Googly Eyes - Googlie Eyes

Which is it? Googly or Googlie?????

I've made some in a huge .psd file. It's about 45 MB. You can choose between 4 different eyes, 6 different eyeballs, and 7 different mouths. Or if you don't like what I made you can use them to make them to your own liking! Change the eyeballs, change the eyes, change the mouths & smiles...

Change the Layer Style to suit your fancy...

As usual, everything on this blog is NOT for commercial use or profit. Keep file names intact.

Click below for the Googly-Googlie Eyes and the extra Layer Styles

Googly-Googlie Eyes

If you have problems, contact me thru my email addy posted on the left.
Enjoy and let me know what you've done with them!

USA Flag Styles

Happy 4th of July to the USA!

Here are some flag styles for you for all those great photos you'll be taking shortly! After you choose the style... go into your Blending Options and then the Pattern Overlay... and change the Scale to suit your font and to position the stars and stripes. Fatter fonts work better although I found a couple of handwriting fonts that worked well too..

I particularly like the last 4 styles that I made.
The styles are a combination of my clear acrylic styles (older posts) and a flag which I found on the internet. You can find the flag here.

As always, anything in this blog is not for commercial use or profit. Please keep file names intact.

Enjoy!! and a Happy 4th to one and all!
You can find the styles here.

Red, White & Blue

Hello everyone... Yes, it's been a long time since I posted... more surgery, still recovering, and we've put our home up for sale. Never a dull moment.

To celebrate America's 4th of July here are some patterns and styles.
They are just spur of the moment creations.
There are 12 patterns and 22 layer styles.

You can find the patterns and styles here.

Enjoy!! Barb

Foiled Again

Hello everyone!!

Yes, it's been a looooong while since I posted a goodie... Sorry about that. The DH has had 7 surgical procedures in the last 9 months including Open Heart surgery back in January... so we're hoping things will be a little less hectic and a lot less stressful!

I've made something which will be fabulous for Christmas! It's called Foiled Again ... a set of Foil Alphas... and I included 6 scans of aluminum foil... use the scans to make your own brushes, patterns, alphas with your choice of fonts, embellishments, and styles.

I hope you enjoy it... Leave a little love if you download and tell me how you plan on using the goodies. Don't forget to download the other goodies in my blog... lots of great stuff!

Get the Foiled Again here
Cheers, Barb :)

Photoshop Clear Acrylic Layer Styles

Another bunch of goodies for you all... These are Photoshop Clear Acrylic Layer Styles.. Use them in custom shapes, brads, buttons, tags, text.. whatever your hearts desire! It all started with Scrappy Shannon putting out a call for Clear Acrylic Buttons... and Voila!! Here they are.. Thank you Scrappy Shannon!! :)
I think there are enough different layer styles here that you can find a few that can be used in your layouts. ;)

Leave some love! Enjoy everyone!

You'll find the Clear Acrylic Layer Styles here.

Cheers, Barb

Photoshop Acrylic Layer Styles

Gosh... it's been tooooo long since I blogged! It seems like I've been running hither and yon for the last month and a half... hub ended up in hospital for 3 days, then he had his 1st cataract surgery, plus the usual running into town for the usual errands... But this weekend has been glorious!! And there are NO appointments for the entire week! Yeeeehaw!!!

OK.. so for the goodie today! Several digital scrapping stores seem to be having a craze on Acrylic this and that so I made 9 groups of Photoshop Acrylic Layer Styles which you can use for your text, custom shapes, brushes, backgrounds, anything ... go into the Blending Options and play around with the different settings... go ahead!! You won't break anything... and if you happen to mess them up just download them again!! One way to change the color is to use the style on a shape.. then desaturate... then go into the Blending Options and choose the color of your choice in the Color Overlay option... see earlier blogs as to how to do that.

The layer styles work best on fat fonts at 200 pt or larger.. something like VAGRounded BT, or Wide Latin, or WallowHmkBold or Sweet As Candy to name a few.

