App Tuesday-Momento

momento app review

If you like to keep track of your daily life happenings and funny things that your kids say then Momento is the app for you. I have to admit I used to use Evernote or the simple Notes on my iPhone but then I found Momento!

momento app screenshotWhat I really like about this app is that it will add information from your social sharing networks, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This means that it pulls any pictures I post to those social media outlets as well as status updates.

You can view your daily happenings in two different views the feed view that you see here on the left or in a calendar view. The calendar view just gives you little dots on the days that you have status updates. calendar view of momento app

In the settings area of the app is where you can choose which social networks you want the app to pull information from. The app has tons of options of where you can pull status updates from and there is no limit on how many social networks you add.

My personal preference is that the app pulls status updates from Facebook and Instagram. You can set the app to auto update which means the app will update your feeds every time you open it when the app has been closed for more than 3 hours.

There is a backup and restore feature. Once you tap on the create a backup the app will create a backup of your feeds which you then have to move over to your computer. This comes in handy so that if you lose or break your phone you will have a backup. I do wish that this feature was automatic and that it would backup to the cloud automatically but maybe in its next update this will be possible. Momento does say that they are working on this!

All in all the app is a great app I really enjoy using it and it makes it really easy for me to keep track of the funny things that my little one says like a few days ago when my daughter wanted to watch a movie with me and she stated “I am all showed out and movied in mommy”

The app makes it easier for me to keep track of everything in one place instead of having tidbits of my life in different places and when I forget to write about my day on my monthly art journal all I have to do is open my Momento app!

Will you give the app a try?


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April Art Journal

I am still having a hard time believing that we are in April. I remember as a kid, being told all the time that I would want time to slow down because I was trying to speed time up! Now that I’m an adult it just seems to keep going faster and faster!

Now we are in an April and I have decided to complete a monthly art journal scrapbooking style for every month this year. I have enjoyed making these for the past few months.

This month I didn’t get to crazy and really kept it simple. As usual my Cricut helped me out! I used some paper from this great DCWV Butterfly paper stack and some Bazzill brown cardstock and some K&Company Alpha letters and American Craft numbers. That was it clean and simple for the month of April.

First thing I did was cut my flowers with my Cricut at a size of 2.25. The trick when making these monthly art journals is to ensure that you have enough space to write your daily activities on the die cut that you choose to be your day for each day of the month. I then laid my flowers out in a way that I would have enough room for a month and a year to be placed on each page.

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April art Journal

April Monthly Art Journal


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Flickr Tutorial

This is just a quick video that shows you how to upload a photo to Flickr. During LOAD213 quite a few people were wondering how to upload a photo to a group and add tags to the photo. This tutorial shows you how to do this so that you can be all ready for LOAD513.

Upload a photo to Flickr from Scrapping Wonders on Vimeo.


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Scrapbooking my iPhone

I just wanted to share with you another wonderful layout that I did during LOAD that I would not normally scrapbook about. This was a quick layout that I did about my GLORIOUS, WONDERFUL, AMAZING iPhone. She goes everywhere with me so I felt it was only fitting to scrapbook about her!

The majority of the layouts that I did in February for LOAD were actually photos from my iPhone and printed on my lovely Canon Selphy which I am in love with. I would then take a photo with my iPhone and upload it through my Flickr app!

I love my iPhone

I am really looking forward to May and scrapbooking 31 layouts in 31 days! Will you be joining in May for Layout A Day?


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Scrapbooking Challenges

I love a good challenge it goes with my competitive nature :) February was my first time attending the LOAD (Layout a Day) challenge and I had a blast.

The deal with LOAD is that everyday you get a different prompt to scrapbook and it really got my creative juices flowing. I really enjoyed connecting with other awesome scrapbookers in our private Flickr group and commenting on other layouts.

Seeing all the other layouts gave me tons of inspiration as well. Not only was I inspired by a prompt a day but also by all the other people that participated in this challenge.

Here is one of my favorite layouts that I did during LOAD and probably one that I would have never scrapped without LOAD before.  I now have an album dedicated to LOAD layouts because I will be completing many more LOADS in my future like the one that is starting next month! I can’t wait!

If you use code FNF at checkout you can save $10 dollars but that code expires on 4/10/13.

