Sonia's Chat GPT tutorial

Good Saturday Morning Ladies,  

Welcome to the weekend,  what have you all got planned?  

Love this sentiment and the lovely artwork too ❤️

Sonia has very kindly put together a Chat GPT tutorial to help you all create your own papers and images.  

Here you go.....

ChatGPT Tutorial 

Firstly just a reminder of what I mentioned in our blog chat. There are lots of Facebook pages offering free Ai images that you can save and print. Most of them are for your personal use, so you can not sell or share them as your own images. (Shaylee Morehouse does allow you to share, but only through the share button on her page and you can sell your creations made using her images)

Copyright is such a complicated issue, so I would always credit the original designer if using any of their images when sharing to the blog or social media, or if in doubt I would ask them.

When I shared the birthday card I made for Scarlett on Instagram, I put on there that the images and backgrounds were designed by myself in ChatGPT, and again I will always mention that when sharing, but that’s my own personal preference.

To get started, download the ChatGPT App which you can find in your App Store, or you can go to chatgpt.com on your web browser. This is what you will see when you open up the page:

First picture is on website.

Second picture on the App.

I use the App and the free version. (The photos I will share here are all from the App on my iPad) 

It does limit you to 3-5 creations in a 24 hour period. (I think it may depend on what you ask, as sometimes I’ve done 5 creations/edits but a few times only 3) 

I have looked into this to find the actual limit, but there seems to be a multiple of answers, but it will tell you when you have used your free limit within the 24 hour period. 

You can get a paid subscription which is £19.99 per month which renews automatically. This is what you get with the paid subscription:

I do find the free version works for fine for me at the moment, but I can see why people would pay for the subscription.

You will find some basics of what you can do on the App: Task Suggestions and Examples:

So, let’s start creating!

To start creating your own backgrounds or images, type what you want in the Ask ChatGPT box:

Start with something basic, but add as much detail as you can (you can always add more to it or change things once ChatGPT has created your image)

Click on the created image and it will take you to the next page where you can save it to your photo gallery by pressing the downwards arrow in the top right corner. You can then save it to your files as well if you wish.

I wanted to add some more flowers and butterflies, so typed this in.

I then decided I’d like a page of elements/emphera to match. I typed in what I wanted. This was pretty basic, but you can add more detail and be more specific.

I love this, and am really pleased with how it turned out, just by using basic instructions. 

I hope this has helped you to get started in creating your own backgrounds and emphera.

Have a play around with it and have fun. 

Be warned - it can be very addictive! 😊

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Thank you so much Sonia this must have taken you ages to put together, the papers and ephemera you created are amazing !!  I am so grateful 🥰  If you need to get a better look at the photographed images maybe click on them.  If any of you struggle let me know and I will forward those bits on Messenger. 

I hope that you all have a lovely Saturday,  

Love and hugs to all of you  

Sandra xxx 

Inky Background Journal page

 

Good Friday Morning Ladies, 

Another wet & wild day for us yesterday,   luckily Soph & I managed to dodge the rain,   we were forecast thunder storms but we didn't see one, Sip was disappointed as she loves a thunderstorm!   Today will be spent at my desk trying to get some projects made to schedule for our holiday.  

This reminder is something I feel strongly about,  for most of us our crafting, whichever form it takes is a kind of therapy,  to quiet your anxious brain or to distract yourself from pain or loneliness,  so we shouldn't feel guilty for buying crafty bits.  I am fortunate (as most of us are ) that Paul never questions what I buy.  That doesn't stop me thinking twice though.    So in our case Self care definitely isn't selfish.  🥰

For today's journal page I used my Visible Image flower stamp as the main image,  I embossed it to give some shine and a different texture. I then used a little square of acetate to add distress ink around the page, with hindsight I could of just smooshed it,  I used Peacock Feathers & Twisted Citron for this.  I then used the little mixed media stamp to add some extra detail.   To finish I added the quote and matted on to black card.  

Maria I hope you are enjoying that lovely warm sunshine,  it feels so much more bearable when you are by the sea.  I hope that you are getting to get in the pool or sea too.  xxx

Karen I hope that it didn't take too long to recover from your pump breaking,  it must be so frustrating, it's a shame there isn't anything more reliable, especially for through the night.  I hope that you managed to get to go to Bowls xxx

Brenda I hope you and john are ok, sadly not the weather to be out in the garden.  Sending hugs xxx

Sonia Enjoy your last day at Centerparcs with your Grandbabies my lovely xxx

Sue i hope you enjoy shopping for new furniture,  it can get quite tiresome shopping for the 'right' sofa etc,  especially when you have to put your needs in with what works for everyone else.  I hope that having new carpets doesn't cause too much upheaval too, it can be a nightmare (from experience🤣)  I look forward to seeing some photos soon xxx