If you have a request I'll see what I can come up with... or if you have any questions just send me an email at dundas@hotmail.com or dundas2002au@yahoo.com

As usual, these are not for commercial use or profit and please keep the file names intact.

The layer styles can be found here... Enjoy!!

The 60+ layer styes were made using tutorials from

www.photoshopessentials.com

www.rnel.net

www.scrapbook-bytes.com

www.thedesignworld.com

www.tutorialman.com

Blue & Brown

It's been too long since I posted any goodies for all of my digital scrapping friends. As you know my husband had open heart surgery on January 26th to repair a 30mm (about 1 1/8") hole in his heart... and bypass surgery. He was in hospital for 5 days and came home without a stitch, drain, wire, anything!! It's amazing what they do!!

He started walking from his first day of surgery. At home he was doing only 5 minute walks... but gradually worked up to 6 five minute walks daily... then one 10 minute walk a day, then 2 a day, then a mile a day!

His sister Elizabeth visited us from England February 20th to March 4th... and the morning we were to pick her up at the airport I came down with a flu bug... I was out of it for the first 5 days of her visit... She ended up taking care of us!! What a vacation,eh??!!! She is such a dear!

The last week of Elizabeth's visit they climbed an 1,800 foot mountain labeled a "steep climb". This week hub cleaned out the gutters on our house. Yesterday we went in for his 6 week check-up with his surgeon and he doesn't want to see him for a year!!! He's looking good!!

So..... back to digital scrapping. I made this kit about 2 months ago while hub was in hospital... uploaded it... and haven't had time to post it... So here I am with time on my hands... something I haven't had for 6 months!!

This kit I call Blue & Brown....for want of a better name. This is from a pattern (070407-00001.pat for those of you who are members of ActionFX) from ActionFX. I really like the pattern and can see so many possibilities for scrapping.

If you haven't subscribed to ActionFX yet... do so!! It is sooooooo worth the money! Al Ward is an awesome designer... check out his site for all the freebies. His lastest goodie was a video on how to make gemstones for jewelry. I'm working on it so that I can post something one of these days. And before that video he posted an action to make two other gemstones.

And please, leave a comment about what you like or don't like about my kits.
Afterall, I'm making these things for you! What would you like to see as a freebie?
I'm not promising anything but I'll do my best!

The bows are from Atomic Cupcake and they've been warped.

There are more pieces than what is shown in the preview.

And a thank you to all of your prayers. They were really appreciated!
They worked!!! :)

Enjoy!!

Alpha Caps

AlphaLC

Bows

Brads

Buttons

Eyelets

Frames1

Frames2

Frames3

PaperDesigns

PapersPlain

Ribbons

Tags

Layer Styles-Christmas 2007

I was looking at some Christmas Layer Styles that I really liked and finally figured out how to make them myself. So I have used Christmas Custom Shapes and fonts to make these styles.

Remember when using my Layer Styles you can change the Pattern Overlay Scale of the design.. you can make the design larger or smaller. Go to Blending Options (in the Layers Pallette click on the little "f" at the bottom of the Pallette) and click on Pattern Overlay. See "Scale" under the pattern? Change that # larger or smaller to suit your fancy. If you change this Scale you must also change the scale in the Texture (under Bevel and Emboss) and the Scale in the Stroke (if the Fill Type was Pattern). Keep the scale the same number for the Pattern Overlay, Texture, & Stroke.

Merry Christmas everyone!!

18 Christmas Layer Styles

Cheers

Laces re-uploaded

I read a plea for help on one of my Yahoo groups that I subscribe to... and they wanted Laces... which luckily for her I had made back in July as part of my Frangipani group. So I have uploaded the Laces (5 parts) to MediaFire & decided I might as well include them here in case some of you didn't get them back in July.

The laces are: Rings; Bottom Laces; Top Laces; Rings & Laces; and Rings, Laces & Background on Torn Paper.

