Assortment using some KiKeKa kits

I'm sick (again, drat) so I've been somewhat absent. I notice some awards in my chat box & I hope it's ok if I wait til I feel well to pick them up.

I picked up a cute kit from KiKeKa back in December & am now able to post what I made with it, 2 quick pages & a tag (didn't get a tut written.

http://www.scrappinbratz.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19_32&products_id=2638 (tag)http://www.scrappinbratz.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19_32&products_id=2637 (full)

I've joined the CT for KiKeKa (crafted by Gina). She has an absolutely adorable new kit called "Where Fairies Reside".

http://www.scrappinbratz.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19_32&products_id=2828

Now your first reaction might be that this kit will make great girlie layouts, & you'd be right, but I decided to show how the kit can be used to showcase photos of boys. I've done 3 layouts using pictures of a friend's little boy, & made one layout into a freebie quick page for you.

Isn't he a sweetie? I loved how this kit let me highlight the photos & the natural playfulness of the little guy.

Enjoy.

December DSO - Holly-Daze

Okay, I finally finished my December colour challenge kit for DSO. I hope the links behave better this month than last month. I can no longer put it all in 1 folder & just share the folder - one is supposed to be able to do that, but when I checked the link Mediafire provided, it did not work. However, the individual links do seem to work. There are 14 zips - as usual, my creating got out of hand & I tried to keep the zip sizes managable for dial-up users.

Download Links for “Holly-Daze”
http://www.mediafire.com/file/2dkzzzdnwlm/mlc_holly-daze zip01.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/knyzyzl1dql/mlc_holly-daze zip02.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/nl5dnomygmn/mlc_holly-daze zip03.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zmlz1zeim2d/mlc_holly-daze zip04.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/kmwmx4tmq1i/mlc_holly-daze zip05.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/z1bgtuw1nzy/mlc_holly-daze zip06.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/tftnv2nhlm3/mlc_holly-daze zip07.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wym2nmdmiko/mlc_holly-daze zip08.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/kminghnyyzz/mlc_holly-daze zip09.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ykmw0zdh3ii/mlc_holly-daze zip10.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ydtltzkjoym/mlc_holly-daze zip11.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/rrlzmznwb4q/mlc_holly-daze zip12.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/yzmjddndd2m/mlc_holly-daze zip13.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/file/2tuyk0yntmi/mlc_holly-daze zip14.zip

If you download, could you please take the time to say thanks or hi, either under comments or in my shout box, please? It takes a lot of time, effort, & $ spent on CU items to produce a kit like this, & the comments help make it worth doing.

Enjoy & have a safe, happy holiday.

Roses & Lace

Remember a couple of posts ago, I mentioned hoping to use "Roses & Lace" by Crystal's Designs to make a February desktop? Well, great news - she sent it to me! It comes in both tag & full.

It's gorgeous. I made the desktop, 2 quick pages & a tag with tutorial. In other words, I had fun.

Tutorial for “Life Is Beautiful” tag

What I Used:
Scrap kit by Crystal’s Designs “Roses & Lace”
http://digifoxsstudio.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_38&products_id=1546 (tag)
http://digifoxsstudio.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_38&products_id=1545 (full)
Poser by MediEvil Creation http://medievilcreation.blogspot.com
Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 4.0
(Make sure “show transform controls” is checked to allow easy resizing of elements.)

What I Did:
1. Open a new transparent canvas 800 pixels x 800 pixels. Use the circular selection tool to create a circle & fill with background of choice (paper 5).
2. Select a background element (doily 3). Copy & paste, resizing as needed, position in center, & apply bevel & emboss effect.
3. Copy & paste poser of choice (Medi-beauty 2), resizing if necessary, & positioning in the canter of tag. Apply bevel & emboss effect.
4. Select a flower element (rose 4). Copy & paste, resizing as needed, & positioning to one side, then applying bevel & emboss effect. Repeat & place second flower on opposite size.
5. Enter desired text. I used Tudor 18. To curve text, right click on text in layer palette>warp text>arch. Apply bevel & emboss effect. I also applied a glitter effect (TST-chocolate cherry-glitter styles). Use a smaller font for tag information (Arial 4).
6. Merge visible & save.

Enjoy

Winter Wonderland

Sue aka Wacky Winnie Designz has a huge & gorgeous kit newly released called Winter Wonderland. With 32 papers & 90 elements, there is a lot that you can do with this one!! My goodies for you are just a small taste. Comes in full and tag size, both at 300 dpi.

I've made you 2 quick pages & a tag with tutorial.

Tutorial for “Cuddle Up” tag

What I Used:
Lovely scrap kit by Wacky Winnie Designz called “Winter Wonderland”
http://digifoxsstudio.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_102&products_id=1675 (full)
http://digifoxsstudio.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_102&products_id=1674 (tag)
Poser by MediEvil Creations http://medievilcreations.blogspot.com
Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 4.0
(Make sure “show transform controls” is checked for easy resizing of elements.)