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April Sketch Challenge

Cara Miller is the sponsor this month for the iScrap-n-Snap Sketch Challenge she has put together some goodies on her site for you to use with the sketch challenge and you can find those amazing goodies here!

Cara will be giving away a Whisper (which is some really handy information about your die cutting machine). The Whisper is packed with all that information that you need to know about your Cricut or Cameo so that you can create beautiful projects with your die cutting machine without having to go to YouTube to find out how to cut something all the time.

Cara is also giving away free entrance to her Ba Da Bing scrapbooking class. This class teaches you how to easily get your photos off of your hard drive and into a scrapbook layout by using Photoshop Elements. This class is for the beginner digital scrapbooker and has some wonderful techniques to get your photos scrapped in no time at all.

This months sketch has a twist to it in honor of Earth Day.The twist is to use Earth Tones to complete the sketch.  One lucky winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month so come along and play with us.

All you have to do is link up your sketch here.

april sketch challenge

Here is some color inspiration for you if you decide to play along with the twist!


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App Tuesday-Print

It’s the first Tuesday of the month I can’t believe it, where are in April already. Last week I did a review on how to print Instagram photos from your Canon Selphy printer. This was a great review if you have a Canon Selphy and you can find that post here.

If you don’t that’s ok because I have a review on a little app that will let you print your 4×4 Instagram photos on your photo printer at home. The app is called Print and the company that makes it is Eurosmartz so the best way to search for this app is to type in Euromsmartz and then pick the Eurosmartz app with the purple icon. I will have a link in the post for you though as well.

I found out about this app from Jessica Sprague and I tested it out and it works so of course I am going to share this information with you. I know you want to get all those Instagram photos printed and into a scrapbook or mini album!

After you have downloaded the app from the app store you are going to need to head on over to Eurosmartz.com and download the software so that your iPhone/iPad/Android device can talk to your printer through your computer for these 4×4 prints. You can access the download page here.

Your next step is to adjust the settings on your computer so that the software can tell your printer to print these photos at the right size. Here is a screen shot of the settings that you need to have in place under the images tab.

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After you have set up the settings you have to head on over to your iPhone/iPad/Android device and make sure that the settings over there are correct.

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These settings are based on an iPad/iPhone but I am sure that the concept is the same for an Android. The main thing is that you want your app to be told the same thing that you told the software on your computer.

The image size should be set to fill page and the image orientation should be set to landscape because that is the same settings that you applied to the software.

Once all your settings are in place you are ready to print and have a grand ole time with your Instagram photos!

Have you been printing out all those Instagram photos?


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Cutting Fabric with the Cricut

Well I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and today is April Fools! I have to admit that I completely forgot about April Fools Day and I am not generally a prankster so this must be the reason why I usually forget about April Fools!

My family and I had a great Easter and I even managed to squeeze in some crafting! My main goal this weekend was to try to cut fabric with my Cricut this weekend. I have some great plans for some home decor and adding fabric to a scrapbooking layout could always give it some added texture.

The wonderful Cara Miller sent me this great link which of course I immediately pinned. I followed the decorations to the tee and I was able to cut out these fantastic letters out of some old Spring looking fabric that I had laying around the house.

The only problem I had, was that I couldn’t get it to make intricate cuts but I have a feeling that if I had a better quality fabric that intricate cuts would not have been a problem!

I made this cute little T-Shirt for my little one using the free Easter cuts in the Cricut Craft Room and just ironed the letters right on the shirt. Easy as Pie!

cutting fabric with the cricut

You can find the instructions right here! These instructions were so easy to follow and if you buy the small package of Heat and Bond it is only about $3 dollars at Joann’s.


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Printing Instagram Photos

printing instagram at homeI did it! I figured out what was going wrong and why I couldn’t get my Instagram photos to print correctly at home on my wonderful Cannon Selphy!

I wish I had done this before because I would have saved myself a ton of aggravation!

There are a few things that I have learned about printing on the Cannon Selphy.

The first thing is to have the Bordered option turned on all the time. When the bordered option is not turned on the pictures don’t always print on the paper and usually get cut off.

In order to print an Instagram photo on the Selphy from your iPhone you need to grab the pictures from your Instagram album and send those photos to the Selphy if you want your photo to be printed in Instagram format.

After you tell the Selphy to print you are good to go and you will have a perfectly printed Instagram photo at your home.