I made the laces & rings separate so that you can recolor the rings one color and the laces a different color. Again... Image... Adjustments...Hue/Saturation is excellent for re-coloring....
Or.... Click on the little "f" at the bottom of the layers pallette and that opens the Layer Style window... choose Color Overlay... Multiply or Soft Light work well.... Play around with the different Blend Modes...

If you see anything else you'd like & the links are dead just email me at
dundas2002au@yahoo.com
with a subject of Dead Links
and I'll see about re-uploading the goodies to MediaFire

Bottom Laces

Top Laces

The Rings

Rings & Laces

Rings, Laces, & Background

Merry Christmas everyone!
Cheers, Barb

6 More Folded Fabrics!

I see by the number of downloads that you really liked yesterday's Folded Fabrics... so I've made 6 more and included the "without color" version so that you can add your own colors to them...

You can add your own color to yesterday's Folded Fabrics too... just double click on the Layer name of "Background".. rename it... then double click on the little "f" icon at the bottom of the Layers Palette... choose Color Overlay.. then try different Blend Modes: Darken, Multiple, Overlay, Soft Light are some that worked well.

You can also change colors by going to Image --> Adjustments --> Color Balance.. play with the settings..
or.. Image --> Adjustments --> Hue/Saturation... play with the settings.

With the "without color" versions you can add color by Image --> Adjustments --> Color Balance.. play with the settings..

or.. Double click on the Layer name of "Background".. rename it... then double click on the little "f" icon at the bottom of the Layers Palette... choose Color Overlay.. then try different Blend Modes: Darken, Multiple, Overlay, Soft Light are some that worked well.

We'll be busy getting ready for hub's surgical proceedure and the surgery for the next 3 weeks... so I won't be posting anything new for a while... possibly until after the New Year. So you all have a very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Years!!

Click here to get the 6 new folded fabrics & the matching "without color" here.

Cheers!

Folded Fabrics

I've had to re-upload this set.. it should be working now.

But in the meantime... here are 12 Folded Fabric backgrounds. They're really pretty, aren't they! I used the tutorial at www.tutorials-photoshop.com and I just KNEW I had to blog them as soon as I made the first one!

Enjoy.. and remember to leave a comment... I really like knowing how you like the goodies and what you plan on doing with them.

Cheers all!!

Christmas Patterns 1

Happy December everyone!

I made this set of 64 Christmas Patterns a while ago... and from the title you can see that I plan on uploading more... which I've already made.. just need time to upload them and blog...

I used Al Ward's Pattern Generator to make these patterns.

There are lots of greens & reds... Use them to make ribbons, buttons, papers, change the scale in the Blending Options, use different color overlays, experiment, play with your Photoshop, try new things... get creative!!

Have fun and Cheers!
Please keep file names intact.

Spiders! Day 4

Last day of Spiders! Spiders!! Spiders!!! Today's freebies include 4 different embroidered shapes, a grey alpha (both upper & lower case), 2 purple frames, 4 pins, and 8 dripping torn papers.

Embroidered Shapes

Grey Alpha - Upper Case

Grey Alpha - Lower Case

Purple Frames

Pins

Dripping torn papers

The spiders are from a Photoshop Custom Shape by Jenny W on www.adobe.com Exchange

The Alpha, Frames, Pins & Dripping Torn Papers use a layer style from Al Ward's Actionfx on www.actionfx.com along with Jenny W's custom shape made into a pattern.

The Alpha is VAGRounded BT font.

The Embroidered Shapes are custom shapes from Al Ward's ActionFX and the Embroidery is from Atomic Cupcakes Embroidery Action

I hope you have enjoyed the Spiders! Spiders!! Spiders!!! kit.

Until the next inspiration...
Cheers!!

Spiders! - Day 3

Day 3 of Spiders! Spiders!! Spiders!!! You'll find 2 grey frames, the green alpha (caps & lower case), 8 more torn papers, 8 ribbons, 36 corners, 24 placemats (12" x 18"), and 4 embroidered shapes.

Take the 12" x 18"placemat jpg's to a place that will print them (like Kinko's) and be sure to sandwich them between layers of plastic so that they can be used year after year.

