Blissful Nirvana

Wicked Princess Scraps has a beautiful, peaceful kit, suitably called "Blissful Nirvana".

I've made you a quick page, a tag with tutorial & a July desktop - I'm posting a mini "teaser" of the calendar now, & will post the actual desktop in June.

Tutorial for “Blissful Nirvana” Tag

What I used:
Adorable kit by Wicked Princess called “Blissful Nirvana”
http://www.scrappinbratz.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19_113&products_id=3962 includes a poser © Lisa of Sophisticated Imaging http://sophisticatedscraps.blogspot.com/
Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 4 (make sure “show transform controls” is checked to allow easy resizing of elements).

What I did:
1. Start with a blank canvas 700 pixels x 700 pixels. Use the circular selection tool to create a circle & fill with background of choice (paper 22).
2. Choose a background element (bridge), copy & paste, position in center of tag. Adjust opacity to 50%.
3. Copy & paste other elements of choice & position as desired.
I used the arch, the tree, the cattails, & the star trail to enhance the scene.
4. Choose decorative elements (sheer butterfly & fancy butterfly). Copy, paste & position elements as desired, resizing as needed, & applying bevel & emboss effect.
5. Copy & paste the poser or another poser of your choice, resizing as necessary & positioning as desired. Apply bevel & emboss effect.
6. If desired, choose an element to embellish the poser (umbrella), copying, pasting, resizing, positioning & applying bevel & emboss effect. Then I added the purple glitter scatter.
7. Enter any desired text in font of choice. I used Easy Street EPS 16 with sunset style applied. Use a smaller font to enter tag information.
8. Merge visible & save.

If I get comments showing interest, I'll post a teaser glimpse of the June desktop, which is using a gorgeous kit by Kim B.
Enjoy.

The Magic of Dance

Gina aka Kikeka kits has a lovely scrap kit out called Magic of Dance.You can click on either the image or the highlighted title above to be taken straight to the kit.

I've made you a freebie quick page to download & I've done 2 tags with accompanying tutorials.

Tutorial for “Reach For Your Dreams” tag

What I used:
Lovely scrap kit from KiKeKa Kits called Magic of Dance
http://www.scrappinbratz.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19_32&products_id=3648
Poser by Lassie’s Designs http://lassiesdesigns.com (I used a PTU poser from her club membership; please do not use this poser without purchasing it. Lassie also offers an amazing selection of FTU posers.)
Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 4 (make sure “show transform controls” is checked for easier resizing of elements).

What I did:
1. Open a new transparent canvas 700 pixels x 700 pixels. Use the circular selection tool to create a circle & fill with the background of your choice (paper 3).
2. Choose one of the ballerina silhouettes (ballerina 1), copy & paste, positioning a little of center & resizing as necessary. Adjust opacity to 60%.
3. Select other elements (light, beads), copy & paste, resizing as needed & positioning as desired.
4. Copy & paste your poser/tube of choice (LDmct40b), resizing if needed & positioning as desired. Apply bevel & emboss effect so poser/tube stands out a bit.
5. Choose your font & enter your desired text. (I used Freebooter 18.) Remember to use a small font to enter tag information like poser creator, license number if applicable, & tag creator.
6. Merge visible & save.

Tutorial for “Magic of Dance” tag 2

What I used:
Lovely scrap kit from KiKeKa Kits called Magic of Dance
http://www.scrappinbratz.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19_32&products_id=3648
Poser by Lassie’s Designs http://lassiesdesigns.com (I used a PTU poser from her club membership; please do not use this poser without purchasing it. Lassie also offers an amazing selection of FTU posers.)
Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 4 (make sure “show transform controls” is checked for easier resizing of elements).

