Picture Collage Maker Lite

I've been playing, but because I'm at the cottage and away from my stash, it had to be with new software. I downloaded Picture Collage Maker Lite for my Mac from the App Store and began to click the buttons to see what they would do. It came with a how-to video but my inner Tim 'The Toolman' Taylor came out and so I just ignored the instructions and dove right in. I have a wide assortment of digi designer paper collections (I think Jessica Sprague is awesome) from which I could click and drag papers and elements into the app. Don't get me wrong! I've never done a digital layout in my life and believe that paper crafting is - and should be - a tactile art. Even so, there are times I want to picture a layout before printing pieces. I figured that I wouldn't lose anything but a little time with this free app... yep, it was my favourite colour!

Carta Bella's Hello Again collection had just come home to this mama, and I wanted to scrap a photo of me with my Mama. Well, lemme tell ya, in less than the time it takes for my coffee to cool, I had all my papers and elements dragged into my work area. The hardest part was deciding which papers and pieces to use. 

I had seen a colour challenge at ScrapMuch? and that that guided my choices. Sure doesn't look like much with all those bits jumbled all over the page, does it? 

T'wasn't more than a lickety-split later that I had it all arranged into a pretty decent layout. The app has tools for shadows, masks, resizing, adding text, and all kinds of other great features I hadn't expected. There are also pre-made backgrounds and clip-art pieces available in the app for anyone who just wants to fancy-up a photo for emailing. 

So this is the final product of about 20 minutes of playing. Honestly, I think it took me longer to type this up than it did to do the layout. I think I'm going to install this on my iPad too... hmmm... what will Hubby think about me {digi}scrapping when we go for coffee at Starbucks? I can take photos and have them in a layout a few minutes later!! Oh my, life just became a little better.