4 Embroidered Shapes
36 Corners 8 Ribbons
8 Torn Papers
2 Grey Frames
Green Alpha Caps
Green Alpha Lower Case
24 Placemats

The spiders are from a Photoshop Custom Shape by Jenny W on www.adobe.com Exchange

The Alpha, Frames, Corners, Placemats & Ribbons use a layer style from Al Ward's Actionfx on www.actionfx.com along with Jenny W's custom shape made into a pattern.

The Alpha is VAGRounded BT font.

The Torn Papers used Atomic Cupcake's Wild Tear Action, Jenny W's Custom Shape Spider made into a pattern, and one of Al Ward's layer styles.

The Embroidered Shapes are custom shapes from Al Ward's ActionFX and the Embroidery is from Atomic Cupcakes Embroidery Action

Cheers Everyone :)

Spiders! Day 2

Today will be .... yup, you guessed it..... more Spiders!!!! In the downloads today you'll find the purple upper & lower case alpha, 16 brads, 2 orange frames, another set of 4 torn papers, and an embroidered pumpkin.

Purple Alpha Caps
Purple Alpha Lower Case
Brads
Orange Frames
Torn Papers 2
Embroidered Pumpkin

MaggieM... I uploaded the Spider again.. this time just the .png ... see yesterday's blog in the "Update"

The spiders are from a Photoshop Custom Shape by Jenny W on www.adobe.com Exchange

The Alpha, Frames, & Brads use a layer style from Al Ward's Actionfx on www.actionfx.com along with Jenny W's custom shape made into a pattern.

The Alpha is VAGRounded BT font.

The Torn Papers used Atomic Cupcake's Wild Tear Action, Jenny W's Custom Shape Spider made into a pattern, and one of Al Ward's layer styles.

The Pumpkin is a custom shape from Al Ward's ActionFX and the Embroidery is from Atomic Cupcakes Embroidery Action

Have a wonderful day,
Barb

Spiders! Spiders!! Spiders!!!

It's that time of year and this kit will take care of all those LO's with those trick or treaters, gremlins, ghosts, and goblins. This kit is another whopper which I'll upload over the next few days. One of these days I'll learn how to make a small kit!!!

Today you get the 26 papers, an upper & lower case alpha, 2 frames, 4 torn papers, 16 buttons, 16 flowers and a big olde spider. Not everything is shown in the preview.

Papers
AlphaCaps
AlphaLowerCase
Frames
Flowers
Torn Papers
Buttons
Spider

UPDATE: MaggieM said she couldn't download the Spider... so I've put another spider up... just the png file... Spider2
Hopefully this one will work....

The spiders are from a Photoshop Custom Shape by Jenny W on www.adobe.com Exchange
The Alpha, Frames, Flowers & Buttons use a layer style from Al Ward's Actionfx on www.actionfx.com along with Jenny W's custom shape made into a pattern.
The Alpha is my favorite VAGRounded BT font.
The designs on the papers were made using Mehdi's Kaleidoscope Filter and Jenny W's Custom Shape made into a pattern.
The Torn Papers used Atomic Cupcake's Wild Tear Action, Jenny W's Custom Shape Spider made into a pattern, and one of Al Ward's layer styles.

That's it for today... still more to come over the next 3 or 4 days.
And thank you everyone for your wonderful comments! I love them!!
And congrats to Cindyrelly for her first kit!!! I'm so proud of her!
See her kit & LO's on her blog

Cheers everyone! Barb

Ribbons & Bows

Here's a Ribbon & Bow... I've been working on a Spiders Kit which I'll put up in a few days... in the meantime... this Ribbon & Bow is ready for a color overlay to match your latest LO...Add a rivet, brad, staple, etc in the Ribbon & you're ready to go!! Enjoy!!

Please retain file names.

Ribbon

Bow

Halloween Alphas - 6 of them!