I prefer to print my Instagram photos from home as ordering them online tends to be expensive plus I take so many photos it is easier for me to keep up with printing them at home.

How do you print your Instagram photos?

You can download the Cannon app by clicking on the little printer below! It’s a free app


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App Tuesday – Flickr

Flickr app reviewI just have to talk about the Flickr app today with the all new Layout A Day class fast approaching. Back in February I used the Flickr app a ton because I was posting my wonderful layouts that I made every day in the month of February during my LOAD class!

YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT A LAYOUT EVERYDAY IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY! AND NOW LOAD IS COMING BACK!!!

Back to the Flickr app that was super easy to use and helped me connect with the Flickr group.

Flick is an online photo management and sharing site it is a little like Instagram but different and it gives you the ability to really connect with other people.

flickr app screen shotWhen you first download the app you are going to want to check out the under the hood stuff which is what I call the settings. In the settings part of the app you can enable your sharing so that you can share photos on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr directly from the app. You can update your notification settings and choose what you want to be notified about.

The settings area also gives you the ability to turn your photo filters on or off, save the photos to your camera roll, upload size, photo privacy, location privacy, photo safety level, and a safe search filter. The under the hood area of the app makes sure that you have your Flickr app set up just the way you want it to be and that your security levels are the way that you want them to be as well.

uploading a photo to flickrUploading a photo to the Flickr app is super easy and you can add the title to your layout and the description to your layout directly from your phone. You can also click on the little advanced button and add the photo to groups that you are in, to a person, add tags and decide if you want your photo be public or only be shared with specific people or private.

You can also make friends on the Flickr app and see photos of your contacts on the app. You can look at all the photos that you have marked as your favorite so that you can review them as inspirational layouts.

The Flickr app is a great app that enables you to interact with your friends and within groups and is one of the best apps that I have used for sharing my photos and interacting with other people.

With all that said go and download the Flickr app and sign up for the Layout A Day class that is coming in May so that we can interact with each other and have a grand ole time!!!


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iScrap-n-Snap Challenge

March is coming to a close and there is still time to enter for your chance to win some amazing Stampin Up product from Kristie at Artful Adventures. All you have to do is link up at the iScrap-n-Snap Challenge. You can also join us on the Facebook Group where you can hang out with other wonderful scrappers just like.

So don’t let your photos sit trapped in your phone, liberate them and share them with others and possibly win an awesome prize! Here is my inspiration layout that I created for the sketch challenge!

iscrap-n-snap march sketch challenge

 

I can’t wait to see what you create!


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10+10+10 Scrapbooking Challenge

I have to admit that this was one of the hardest layouts that I have ever done. The goal was to complete a layout using 10 products, 10 techniques and 10 words all on one layout.

I wasn’t sure that I was going to be able to accomplish this but one of the tips that Stacy Julian gave was that if you think about doing it on the layout then just do it, so that is exactly what I did. If an idea came to my mind while I was working on the layout I would just add it on.

 Ten techniques:

Layering, Stitching, Punching, Embossing, Imperfection, Die Cutting, Distressing, Clustering, Tearing, Piercing

I have to say tearing for me is a technique that I have not used before and it was very hard for me but I managed to do it and after it was done I ended up loving the final product.

tearing technique

Tearing Technique

The embossing and paper piercing were a ton of fun because I absolutely love to use my embossing folders and I am addicted to paper piercing as well :) I’m such an addict!

paper piercing technque

embossing technique

I used my sew easy to do the stitching on the layout I was going to use my sewing machine but then I would have had to take her (my appliances and tech gadgets are always referred to as her!) out and gotten her all set up so I decided to just use my sew easy and some embroidery thread :) .

stiching technique

Ten Products:

Creative Memories Black Shimmer Cardstock, Bazzill Tungsten Textured Cardstock, Websters Designer Trim, My MindS Eye Lost and Found Cardstock, DCWV Butterfly Garden Cardstock, Epiphany Crafts, Crate Paper Brunch Collection, Rhinestones, AC Thickers, Sew Easy, Victorian Velvet Distress Ink

All these products and techniques made a great layout that I am very happy with!

10+10+10 scrapbook challenge



Have you ever used 10 products and 10 techniques or more on a layout before?


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A Wowzers of a Scrapbooking Challenge

will you take the challengeI love challenges and I am also super excited about the National Scrapbook Creative Crop that Big Picture Class is sponsoring on May 4th. I have already registered for this free event and I am really looking forward to it!