Lilian I'm sorry to read that your legs are so bad they are affecting your sleep,   there is nothing more frustrating than restless legs,  it literally drives you nuts, Paul doesn't complain but my constant fidgeting must frustrate him too.  Sending you hugs xxx

Gina  I hope that you are well, are you managing to get any crafting done?  I look forward to seeing what you create my lovely xxx 

I hope that you all have a good day  

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

Travel/Transport Journal page

 

Good Morning Ladies,

I hope that you are all as well as can be today and that the weather isn't too crazy!   We had a mix of weathers yesterday including gale force winds,  Lucy and I popped into the garden centre to get some plant pot bottoms (the little saucer things),  the wind really picked up while we were there,  the devastation that it caused was unbelievable, large pots if shrubs and plants were blown off their stands and were blowing about the walkways, some without their pots!   

Another lovely illustration and great sentiment. 

Today I am sharing a journal page that I started on Tuesday, finished yesterday.  

I used Arden Creative 'Been There' collection,  I took a piece of the paper from the collection and spritzed it with Vintage Photo & Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Spray to add some colour to the paper,  I then created a coloured Embossing paste by taking some Translucent Texture paste and adding some Mica powder to it and mixed well,  I used it through a stencil.  I added some water to the paste and used it to added splatters.  I then added some background stamping,  then came the fun part.....building the focal points,  all from the 'Been There' laser die cuts.  I inked around them and built up the two areas. 

I liked how this one turned out. 

Love and hugs,

Sandra xxx

I hope that you all have a lovely day ,

     

A Distress ink Journal Page

 

Good Wednesday Morning Ladies,  

We had a very stormy day yesterday,   I had a bad night (Monday night) so was awake when we had a big storm at around 3am with torrential rain that seemed endless,  Paul said it half filled one of our water butts,  it was sunny early morning but the very dark clouds, thunder & Lightning 🌩 soon returned!   Fingers crossed last night was more restful.🤞  

I kept telling myself this throughout Monday night, but no amount of manifesting sleep helped.  🤣😅  These frustrating days do pass eventually,  so try and stay positive xxx

Today's journal page is one I  made on Friday I think,  I picked a piece of inked card that I had in my Bit box and trimmed it down, I stamped the butterfly & text stamp onto the background, then stamped another onto a scrap of card and added clear embossing powder,  after heat setting I fussy cut the butterfly and placed it over the stamped one,  I used a stencil to add some extra detail and Texture and then added a couple of stickers from my Arden Creative PET tape. I picked out a sentiment strip and matted onto black card and popped into my journal.  

I hope that you all have a good day, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

A simple Embossed card

 

Good Morning Ladies,  

Well summer has gone,  we had rain for most of the day yesterday,  it felt chilly too but I wasn't complaining.  

We managed to get all our hotel booking confirmations printed and put into our 'traditional' (we laugh as all our children have a special folder for holiday documents same as ours 🤣).   I like having the documents in order,  we could use the confirmation on the app but some places don't have good wifi, also Paul doesn't use his phone,  he certainly wouldn't have 'wifi' on his phone,  so he'd have to take my phone in to each hotel etc,  then he'd have trouble accessing the actual files 🙄.  This man once the had highest up do date technology at his fingertips, when he programmed aircraft,  he was constantly on courses updating his knowledge.  Now he struggles with phone technology!   His knowledge has changed to a totally different area now, no less pressure mind.  So thats why we use the old fashioned paper confirmations, which he takes into every hotel to check us in.    

I think our biggest hurdle this year will be the new EU entry registration....

This is what the Eurotunnel set up looks like,  we have to scan our face and fingerprints,  which will stay on record for 3 years,  when it's done future entries should take maybe 2 minutes more.  We are planning to arrive early as the new system caused chaos at Half term.  

Today's very good reminder, love how colourful the are.  ❤️ 

I made this simple embossed card yesterday,   it's a 3D embossing folder I have had a while.   I ran it through my Big Shot and then used the back (wrong) side of a piece of cut & dry foam,  as it has no give,  so it glides over embossed areas,  I used Ranger Pigment Ink pad,  there were a couple of spots where I got it on the background.  I then adder pearls to the larger flower centres and added a die cut sentiment and matted the piece onto a white card base.  

I am interested to know if you all buy ready done card bases or do you create your own?   For the majority of my cards I cut my card bases as I go,  the only time I don't is if they are bigger sizes.  I prefer to do it as I can make sure the bases are the same shade of white as my topper. 

I hope that you all have a good day, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx

Welcome June....

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies, 

We have a new Month as well as a new Week to celebrate today,  let's Welcome June 🌞.  Funny that it's the start of Summer today and the weather isn't a patch on last week,  although this is our usual summer weather 🤣😂

I love today's reminder, both the sentiment and the artwork.  

