Prima Blog Candy

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Are you subscribe to Prima’s blog? If not, check out their Friday giveaway. So many goodies!!!

My presentation went well except that I had no Internet access. It went down right before I clicked on the first link. Then it just went in and out but everytime I needed it, it was down. URGH!!! I had screen shots but a few things I needed to do just had to have Internet. Oh well. People said they got some good info, so that’s good.  I talked about the following:

For my online class I use: Meebo chat for virtual chat sessions/off hours, del.icio.us for my bookmarks, and YouTube for tutorials
For my  work/networking I use: Twitter and subscribed to different groups using my Ning account on top of the blog subscriptions that I follow using Google Reader
Previous items or things I use with my students: Flickr group and Flickr map (check out this map if you haven’t!)
My browser: Flock and Firefox

You can Google if you’re interested in finding out more or visit my work blog for more info. We haven’t had time to start a decent blog but planning on it soon. I have my next session this afternoon. Hopefully I have service then.

Tut: Using Patterns From ColourLovers.com and Freebies

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Before I forget… have you visited Shabby Princess lately? They have a new freebie kit. Check it out, very nice!! Also, Weeds and Wildflowers are having their 1st year anniversary celebration. On their blog they have a mini kit freebie (very nice looking) and it’s only going to be up for 24 hrs. There will be a new giveaway until Sunday, so bookmark them, add them to your rss or subscribe via email. Whatever… but W&W is one of my favorite stores. I’d love to be Gina’s CT/guest {::SMILES}.

Last week I posted some Kuler info and also a one liner on ColourLovers.com. Well, I got to exploring ColourLovers a bit and it’s a really cool place. I found out that it was created way before Kuler and even though Kuler is very nice, CL has a better community and also this thing called patterns. YES, FREE patterns!! This isn’t great new just for digi scrappers, but those who has Photoshop (Elements included), you can create your own background/pattern paper with premade AND free patterns. Once you have your pattern paper, you can either go digital or print it out and use it for your cards, layouts, altered, and more — do whatever you do with pattern paper.

CL isn’t the only place to get patterns. There are many other free ones but this is my newest find and I want to share it with you. Watch the video and see how easy it is to create your own pattern paper from a sample pattern. Keep in mind that if you want bigger patterns, you need a higher ppi pattern sample or in other word a bigger sample. We’ll get to that later. For now, enjoy this.

Tut: Weathering and Antiquing

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This is a super easy technique using your eraser and burning tool. Once you’re done with the process, you’ll have something that will look worn. I did this in Photoshop CS3 but I think any software that has an eraser and burning tool will be able to give you the same effect. I haven’t used this technique in a while but I think I’ll try to do something with it this weekend at my crop. If you want to download the image on the left to use in your layout. Please feel free too. Just use the Creative Commons copyright rules when modifying and sharing.

I have nothing new to tell. M was not too happy when I dropped her off at school. She was crying and clinging on to me. Poor baby. Thank goodness it’s Friday.

Happy Friday everybody! Most likely I’ll check back in on Monday. I need to give my family some attention this weekend {::SMILES}.

TONS of Digi Freebies

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Little Dreamer Design started a designer apprenticeship contest. Each contestant was to submit three paper and three elements. They go through six rounds (I think) before a few winners are announced and allowed to sell at the store. I probably butchered all the details… I didn’t play… didn’t have time to and wouldn’t have the time also to continue if I were selected. ANYWAY… What the contestants submitted are available for download as of today (or maybe yesterday) and from what I could see, there are A LOT of really nice stuff. So go there, create an account if you haven’t done so, and download. The direct link to the apprentice download gallery is here. Go to the regular Freebies section too for more stuff. The image on the right is one of my favorite… and it’s not because it’s got the word “French” in it {::SMILES}

So yes, I have thought of creating stuff and releasing them as freebies but just haven’t had the time… maybe this summer when I don’t have to teach. I have two jobs, my full-time and I teach two online courses during the regular semesters.

Have fun!