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 Digital Tuesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Digital Tuesday. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Snow Glad We're Friends

Things are so slow around here now that the holidays are all but over...so I thought I pop in and do another card or two.

Mojo Monday...Sketch
Digital Tuesday...Anything Goes

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Hot Chocolate to get you warm and Toastie

A friend of mine sent me this digi stamp and I thought I would use it for this challenge entry. I thought it to be so cute I decided to add a jar of hot chocolate mix with it. The jar is recycled from an used up candle jar that I was going to add more wax to but decided to use it for the mix instead.
A Spoonful of Sugar...Christmas Card
Digital Tuesday...Baby it's cold Outside
Tuesday Throwdown...Clean and Simple
Papercraft Star...Recycle
The Color Dare...Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, and Neutral of Choice

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Shop Til You Drop

I decide to think outside the box for this entry. What I created was envelope of sorts to be hung on the refrigerator for the valuable wish lists. This way everyone can see what everyone has on his or her list. The entry qualify s for the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar... Recipe (3 buttons/flower, 3 texture papers, 3 gem)
Digital Tuesday...Animals at Christmas Time
Tuesday Throwdown...Embellishment

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Your Love Warms My Heart

This card was created with the following challenges in mind:

A Spoon Full of Sugar...Snowflakes/Snow
Digital Tuesday...Never used stash
Tuesday Throwdown...Inchies (had to look that one up...had no clue...LOL)

I wanted my card to look like a hand made quilt...
For the background I used a quilt texture that I created for PSP and trimmed it with a border using a red gradient. I had a digi image of a pieced heart in my stash so I decided to use it as my POI. Using the pen tool in the color of the background I applied what appear to be ribbon to the top of the heart. I also used the pen tool in red to apply stitching around the heart. After adding the sentiment and snowflake overlay my quilted card for this challenge was complete. (Click twice on the image to see the detail)

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Happy Anniversary

Using chipboard was a real challenge for me, but as a requirement for Tuesday Throwdown I had to work it out. I also am using this entry for 2 others.

A Spoon Full of Sugar
...sparkle and shine
Digital Tuesday...ribbons, buttons, and or bling plus digi image
Tuesday Throwdown...chipboard

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

You are Someone Special

When I saw the challenges for Digital Tuesday and Sherrod Studio I thought to myself these were meant to be combined...something girlie and pleats. I had the girlie part down now all I had to do was figure out how to make pleats using PSP. I struggle with this one, but was determined not to give up. Then it came to me, one of the textures in PSP is called blinds as in window blinds. There you go, I have created a pleated ribbon. The lace is actually a brush tip in PSP. I think it all came together nicely.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Go Team

Today's challenge is a double...
Digital Tuesday...Sport
Tuesday Throwdown...The distress effect

The background image was created from a background of basketballs and then the edge was torn and distressed in PSP. The digi image is from pcCrafters and recreated as a sticker using PSP. The megaphone was created using PSP. GO TEAM!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

A Two 4

This card covers the challenges at Digital Tuesday, which is a color challenge and Simon Says, which is a theme challenge, animal.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Double the Fun

I know, I know...I have been doing a lot of doubles lately..just trying to catch up. This double is for Copic Buzz which is a sketch challenge which you will find here and Digital Tuesday which is kinda, sort of a theme challenge called Holiday Wishes. Both challengs have been met the card is complete.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Color

Orange is the color for this challenge...well actually Kraft,orange is. Not sure what that is so I will go with just plain ole orange.

The challenge has been met (I think), my card has been created.

Okay...Lora from Digital Tuesday was kind enough to explain to me what color is Kraft in her comment on my card. Now that I do know I decide to post a second card using the proper colors. My color of choice is the golden yellow. Thank you Lora.



Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Things With Wings

The challenge is to use something with wings.

I enjoyed using PSP on this challenge. Using PSP allowed me to do some special effects on the card. I just love faeries don't you?

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Music to My Ears

Music to my ears is this weeks challenge at Digital Tuesday. It does not matter what you do with your project as long as a feel of music is heard.

I like the song Silver Bells so I went in search of the sheet music and some silver bells for my card. I found them both. Challenge has been met, my card is done.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Heart to Heart

The challenge is to use a heart somewhere on your project.

Have you seen those shaker cards? I had been wanting to try to make one digitally, I think now is a good time. Well it was easy to do so I went a step further and added liquid to my card. I had fun with this challenge. Challenge met my card is done.

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.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Clean and Simple

Today's challenge is about clean and simple with a fall theme.

I have become hooked on the mosaic look. Not with the big pieces though. I like using the smaller pieces because it reminds me of the ashtray I made back in the day. The effect I get is really awesome to me. I have used it in two other cards and now this one...different colors used though. The digi stamp I download from PC Hugs. Even though this card was very simple to make. The mosaic background gives it a dramatic look. Dramatic but clean and simple.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Digital Tuesday Challenge - All About the Kids

The subject over at Digital Tuesday is Kids. The main subject of your card should be kids. I just did a challenge card for 365 Cards this morning and luck have it there is a child as the main subject. You can see that card here. Thought very hard about doing it as a double challenge, but because I enjoy making the cards so much I decided to make a new one just for this challenge.

Once again I chose a coloring book page as my digital image. Challenge met!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Pearls and Lace

Made a trip back over to Digital Tuesday and the challenge for this week was posted, guess I was a little early before. Today's challenge is about pearls and lace. They both must be used someplace on the card along with a digital image.

I had posted a card earlier that I had made a couple of weeks ago. I was informed very nicely I might add that, that was a no no. So I have created a brand new card and glad I did...I think it turned out soooooooo cute. The image is a coloring book page that I got from the internet and painted in PSP. The background is a fabric that I scanned into my computer. Everything else was created in PSP. Enjoy!