 

I happened to be checking in on my forums today and someone mentioned that Stacy Julian is holding a challenge and that you could win a $50 gift certificate to Big Picture Class! This is very exciting so I checked it out and wowzers this is one heck of a challenge.

 

You can find the challenge here. I think that I am going to give this one a whirl and see what I can come up with. Will you be attending the creative crop over at Big Picture Class and take the challenge with me?


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App Tuesday – Pulse

pulse app review I am sure some of you have heard that Google Reader will no longer be available after July 1, 2013 many people got a little worried. I have news for you though there is a wonderful little app called Pulse that is super easy to use and is available for iOS and android based devices as well as the computer.

At this point you should already be on your way to the app store because you are going to have to pick another app to use for keeping up with the blogs that you read.

I know us scrapping people love to follow other blogs and I have quite a few that I follow myself along with other news that I wont bore you with as it isn’t scrappy related!

So what is Pulse? “Pulse is  a great way for you to be able read your blogs, magazines, social networks and newspapers” this is directly from the Pulse website. I think Pulse is a great app and I first tried Pulse on my Nook, I enjoyed it on my Nook so I then downloaded it to my iPhone and my iPad and of course as long as you log in with your login credentials you are going to see the same account everywhere!

You can send articles to Evernote or Pocket which are other great apps and you can also share an article to Facebook, Twitter or Email it directly from the app. It doesn’t get easier than that! You can set it so that you will be notified of breaking stories or of new sources that come available, which I have set to on! I am a news junkie :)

pulse app reviewMy favorite thing about Pulse is the way it is set up so that I can access the different sections.  After I tap on the section that I want to read it is broken down into a newsstand view and I can read blog posts from the many different blogs that I try to keep up with in my spare time!

So even though Google Reader will no longer be with us there are different options to choose from so that you can keep up with all those wonderful scrapbooking blogs just like this one!!! :)

Will you be downloading Pulse or trying a different app to keep up with your blogs and news?pulse app review

 

 

 


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Sketches, a challenge and a prize!

march iscrap-n-snap challengeI wanted to remind you that there is a great prize available and all you have to do is play along with the sketch challenge for March. I created a grid layout for you to use to get those photos off of your phone and into a layout. You don’t have to use phone pictures to play along with us you can use your good old actual camera photos and play along with us as well.

Kristie Sloan from Artful Adventures will be giving away some fabulous Stampin Up products to the winner of the March Sketch Challenge. Come and scrap with us and get those memories scrapped.

Here is some inspiration for you of one of the layouts that I have already created this month. Forgive me this is the first time I stitched on a layout with my handy sewing machine that I just bought this past Black Friday!

I am still learning how to work my sewing machine and then I added stiching on a layout. Not bad for my first time :) I learned how by taking the free February Scrapinar that was hosted by the lovely Lain Ehmann. Practice makes perfect so I am sure I will get better at sewing on a layout!

iscrap-n-snap march sketch challenge

 

So whats stopping you? Link up your layout here for your chance to win some wonderful products and come join our Facebook Group for some inspiration and a place to connect with other wonderful scrappers just like you!


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Great Photos, it’s Possible!

I often get asked how do I take great product photos of my layouts and cards that I create. I struggled with this for some time and I was doing OK.

I would take my photos and they would be good photos but they weren’t great photos. Then a light bulb went off for me the great Lain Ehmann who I talk about all the time because she has these great classes that are always life changing in some way,  had this wonderful class available by Nichol Magouirk and it changed my life!

Now I am able to take amazing photos of my cards and layouts to share with you and surprisingly the majority of the time I take these photos with my iPhone as well.

So all those lovely photos that you see of my cards and layouts that look so awesome are because of Nichol Magouirk’s class. If you ever struggled with taking photos of your products then I highly suggest you take this class, you won’t regret it and you will be posting awesome photos of your products.

Her class has wonderful tips regardless of what type of product you are trying to sell or showcase and the tips make you go ahhhhh why didn’t I think of that.

So go on ahead and take this amazing class by Nichol Magouirk, all you have to do is click right here.

Here are some examples of photos that I have taken since I took this class with my iPhone.

These photos were taken a little later in the day and I liked the shadow effect so I left them alone and didn’t do any editing. I am very pleased with the skills that I learned from the class and I think you would be too.