Well, I wasn't going to do an Alpha.. but I was playing around with fonts and ran into the Halloween Kiddy Font.. I don't like the sharp corners on that font so I used VAGRoundedBT and Al Ward's Halloween Custom Shapes 090307 halloween_001 & 002. The "A" in every alpha has the same shapes, the "B" has a different combination of shapes, etc... I used Al Ward's ActionFX Layer Style 100407 Glossies_002 Style 27... except I deleted the Stroke. Yes, I know I sound like a commercial but he has a multitude of actions, brushes, layer styles, patterns, & custom shapes, & he's building a digital scrapping section, too... over 102,000 goodies altogether!!!

All of the warping in the Preview was done by me & PS CS2 Warp & Distort... Those warped & distorted letters DO NOT come in the 6 files... You'll have to do that yourself. If you need help just zip an email to me (dundas2002au@yahoo.com) (That's the old teacher in me... still trying to teach. :)) )

Each letter is 2" x 2" at 300pi
Please keep the names of each file intact.

PURPLE ORANGE GREEN

YELLOW

GREY BLACK

I love each and every one of your comments!!! Thank you for your good health wishes for my dh. Hub's had the electro-cardiogram, the echo-cardiogram, the brain scan, & the carotid artery scan... He gets the heart monitor halter on the 25th and then the "find out the results" appointment on the 29th.

I'm holding my breath!!

Cheers,
Barb :)

Halloween Alpha

Jean, the dangerous thinker (in the comments) ... lol... suggested I make a Halloween Alpha of the fuzzy fibers.. So, as you see above... it's done... all caps, numbers, and a few others things. I saved each letter at 2" in height to keep the size of the file down.. as it was I had to split them into 3 files (I like to keep the files around 5mb for the dial up downloaders ... so this way you can lasso them and transform them (Control T) to any size you like...

Once again I'll give the credits for the tutorials that I followed... Digital Scrapbook Place tutorials I used the Fuzzy Fibers by Jamie Rousselle and then Using a Path to make a brush in Photoshop by Angie Svoboda

Halloween Alpha1
Halloween Alpha2
Halloween Numbers

dianagrind wanted a Red & Black O & U for Oklahoma University..
Hopefully you have Photoshop... (I'm sure there's some way to do it in PSP) you can re-color the letters & numbers... Here's how to do it in Photoshop:

Open the Alpha or Numbers...
Lasso (Lasso tool in your tools palette) & move the letter you want to a New File (I use 12x12 at 300pi)

Control T (transform) ... grab the handles and enlarge it as far as it'll go to fill the 12x12 file

Double click inside the transform box to close the transform

Control U (Opens the Hue/Saturation window)
Adjust the Hue... a setting between -22 and -31 gives you Red & Black
When you have the color you want... click OK

OR:

Open the Alpha or Numbers...
Lasso & move the letter you want to a New File (I use 12x12 at 300pi)
Control T ... grab the handles and enlarge it as far as it'll go to fill the 12x12 file
Double click to close the transform

Open your Layers Palette (Window... Layers)
Click on the "f " icon at the very bottom of the Layers Palette
Choose Color Overlay
Blend Mode: Soft Light
Choose the color of your choice...
An interesting thing... if you choose Pink going down to the Blue colors... you get different gradings of Red & Black!!!!

Cheers!!

Wrinkled & Crinkled Brushes!!!

We've had more rain here in Queensland but after a decade of drought we're all happy to see the wet stuff! Our new 23,000 litre rain water tank is full to the brim and we're wishing we had another tank with all of this rain! (The water in the tank is used to water our fruit trees only).

So instead of moping around because it's dreary I've made some brushes from the Wrinkled & Crinkled papers. The preview was made using a light colour for the brush and a darker colour for the background. It makes some awesome papers, don't you think? I clicked about 4 times to make the brush... each time you click you get a darker brush.

The brushes at 2500px are about 8 x 8" so just do a Control-T and expand them to 12 x 12" or whatever size you want.

You can find the Wrinkled & Crinkled Brushes HERE:

Enjoy everyone!
Cheers,
Barb