Hello. Chalk Cards

Hello Fans from all over the world! 2012 was a great year for Persnickety Prints, thanks to YOU! 2013 will be even better!
As promised to our facebook fans > a gift for being awesome!

There are over 20 3x4 cards included in this download. 

If you choose to print them with us at Persnickety, you'll only get the best! 

110# heavy card stock with solid colors that print solid! (no ink or laser lines here!) Because my youngest son, Ryder, is in Chinese Immersion, including a Chinese "hello" card was a must! (pron: Nee HaOW)

 Here is what I did with my set of Hello Chalk Cards.

These cards fit perfectly in my ™Project Life Album.
[note: these are not "official" Becky Higgins products]

Design H on the left [6x12]

Design G on the right [10x12]

The yellow adds a nice contrast with the black & white photos from my night out in January with the inspiring Amy Tangerine.

The photos and cards we want to use for ™Project Life don't always fit the horizontal or vertical layout in our pocket pages... don't be afraid to cut them up! I don't have time to "plan" my pocket placement, luckily Becky has helps on the back of the official Project Life editions.

In Design G [on the right], I used the black & white striped Hello chalk card, and cut out the 2013 of another, then slapped on glue dots to keep it together.

I did the same with the yellow 3x4 hello card in the pocket next to it. I cut the card to size and added a strip of our washi tape. This is not time consuming at all + adds a bit of dimension.

I wanted to add an Instagram photo of the sky from that day, but there's not a 4x4 pocket in this new Design G - no problem! Instagram prints fit great in a 4x6 pocket. Back it with a 4x6 card, or add a 3x4 next to it to maximize space! As you can see, I struggle with journaling. I should lose the yellow "good times" camera card and add the story... I'll commit to that.

Hello Fans!

Thanks for being awesome.
[how to order]

Download here


™Project Life is a registered trademark of Becky Higgins, LLC. For more information, a full view of all products, and Project Life inspiration visit beckyhiggins.com.

Made For Each Other - FREE kit + Hybrid Tutorial from The Lilypad

We're excited to bring you a FREE collab kit from The Lilypad!
Made For Each Other is the perfect kit for celebrating those you love. So, as our Valentine's gift to you, head over to TLP [the lily pad] and download! While you're there, you can take 20% off of the February BYOC with coupon code: MFEO, good through February 18th. This entire collection coordinates with the free collab, so you can easily put together an album or hybrid gift.
We also want to inspire you with a great tutorial, so keep reading and see the beautiful project that Cristina made with the kit!

 

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Hi everyone! This is Cristina from the creative team at The Lilypad, and I want to show you how fun and easy it is to put together a hybrid mini album by printing out the awesome digital products from The Lilypad.

For this mini album, I used the gorgeous kit Made for Each Other by The Lilypad designers, in addition to some products from the February BYOC. Each month, the designers at The Lilypad release products with the same color scheme, so that they all match and you can build your own collab (BYOC). :)

I designed my mini album in Photoshop. I decided to make an album with pages of 3"x4" in size, because I wanted something small and simple to put together. I designed 8 filler cards and 4 cards with photos - that gives me a total of 12 sides that result in 6 front and back pages. Here's how everything looked after printing, before I cut everything out. [ordering pre-designed 3x4 journaling cards from Persnickety Prints + archival photographic photos would be excellent as well!]

I did most of my embellishing digitally, but I also printed out a few digital elements and cut them out with my Silhouette.

After trimming all the cards with a pair of scissors, I spread out all the cards and decided in which order I wanted to put my pages together.

I used liquid glue to adhere the backs of the cards together, and adhered the digital cut out elements with a glue pen or with foam dots for added dimension.

The last step was to punch a 3/16" hole in the corner of the pages to bind them together with a ribbon.

It really couldn't be easier to put this album together! Having all the pages of the same size makes it simple to put the album together, but you can still have fun adding the embellishments so that they stick out from the album - I love to see little bits peeking out from the side of an album. And here's what my album looks like (everything is from the Made for Each Other collab except otherwise noted).

Word art from Sunshine, Blue Sky and Happy Days by Little Butterfly Wings

Photo page: 3x4 Photo Templates by Designs by Lili

Left page: 

Crazy for You papers by One Little Bird

Xoxo ephemera by Sahlin Studio

Left page: 

Xoxo ephemera by Sahlin Studio

Right page:

3x4 Photo Templates by Designs by Lili

Dotted: Love Edition by Emily Merritt

Left page: 

Crazy for You papers by One Little Bird

Xoxo ephemera by Sahlin Studio

Right page:

3x4 Photo Templates by Designs by Lili

I used the font included in the Made for Each Other collab to write the text on the arrow. The glitter hearts are added directly on the photo as an embellishment.

