I just realized that I could use the black marker that has been sitting next to the ink pad and chipboard.  I’m laughing at myself right now, because it is so obvious and it hasn’t occurred to me in more than 2 year so stamping. Everyone else knows this already, right? Silly me.

The process is really simple, download the template, fill it out, scan it, and upload to their website. Minutes later you’ll see your handwriting on the screen and get to test it out for yourself to see how it looks. If everything is ok, you download it to your computer and install to your fonts folder.

So how did it go? I’m in love! Here is my sample card, 100% MDS…the main type is a computer font, but the note in the lower right corner is my “handwriting”:

So when I was walking the dog the other day I saw these beautiful flowers growing on a rock in the river. I loved the combination of pink and green, so I snapped a picture and added it to Evernote to remind me to write this post!

Here are two color combos to work on from this photo. First, the obvious, which pulls the colors from the plant and the river:

Second, the not-so-obvious, which pulls the colors from the shadows:

So have fun with these, I know I will. I’ll post what I come up with sometime this week. Please share your creations in the comments!

Want to know how I picked these?

Ok…when I have a photo with colors I like, I typically just pick out the obvious ones…in this one it would be the pink of the flowers, the green of the leaves, and the blue of the water.

This time I decided to use colr.org to pick out color combos for me. Colr.org takes a photo, analyzes it, and pulls out a bunch of the colors used.

I scrolled through a bunch of combos until I found ones I liked. Then I matched those colors as closely as I could to Stampin’ Up! colors.

What is great about Colr.org is that it picks out combos that wouldn’t be all that obvious. I think this would be a great tool for scrapbooking, since you’d be able to match the color scheme of the page to the photograph!

Have fun with the challenge, and try out colr.org when you ge the chance.

The dots of dazzling diamonds don’t show up well on the image, but they just the right amount of sparke to this holiday card. The blue “border” around the circle snowman is done by dragging the front edge of the circle over the ink pad. It adds just the right abount of color to that image, and brings the whole card together.

Recipe:

Stamps: Window Dressing, Wishing You Cheer, Deer Friends

Paper: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Whisper White

Ink/Color: Pacific Point, Basic Black, Stampin’ Pastels

Tools/Accessories: Little Felt Flurries, Blender Pens, Dazzling Diamonds, Tombow, SNAIL, Mini Glue Dots

This album is a Make-and-Take we made at the Stampin’ Up! Convention this year. The cover is made from two mini square envelopes; inside are sheets of 3×6″ card stock. Holes are punched at the spine and it is held together by a ribbon. To make it more sturdy I used SNAIL between each page as well.

To adhere the coupons to the book I used Tombow Multi. Tombow is repositional if you let it dry before sticking the paper together. So whomever wins the basket will be able to take out the coupons, and then glue in photos of their loved ones, pets, favorite things…whatever floats their boat!

Recipe:

Stamps: Garden Whimsy

Ink: Real Red, YoYo Yellow, Basic Black

Paper: YoYo Yellow, Real Red, Whisper White

Accessories/Tools: Square Mini Envelopes, Crop-a-Dile, Black Gingham Ribbon, Tombow Multi, SNAIL

Using the RGB (or CYMK) values is a great way to extend your creative side beyond typical card making. Use it on computer generated documents…no worrying about your color pallet! This is also a great way to personalize your cards and scrapbook pages with custom sentiments/journaling.