Redo - Minutes New (still not satisfied)

Once again, I stumbled into a creative road block trying to get the title to work - and I'm redoing the page - arrgh. This was one of the first digital ones I did so it was rough anyway. It took me just a little bit to put the other pieces together and I knew what I wanted the title to say, but just couldn't make it fit on the page. Still not for sure it's really what I want. I like all the individual pieces, but I'm not for sure that they fit together the way I want.

This time I learned about Modify-> Expand & Contract and used it to create the detail on the number and the borders on the paper tags.

	original LO

Floral Paper, photo Mat from Vintage Garden by Flergs
Pink Paper, brown paper & staple from Blog Freebie by L. Riordan
Ribbon from Spring Romantic bonus by Doreen Stoltz
Flower from Sweety Spring by Miss Vivi
Fastner from Fastners by ScrapMatters
String Knot from Knotted Stitches by Katie Hadfield
Kraft paper from Harvest Spice by Shabby Princess
Actions - inked edge by Atomic Cupcake
Fonts - CK Ali's Writing, 2 Peas Hot Chocolate, 2 Peas Glitter Girl, Death

Redo - Love at First Sight

I had a yearning to create something but couldn't find the right photos/kits for a new LO, so I went back and redid one of my traditional LOs. I was prompted by a ScrapMatters blog entry last week to "scraplift yourself" and while this wasn't a total scraplift, many of the original elements are still intact. I bought these vintage garden papers by Flergs (during her birthday sale) and instantly thought that they would be good for these "first moment" photos of the girls and so therefore when inspiration was lacking for something new - it was time to go back to something that didn't sit quite right the first time.

I learned a valuable lesson today - SAVE and save often. I almost had the LO complete and then accidently closed it. Then while I was almost done the 2nd time PSE locked up on me - a first, but then it become a 2nd and 3rd tonight as well. Fortunately I had learned my lesson, but its frustrating when your program doesn't work well.

Not much new here - a new action and I played around with the blending modes so that the quote would be readable but not the focus. I ended up using two blending modes - vivid light & soft light, both set at 50% opacity for the layer.

the redo	the original

Floral Paper, photo Mat & Tear from Vintage Garden by Flergs
Pink Paper & Staple from Blog Freebie by L. Riordan
Ribbon from Spring Romantic bonus by Doreen Stoltz
Actions - sandededge, inkededge, & pristine chipboard by Atomic Cupcake
Fonts - Stephanie Marie SF, Times New Roman, CK Ali's Writing