Quick, someone give me a gold star!

I actually finished my art journal swap pages before they were due!!

Hooray!!!

Supplies: PAINT - DecoArt - Pumpkin, Foliage Green, Green Tea, Moon Yellow, Razzle Berry, Desert Turquoise, Dioxazine Purple, Snow White; Golden - Prussian Blue Hue  PENS - Faber Castell PITT pens, White Uniball Signo

I'm having so much fun with this swap!  If you missed my swap page for April, you can go check that out. And you can see ones other's have made by searching the hashtag "#FJSWAP" on Instagram. (Oh, and you can follow me on Instagram here too if you so desire.)

Also, you know how I love making digi-scrapbooks? Well, I had the opportunity to test out the Mosaic app (download it here) and I made a quick video about my experience.  Let me tell you, I've made a few books with other manufactures, and this is by far the easiest & quickest to do!

Now I will say that if you're an avid digi-scrapper and are computer savvy this may not be the app you are looking for to make a detailed photo book.  It's more for the "I have all these photos, I want to make into a quick book, and I only have 5 minuets to do it" type of person. Yes, it's that easy! 

Oh, and did I mention I got it in 3 days?  Yeah, they're quick!!

And sorry Droid users, so far they only have an Apple app.  :(

Sponsor: Mixbooks, DecoArts

It's no secret, I love washi tape!

That's why I'm really excited about this new product that Lifestyle Crafts just came out with called "Shape 'N Tape"...it's like sheets of washi paper...6" x 12" sheets!! Woo-hoo, can you say die-cut?!

I made a quick Vine app video about it....if you look me up over there you can see it, just search for "ErinBassett" or watch it from your computer here.

And here's a quick follow up video for those of you who are not on the Vine app....

So go check it out here and remember to use coupon code "ERIN" for 20% off!

Sponsor: Lifestyle Crafts

I mentioned before about outmywindow ™, and how it's a great photo sharing website and phone app to use.  It's easy to use and YOU get to pick who see your photos! Here's a video explaining it:

I was recently asked to check out this new site/app for photo sharing and I do have to say that it's pretty cool.  Now, you guys know that when ever I review anything here on my blog I always give my honest opinion, well this is no exception.

When I went to the Out My Window™ website I wanted to see what made it different then the other photo sharing sites and apps that are out there already.  One of my favorite features is that YOU control who sees your pics...which is perfect for this worried-about-sharing-kid-pics-online lady.  :)  I also like that it's really easy to use and that it sets up the organization of your photos, which always seems like the tedious part of photography to me.

Other benefits to the site/app are: 

• You can set up a FREE account here or get the iphone app here
• You can link & import photos from social media
• It's easy to share photos with family & friends, and the great thing is the photos can be easily downloaded by them.

And the limits are:

• At this time it's only for photos, not video
• You have a limit of 5GB of storage space...which really is a lot of space for free!

So go check out Out My Window™ online here, and in iTunes here.

Disclaimer: I have been hired by Warner Bros WBWord division to raise awareness for 'outmywindow™ and have been compensated by them.

Are you a Instagram shutter bug?  

I do have to admit that since I got an iphone that has been one of the definite perks!  I've been snapping photos throughout my day, and am having fun doing the February Photo A Day #febphotoadaythat I first heard about through Nancy.  

Here's some of my favorite Instagram photos I've taken:

Are you on Instagram???  -Let me know, I want to follow you!

Have you used your Instagram photos in a cool way???  -I'd love to hear about it!