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, November 11, 2010

Dog House Again...

As usual I did not want to create your typical card which is why I just love using PSP, it allows me to be more creative.

Charisma Cardz...Sympathy (not typical at all but heart felt just the same...lol)
Cute Card Thursday...Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop...Don't Forget Our Men

I used 4 different digi papers on this one...the background paper was white, I thought it to be to much so I changed the color to blue which I color picked from the stripe paper. The buttons were created using an image from the shape tool, flood fill with white and then applying the inner bevel effect. The image is from a coloring book page I found on the internet and then colored in PSP. I just love my PSP!


THIS ENTRY WON THE CHALLENGE AT CHARISMA CARDSZ!!!!
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18 comments:

  1. VeeNovember 11, 2010 at 11:00 AM

    Wow!! I love your take on our challenge this week. Really imaginative. Good Luck
    xx Vee

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  2. merniebugNovember 11, 2010 at 1:19 PM

    This cutie just cracks me up. We had a naughty dog once that earned us more than one sympathyy card--and believe me we earned them. This is cute as can be and any guy could enjoy it equally as well as a woman. Great card for this week DDSB manly card challenge. I love it. Hugs, Mel

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  3. skylifeNovember 11, 2010 at 2:34 PM

    Hehehe, poor thing...looking at you with those big, sad eyes...They just know hot to look at you to call forth sympathy. Lovely card!

    Thanks for joining us at DDSB

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  4. KarenNovember 12, 2010 at 7:18 AM

    Great card and I love your use of buttons, thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shops Best.
    xx

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  5. KraftyKoolKatNovember 12, 2010 at 9:37 AM

    What a fab card. Thank you for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best.

    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxxx

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  6. The Crafty DenNovember 12, 2010 at 2:55 PM

    Hi Jaggs, what a brilliant card. The image is adorable and your "sympathy" card is fantastic. Thanks for sharing with us at Charisma Cardz challenge this week. Hugs, Denise x

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  7. JulieNovember 13, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    So cute and clever. I love this! Thank you for joining us at Cute Card Thursday!

    Julie

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  8. AllisonNovember 13, 2010 at 5:08 PM

    fab take on the challenge- thanks for playing along at Charimsa this week
    AllisonX

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  9. Leah l'OrangeNovember 14, 2010 at 12:51 AM

    super cute, Jaggs! i LOVE that you took our challenge outside of the box - and this is SO something i'd send to one of my friends! fabby job - thanks for playing with the Charisma Gals!

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  10. DianeNovember 14, 2010 at 3:17 AM

    Such a great card and wonderful colouring! Thank you for playing along with us this week at Digi Doodle Shop's Best!
    Diane x

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  11. KatjaNovember 14, 2010 at 3:57 AM

    Such a pretty card! Thanks for joining our challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best this week!

    Greetings,
    Katja (DDSB-DT)

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  12. LoraNovember 14, 2010 at 8:13 AM

    What a great card! You did a fab job with the challenge at Charisma. Thanks for joining us again this week.
    Lora x

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  13. SaraNovember 14, 2010 at 6:36 PM

    Very cute, thanks for playing along with DDSB!

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  14. JulieNovember 15, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    Hahahaha! Love this card. Thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
    Hugs
    Julie

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  15. AnnieNovember 16, 2010 at 11:59 AM

    thank you for joining in with our anything goes challenge on CCT!
    hugs, annie x

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  16. WeirdCatNovember 17, 2010 at 2:28 PM

    Great idea for a card, that blue background matches everything so well, thank you for joining us this week at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
    Ruth x

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  17. JónaNovember 17, 2010 at 5:53 PM

    Cute card !!!!

    Thanks for joining us at Digi Doodle Shops Best, hop to see you again.

    I am posting this to all those I comment on, so you might have got this before, if so I hope it's ok to get it again :D
    I am one of the DT members at DDSB and I want to tell you about group I have opened at PCP "Fan's of Digi Doodle Shop" and you are so very welcome to join us there :D
    http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/fansofdigidoodleshop

    All the best to you, Jóna

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  18. SueNovember 20, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    Jaggs, this is adorable. Very creative! Congrats on winning the Pizzazz Prize!

    Hugs
    Sue

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Hugs,
Jaggs

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