Working on a New Blog Background

Here is a small piece of my new blog background.  Yay!  I just love the texture of it.

My Blog background was created using images I downloaded and 

edited from Karen the

http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2011/03/brag-monday-french-linen-pillow-and.html

Hi Everyone!

I decided the other day that I was tired of my blog background.

So I decided to create a new background using images that I
downloaded from the Graphic Fairy.  
I took the images and using GIMP, I did some editing and placed the images where I wanted them on my background.
After a lot of reading I finally figured out how to make the background.  Of course I used GIMP because it is free.  I still need to create a few images for my blog header etc..so next week...I should be good to go!

So please bear with me...as I will have to either change my background again so that you can read my older posts, 

or....I will have to go back and change the color of the text on my older posts.

I am guessing that I will change the color of my background yet again...lol.  I will have to say, I have had fun.

Here are some of the images I used from Karen for my background.

I used Gimp to edit out that little sweet bluebird to the left of the word Album and one of the white flowers.

This is the free image from Karen's blog background images.  I just used the roses.

I used the leaves from this image.
The pink background of my blog was created just with pink
paint, and using a "canvas" filter.
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Thanks for visiting!

365 Cards Day

Here is a card that I created for the

365 Cards Day 9 Trendy

Where I like to play...making your own flowers and using lace are the trends.  Adding UTEE to make your flowers look like glass.

I also used a vintage button and wire...and beads to create the center of my card.  

I will post more photos tomorrow...when I get some more

batteries.:-)

Thanks for visiting!

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Keep it Simple: 365 Cards day 12

This is a card that I created for the 

Keep it Simple challenge for

Day 12 at 365 Cards

We are to use patterned paper, one embellishment, and our sentiment.

Here is my card.

The background image is from the 

Graphic Fairy

I painted the Rose image in Gimp and then used my Silhouette Studio program to cut out the shapes.  Below is a photo

of the page being cut by my Silhouette SD.

I inked the edges of all pieces with Ranger's Vintage Photo ink.

One more photo of the finished card

The "Memories" stamp is by Prima, and I used perfect medium and perfect pearls in bronze first, then restamped with Ranger's black soot.  I also used a perfect medium pen to draw lines around the edges and added perfect pearls in bronze.

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