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Author: amysolovay

  • Venice Beach Pier: A 12″x12″ Digital Scrapbooking Layout

    This 12″x12″ Digital Scrapbooking Layout Includes 1 Framed Photo, Journaling and Multiple Patterned Papers. The Layout Features Digital Scrapbooking Supplies by Katie Pertiet Designs.

    Venice Beach Pier, a Digital Scrapbooking Layout.Photos and Scrapbooking Layout by Amy Solovay. Digital Scrapbooking Supplies by Katie Pertiet Designs.

    I am a diehard paper scrapbooker — and in the long term, I don’t see that permanently changing. However, at the moment, I am messing around with digital scrapbooking for a couple of important reasons. 1) I want to see if I can speed up my crafting process — in particular, I’m hoping to get faster on the journaling; and 2) Most of my paper craft supplies are packed up in boxes for moving.

    Here you can see one of my first efforts at digital scrapbooking.

    I have a massive backlog of photos that I want to display in albums. Realistically speaking, I will probably have to just put most of them in pocket pages and call it a day; there are so many pics that it would probably take the rest of my life for me to make scrapbooking layouts about all of them (even if I were to do it all digitally).

    But there are a few pictures that stand out as being ones I really want to feature in layouts — and this is one of them.

    When I used to live in California, one of my favorite things to do was walking on the sand between Santa Monica and Venice Beach. In hindsight, it sort of horrifies me to remember how I used to grab a slice of pizza in Venice or a container of (pseudo) Chinese food at the mall in Santa Monica. But that was my life then. Since then, everything has changed dramatically.

    A few years ago, my husband Mike and I went back to California to visit family and friends. We spent a day hanging out in Marina Del Rey with some friends we met when we were living aboard a sailboat and cruising around Catalina Island.

    It was a quick walk from their place to Venice Beach Pier. On the day we visited, the weather was gray and overcast — which was kind of a bummer. But I still enjoyed the walk down “Memory Lane”.

    Here you can see the view from Venice Beach Pier facing the shoreline.

    I’m mostly content to be a homebody, but looking at my old pics sort of stirs up the dormant wanderlust in my soul…

    Supplies You Need to Create a Similar Digital Scrapbooking Layout:

    I posted the supply list for this layout in the gallery at Katie Pertiet’s website. If you’re interested in picking up this kit and the other extras I used for making this, you can click here to check it out.

    Thanks so much for your interest in my project!

    Posted By: Amy Solovay

    This page was last updated on 10-14-2022.

  • Holiday Wishes Christmas Card Featuring Papers by Scrapbook Customs and Stamps and Dies by Hero Arts

    Holiday Wishes Christmas Card Featuring Papers by Scrapbook Customs and Stamps and Dies by Hero Arts
    Holiday Wishes Christmas Card Featuring Papers by Scrapbook Customs and Stamps and Dies by Hero Arts
    Hello everyone! Here’s my third entry in the Hero Arts “Die-Lightful” paper crafting challenge. It’s similar to the card I posted earlier, with the same Hero Arts holiday sentiment stamp, the same die and the same Christmas-themed papers from the same paper pack.

    Craft Supplies You’ll Need for Creating a Similar Christmas Card:

    Thanks so much for dropping by today! I appreciate your interest in my project.


    Posted By: Amy Solovay

  • Holiday Wishes Christmas Card With Washi Tape

    Holiday Wishes Christmas Card With Washi Tape
    Holiday Wishes Christmas Card With Washi Tape

    Hello everyone! Here’s my second entry in the Hero Arts “Die-Lightful” paper crafting challenge. It’s similar to the card I posted earlier, with the same Hero Arts holiday sentiment stamp, the same die and the same Christmas-themed papers from the same paper pack.

    Craft Supplies You’ll Need for Creating a Similar Christmas Card:

    • Hero Arts Hero Greetings Christmas Messages Stamps
    • Hero Arts Dies: I don’t know of any dies that are specifically intended to coordinate with the Christmas Messages stamps. However, I happened to discover a funny coincidence; some of the dies from the WB1081 Travel Bundle are the perfect sizes and shapes for cutting out the Christmas messages.
    • Die Cutter: I used the Hero Arts Compact Cutter, but you can use any comparable die cutting machine.
    • Patterned Papers from the Scrapbook Customs Christmas Watercolor 6″x6″ Paper Pack (or any similar Christmas themed papers)
    • Memento Love Letter ink pad
    • Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Ink Pad
    • Christmas Themed Washi Tape by Recollections

    Thanks so much for dropping by today! I appreciate your interest in my project.


    Posted By: Amy Solovay

  • Striped Holiday Wishes Christmas Card Making Idea

    Red and Green Striped Holiday Wishes Christmas Card With Washi Tape
    Red and Green Striped Holiday Wishes Christmas Card With Washi Tape

    Hello everyone! The lovely people over at the Hero Arts blog are having a challenge with the theme of “Die-lightful”. I thought I’d play along with this and get an early start on my Christmas card making. The card you see pictured above is one of the projects I made for this challenge. Want to make a similar card? Here’s a supply list showing you the items I used to make this:

    Craft Supplies You’ll Need for Creating a Similar Christmas Card:

    Thanks so much for dropping by today! I appreciate your interest in my project.


    Posted By: Amy Solovay

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  • Slimline Card With Scalloped Heart Motif and Ink Blended Vertical Stripes

    Slimline Card With Scalloped Heart Motif and Ink Blended Vertical Stripes
    Slimline Card With Scalloped Heart Motif and Ink Blended Vertical Stripes

    The lovely folks over at Pinkfresh Studio are having a new challenge with the theme of stripes and gradients. This is the third project I’m submitting for the challenge — Plus I made a bunch of extra ink-blended papers that have ink blending, stripes and gradients. There will be more striped cards in my future!

    Here you can see some of ink blending and striping I did for this challenge, along with the Vertical Stripes Stencil by Pinkfresh Studio. Love this stencil! I used it to make the bottom three ink-blended papers you see pictured below:

    Ink Blended Papers Made With the Vertical Stripes Slimline Stencil by Pinkfresh Studio
    Ink Blended Papers Made With the Vertical Stripes Slimline Stencil by Pinkfresh Studio

    I actually chose this stencil, not because I wanted to ink blend with it, but because I thought it would be a good item to have on hand for making journaling spots. I do use it pretty frequently for that purpose. I think it is now one of my new favorite stencils for ink blending, too. LOVE it!

    Other Craft Supplies Needed for Creating a Similar Slimline Card With Scalloped Heart Motif and Ink Blended Vertical Stripes:

    Thanks so much for dropping by my blog today. I appreciate your interest!