Mosaic Moments June 2013 Newsletter by Tami Potter
Published: Wed, 06/12/13
- Mosaic Moments Feature Page
- Snapncrop Flash - Beach Cornerstones & 6x6 paper packs on Sale
- Mosiac Moments Challenge - Alphabet Photos
- Tips and Techniques - Explosion Box
- Photo Inspiration
- New Page Pattern
- Mosaic Moments Design Team Spotlight - "Unlaced"
- Upcoming Conventions
- Join us on Facebook and Pinterest
- Journella
Monticello - Page Process
Have you ever taken a lot of photos and had a difficult time deciding which ones to choose from to create a page? Tami shows her process of narrowing down her photos in her post. Here is a peek:
"Monticello is a gorgeous historical site. It sits on top of a mountain in Charlottesville, Virginia. The views are spectacular - especially the views overlooking the surrounding hills and valleys. In just a few hours, at Monticello, I snapped 320 photos.
The biggest challenge I have, with most of my pages, is choosing the photos. With so many options it can be difficult to narrow down enough to fit the choices on 1-2 pages. Once I decide the "story" I want my pages to tell, narrowing is a little easier."
Click Here to read the rest of Tami's Post.
Want to see more Tips and Ideas from Tami? Check out her blog to get new techniques on creating mosaic pages, photography ideas and tips, different projects using the Mosaic Moments(TM) system, inspiration for page ideas, and more.
June's Featured Products: On Sale Now through June 30th only on Snapncrop.com
Raspberry 12x12 Grid Paper
"Bikini Time" Page Kit
Have fun this summer with Bikini Time. This page is great for beach, poolside or Vegas photos. "Bikini Time" combines BasicGrey(TM) patterned papers with Mosaic Moments(TM) Paper Tiles(TM). This kit includes: 2 sheets of Mosaic Moments(TM) 12x12 grid paper, Paper Tiles(TM), and laser cut BasicGrey(TM) patterned paper.
Bikini Time can be purchased for $8.95 (reg. $12.95) while supplies last
All 6x6 Pattern Paper Packs are on Sale this month for 25% Off!!
Check out many of the 6x6 pattern paper packs on Snapncrop. There are many packs from My Mind's Eye(TM), BasicGrey(TM), Simple Stories(TM), Crate Paper(TM), Fancy Pants(TM) and Echo Park(TM). These are wonderful to use with the Mosaic Moments(TM) grid paper. Here are a few of the choices you can choose from:
Introducing New Beach Cornerstones
Are
you excited to scrap for summer? If you are heading to the beach this
summer these Cornerstones will be perfect for your summer pages. Here
are four Brand New Cornerstones: They are on sale for $0.79 each (reg.
$1.24)
"Watermelon" Paper Tiles(TM) Trio
June's Paper Tiles(TM) Trio is Cyclamin Pink, Green, and Apple Crush
Each Paper Tiles(TM) Trio pack contains four sheets, of each color, laser cut into large mats, medium mats, title/journaling strips, and small pieces. 165 pieces total included in the Trio pack. Paper Tiles make creating great scrapbook layouts quick and easy.
Every piece is laser cut to the exact specifications necessary to fit Mosaic Moments(TM) scrapbook layout system grid papers.
Paper Tiles(TM) are a great time saver. This Paper Tiles(TM) Trio set is $7.95 (Save over $4.00 compared to single pack pricing) while supplies last. Quantities are limited.
Here is a sample page of this month's Paper Tiles(TM) Trio and our New Pail & Shovel Cornerstone
"Clearwater" supplies used: This page was created with Mosaic Momments(TM) 12x12 White grid paper. This month's Paper Tiles Trio, Cyclamen Pink, Green, and Apple Crush, were used for photo mats and embellishments. This page also has a White 2013 year style B Cornerstone, a Cyclamen Pink "Pail & Shovel" Cornerstone, and alphabet stickers from BasicGrey(TM) used as embellishments.
June's Mosaic Moments Challenge: Photos inspired by the Alphabet
Take pictures that include Alphabet letters - think of a message or a word you'd like to share - let it inspire the photos you take.
Example: You can take pictures that include signs, scrabble tiles, sidewalk chalk, chalk boards - or create your own letters using non-traditional materials.
Here is a page example using Alphabet Photographs:
I love to ride rollar coasters, so I decided to create a page about it using this challenge. Every single photograph you see on this page (including the letters) was taken at the theme park. I decided to take photographs of different letters from signs around Busch Gardens.
Here is the process on how I took the photographs and how I edited them to fit in a 2.125 square space. I used Iphoto (available on Mac computers) to do this process, but it may also work on other photo editing applications.
First take the photographs the best you can, and take a lot of them! I took many photographs of the same letters to make sure that at least one of them would turn out when I came home from the park. Get up close to the letters as much as possible with your camera.
