elaine anjos' blog

Christmas is almost here !

Oh you better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is comming to town!

Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town | The song was written in 1932 by the musician John Frederick Coots and lyricist Haven Gillespies

 

I can`t believe Christmas is almost here !

It is time of family gathering for the holidays, beloved traditions and celebrations with our loved ones.

This year we have a new Christmas decoration.

A new Christmas tree :

 

I was inspired to create a 12x12 digital page :

SUPPLIES 

Snippet - Lovely Memories | eaPlayfulColors_eset2_s13
Circle Label - Joy | eaChristmas2011_eset1_e1
Snippet | CC-ohjoy_play_and_cheer (cosmo cricket)
Frame - happy holidays | eaChristmas2011_e4 
Font | Prestige Elite Std 

I love Christmas lights. So, I decided to try a little different kind of photography this year: Christmas Light Bokeh. Sincerely, I like the results. =)

First, our balcony lights :

After, our Christmas tree :

I really loved play with these lights. And, I love our new ornaments too. These bears are so cute, aren`t they ?

We have more Santa Claus decoration. This one is made of wood. Definitively, adorable. Am I wrong ? =)

Yes, I do love the lighs even at daylight ! 

 

As we look forward to this holiday season and the New Year, I would like to express my gratitude for your dedication to read this blog. I wish you love, peace, hope, happiness, and prosperity in a new year. I wrote it to Santa Claus. He is reading it right now...

Now, I must go back to the kitchen. I have a little more to 
bake ! =)

Yes, I am thankful you are stopped by here !  

Happy Holidays !

Art of Digital Design 2 class

I haven't been around the last few weeks because I was a little bit busy learning more about design and creating a mega collection. =) I took Art of Digital Design 2 Class at Jessica Sprague and here are my papers and elements sets : 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is my AoDD2 final assignment, the entire collection : 

I would love to know if you like Playful Colors Mega Collection. Please, leave a comment. I will appreciate your feedback a lot.

I also want to mention that if you liked this collection join me with thumbs up of Art of Digital Design 2 Class teached by Carina Gardner! I totally recommend this class. Carina is an amazing teacher and the AoDD2 syllabus is great.

If you are interested in take this class she will be teaching it again in a year or so. AoDD2 is a second part of Art of Digital Design Classes at Jessica Sprague.

AoDD 1 | The Art of Digital Design 1 

AoDD 2 | The Art of Digital Design 2 

 

Make a difference : LINKwithlove.org

I never get to post on my blog as much as I’d like to. Sometimes it is so hard to have time to do all of our daily tasks. 
But I am so glad to be here to publish about LINKwithlove.org. The first time that I read about this was in Ali Edward's facebook,  June 12. I really appreciated the idea and read more about at the Kal Barteski's blog.

 

      

                     [all images are from LINKwithlove]

The idea of this site is inspire a positive change in the internet about INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY :

"LINKwithlove is the idea that by banding together in a "neighbourhood watch" type way - we, the internet, could teach and learn respect when dealing with intellectual property online. It is our dream that art, music, photography, words, design, ideas, etc - be shared in a way that is respectful, educated and kind."   |  LINKwithlove 

"It is our goal to inspire positive change in the way art, photography, design, words, music, film and ideas are shared on the internet. We believe that intellectual property needs to be handled with love and respect. We believe in the goodness of people. We believe in the power of the internet. We believe that Maya Angelou was absolutely right when she said "when you know better you do better."   | LINKwithlove 

There you can appreciate a great  GIVING CREDIT/STORM CLOUD poster created by erin loechner and pia bijkerk. This diagram shows how we can think over this issue.

If you decide to support this idea, learn more how to spread the word at LINKwithlove.org and make a difference !

Happy Mother`s Day

    

This is my creation in honor of all moms. Happy Mother`s Day!
I wish you a fabulous moms day. May you have a wonderful celebration with your family. Enjoy your day with your loved ones.

Easter 2011 Stickers Freebie & Giveaway

I hope you all had a Blessed Easter ! Did you have already organized your Easter photos ? Did you have already done your scrapbook pages about Easter ? 

  
 

Here is my contribution. Thanks so much for your patience!  I'm sorry it took so long! I have been suffering from gastritis this month and last week it got worse. I prepared this mini kit freebie with some stickers about Easter. These stickers are in PNG format. You can use them at your handmande or digital art. 

- download from 4shared here

- download from mediafire here

If you experience any problems with the download, please contact me.

Enjoy !!

 

GIVEAWAY | Easter/Spring  Stickers

One person will receive the Easter/Spring Stickers kit. 

TO BE ENTERED into this giveaway please leave a comment below and tell me: How often do you use stickers in your pages? I'll  choose a winner on Tuesday night.