Left page: 

Xoxo ephemera by Sahlin Studio

Right page:

3x4 Photo Templates by Designs by Lili

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! I would love to see what you create with this pretty kit, so post your projects in the gallery at The Lilypad!

Hello Valentine

Let us help you celebrate love next month with fun Valentine designs perfect for frames, notes, or even project life. We've resized our free printables to make it easy peasy for you to upload and order at Persnickety Prints, or even print at home (eeek!).

Not loving it? Search our blog for past Valentines Day ideas -

 

Enjoy!
-The Persnickety Prints Team

Storyteller

We all have a story. 
Are you documenting yours?
Let's make 2013 the year to remember!
Presented by:
Persnickety Prints and Scrap Orchard

Designs to help you tell YOUR Story

Inspired by this Storyteller Board, the entire creative team at Scrap Orchard has put together a HUGE free KIT full of papers, elements, alphas, & templates all for YOU!

 

Free Digital Kit from DHD

A big shout out to Design House Digital!
Our sponsor for the Persnickety Semi Annual Fall Sale happening this weekend.

Gennifer Bursett, Mye De Leon, and Rebecca Wagler have teamed up to bring YOU this beautiful, exclusive digital kit:  

"This is Why"

16 Papers

37 Elements

These 3 Designers have been so generous of their time and talents... thanks girls!

You can give back by visiting their stores. (links provided)

> Gennifer Bursett 

> Mye De Leon   

> Rebecca Wagler

Heck, you may even find something you like! (and we know you will) 

Use this coupon (one time use) for an additional 30% off!! 

(Mye & Rebecca's store are already offering 25% off)

code: nowiamhome

1. Download the Free Kit Here
2. Create some layouts!
3. Upload and order at Persnickety

We can't wait to see what you create!

 

- Team PP

 

Free Fall Kit | Birds of a Feather

FRIEND.

There are many definitions to the word, friend.

 Friends are loyal, supportive, reliable, understanding... the list can go on. 

A friend can be a teacher, a pet, a co-worker, spouse, and if you've ever seen the movie; Lars and the Real Girl, starring none other than the beautiful Ryan Gosling... a friend could even be a plastic life size doll!

Regardless of who our friend may be; we need one.

With 3 little boys and a husband, my girlfriends are a major necessity!
This new kit, Birds of a Feather, goes out to all of my great friends. You know who you are.

-Chari

Rather than charge for our digital designs, we offer them for Free to our customers. Not our customer? You should be!

Download here:

• Elements
• Papers

2013 CD Calendar

 

It's August, but never too soon to prepare for the Holidays!

Only 116 days until Christmas!

(yes, my stomach just hurt for a minute)

No worries, we've got you covered. Custom Calendars are the gifts that keep giving... all year long! Memories are Priceless. Persnickety Prints provides creative ways to share memories at a value that can't be beat.  Let's get started!

• 2013 CD Calendar Template 
• Free Download 
• Free CD Case with Printing 
• Total Cost: $9.75 (2 or more for $8.45) 

• 12 Month  2013 CD Calendar Template (weeks start on Sunday) is sized to fit our jewel CD Cases
• 2 CD covers to choose from
• .png format (quick photoshop tutorial)
• Step-by-step instructions are also included with all CD print orders

DOWNLOAD HERE

How to Order >>

1. upload the completed .jpg calendar pages.

2. choose order prints

3. select CD Calendar + Case

Merry Christmas!

Chari & the Persnickety Prints Team

Hashtags

Have you noticed this little # sign on social platforms?

Hashtags are used in social media sites such as Twitter, Google +, Pinterest and our favorite- Instagram. Hashtags are searchable within the platform that it's used.

With Instagram, when you click on a #hastag created to describe the image, you will be redirected to a page where you can view all public images tagged with the same hashtag.

Example: #persnicketyprints is a hashtag. Any photo used with this hashtag will appear in the #persnicketyprints feed.

• Persnickety Instagram Page via gramfeed
• 7 Ways to Order Instagrams

We describe so many photos & memories by one little word.  Why not add a quick hashtag to your printed photo?

Hashtag Photo Ideas:

1. Mini books with the same hashtag/word. A mini flip book all about #summer or #camp?
2. A project life "section" organized by hashtags. (#happydays, #saddays, #work, etc)
3. 2013 Calendar with each month described by a hashtag

20 Hashtags in .png format to help get you started!

Download Hashtag Set No. 01 Here

Give us your favorite hashtags in the comments below- and you may see it in Set No. 02.