Today's I am sharing a super quick and simple card that I made yesterday afternoon,  I have had this die in my stash for a couple if years, it was a gift from Sue.  I have sat and had a play with it a couple of times,  cutting vellum for the petals etc but I couldn't make it work,   the die fell out while I was looking for another die,  then I remembered that I'd seen a simple card made with it,  so I created my card base,  die cut a Navy mat then I die cut the flower and petals in white,  I offset each layer and finished it with a sparkle.  Then finished it with the 'For You' sentiment.  

I hope that you all have a great start to the week and the month, 

Love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx 

Our Makes from this week

 

Good Sunday Morning Ladies,

We had another lovely day yesterday,  I did intend to do a couple of hours weeding with Paul, untangling the bindweed from the roses and getting us much of the root up as possible, what a bloomin job, I did a bit but my goodness that rockery area is a sun trap, I came inside had a cool down and tried again,  we got the all of the bindweed that was growing up the roses,   when we moved it the bindweed had the roses bent double where the weed had grown up and over,  the one rose is permanently misshapen,  its a clever weed it seems to entwine 4 & 5 weed strands together creating like a rope and destroy anything in their path.  Why can't plants grow like weeds?!  

Anyway I gave up and left Paul to finish and I came inside to do some crafting but lost an hour or so on Pinterest 🤣

Another great reminder,  the artwork is lovely too x

Let's look Let's have a look a what you have been creating.....

Lilian 

Lilian's Description:

Hello, here is my challenge album page for this weeks challenge.

It’s Fruit land.

Found the picture on Facebook 

It’s from Kelly Lou.

It came out rather dark, I’m sure it’s the paper but couldn’t find my good paper.

What a brilliant idea for Fruit Land Lilian,  that is one that had me stumped, a long with a couple of others 😂

The image is lovely,  I did try and lighten it a little for you.  The cherries look yummy 😋   Kelly Lou has some lovely images. 

Thank you so much for taking part in the Challenge my lovely XXX 

Karen

Karen's Description :

Card 1:

This is Maria’s birthday card using scraps of card It started off being tags but wasn’t working so it evolved to strips cut on ScanNCut taped together across the back and then dry embossed

I also cut the flames on ScanNCut There’s a candle in the basic shapes

Journal page:

My version of Vintage

This was my 4th attempt I can’t seem to get vintage very well

On previous versions I’d gesso’d background, texture paste on another and splats but decided to keep it very simple 

Piece from a The Works pad

Ticket stamps from Indigo Blu and A&C #396

Absolutely brilliant use of scraps for the candles and the flames are perfect. The personalised sentiment is a lovely touch. 

Your Vintage journal page is AMAZING,  the paper is perfect and your stamped detail works perfectly, Vicki P. talks about 'building clusters' on journal pages, using bits of ephemera etc,   you have done this perfectly. 

So you are very good at vintage as it happens 😉 

Thank you so much for a lovely card and a very inspiring journal page XXX

Maria

Maria's Description:

Hiya.

I had to make my mum a card tho so this is the one.

I have used a stamp from a stamping magazine and used my watercolor pens to colour it in. A few crystals in the flowers and a frame that I embossed.

I also thought of sending my sister in law a card after everything she has gone through the last month I don't wish on anyone.

I bought this set with three types of clips and a çurvy die at the Stamperama, I think it will be fun dies to use sometimes on cards. 

I really like the clipboard style card,  those clips look so realistic too, the colour is perfect.  I think that a couple of flowers in opposite corners would add a little extra detail.   I am sure that your Sister in law would really appreciate your kindness my lovely.  

Your card for your Mum is so pretty my lovely,  your colouring has really bought those flowers to life.  Your shading has given real depth to the flowers too,  the butterflies are beautiful 😍 

Thank you so much my lovely for supporting the blog, I really appreciate you XXX

Sonia 

Sonia's Description:  

Teddy's card:   Birthday card I made for Teddy.

I decided to make a Z fold card. The image, papers and sentiment were designed by myself on ChatGPT. The number 3 die cut is from Temu 😊

Journal page:

My journal page for Tea Lovers.

I found these images on Facebook: the majority are from Free Printable Designs page created by Patricia Joyce, and others from The Gentle Pallette. 

I saved and printed them, distressed and inked edges. I fussy cut the lavender, tea cup and wax seals - which I added glossy accents to give them a shine.

Sonia your card for Teddy is so beautiful,   I think its extra special that you designed the papers yourself,  so clever!  The image is perfect with it being a 'Teddy' too.  He will love it .

Your Tea Lover's Journal page is a perfect depiction of the description,   every element works perfectly,   your little cluster is lovely,   the wax seals a touch of luxury as well as a different texture.  Your composition works so well as your eye travels down the page, following the 'triangle' lay out.         It's so lovely to hear that you are enjoying crafting so much, it shows in your work.  

Thank you so much my lovely,  your card is amazing and for an inspirational journal page. XXX

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I hope that you all have a perfect Sunday, 

Love and hugs to all of you,  

Sandra xxx