer valid now through > 10.29!

20% off all prints 5X7 and larger. See site for details. Offer expires > 11.5!

Save 25% on new address labels, ornaments, and mugs. Offer valid 10.1 through > 10.29!

StampinUp

I have a new StampinUp connection: StampPretty.  If you are into paper scrapboking, hybrid digital/paper scrapping or card making they have some of the nicest stamps, inks, papers, and things.

I like the fact that they have a more "classy" style than a lot of what is out there on the market.

Of course if you are looking for no class totally rude versions of card-making don't forget Dirty Shanks.  LOL.  WARNING.  NOT SAFE FOR WORK OR SENSITVE TYPES.

Scrapbook Fail

Here's a little funny from Fail Blog.

New Scrapbook Layout

I've been really remiss on my digital scrapping lately.  I've been doing some knitting, but not had any "mojo" for scrapping since the dreaded computer got hit by lightning incident totally messed up my stash of wonderful discrap goodies.

Fortunately, I am still hanging by a thread on Kim Hill's team and she hasn't kicked me to the curb yet.  I love working with her products and I can feel my creative juices coming back up!  Which is good because fall is coming and there are all sorts of great projects to work on from Halloween invitations to presents for the family.

Here is a very simple layout I made last night using her ArtBin Solids Neutral Paper and the ever popular Printer's Block Alpha.

$$ Digital Scrapbooking Dollar Days at cgessentials.com $$

This week Kim Hill is having DOLLAR DAYS.  Each day she will be running a special on different products.  Today there are 3 products for just $1.00 each.  Tomorrow there will be three different products for $1.00 each, and so on.

Click here to visit the store!
 

Kim Hill is having a sale!

25% off storewide sale on Kim's products at CG Essentials and A Cherry On Top, including the designer resource items.  Sale starts at 5 pm Thursday and ends at midnight eastern Sunday. 

Offensive Homemade Cards - Dirty Shanks Blog

I just ran across the funniest web site - Dirty Shanks it's kind of like what would happen if you crossed Martha Stewart with Kathy Griffin.  She has made these beautiful home-made cards but they are all totally rude!  LOL. I love it.