Featured Templates: generations

Every now and then, I like looking at what other Heritage Makers have created that can be used for genealogy and family history projects. Today I looked for projects with keyword "generation" or "generations"

These are the beautiful Templates I found:

Which one is your favorite?
I am sure that more templates with keyword generations will be added in the future, so be sure to search for them yourself, as there might be more than the ones I displayed.
Don't forget that while these templates were created in a particular format, you can always convert them in a different format (i.e.: from a scrap page to a greeting card or a canvas) using the import feature.

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Love my Creative Genealogy templates and ideas? 

My HM club members can have their favorite template transferred to their account for personal use, or  can have it completely personalized by me for them  for a reasonable fee.

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Improving a free genealogy Template

Last week I was presenting my class on Creative Family history at the New England Family history conference, and I had a workshop to help the attendants realize how easy it is to modify a template.
This was the Template I used:

To choose the Template, I went to the Template gallery and entered the keyword "pedigree" in the search box.

 There were 11 templates with this keyword

Then, since none of the attendants had a premier membership yet, I narrowed my search to only the basic templates.

In this case there was only one template that was in basic, thus completely free, but it was sufficient for our needs.
I chose this Template which was a little bland, and using the free basic digital art available in studio,
I transformed it in this new pedigree chart.

All I did was:
1) Swap the pictures with the ones I needed.
2)Delete the ones I didn't need.
3)Add 2 more pictures for more children
4)Change the background, (I used keyword "green paper" and "pink paper" to find them in the art collection)
5)Add frames (I used keyword "frame" to find them)
6)Add a flower (I used keyword "Flower"to find it)
7)Add leaves (I used keyword "Leaf" to find them)
7)Use ribbons to decorate the chart (I used keyword"Ribbon" to find it)
I dragged and dropped these elements, re-sized them to my needs, and put them in place.
If you were attending my class, you would have been able to see everything step by step, but if you weren't able to be there, no worries.

You can learn how to modify a template through one of our easy tutorials, like this one:
 

Since the Template I used was BASIC, anyone can try and modify it according to their own taste and need.

I want to challenge you to experience for yourself how easy it is to modify a template.
Once you do, if you like,  send me a copy. I will show it on the blog and/or on my CavaGenealogy facebook page.

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You can get a free Publishing account by signing up at http://www.preservemyheritage.com and start creating unlimited projects at once!
Love my Creative Genealogy templates and ideas? 

My HM club members can have their favorite template transferred to their account for personal use, or  can have it completely personalized by me for them  for a reasonable fee.

Want more for less? Check out our incredible host rewards and My Club HM!

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Family pedigree heart

I have been thinking of different ways to display a family pedigree, and while I have created quite a few different family trees, I really wanted something different.
This Family pedigree heart came to me from the constant thought that Family and Genealogy is about Love.
It is composed of leaves and has pictures and names of a person's ancestors with such person at the bottom:

Here is a 5 generations version with a darker background:

 This is also how it will look if used as a Magnetic Family Tree background once the picture magnets are on it.
I think it would look cute even as the cover for a 5x5 greeting card.

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You can get a free Publishing account by signing up at http://www.preservemyheritage.com and start creating unlimited projects at once!
Love my Creative Genealogy templates and ideas? 

My HM club members can have their favorite template transferred to their account for personal use, or  can have it completely personalized by me for them  for a reasonable fee.

Want more for less? Check out our incredible host rewards and My Club HM!

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Importing old genealogy projects into a whole new one

I have already talked about how much I am in love with the new HM Studio functionality, the Import page, which is found  in My Studio editor inside the "My projects" tab once you click on a page from any of your projects.

I have been so excited about it, that I cannot stop transforming old projects into new ones, and/or making various versions of a new project.
I took the 14x11 Family tree posters I talked about here and transformed them in 2 24x20 canvases, changing them just a tiny bit, but putting the family names in the center of each canvas.

I took the cute little artsy 12x12 page family tree I created for my son (read about it here), and made it into 2 20x20 canvases, one with my husband as the root person, one with me as the root person.

Yeah, I am really into canvas lately;) It might be because a little bird told me that they are going to be on sale before Christmas ;)!
I am working on them now, so that when they are on sale, I will be ready to publish!

Here is a video that will explain how the import feature works:

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You can get a free Publishing account by signing up at http://www.preservemyheritage.com and start creating unlimited projects at once!
Love my Creative Genealogy templates and ideas? 

My HM club members can have their favorite Creative Genealogy template transferred to their account for personal use, or  can have it completely personalized by me for them  for a reasonable fee.

Want more for less? Check out our incredible host rewards and My Club HM!

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Family flower garden pedigree

As I mentioned in the previous post, I am going to share with you some of my favorite family tree templates and show you my take on them.

The first one I am going to share with you is this cute family flower garden pedigree, by Linda Angelastro:

 

It can be created in BASIC, son you can start right now, since it is free.

It can be personalized with any color you like, in fact here is a boy version:

 and you can also add pictures if you like:

You can really do anything you want with it, and if you take advantage of the free Premier weekend, you can also add premier embellishments and back grounds:

You can really personalize it as much or as little as you want it!

