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I am probably the only person on the planet who doesn't own a scanner, all cards posted by me are taken with my digital camera and photoshopped. There are many digital camera only uploaders around here, too, so please share if that is something you care to do!
No scanner in my house! Just a digital camera for capturing all my designs. I actually prefer a photographed image to a scanned one ... much easier to capture dimension that way.
I just set a piece of white cardstock on my counter and a piece behind my design and use my digital camera to take the picture. I have two Ott lights that I use to light my photo area. Then once the pictures are taken, I use Picasa (a photo editing software) to sharpen the images and adjust the fill light and highlights of the picture. I also use Paint Shop Pro to crop and the picture and add the designer and copyright info. Kind of a lot of steps for a picture, but I am a bit of a perfectionist! LOL!
I love to share, so when I put my projects on my blog, I include detailed step-by-step instructions. I find that I can do this easier on my blog than I could here at SCS.
Oh, and that reminds me--I've posted "for more information, check out this link" when I've uploaded a card, but I've never skimped out on the details! I add my cards to SCS and my own gallery, so I'm busy with cutting and pasting all over the place. I agree--it's only fair! And kind. But I have a beef with the people who put NOTHING down at all (especially when I'm approving and I have no idea what set someone used and I have to put it some where and they didn't tell me what it's called so now I have to pull down all my catties!!! :twisted. But I digress.
After all these years, I finally got you on SCS, Erika. My, that amuses me! It's so fun to see you posting along with me! :cool: Hugs!
__________________ Nicole "I am a girl of many moods...all of which require chocolate."
I enjoyed reading everyone's thoughts about blogging. I always add the recipes to my cards on SCS and I will sometimes direct people to my blog just because I like to ramble about my card and why I made it and that is a little too long for the description part in the gallery ;) I have my blog to share my creativity and tips with customers, family (all of my family lives over 2,000 miles away), and stamping friends.
I love going through people's blogs and reading about what they create and I love when people have little tips about how to do things. I often smack my forehead and say "oh THAT is how you do it ;)"
I started a blog to motivate me & to help me keep in touch with my friends who share the same interests. I have always been a journal type person and I figured that blogging will help me remember things for when I want to scrapbook them later. That being said, I do find it hard to update my blog daily with photos. I have a number of "unpublished" posts but it serves as my scratch pad of sorts that I can tweak and then publish later.
BTW, I love reading everyone's blogs and I get a great kick out of everyone's writings!
No scanner in my house! Just a digital camera for capturing all my designs. I actually prefer a photographed image to a scanned one ... much easier to capture dimension that way.
I just set a piece of white cardstock on my counter and a piece behind my design and use my digital camera to take the picture. I have two Ott lights that I use to light my photo area. Then once the pictures are taken, I use Picasa (a photo editing software) to sharpen the images and adjust the fill light and highlights of the picture. I also use Paint Shop Pro to crop and the picture and add the designer and copyright info. Kind of a lot of steps for a picture, but I am a bit of a perfectionist! LOL!
Same set up here, 2 sheets of cardstock, one on the bottom, one against the wall, 2 OTT lights, and sometimes my ceiling can lights if necessary, and then I photoshop em' for the cropping and inserting of name and � info.
I have no blog, I read no blogs. I have enough trouble keeping up with my own life (kids' homework, soccer practices, games, tennis lessons, work, meal prep, grocery shopping, spiritual nurturing, spending time with DH, SCS forum & gallery perusal, making my own crafts, LOST, The Amazing Race, etc) to add reading about someone else's life. I just have to leave something out, and blogs are it for me.
I have no blog, I read no blogs. I have enough trouble keeping up with my own life (kids' homework, soccer practices, games, tennis lessons, work, meal prep, grocery shopping, spiritual nurturing, spending time with DH, SCS forum & gallery perusal, making my own crafts, LOST, The Amazing Race, etc) to add reading about someone else's life. I just have to leave something out, and blogs are it for me.
LOL! I'm starting to feel like my whole life is full of too many good things I love and I too need to cut back somewhere... it can be a real sinking feeling to be overcommitted. I'm my own worst enemy sometimes.
__________________ Nicole "I am a girl of many moods...all of which require chocolate."
But I have a beef with the people who put NOTHING down at all (especially when I'm approving and I have no idea what set someone used and I have to put it some where and they didn't tell me what it's called so now I have to pull down all my catties!!! :twisted. But I digress.