How do you take your product photos for your site or forums?


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App Tuesday-Cannon

Printing your photos when you are a traditional scrapbooker/paper scrapbooker is very important so the question is how do I get those photos printed from my phone or iPad on a regular basis. The longer the photos sit on your phone the less chance you have of getting them printed.

The whole point of taking all these photos on our phones is so that we have them and we can share them in our scrapbooks.

I recently purchased this magnificent little machine called the Cannon Selphy 900, oh how I love this little machine that lets me print directly from my iPhone or iPad!!

Life has become so much easier by having this little machine and of course the app is easy to use as well.

When you first open the app you have the option to take a picture and then print it or access the albums on your phone. cannon app review

This is what you will first see when you open the app. As you can see I can pick from any of my albums on my iPad or iPhone.

Once you pick a folder all you have to do is pick the photos that you want to print and then tap on the print button. All the photos that you chose will print one right after the other. I do have to say that I always print the photos with the border on. I do this to ensure that the entire photo is printed, otherwise the photos have a chance of not printing completely. Other than that the app and this little printer make it really easy to print photos at home.

Cannon app review

You can get 108 photos printed from one package of ink and paper that costs you about $30 dollars.

Do you print your photos at home?


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Buttons + Scrapbooking = Great Layout

There are so many things that you can do with your scrap paper and even paper that you are not very fond of. My friend GeeZee over at Messtaken Identity, who is all about eco-crafting had this fabolous idea of what she could do with some left over paper. Of course I had to create a sketch to go along with her great idea of turning this horrible paper into these wonderful buttons for her layout.

I just love the Martha Stewart button punch that she used for her project! Go on over and check out her amazing upcycle that she created from some paper that was originally headed for the trash. Then youcan come back over here and grab this sketch so that you can turn some horrible paper into a masterpiece! You know we all have that paper that we look at and wonder what we were thinking when we bought it!

button sketch

 

I love buttons on my layouts real buttons, paper buttons, shape buttons I love them all. Do you like to use buttons on your layouts?


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App Tuesday – Two Peas in a Bucket

Two Peas in a Bucket is a wonderful website where you can purchase scrapbooking supplies. Join in forums and watch great tutorial videos!

The app is a great way to keep in touch with other scrappers through the forums and it is super easy to purchase all those wonderful scrapbooking products that we all love, as if we needed another way to purchase scrapbooking items :)

two peas app review loginUpon opening the app you have a login screen you only have to input your information one time and after that you are always logged in, you just have to tap the login button.

Once you are logged in you are brought to another screen that enables you to access the different areas of the app such as shopping, forums, gallery, scrapbooking, stamping, cardmaking, photography, and the design team. The app makes it really easy to access your favorite areas for instance if you are a scrapbooker and you tap on the scrapbooking tab then you can easily access the scrapbooking gallery, the general scrappin forum and even upload a project. I generally spend my time in the general scrappin fourm :) There are a ton of wonderful people in the forum to meet and talk too!two peas app review home screen

As you already know I take the majority of my photos of my layouts and my cards with my phone and the two peas app makes it really easy to upload a layout or card that I have done directly from my phone.

These pictures are screen shots of what it looks like when you are uploading a layout or project to the gallery from your phone.


The Two Peas app is a great way to stay in touch with fellow paper crafters and scrapbookers and you can do it all from your phone or iPad without even having to get on a computer. Do you have the Two Peas in a Bucket App?


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March Art Journal

March is here I can hardly believe it. My march started off with a bang! We all went to Disney and had a blast! The first thing I did when I got back was create my art journal for the month of March because I had tons to document.

I am still enjoying these monthly art journals done scrapbooking style that I have been putting together and I think that this is something that I am going to be doing for the rest of the year.

This year Easter is at the end of the month and I love all the pastel colors that can be used during spring so this month that is what I focused on and I put my Cricut to good use!

I cut a bunch of egg shapes out and I cut out a shamrock as well for St. Pattys Day. I adhered all my eggs and shamrock to this beautifully cross paper from Faithfully Yours as well as my fence border that I made with the Creative Memories border punch. I used my cricut to cut out my month and year and added some stickles to the month and the year because I felt that I just needed some sparkle :)

This was a really simple art journal that I created and I love the way it turned out.

Are you working on an art journal this year?



 


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