This is for today's TREEHOUSE THURSDAY CHALLENGE # 040 - CAS (Clean And Simple) Featuring ME. That's right today is my day to shine in the spotlight. Oh and what a perfect day it is. I have 2 inches of pollen dust on my car and my allergies are letting me know that spring is springing up all over. Whoo Hoo. I am ready for this winter to be GONE! I do not ever remember a colder winter.
Ok enough of that, onto my card today. The challenge is Clean And Simple which can mean a lot of different things to different stampers. This cutie took me about 10 min to put together. I used GIMP to manipulate my digital image, which is due to be released on the 17th of March from TREEHOUSE STAMPS DIGITAL LINE. It is from a set called Sea Friends. I used the eraser tool to remove the clound image on the right then used the paint bucket to apply all of the colors then added the starfish in the crab claw. I then added the text on the sandy area. The was popped up on bashful blue and close to cocoa cs with red ribbon to cover the seam. I love the beach and ocean and am so ready to head to it.
This is also for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 261 - What's New?. Well new to me is digital images, this set as it is not released yet, a new season on the rise and GIMP. I have resisted digital images due to inadequate printer issues and fear of the unknown but lately I have been obsessed with them especially since I found a FREE photo editing program which is also new to me and I am still learning, but I do love it. It is called GIMP. I love it bc I am figuring it out and bc it is free. I wanted photoshop but it is $100. Free is much better. LOL.
TFL and visit MY GALLERY and MY BLOG for a close up on this pic.
Neva
Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010 GMT Views: 456
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Thu, Mar 11, 2010 @ 11:57 AM
This is adorable Neva!! Thanks for the tip on the free photo editing software, I too would love to have photoshop, but it just isn't in my budget right now.
Registered: May 15, 2005 Location: Arlington, Washington Posts: 30400
Thu, Mar 11, 2010 @ 12:00 PM
Oh~ what a cutie pie image.. very fun card!
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