addicted to adobe

Moms_invite_1One of the reasons I haven’t posted anything in 9 days is because I’ve been slightly obsessed with designing and printing my mom’s 70th surprise birthday party invites. (yep… that’s my mom all decked out in her baton twirling garb circa 1950’s)

My inspiration came from this amazing Photoshop blog, Sprague Lab.  I was in awe of all things you can do with Adobe Photoshop Elements! (only $85)  My invite is a pretty simple application of this ‘grunge frame’Sprague_lab

Just look at this amazing digital scrapbook page using the same grunge frame effect.  I only hope to be this savvy someday.

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Okay, back to my sophomore efforts. 

I’m really excited about putting together this memory book for my mom.

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The memory pages are sized to fit in one of our brag books.  The back side of the page reads, "I remember when…"

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All my envelopes and card blanks came from the wonderful Paper Source.

I couldn’t resist slipping in one more picture of my mom doing this impressive back bend in a parade.

Miscellaneous Information…

Not to worry, this blog posting will not ruin the surprise.  My parents don’t have a computer and never will.

My mom competed in baton twirling nationally and taught at numerous baton camps around the US in the 50’s & 60’s. 

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2 thoughts on “addicted to adobe

  1. April that is too much! It’s the perfect amount of fun with sentimental. I’m sure she’ll be thrilled. I’m going to go check out that blog. I have photoshop but I’m such a newbie. I’ll e-mail you this weekend with your questions.
    happy friday!

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