 

  

 [comments are now closed | check back to see if you're a winner]

I wish you a wonderful Easter celebration today!  I will publish some little digital gifts that easter bunny brought this morning...  =D 

 

Photo post-processing

 

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Photographs have a lot to say. This picture I took in the 25th wedding anniversary of my sister-in-law. This is one photo I am proud of. I didn't use any Photoshop action, filter or post-processing. This shot is a focusing, light and composition miracle =). I swear...

This nice shot is a result of my learning of how to take better photos. I want to improve my photo-taking abilities, so I bought a SLR camera and took some Elisha Snow classes.

Do you know about basic post-processing or computer touch-up ? This process work on your photos for polished, finished and amazing results. Did you know that amazing professional photographers post-process their printed photos? If you've decided to learn photo-finish and how to post-process your photos, take fun with the  Elisha Snow's newest class at Big Picture !

Are you ready for photo finish?  Photo Finish: Post-Processing Photos for a Professional Look is the Elisha Snow's newest class. You don't want to miss out on this opportunity to take your photos from good to great with some simple tweaking in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Almost every professional photographer will tell you that even the best photocan be made better with some simple tweaking in a post-processing program.

Big Picture Classes | Start Date May 5, 2011 | Registration will close May 11, 2011 at 10:00pm 

If you want to take better photos and knowing about light, composition, focusing and Digital SLR cameras, I recommend Elisha Snow classes at Big Picture :

• Get Great Photos With Any Camera
• Get Out of Auto Mode
• Moving Into Manual

Take great pictures...  Say Cheeeese ! (What is your favorite type ? =D) 

Valentine's Day Cards

 

I hope you all had an amazing Valentine's Day! January was a family`s vacation month and I promised that I wouldn`t spend my time in computers. I have to confess that I accomplished this, but I missed it a little. =)

 

After that, I have been a little busy at work, with courses, digital classes, grocery, supermarket, cooking, dish washing, and a little housework... The year is just beginning and I need to organize my time to do all these things. Ok, I am practicing to embrace imperfection too...

 

I would like to post a Valentine`s freebie, but I couldn`t prepare a new one to post here. So, I would like to share some photos of my Valentine`s Cards that I`ve made for my husband and all beloved that asked me to prepare something for them. I hope my nieces, nephews, friends and their loved ones had enjoyed these cards.

Some of them are hybrid, and others were done all digital. 

 

Thank you for reading. I am so excited to be here and publish again!

 

Merry Christmas !

Santa Claus is coming to town. He's making a list and checking it twice...

=) It`s Christmas time  !

I hope you enjoy this holiday season and continue to have a wonderful time with your family and friends. As a special surprise, I have a gift for you. I published a new version of Christmas Blog Hop kit with a bonus: 3 new elements. Grab this kit by clicking here or on the preview below :

 

Here is the Christmas Treasures Bonus preview. If you had participated of Christmas Treasures Blog Hop in November 2010 and downloaded the first version of the kit, you can download only the bonus version by clicking here or on the preview below :

 

 

Merry Christmas from our home and family, to yours! Thank you so much for visiting my blog this year and allowing me to share posts, words and digi scrap with you. I hope you have a wonderful holiday!!

 

One year ago : Days at Disney

 

Days at Disney

 
 
One year ago we were at Magic Kingdom and we had one of our happiest and amazing days in our lives. To celebrate and remember with love these moments I created this digital page yesterday. Below there are other two pages that I created in March 2010 in Cathy Zielske`s DYL Workshop. 

I couldn`t resist to share these 3 digital pages because this magical place and these memories are simply unforgettable...

SUPPLIES

Anna Aspnes - Stitched by Anna Borders White No.1
Elaine Anjos - HalfCircle Tags | Christmas Treasures Paper Pack | Day Label | Happiness Overlay | Day To Remember Overlay
 

Fonts : Franklin Gothic Book, Cambria, Constantia, Courier New, Trajan Pro, Garamond.

 

Magic World

SUPPLIES

Cathy Zielske - DYL Workshop | Week1 Assignment 1 Template
Katie Pertiet - Digital Date Stamps Vol. 3
Rob&Bob Studios - Botanica Ribbons 
Elaine Anjos - File Tab

Fonts :  Arial, Rockwell, Rockwell Extra Bold.

 

You & Buzz Lightyear

SUPPLIES

Cathy Zielske - DYL Workshop | Week2 Assignment 2 Template
Katie Pertiet  - Classic Cardstock Foundation | SpotDots No. 11
Crystal Wilkerson -  Faded Houndstooth
Mindy Terasawa -  Boys Rawk
Elaine Anjos - Good Days Stamp

Fonts : Impact, Arial, Constantia, Eurostile, Mongolian Baiti.