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Photo Templates » Kerri Bradford Studio. Daisymaebelle. You may have seen the great 3 tiered tray from Uncommon Designs.

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Copy Cat 3 Tiered Stand. I don't know if you caught the 3 tiered stand from The Crafting Chicks or not . . . but from the moment I spotted it, I was head over heels in love!

Copy Cat 3 Tiered Stand

I have been completely obsessed with finding old pie pans at the thrift store . . . and to be honest, after months of searching, I had all but given up. Much to my delight, however, a couple weeks ago I ran across- not one . . . or two . . . but FOUR old pie pans all in the same spot. (It's a shame you weren't there to dance and sing with Ross and I when we found them.) Immediately, I painted the old wooden candle holders (I'd been hoarding for months) and glued them to my precious pie pans. 3 tiered tray tutorial. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

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Get the latest posts delivered straight to your inbox for free! Thanks for visiting! A few days a go i showed you my kids’ bathroom redo, and showed a quick picture of this little project. i can’t take credit for this idea or even completing this project – it was all my parents. well, i supervised and took pictures and gave my opinions, but really it was all them. yes, you can be jealous. they are awesome. my mom is a thrifter and i am the beneficiary of that occaisionally. she found three perfectly sized cake pans and we bought a threaded rod and cap nuts and jam nuts. we had to start by finding the center of our circle. i’m sure there’s a mathematical way of doing that, but we had our own ideas… we (my mom) traced the base of the pan with a pencil and cut it out then folded the circle into quarters. the tip of our circle would be the center of the pan! When we screwed the nuts tight it help the pan securely. A Vegas Girl at Heart: Freebie Friday: 3x4 Layered Photo Template & A Photoshop Elements Tutorial.

This freebie is for those of you with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.

A Vegas Girl at Heart: Freebie Friday: 3x4 Layered Photo Template & A Photoshop Elements Tutorial

This is a layered PSD file. It's completely customizable - you can add your photo, change the colors and the font, as well as the text on the arrow and in the journaling box. Click here to grab it. To add your photo, here's a brief tutorial in Photoshop Elements 9 (on a Mac). Open the template and your photo. Now drag your photo onto the template, and bring it above the layer that says "place photo above this layer.

" Next, hit "command" + "G" (should be "control" + "G" on a PC) to group the two layers. Now you need to resize your photo so it fits in the space provided. Resize by dragging in the corners until you're satisfied with the result. Click the check box when finished.

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How to Make Your Own Journal Cards. Basics: Recoloring, Adding To A Photo, Loading Brushes. Printing Two 3×4 Images On A 4×6 [Video] Recoloring Elements in PS + PSE on Vimeo. Patterned transparency tutorial. In this Project Life spread, I decided to create my own transparencies using the digital stamp brushes.

patterned transparency tutorial

They’re quick and easy to create and they’re fun to use. Click here to download this tutorial as a PDF. (supplies : Roller Rink Main Scrapbook Kit, Rainbow Kneesocks add on, Crack the Whip add on, Roller Rink Digital StampBrushes, Roller Rink Card Kit Stamp Brushes, Roller Rink Printable #1, Stencil Tags, Honey Bee Scissors, Glue Glider Pro) December Daily 2011. Welcome to December Daily™ 2011 | Day Three.

December Daily 2011

Remember back on my Hello December post I suggested not getting hung up on exactly what day something happened? Here’s an example of that for me today. These photos are from the last couple of days. That’s good enough for me! How to print on journaling cards. After I posted a project life update earlier this week, a couple of you asked for a quick tutorial on how-to print text on Becky Higgin’s Project Life journaling cards, so here it is. 1.

how to print on journaling cards

START in photoshop by creating a rectangular shape in the size of the 3×4 journaling card (the actual dimensions in my photoshop file are 2.8 x 3.8 – now also includes the new 2012 size 2.9 x 4). You can download the psd file, available in both letter and A4 sizes, HERE. How to Brighten a Dark Subject on a Light Background. If you’ve ever tried to take a picture of anything against a bright background, no doubt you’ve run into this problem.

How to Brighten a Dark Subject on a Light Background

Either the background is just right but your subject is TOO DARK, or your subject is fine, but the background is TOO BRIGHT. It’s hard to take pictures in this tricky lighting situation because either way, one of them is just not going to look right! This can happen when trying to achieve the bokeh effect in front of the Christmas tree, taking pictures in the snow, or any number of other tricky lighting situations. Of course, taking pictures in perfect lighting is always ideal, but unfortunately not always an option.

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