Wednesday 19 October 2011

Collage without the gluey mess...

Hello!


Today, I'm introducing a Rosie Scott-Massie Blog first....a giveaway! And it's a pretty great one too - not only do I have a prize for one lucky winner, I also have a little something to give away to anyone who reads this blog or my twitter feed. Christmas has come early people...

I'm able to host this giveaway thanks to the lovely people at My Memories. Not familiar? My Memories create digital scrapbooking software which allows you to make beautiful collages and albums, incorporating your own photos, along with papers and decorations from their massive library. For anyone who wants to give scrapbooking or collaging a go, but doesn't like the sound of gluey hands and piles of  paper all over the place, it's a great alternative, and anything you create will be safely stored on your computer. It's also perfect for children as it's easy to use and mess-free!

I have to giveaway one My Memories Suite software package - the essential kit to get your digital scrapbooking career started. I also have a treat for all the readers of this blog, a discount code worth $20 (just over £12 ) which you can put towards the initial software and some of the amazing additional packages for sale on the My Memories site. Read on for your chance to win...

I must admit, digital scrapbooking is not something I've ever thought of doing, but I had a little go myself and it's great fun. The initial software, My Memories Suite, contains huge amounts of cool stuff to use, and knowing that you can erase you mistakes at the click of a mouse makes it easier to get creative. For some reason, I decided to use the software to make a few scrapbook-style pages about the materials I love to use  in my work...


Each page is really fun to construct, and you can make it a simple or complicated as you like. For my Buttons page, I used a few of my photos, but mainly I relied on the decorations and embellishments in the My Memories Suite software (FYI, each of the buttons in that pile were individually inserted and arranged by me!)



In this page I experimented more with my own images, cutting out segments of paper and layering them to make a digital pile...

It's not just scrapbooking software, this would be perfect for making a special personalized photo album, or wedding invitations, posters for an event...the possibilities are plentiful.

But now for the more serious topic - how to win this brilliant prize. Well, it's pretty easy really. Visit the My Memories site and take a look around - check out their range of digital scrapbooking kits, such as the Halloween and Christmas kits, and leave me a comment for me on this blog telling me which kit you liked the most. Thats it!

All comments must be left before 10am (GMT) on Thursday the 10th November.


The lucky winner will be announced on the blog later that day, and will receive the complete My Memories Suite software (worth $40, or £25 to me) for free!

Here's a little pressie for everyone, hopefully this will tempt you into entering my giveaway..

Discount Code: STMMMS27449


 This code not only gives you $10 off the My Memories Suite software, but also treats you to $10 worth of additional scrapbooking kits of your choice! Enjoy....


Can't wait to see your comments, have a great week, 


Rosie x

Thursday 6 October 2011

Balloons...

In a few weeks time my home town of Masham will be taken over by artists, musicians, poets and visitors for the 2011 Masham Arts Festival. There are loads of different events daily over October half term, and running through the whole week is the Arts Festival open exhibition. I wanted to make a piece specially for the exhibition, something Masham - inspired, and I'm particularly into hot air balloons in my work at the moment, so I've come up with this:







It's not finished yet (obviously), but all the pieces are cut out, so I've included a few detail shots here. I'm really pleased with the details, and the warm, autumnal colours. Hopefully the visitors at the arts festival will like it too!

Rosie