Tut: How-To House Card

Posted on | May 31, 2008 | 5 Comments |

To download the video –>>House Video

Music: Podsafe music by Colie Brice titled Flamingo Lounge

Another card and another tutorial. This time it’s not a Photoshop tutorial but a card tutorial! Did I use my camcorder? Oh no!!! I just took some pictures and used the free Microsoft Photo Story 3 application.

So for those creative ladies who loves to create tuts and have been doing photo tuts, this is a great, free, way to add more to your fancy tuts. Add voice narration AND background music to your tuts. You can watch a how-to on YouTube (I think he’s using Photo Story for that video).

Many asked me how I create my videos. Well, on the Windows machine, I use Camtasia and on the Mac, I use Snapz, then edit in iMovie AND if I need anything else with the audio I use Garageband. Long winded, huh? You get use to it. I love using Camtasia, especially version 5, because of its ability to zoom in and out and also I can easily save for many devices quite easily. It’s a pity Camtasia only works on the Windows systems.

Photo Story I don’t use personally. This is the first I’ve actually used it. But I teach it to my students who will be future teacher or instructional technologist of America {::SMILES}. K-12 students LOVE using this to create digital stories. If you’re a teacher, pass this info along, try it out, it’s super fun and the kids pick up on it quickly. If you’re a mom, use this for your kids and send grandma a fancy photo story with voice. Let your kids pick the music, etc. Use it to learn history, science, literature, etc.

Color swatch Ok, back to the card… I used Kristina’s color inspiration for this card. The colors are Almost Navy, Old Olive, So Saffron, Bashful Blue and White.

I created this card for Emma. She so wanted a house card and also a picture of her and me inside. So that’s what started this. She loves it and she did promise to take very good care of it.

The measurements for the card is:

Card body: 4×25x4.25
Roof: 3×4.25
Piece between roof and card body: .5×5 (or the width of your ribbon if you use a wider ribbon).
Grass: 1×4.25
Door: 2.5×1.5
Door layer: 2.75×1.75

Updated Sunday June 1:

I did another card with the color combo since they’re such fun colors and I have all my stuff still out from the house card. This one is using the Spring Solitude stamp set and the Rough Edges Alphabet that I’m still cutting and mounting. For the U, I used Thickers from American Craft.

I hope this was a wonderful weekend for you. It was for us. Just nice and relaxing. M and I will be baking chocolate chip cookies after this post.

Thanks for looking and I really appreciate you all’s visits!!

Comments

Travelingmama posted the following on June 1, 2008 at 8:16 am.
Wow! Great card and awesome video! TFS!
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Deanna posted the following on June 1, 2008 at 9:11 am.
Super cute!
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AnnMarie posted the following on June 2, 2008 at 7:32 pm.
Hey Savitri! LOVE your video tutorial! Soooo cool! You did a really nice job!
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Mel M. M. M. posted the following on June 2, 2008 at 10:21 pm.
OMGosh!OmGosh!!OMGosh!!! Savitri, you never cease to amaze me. That house card is SO sweet and your tutorial is astoundingly cool. SO great to hear your beautiful voice!!! I have to try both the card and the Photo story software. I’ve been wishing I had it in my budget to buy a video camera, but this is surely the next best thing. And if kindergarteners can do it, there’s hope for me, heehee! You are like my technology fairy godmother! ;0) Thanks for ROCKIN’! :0) mel
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