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amen sista!!
please at least put the name of the set in your descriptions.. especially if it is an older, retired set.
I agree with ya, Trudee, on the importance of users posting the "guts" of the card on SCS. My postings to my SCS gallery have not changed since I started blogging. In fact, they might have even improved! ;)
I blog for lots of reasons, not only to share my designs with my stampin' friends and industry peeps, but also to stay connected with friends and family left up north now that I live in way-too-hot-and-dusty-and-creepy-Texas. My blog is not just for stamping. I enjoy sharing photography, life happenings, and even things that creep me out! DID YOU SEE THAT GROSS SPIDER!
When i do post a stamping design on my blog, I tend to include more of a story about the design on my blog than I do on my SCS uploads. Doing so helps me connect the design to my non-stamping readers (who don't visit SCS). ;)
I love catching up on blogs ... but I also love SCS and I cruise the galleries and forums more than ever seeing the amazing work of all the artists sharing on SCS. I continue to be amazed at the quality of work being posted to the galleries. *clap clap clap!*
ditto!!
__________________ mcpaige
My gallery is small today, but it has BIG dreams!!
Give our SCS Team a break...No uploads on Sundays!
After all these years, I finally got you on SCS, Erika. My, that amuses me! It's so fun to see you posting along with me! :cool: Hugs!
Yah, it ONLY took me 2 years! ;) I've been a member here since Sept. of 2004, it just took a little while for me get into the posting. ;) Better late than never. ;)
__________________ Erika Martin * Vermont * SU! Demo * My blog: Stampin' Mama
I blog for friends and family. I blog about my daily life, but also post projects I have done. My blog is only posted on my email signature because frankly, lol, most people would be bored with it.
I love you, Sunshine Mama. You know, I wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for you! ;) Thanks for passing the stamping bug to me all those years ago. :-D And we even met on a sort-of blog/message board (whatever you want to call LiveJournal)!
So here's to stamping, blogs and friendship! :mrgreen:
__________________ Nicole "I am a girl of many moods...all of which require chocolate."
I blog for friends and family. I blog about my daily life, but also post projects I have done. My blog is only posted on my email signature because frankly, lol, most people would be bored with it.
LOL! That's why I have four blogs and one LiveJournal. I keep stamping in one place, knitting in another, theology in another, 101 goals in yet another and life-in-general under wraps (cause LiveJournal can be private for "friends-only"). But that's me. I'm crazy like that... :rolleyes:
__________________ Nicole "I am a girl of many moods...all of which require chocolate."
How do you start a blog? I have my own domain (came with my new email address) that is a blank slate. Can I just get some software, or do you have to purchase a domain from a site that is set up for blogs?
How do you start a blog? I have my own domain (came with my new email address) that is a blank slate. Can I just get some software, or do you have to purchase a domain from a site that is set up for blogs?
I started mine using Typepad. It's all set up for blogging and the templates that you can choose from are great. I pay $8.95 a month for mine, but that's because I wanted a specific configuration of how my blog was set up and couldn't get that with the basic account, which is $4.95 a month.
I looked over blogspot, blogger and Typepad and the one that I liked the best, for layout designs, was Typepad, so that's what made my decision. I decided on going with a site that was already set up because I'm not as computer savvy as I like to fake that I am.....so being able to just plug stuff in was perfect for me.
__________________ Erika Martin * Vermont * SU! Demo * My blog: Stampin' Mama
I love you, Sunshine Mama. You know, I wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for you! ;) Thanks for passing the stamping bug to me all those years ago. :-D And we even met on a sort-of blog/message board (whatever you want to call LiveJournal)!
So here's to stamping, blogs and friendship!
Well, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be on SCS (as you're the one that introduced me to it years ago) and I wouldn't have a blog.
I love you, too!
__________________ Erika Martin * Vermont * SU! Demo * My blog: Stampin' Mama
How do you start a blog? I have my own domain (came with my new email address) that is a blank slate. Can I just get some software, or do you have to purchase a domain from a site that is set up for blogs?
I wouldn't pay for a blogging service, but that's probably because my husband is a web designer and he can do all sorts of things for me. He would suggest you check out Word Press. I believe you can have a blog with your own domain name through them because that's what he uses and his blog has a custom name. HTH!
__________________ Nicole "I am a girl of many moods...all of which require chocolate."
