Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner Blog Hop Week #5- He + She = Love

I can't believe this is our last week with the Flip-Pal MObile Scanner. Even though the Hop will be officially over after today, you can bet I will still use it in my everyday crafting life. I really do love this little guy.. he has become known affectionately as Henry.

This week I wanted to do something that involved Valentines Day. Something fun and cute. I had big plans to make a garland, cupcakes with toppers, and invitation.. but sometimes.. real life and being sick and being gone to CHA for 5 days.. just doesn't work out the way you planned!  :) So we go with the flow!

 Two weeks ago, while I was at The Grand America Hotel,  I scanned in the men and women signs on the bathrooms doors. I know weird right? YOu know the ones I am talking about. The signs on the door of the bathrooms? These ones.

 

So first off, let me show you the scans I took

 

After I loaded them onto my computer, I opend Photoshop and dragged my images into Photoshop. I put copied and pasted them onto  a transparent Background and then use my magic wand and also my eraser to get rid of all of the "stuff" I didn't want. 

At first I thought about keeping the words "men" and women" on there.. cause really that would just be cute too.. but I thought it would be fun to mix it up a bit and do the words "He" and She". This was simple.. I just erased the words, "women and Men" and typed in my own words using a similar font. Easy Peasy!  Then I saved my file as a JPEG (or you can save it as a PNG). Then I printed them out onto white paper!

I also  did one of the two images (the boy and girl)  together that said "love". 

"He + She = Love"

 
 I used 4"x4" canvases (found at DICkBLick)  paper, rubons, paint and my doodle pen to decorate these little babies.

  

These cute canvases only took me about 30 minutes to complete!

I stacked them up with some ribbons and trims and tied a printed tag to the top. Now they are ready for me to give to that someone special (affectionately known as Benny) on Valentines Day!

 

This would be a great project to do for friends, kids, parents, teachers.  They would make great conversation pieces!   Try using different word cobinations underneath the people like,  " You.. ME.. = love"    Or   " I...Heart... you" (and do the middle canvas  a heart). The possibilities are endless!  

Hope this get your creative juices flowing for Valentines days! This weekly challenge has been REALLY fun for me and also stretched me a bit too! I thought outside of the box a little more and am excited to continue to use "little Henry"  where-ever I go!

 

Make sure to check out the other wonderful projects these 6 other fabulous ladies have created for this week! Simply click on the links below to enjoy the Blog hop! Don't forget to read on.. to find out how YOU can win one of your own scanners too!

 Amy Anderson

Chef Stephanie Peterson

Linda Peterson

Pat Sloan

Melissa Langer

Kathy Peterson

Remember!  Flip Pal MObile Scanner is giving away a scanner EACH week during the Blog Hop!! So today is your last day to get signed up!! !!!!! All you have to do is post on the Flip Pal Mobile Scanner Blog here to get entered to win!!  Also make sure you check their blog to see if you have won!  To find out more about the Flip Pal Mobile Scanner and  how they work.. check out their website here! They have some awesome videos.. and instructions on what you can do with them!

 

I got home from CHA late last night and could sleep for a week! Lol.. I think I have over 1000 emails to return.. YIKES! Guess I better go get some work done.. check back tomorrow for my Thrifty Finds for the week.. inspiration" Primary Colors".. back to basics. You will love what I picked up!

Happy Thursday!  

Comments

[Coroplast Signs]

Thanks a lot for writing this, it was informative and helped me quite a bit for the subject I am working on.

[business card scanner]

I LOVE it! This is so cute and cool :)
It's amazing how some people can do art from almost anything.. I would never think about scanning and composing such a lovely idea.

[Anthony B]

Great Post!

[True Religion Outlet]

Something fun and cute. I had big plans to make a garland, cupcakes with toppers, and invitation.. but sometimes.. real life and being sick and being gone to CHA for 5 days.. just doesn't work out the way you planned! :) So we go with the flow!

[Olivia Hall]

Hey Christy! See what I did with your project idea at my blog : http://inbetweendreamsstudios.blogspot.com/

I will be at Inspired too! I cant wait to meet you! ( im teaching the topiary trees and glass memoirs )

<3 Olivia Hall

[Laura Evangeline]

I love this, because everytime I see the men's/women's sign I think of the ones we have at work (Army). Both the man and woman look the same. No dresses! Isn't that sign supposed to help people who don't read? Like children or our frequent national visitors? So funny!

[Marilyn Holland]

Such a cool idea, ya I can see it all now you taking photos of the signs and then doing the scans. I've been known to take photos of carpet much to my friends surprise.

[plantronics headsets]

I love these gold on canvas! I love these gold on canvas! What a great gift idea for Valentine's Day! I'm starting to dabble with my ideas, and I'm so in love with the creation of new!

[Liz Oram]

So cute! I made a wedding card like this with matching him/her aprons (it was a cooking themed basket)-love bathroom people!

[alicia king]

so neat!

[Jenn]

Those are so so very fun... you could even make a set to put in your bathroom... ;) or I could make a set for my bathroom... could be funny bathroom art... funny as in unique and comical cute... =) visiting from Courtney's blog!!

[Harry]

Wow! very nice information i get! Thanks a lot for enjoying this beauty article with me.

[Suzyee]

How cool. I ,# the finished project

[christy Tomlinson]

Um Pat.. you would have died! The people walking past probably thought I was crazy.. fancy hotel, me scanning bathroom signs! lol..
yes.. that's me. I do those sort of things! lol

[Shirley in Canada]

That is just so neat! Great project and thanks for the inspiration!!

[Pat Sloan]

That is amazing!!! I would love to have photographed you scanning those.. just saying... wink!

[Becky T]

love those canvases and that flip mobile thing is awesome!

[Melisa]

I've been looking and looking on the website - flip mobile blog - to see if I won, but I can't find any winners. I wonder what I'm doing wrong. Hmmm...

[kirsti]

LOVE these! So awesome! Kirsti x

[Scrappywonder aka Rebecca]

omg, what a scream!!! love the set!! tfs R ;)