What I Did:
1. Open a new transparent canvas 700 pixels x 700 pixels. Use circular selection tool to create a large circle & fill it with background of choice (paper 31).
2. Choose a frame or wreath element (heart frame 1). Copy & paste, resizing as needed, & positioning about the center of the tag. Apply bevel & emboss effect.
3. Choose a poser in a seated position (Medi-amalia5), copy & paste, resizing as needed, & positioning seated in frame (or wreath). Apply bevel & emboss effect.
4. Choose a snow puppet (snowpuppet 1). Copy & paste, resize & position upon poser’s lap. Apply bevel & emboss effect.
5. Enter desired text in chosen colour. I used a deep gray-blue & Adorable 12. Apply bevel & emboss effect. Use a smaller font size for tag information.
6. Merge visible & save.

(Still waiting for computer repair.)

Enjoy

Cool (Cute) Yule

When I saw the cute birds in Krazy Mom Designz "Cool Yule" kit, I wanted to use them to scrap the latest photos of my friend's adorable little girl. I recoloured everything to suit my photos with Kelli's permission. Then I made a tag & tut with the kit.

Tutorial for “Tweet Yuletide Greetings”

What I used:
“Cool Yule” kit by Krazy Mom Designz
http://yourscrapaddiction.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_176&products_id=1283
Adobe PhotoShop Creative Suite 4
(Make sure “show transform controls” is checked to allow easy resizing of elements.)

What I did:
1. Open a new transparent canvas 700 pixels x 700 pixels. Use circular selection tool to create a circle & fill with background of choice (paper 2).
2. Choose snowflake element. Copy, paste, & resize. Repeat. Use lasso tool to select larger dark snowflake of second set, choose edit>clear. Position snowflakes at top of circle. Apply bevel & emboss effect.
3. Choose a bird (bird 2), copy & paste. Apply bevel & emboss effect.
4. Enter desired text. I used Kingthings Christmas 12. Apply bevel & emboss effect. Use smaller font size (8) for word “from” & (4) for tag information.
5. Merge visible & save.

Enjoy

SnoFriends

My computer is probably going into the shop tomorrow (& I will go into withdrawal symptoms).

More snowmen today, this time courtesy of Baby V Dezign & her Winter SnoFriends kit, available in both full & tag size. Visit her at http://babyvdezign.com/ for a list of vendors.

I've made 2 quick pages & a tag with tutorial.

Tutorial for “Winter Blessings” tag

What I used:
“Winter Sno Friends” kit from Baby V Dezign, available in both full & tag sizes. Visit her blog http://babyvdezign.com for a list of stores.
Poser from Medi Evil Creations http://medisaddiction.blogspot.com
Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 4
(Make sure “show transform controls” is checked to allow for easy resizing of elements.)

What I did:
1. Open a new transparent canvas 700 pixels x 700 pixels. Use circular selection tool to create a circle & fill with background of choice (paper 7).
2. Choose word art (word art 3). Copy & paste, positioning along edge of circle, adjusting size as needed.
3. Choose a holly element ((holly 2). Copy & paste, adjust for size & position at one end of word art. Repeat & position at other end of word art.
4. Choose a tree element (snowtree). Copy & paste, resize as needed & position in center of tag.
5. Choose snowman elements (snowman 1 & snowgirl 1). Copy & paste, positioning one on each side of tree, & apply bevel & emboss effect to each.
6. Copy & paste your poser of choice (Medi-andalia5), resizing as needed & positioning between the snowmen. Apply bevel & emboss effect.
7. Enter desired text. In this case I used Cataneo BT 12. Use a smaller font for tag information.
8. Merge visible & save.

Enjoy.

Winter Magic

I'll admit it - there are certain designers whose work I really love working with. Crystal's Designs is one of those designers & right now she has 3 new kits out I love. I picked Magical Winter as a CT for digifox studios & that's the one I'll feature in this post, but I couldn't resist purchasing her Let It Snow kit! I'm definitely going to be playing with it too, unless the repairman comes for my computer. I really hope I get to work with her Roses & Lace kit, I think it would make a lovely desktop calendar for February.So I made you a freebie quick page, a desktop calendar freebie for January 2010, & a very fast, simple tag you can easily make.

Have I mentioned I love snowmen? I have a collection that I try to add a piece to every year. I even like to collect scrapbooking snowmen. The tag I made from this kit is very simple, but also very cute.

Tutorial for “Sno’ Better Time For Fun” tag

What I used:
Kit by Crystal’s Designs called Winter Magic
http://digifoxsstudio.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5_26&products_id=1632 (tag)
http://digifoxsstudio.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_38&products_id=1631 (full)
Paint Shop Pro XI
(Make sure pick tool is enabled, for easy resizing of elements.)

What I did:
1. Open a new transparent canvas 700 pixels x 700 pixels. Set both background & foreground to a neutral light colour, & use preset tool to create a circle. Activate text tool, hovering until the small A icon with curvy line shows where you want curved text to start, then change both background & foreground colours to desired text colour & type text into the pop-up box & click ok. I used Chris HMK Bold for all text. Use a smaller font for tag information.
2. Use magic wand tool to select the circle & fill with desired background material (paper 1).
3. Select a snowflake element (snowflake 1), copy & paste, resizing as desired & applying Effects>3D>chisel>thin white. Repeat as desired.
4. Choose a snowman element (snowman 2). Copy, paste, resize & position in the center of the tag.
5. Choose a flower element (garland). Copy & paste, resizing as necessary, & positioning at the bottom of the tag.
6. Merge visible & save.

This kit is currently on sale with 30% off. Hope you like what I did with it.

Enjoy.