Digital Card Making with PSP

I love making my own greetings cards and thought that the card challenges would be a lot of fun. I have a lot of paper and pens...and the other things one would need to make great cards. I found myself trying to keep up with what is new on the market... then I realize all the stuff, the papers, glue, and stamps were getting very costly and I was running out of space to store it all.

That is when I decided to make elements for my cards in Paint Shop Pro aka PSP. PSP is a software that I have been teaching myself since version 3. Now using version 13 I have learned that the program can also create images and paint them as well. Light bulb went off...why not use it to make my cards and not just some elements for the cards. And so digital card making began for me...and boy has it saved me money.

This blog now consist of my creations that I have made using nothing but PSP. I found the challenge for me is to teach myself how to meet the different card challenges within PSP.

Well that is how all this digital stuff began...Just thought I share.

Jaggs

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Thank You

With this entry I used the Color Dare challenge colors, Peach Parfait, Rich Razzleberry, and Sahara Sand. I also applied the challenges from Simon Says and Papercraft Star which both had the theme of Thank You with the addition of dry embossing, die cut, metal and anything else for the Papercraft Star.

For the paper I used the colors to create stripes. I punched out a circle from copper sheeting creating the background for the flower punches. I also used the copper to emboss my sentiment on. The ribbon was created from a strip of the gray and then crimped and a strip of the purple was added.
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10 comments:

  1. MarisaOctober 21, 2010 at 3:07 PM

    What a fun use of this week's colours :) Thanks for playing the Color Dare!

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  2. ♥Jan♥October 21, 2010 at 3:56 PM

    What an elegant card, it is stunning ! Now I am looking forward to see what you have for us at Papercraft Star next week - thanks for playing !!

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  3. ReganOctober 21, 2010 at 4:54 PM

    What a pretty card. I really like the color combo! Thank you so much for playing along with us again this week at Papercraft Star!

    Regan

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  4. TracyOctober 21, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    Great colors Jaggs! Classy. :) Thanks so much for joining us this week at Papercraft Star!

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  5. jjcreationsOctober 21, 2010 at 8:59 PM

    Fantastic card - so much fun. Love the stripes. Thanks for playing along with the Color Dare.

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  6. debby4000October 22, 2010 at 5:25 AM

    Fabulous card, love the colours.
    luv
    Debby

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  7. UnknownOctober 22, 2010 at 7:30 AM

    Jaggs, I really love your color combination, this is such an elegant card! Thanks for playing along with us at Papercraft Star!

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  8. email: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.comOctober 22, 2010 at 5:07 PM

    Pretty flower!! I like the layout too :)

    Thanks so much for entering the Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!

    -Sarah

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  9. MelissaOctober 22, 2010 at 5:30 PM

    So cute! Thanks for joining us at the Color Dare!

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  10. Glenda JOctober 22, 2010 at 7:47 PM

    So pretty! Great paper and layout! Thanks for playing along with the Color Dare!

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Hugs,
Jaggs

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