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

Showing posts with label 2 Red Bananas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2 Red Bananas. Show all posts

Sunday, November 22, 2009

2RedBananas - I Am Thankful

Because it is so close to Thanksgiving Day here in the States the challenge at 2RedBananas is to make a project showing gratitude. I chose to do another card using the digi papers and elements from Summer Driggs' Thanks for Giving digi kit.


Monday, November 16, 2009

2RedBananas - Banana Slit Sunday

A sketch challenge for 2RedBananas, which you will find here.

When I first saw this image it reminded me of my daughter who was very much a Drama Queen when she was younger...now in her twenties, not so much...Love you Jess!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Dual Challenge

I know this is a little late for me...rough few days.

This card is for two challenges...2RedBananas and The Corrosive Challenge blog. For 2RedBananas the challenge is a recipe...3 eyelets, 2 pieces of ribbon and an oval or ovals, and the challenge for The Corrosive Challenge Blog is a sketch which you will find here.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Non - card

This is my first non-card entry and I decided to make an autumn candle. I actually have combine two challenges with this entry. 2RedBananas which is a color challenge this week, red, brown, yellow, and orange, use any three. And for The Corrosive Challenge Blog which is No cards.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

2 Red Bananas - Recipe

The recipe for this challenge is, a square, the color red and 3 buttons. The challenge has been met, my card is done.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Double Challenge

This card covers two challenges. Bling It Something over at Stamp Something and 2RedBananas, Banana Slit Sunday sketch which you will find here.

For the bling something...well I am not very big on bling so I just made the wings on the fairy sparkle. Challenges have been met, my card is done.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

2 Red Bananas - 1, 2, 3 and Digital Tuesday

This is a 2fer. 2 challenges, one card. The first challenge is for 2 Red Bananas and it is a recipe challenge. The ingredients are 1 ribbon, 2 stamps, and 3 dew drops or gems. The other challenge is for Digital Tuesday and the requirement is to use leaves and a digital image on the card. Both challenges have been met card is done.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Double Challenge

I do believe this is my first double challenge...meaning one design covering two challenges. The first is 2 Red Bananas, which is a sketch challenge and you will find that sketch here. The other is for Simon Says which is a theme challenge all about oriental. Both challenges have been met..card is complete.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

2 Red Bananas - Banana Split Sunday

Todays challenges is about stripes and dots. Somewhere on my card I need to add stripes and dots. This gives me the chance to use a new image that I download from PC Hug Club free for joining. The group of images are so cute and coloring is not needed. I got 50 images for free. And there is an assortment of categories. Go check them out. You will find a link on the right.

Today I also taught myself how to get the dry embossing look with PSP. I just had to use the effect on this card. Hope you like it.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

2 Red Bananas - Banana Split Sunday

Exploring different card making blogs I came across
2 Red Bananas who has card making challenges. This challenge
involved a picture and what inspires you
when you look at it. Well when I first looked at
the picture the first thing I saw was the pink
building and my mind took off from there...lol!