Here are a few of the letter photographs I took at the park:
In Iphoto I used my crop tool and made my images a square shape. Make
sure to crop the photo so that the letter is in the center. Also, make
the letter so that it fills up the majority of the space in the square.
Here are the images of each photograph cropped to a square:
When I printed the images I changed the size to 2.125w x 2.125h and I punched them out with a 2.125 punch.
When brainstorming for this challenge think of a theme or a message you would like to portray. Here I wanted to convey roller coasters as fun. I took my alphabet photographs from the actual park, and my images helped my page to look fun and colorful. Here are a couple of other ideas: If you like nature write a word describing it using objects you can find outside. You can create letters out of leaves, sticks, pine cones, etc. Another idea is take pictures of your children/grandchildren playing hopscotch and spell their names out with sidewalk chalk. This can be a cute and fun page to show how much fun your children are.
In time for graduation and Father's Day, this post is about creating a mosaic explosion box.
Here is a peek at the new Design Each Moment post:
For this box I used 4x4 RTC paper and 6x6 pattern paper (to cover the outside of this box) from the This & That Charming pattern paper pack (on sale this month). Visit the Design Each Moment Blog to learn how to create this explosion box and to see what I did on the inside.
Need a gift for a recent Graduate or Father's Day? See the Design Each Moment blog for many Mosaic Moments(TM) projects and more.
Mosaic Moments Inspired Photo: Bicycles
Here is a peek of Tami's Mosaic Moments Inspired Photo post from May:
"Confession: I have a fetish for Bicycles and for the shadows they make.
I don't remember when I took my "first shot" at a bicycle. There have been so many now - photographing bicycles has grown on me (like flowers) when I see a bicycle I have to stop and take a picture; Especially if it is an interesting bicycle or in an interesting location."
Visit Tami's blog to see the rest of her post.
Need photo inspiration? Join Tami this year for 52 Fridays! Check out her blog every Friday to see new inspirational photo ideas to enhance your scrapbook pages. She covers different themes, subjects and photos specifically for Mosaics. Join Tami by showing your photo ideas on Journella.com.
Three Columns with Large Border
Page Pattern Description: This page pattern is made up into three different columns. The very top of this page has a 11.125w x 2.125h block, perfect for a large title.
First and Last Columns: Both of these columns are made up of (starting from the top) a row of three 1 in. squares. Underneath is a 3.25w x 4.375h block and at the bottom is a 3.25 in. square.
Middle Column: This column has a 4.375w x 6.625h block and a 4.375w x 2.125h block on the bottom.
This page was made with this month's Feature grid paper, Raspberry
"This Girl Loves to Shop" supplies used: This page was created using Mosaic Moments(TM) 12x12 Raspberry grid paper. White and Pewter Paper Tiles(TM) were used as matting for photographs. Embellishments on this page were a Black 2013 Four Square Cornerstone, Lined paper from the Free Download "Notebook Paper" (This was cut shorter to fit the space), and Pattern Paper from My Mind's Eye(TM).
A new pattern is added to the Page Pattern Blog every week. We now have over 90 different patterns!
Featuring Candy's "Unlaced" Mosaic Moments Page
This
month we are featuring Candy's lovely Mosaic Moments Page. In May the
design team was asked to create a page with a forget-me-not message.
Candy described in her post that she had a difficult time with the theme
of this page. In the end she overcame the challenge and created a
wonderful page. This month the design team was challenged to incorporate
string, Cornerstones or doodles on their page. Candy's choice to use
string was excellent for her page and she used this embellishment in a
creative way on her layout. The materials she chose helped convey her
story and her overall theme "unlaced".
Candy created a nice overall theme in her layout and used her materials well to convey her message. She encouraged us to overcome challenges we may encounter when creating a scrapbook page. Thanks Candy!
Visit Candy's post to read her story and cheer her on! Also see Journella to see other posts from our current and past design team members.
Our Next show will be in Lancaster, PA (July 26-27)
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Have you been on Journella(TM) yet? Journella is a great place to store multiple journals and is organized to find older journal entries easily. You can keep your journal posts private - or if you would like to share an idea or story with everyone you can publish it on the Storyboard. If it is your first time on Journella(TM) check out the blog and the quick menu to learn how to create journal entries. We are all about journaling and Journella(TM) is an extra tool to help you store many of your daily and wonderful memories.
Don't forget to leave cheers for the Design Team! They love to read all
of your comments and it makes them feel good to be cheered on. This
month we got 13 individuals to cheer for them! This is an improvement
from last month :) Keep it up! The design team works hard to meet the
challenges each month, and would love to see more cheers. Also we would
love to see more of you participate in the Mosaic Moments Challenge. The
challenges are great to help you gain more photography experiences, and
learn how to make unique pages.
Happy Scrapping!