What I did:
1. Open a new transparent canvas 700 pixels x 700 pixels. Use the circular selection tool to create a circle & fill with the background of your choice (paper 7).
2. Choose a background element (violin), copy & paste, resizing as needed & positioning approximately at center of tag, adjusting the opacity to 65% or whatever looks good with your choice of background paper.
3. Choose other elements (piano, butterflies). Copy & paste each element separately, resizing as needed, & positioning as desired. Make whatever creative choices seem appropriate. For example I allowed the piano keyboard to overlap the circle without trimming & then applied a bevel & emboss effect. I duplicated & mirrored the butterflies.
4. Copy & paste your poser/tube of choice (LDmc10b9b), resizing as needed & positioning as desired. Apply a bevel & emboss effect.
5. Use font of choice to enter desired text. In this case I used Babylon 14 with a Fruit Cocktail bevel 3 from Krissy’s Scraps applied. Use a smaller size font to enter tag information.
6. Merge visible & save.

While I used cu PTU poser tubes from Lassie's membership club, she also has an extensice collection of pu FTU poser tubes that is well worth any taggers time to check out!
http://lassiesdesigns.com

Enjoy

May 2010 desktop calendar

May 2010 desktop calendar
I used In Spring, a freebie kit from Fantasy Moments
http://fantasymoments-scraps.blogspot.com/
check out her blog - she has fantastic freebies!
Enjoy.

DSO colour challenge - Vintage Memories

Well, I stared at the colours for April's colour challenge at DSO for a week & a half before I got a spark of an idea, but once I had that spark I coaxed it into another multiple download kit. It's created at 300dpi, although I forgot to check the dpi of a couple items made from greyscaled templates until after the kit was finished & zipped, so some 72 dpi items (the hankies & the lamps) snuck in. Personal use applies as per my TOU. The papers are made from original patterns I created, & most of the patterns in the elements are original work as well.

MediEvil Creations came out with this set of posers while I was working on the kit & I couldn't resist buying them & putting a few into the kit for any of you who like to tag. Her terms of use are included inside the posers folder - please abide by them.

Download links: Main Folder

zip01 zip02 zip03 zip04

zip05 zip06 zip07 zip08

zip09 zip10 zip11 zip12

The folder link worked when I tested it, but after last month, I decided it's safest to post the individual file links as well, right from the start.

I appreciate all the people who took the time to say thank you for last month's kit. It really does help encourage me to keep going & investing in supplies & mking freebie kits for you, so please, if you download, take the time to leave a brief comment, either with the blog entry of in my chat box.

Enjoy.

Spring Fling

Baby V Designs has a new kit, complete with posers by Medi, called "Spring Fling" available in both full and tag size.
Isn't it gorgeous!

I've made you a set of quick pages. I couldn't decide which version of quick page 1 to use, so I've included both versions, with & without sentiment. I also made a tag & finally got the tutorial written. My vision has been a bit extra blurry lately.

Tutorial for “Good 2B Friends” tag

What I used:
Scrap kit from Baby V designs called Spring Fling
http://yourscrapaddiction.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_132&products_id=2122 (full)
http://yourscrapaddiction.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_132&products_id=2123 (tag)
Posers by Medievil Creations http://medievilcreations.blogspot.com are included in the kit
Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 4.0

What I did:
1. Open a new blank canvas 700 pixels x 700 pixels. Use circular selection tool to create a circle & fill with background of choice (paper 5).
2. Choose a background element (fence2), copy & paste, resizing as necessary, & positioning as desired. Trim any portion of the element that overlaps the circle’s edges using the eraser. Apply bevel & emboss effect.
3. Choose other elements to position around the background element. I used flowers 1-4, duplicated twice apiece. I also used grasshopper1, ladybug1, & bee1 & applied a bevel & emboss effect to each of these.
4. Choose desired poser(s). I used Lani5 & Liliay5. Copy & paste poser(s), resizing as needed & positioning as desired. Apply bevel & emboss effect.
5. Enter desired text. I used Palatino Linotype 12. Use a smaller font size for tag information.
6. Merge visible & save.

Enjoy