Category Archives: Artisan

Nov 27

Print a Picture, It’ll Last Longer!

What kind of memory makers would we be if we didn’t encourage you to do something with them?!

  • Print them
  • Make Holidays Cards (for printing or posting)
  • Permanently Save them

We’ve got gifts for spouses, kids, parents, friends, and more. And they’re all a fraction of the price right now!

  • 50% off all printed products including cards, photo books, wall art and more.
  • 40% off photo prints.
  • 40% off software for scrapbooking (Artisan) and photo organizing (Historian)
  • 40% off Premium Video single payment plan and Forever Storage single payment plan
  • 50% off monthly 10GB storage payment plan.   Pay $9.50 for just 12 months to have 10GB permanent and guaranteed storage for your photos, documents, audio and video files.
  • 30% off all digital art (used in Artisan only)
  • 25% off media conversion boxes

Use Promo code BLACKFRIDAY19 through Saturday, November 30th at 11:59pm PACIFIC time.

Click here to start shopping.

May 15

Saving Layouts Directly from Artisan to Forever

It’s the middle of another Layout a Day month and I’ve had an epiphany!  When I save my layouts to upload to the gallery, why not also save them (at full resolution) to my Forever Account?   And so I have now been taking the extra 1-2 minutes to permanently save my layouts as I finish them every day.  After LOAD, I’ll make this part of my routine when I finish an album.  It’s the best way to ensure that the layouts are Forever saved to my account.  Additionally, they then become accessible from my mobile device through the app.  Win Win!

Here’s how you can save your layouts from Artisan directly to your Forever Account.

  • From the project, click File.

  • Share to Forever.

  • Choose the page(s) to be uploaded.

  • Select the album (or make a new one)

  • Login to your account.

 

Are you running out of storage?  Or are you wishing you had Artisan?  Both are on sale this month!  Login or Create your free account (and get 2GB storage and a $10 coupon) and then see all the Deals for this month.

Jan 19

Forever Friday: Finish in Four Part 3

Who wants to make a 21-99 page book in January with me using Forever Print!?  Join me each Friday, this month, right here to get a quick assignment for the week.

You don’t have to write an essay, but consider including who, where, when, why, what on each page or two page spread. Will those looking at your book need you there to tell the story? Or will the photo book INCLUDE your story?

The online templates don’t have a lot of space for journaling so it won’t be a difficult task. If you’d like to include more, consider creating a text box in MS Word and then using the snipping tool to save it as a jpg. Fitting into a photo opening can be a little tricky, but it can be done.

Share a screenshot of a page in your book in the comments.

 

Here’s where you can see Week 1

Here’s where you can see Week 2

Nov 24

Forever Friday: Big Black Friday Digi Art Bundle Now Available

The Black Friday Exclusive 2017 bundled collection includes the following brand new kits:

  • That Friday Feeling – Page Kit by Across the Pond,
  • Snowflake City – Exclusive Embossed Papers by Paper Tray Studio,
  • A Better Me – Page Kit by Designs by Mandy King,
  • Joyful by Jen Martakis Designs,
  • Black Friday Blueprints 2017, 11×8.5 and Black Friday Blueprints 2017, 12×12 by pixels2Pages,
  • Shaping Up Bundle 1–4 by Templates & Co,
  • Geometric Layout Bundle 1 by ClickCollage,
  • Solitude by Seatrout Scraps,
  • Celebrate Exclusive Card Pack and Celebrate Exclusive Gift Pack by Lucky Girl Creative,
  • Chasing Rainbows Exclusive Canvases, 2018
  • Four Square Quick Desk Calendar,
  • Forever Design Maps Exclusive 2017,
  • Our Favorite Memories Pre-Designed Book by Forever Digital Art.

These kits are brand new and only available from RIGHT NOW through 10am Eastern, Tuesday, November 28 in the Black Friday Exclusive 2017 bundled collection. These kits will never be offered in the digital art store again so pick up this bundle today!

Note: In order for this bundle to work and have the 75% off discount applied, you must enter DEALOFTHEDAY at check and hit Apply. Once the code is entered, the cart will automatically populate with the 15 kits included in the bundle. Proceed with check-out. Once your transaction is complete, go to your Downloads where you will find 15 kits each with their own download link and activation code.

Retail Value: $150
Deal of the Day Price: $37.50

Create your free account here, go to Deals in the upper left and start shopping!

Sep 19

Using Overlays in your Digi Layouts

I wanted to share a video I created to help showcase using overlays in digital layout with Artisan.

I’d love to see how you are using overlays, link up your layouts so we can be inspired.

Have you seen this great Mega Kit with Overlays, Masks and More?  I love the collaboration with Little Feet Digital Designs and Dagi’s Temp-tations.

Click the image above to shop.

Jun 30

Forever Friday: Layout turned into Canvas Print

Can you believe it’s half way through 2017?  Why does time fly by so fast!?!?!  I won’t even tell you how close to the holiday season we are.  ha ha ha!

I was window shopping recently and saw this in a store window and was immediately inspired.

I had an idea, in my head, on how I would do this in Artisan.  It worked out fine, however I think there’s probably an easier way.

  1. Insert > Shape > Anchor.
  2. Use the outliner tool (Insert > Outliner) to make a duplicate shape.  Then on the element, right click Text > Format and work with the settings on the right panel.  Make sure to mark “Fill shape with text” and type in the text as you want it to show.
  3. Edit the text to use the Font(s) and approximate size(s).  I used Felix Titling and Agency FB as my fonts and it was mostly sized at 30-36pts.
  4. Fiddle with the Text element Shape > Edit shape to change the points to fit the text where I want it.  This took me over an hour to play with until I got it right.  I ended up using a Text Path for the final line in the curve of the anchor.
  5. Add the background image (my own photograph taken in San Francisco Bay).
  6. Select the shape from Step 1 and Format > Gradient.  I used colors from the image to blend in.
  7. With that same shape selected, Filter > Edge > 3D Edge.
  8. I added a little glow to give it more dimension and then I flattened the shape and added a heavy shadow.

Here’s the finished product – what do you think?