If you don't have a free basic account yet, come get it!

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You can get a free Publishing account by signing up at http://www.preservemyheritage.com and start creating unlimited projects at once!
Love my Creative Genealogy templates and ideas? 

My HM club members can have their favorite Creative Genealogy template transferred to their account for personal use, or  can have it completely personalized by me for them  for a reasonable fee.

Want more for less? Check out our incredible host rewards and My Club HM!

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How would you like a free creative genealogy project?

I am happy to announce that next week end will be free premiere week end, and this will allow you to log into your HM account, and use the full functionality and creativity of Studio software even if you only have a BASIC account! If you don't have a free BASIC account yet, you can get it here:
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From the website:

"There are many reasons to love Heritage Makers, but one of the best is the unlimited creativity made possible with a Premier account. Premier is an unrivaled collection of digital art, including 6,000 pre-designed templates and 60,000 pieces of art. As a heritage maker you can get access to this incredible resource through a subscription or by joining our frequent publisher's group called "Club HM." If you would like to sample the fun and functionality of a Premier account, here's a no-risk opportunity for you. From September 30 – October 3, Heritage Makers is offering a FREE Premier Weekend! During this period you can have full reign over the entire art and template collection at absolutely no cost! Explore the offerings of Premier by making a personalized card for a loved one for World Card Making Day (October 1st), or let your creative passion extend to photo gifts, wrapped canvases, storybooks, or any number of other beautiful Heritage Makers projects. Where will your creativity take you?"

There are plenty of genealogy-family tree related templates on the website, just go on the website,  click on template gallery

http://www.preservemyheritage.com/

and then type keywords like family tree, pedigree, genealogy, heritage, ancestors to see all the various templates available:

Then on September 30 just log in to your account click on the "unlock Premier" button

and choose any project you like, upload your pictures, and create your wonderful family tree for FREE!
It doesn't get better than this!
Here is a video that shows you how to choose and modify a template to suit it to your own needs and taste.

In the next days I will post some of the fast project I am creating with the genealogy templates I like the most, just to give you an idea, but you can really choose any template you like..

Let me know which project you are going to create! If you send me a preview of it, I will post it on my facebook page!

If you would like to actually publish the project you will create (poster, canvas, card, book etc), please contact me first so I can give you the best deal possible, otherwise you will pay full price! NEVER PAY FULL PRICE!

High contrast family trees

If you have been looking through my projects you might have realized that I pretty much prefer pastel colors when it comes to creating family trees and similar, but lately I have been thinking that I should dare creating some that are kind of bold, so here is what I came up with.
I put together a tree with silver leaves on a brown trunk, and played on the contrast with various backgrounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I like the contrast because it makes the family tree highly visible in a nice big room, if printed on canvas or framed in a poster. These are just an example of how this high contrast family tree can look, but really any color back ground would work, and it can be chosen according to a person's house decor, or simply their taste. I practically had to control myself because I was having so much fun with all the different shades of backgrounds!
These can also be printed on 8x8 or 12x12 scrappages, or you can make placemats out of them, which would make them perfect for a family reunion, or why not, for a Thanksgiving table, after all, what better to be thankful for than our family? Each person could have a place mat with their own favorite color background, or even with their own picture at the base of the tree.
They can be printed on greeting cards, post cards, or also be the cover of a post bound scrapbook album.

I gotta say, I am hooked!

Which one of these is your favorite? Which one you think is like a punch in the eye?
Please let me know if there is a color I haven't thought of, I will be happy to create it and post it on the CavaGenealogy genealogy photo album.

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You can get a free Publishing account by signing up at http://www.preservemyheritage.com and start creating unlimited projects at once!
Love my Creative Genealogy templates and ideas? 

My HM club members can have their favorite Creative Genealogy template transferred to their account for personal use, or  can have it completely personalized by me for them  for a reasonable fee.

Want more for less? Check out our incredible host rewards and My Club HM!

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3 generations baby keepsake

I am so in love with my baby that when I realized that I hadn't created something that was just for him yet, I had to make the time to do it.
I wanted to have some sort of family tree that was especially for newborn, and at the same time I wanted to have a picture big enough that I could frame it and hang it on the wall and know that it was him without having to look close.
This is what I created for him:

I am probably going to make similar pages for all my other children, I think they will really cherish it, and so will their children, and grandchildren...
I also think that this would be a really cute gift for a new mom, instead of the usual diapers and clothes, how about something that they will keep forever?
Being a 3 generations one, it is going to be pretty easy to collect the pictures and create this page.
It can be framed, or even modge podged on a 12x12 tile, or a wooden square...
This would be cute also on canvas!
Oh boy... New ideas are coming as I write!
I guess you will see them soon!

A little patience...

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You can get a free Publishing account by signing up at http://www.preservemyheritage.com and start creating unlimited projects at once!
Love my Creative Genealogy templates and ideas? 

My HM club members can have their favorite Creative Genealogy template transferred to their account for personal use, or  can have it completely personalized by me for them  for a reasonable fee.

Want more for less? Check out our incredible host rewards and My Club HM!

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