12 Ways of Christmas

Amazing Andi over at LDS Creativity Corner is the inspiration behind the 12 "ways" of Christmas where you'll find inspirational gospel messages that will include 12 ways that we can increase our Spirituality and help to bring our hearts closer to the Savior.

I'm honored to be working with all of these amazingly talented women.
Melaine from LDS Handouts
Rachel and Robyn All LDS Freebies
Laura from Got Chikin
Melanie & Melissa from Green Jello With Carrots
Summer from Summertime Designs
Day 1 is hosted by Andi. She has inspired us with the Theme of "Seek"
to view her post please visit HERE!



CT CALL

1 Head CT Trainer/Mentor (AKA...The BIG Cheese!)
(Must have prior CT experience)
2 Guest CT Designers (Rotating every 3 months)
7 Full Time CT Designers
Requirements:
2 layouts per new kit
Post in 3 galleries of your choice
Have fun with my designs!
Interested?
Name & Short Bio
List of current CT positions
Links to your best Galleries
Position you're applying for
Why you'd like to be on my CT?
* I am currently not selling in any stores, just for fun in my little etsy shop.
So this is basically low key and for fun!
If you'd like to share your creativity, have fun, no stress, and get kits for free then this is for you!
PLEASE EMAIL ME AT senderikaaletter (at) hotmail (dot) com
Applications due by February 1st, 2010
Give Thanks Kit

As many of you know I'm trying to earn money for our little Anniversary Trip in January. I'm trying to find a few unique ways to do this. So here is my Thanksgiving Digi Scrap kit for only $3.50. Look for a Christmas Digi Scrap Kit coming soon.
*Please include your email that you'd like the kit sent to. Although I'm a constant email checker, It may take me a few hours to get back to you. Thanks!
Summer Sherbet Freebie Paper Pack
Digi Scrap Template Tutorial

How to Use a Template in PS Elements
Have you ever used a template? If not...I will teach you!!! I swear these are the best things invented in digital scrapbooking. It takes the guess work out of trying to figure out a layout (the most time consuming part for me!). It's already done for you. Basically, to use a template, you can fill the grayscale shapes with digital papers, pictures, edit or replace elements and add embellishments, and edit or add text or word art.
FIRST STEP: Open the template, papers, pictures, and embellishments you want to use in Photoshop Elements.
SECOND STEP: Make the template layer active in your workspace. You're going to want to duplicate the template to avoid ruining the original file. To do this, simply go to the FILE menu, and select DUPLICATE. Are you with me? Good..let's continue!
THIRD STEP: I personally like to start with my pictures first. You can do papers first if you'd like. Simply drag and drop them onto your template layer. You will be able to see them show up on the sidebar
FOURTH STEP: Simply place the pictures ABOVE the shape you would like to merge.
FIFTH STEP: Once you position your pictures/papers ABOVE the shape you'd like to merge, press ctrl G. Pressing ctrl g will merge the paper to the shape below. This technical term is called a "Clipping Group".SIXTH STEP: You may re-size or move the image after pressing ctrl g to make sure everything is seen in the picture in that particular shape layer.
SEVENTH STEP: Continue adding and merging all papers and pictures. (See Below)
Eighth Step: Once you have finished clipping all papers and pictures, go through all the layers and find each layer that says "Delete Me". Delete them all. (See Below) (Not all templates have the layer that says "Delete Me". So just go though and delete all wording that you don't want on your page).
Ninth Step: Add any text titles, wording, dates, journaling, or word art you would like to apply.Tenth Step: Add any embellishments, brads, clips, etc.
Eleventh Step: Go to LAYER then to MERGE VISIBLE. (Or shift+ ctrl+ e) This will merge all of your layers together. After you merge layers, you won't be able to edit your text or photo layers, so make sure that your beautiful masterpiece is finished before merging!
(I know this isn't anything fancy, but hopefully it'll help you learn a little more about templates and how to use them! Enjoy, and good luck!)Some FABULOUS places to find free digital scrapbooking kits and templates are:
IKEA GODDESS
&
DIGI FREE
Mother's Day Freebie!

To Download my free Mothers Day kit please go
HERE
Password:
mommy
Here is my belated Mothers Day Present from me to you!
Please no hot linking. Thanks!
Free Blog Background

Copy the code from the box below
Log into your Blogger account
Click on the tab that says "Layout"
Click on "Add a Gadget"
Click on "HTML/JavaScript"
Under "Content", paste the code from the box below
Click "Save"
Enjoy your New Blog Background from PiNk IgLoo DeSigNs!
You know you want this free Mothers Day Bling!!!
(Follow the same steps as above, except copy the code below)











