Tut: Rounded Corners in Photoshop

Posted on | October 6, 2009 | 6 Comments

Wow, it’s been awhile since I made a video tutorial, huh? Well, today I made three! I was suppose to just work half a day and then work out but uhm… I got lazy and so did the work half day but ended up sitting on my comfy chair and made three tuts. Here’s one… I still need to edit the two.

With this method you can use it to pretty up your background paper, make a small tag, or create a banner for your blog. Lots of stuff! I can’t remember if Gimp or Elements have something similar but you can always look.

I {Heart} You

Posted on | September 29, 2009 | 11 Comments

Here’s a little Bam Pop that I’ve been hoarding for over a year. I thought it’s about time to use this little guy and paper. It’s a super fast card… another one I whipped out. Seems like that’s my style lately {::SMILES}.

Just a quickie post for tonight. I also want to share this video tut that I made at work last week. It’s a little Word 2007 tip. I’m going to start doing a tip of the day type of videos for work… we’ll see how long that’ll last… that I’ll be posting on my work blog. I did create my very first online training tutorial (a whooping 35 min!) and people seem to like it. I’ll be doing more of that for work the next few months… trying to leave a little piece of me behind he he he…

Google Reader + Blog Candy

Posted on | September 3, 2009 | 10 Comments

NOTE: This is a sticky. Please scroll down to the next post for my newest entry!

Hi readers! Before I get to the blog candy, I want to write this…

I’ve been a bit slow in updating my blog. Reason being: Just very little time since I went back to work. Besides my full-time job I am also an adjunct for the university where I work at and this semester I am also taking a photography class. Ok, I’m not doing it for a grade but I do want to learn the material and try to read my text books at least every Sunday evening (the night before the quiz, ha!).

Initially I started this blog to share my crafty stuff. I actually had other blogs that I update. But I got lazy with the other blogs and this one is just so much fun to keep up. Then I started making blog friends too and the blogging thing became more exciting. In all honestly I didn’t think anybody would want to look at my stuff or read what I write. But I actually do have people subscribed to this blog and I kind of feel bad that I haven’t been posting as regularly or worst yet I haven’t been visiting my friends’ blogs as frequently!!

The other day I made this video. It’s meant for work and my class but I thought I’d share here too. Since I’ve been random at posting and it’d suck if you click or type my web addy and there’s no new post I suggest that you use this method of keeping up with my blog and others too. If you’re still using email subscription and you love it, that’s fine, but subscribing through the RSS feed and using a reader, like Google Reader, will be so much easier (cleans up your mailbox too). If you’re already using Google Reader, that’s great. Maybe the video will show you a bit more about it. Keep in mind though that there are many RSS readers out there (if you use Outlook, you can use Outlook for your RSS reader for example). Google’s just my favorite cause I already have a Google account and I love using iGoogle as my homepage.

Another good way, if you are just bored and want to know what the heck is going on with Savitri’s life, you can follow me on Twitter. I’ve been Tweeting since before Twitter became huge. I don’t know what happened there… great marketing? Who knows but I do use it everyday. When I started Tweeting I only Tweet work stuff but since I went on maternity I’ve been a bit more random and personal. I figured why not.

The giveaway… share with me one little/big thing that you did to help somebody recently and you’ll be eligable to win $25 to spend at Tina aka’s Travelingmama’s new Etsy store. There are tons of wonderful stuff there and all profit goes to a wonderful cause which you can read in her store or her blog. Share this candy by posting it on your blog and be eligible to win some extra goodies that I will snail mail you (ribbons, buttons, paper, chipboard, all that good stuff). Just include the direct link to your post in the comment! One more… tell me that you’ve subscribed to my blog either via email, a reader, bookmark, blogroll, whatever, let me know (I’m just curious) and I’ll throw in more goodies for you. There you go (pics of the goodies to come). You have one chance to win up to THREE things from me. You have until Sept. 10, noon Central U.S.A. time, to comment and be eligible to win. Good luck!

Alright, have a great day and I hope I’ll be able to get into the swing of things again and craft regularly -- I really want to sew more! Oh, I added this plug-in for the comment portion and so even though you’ve commented before, if this is the first since I installed Intense Debate, your comment will be moderated first before it post.

Tut: Printing Digital Images in Word

Posted on | April 20, 2009 | 7 Comments

Note: For a better view, you might want to watch it directly on YouTube. It’s just bigger than my blog screen.

You don’t need to have Photoshop or any fancy graphic editor to try hybrid card making/scrapbooking. Word is good enough. Here’s a little tut to help you get started. Oh, I print with a regular Canon (I got it free with my Mac) color printer and on regular card stock. I usually use the card stock from Office Depot/WalMart. They’re 110lbs paper but they fit my printer better than the SU/PaperTrey ones (the PTI paper’s a bit thicker than SU’s). I’ve printed on laser printer too. More vibrant but besides that, any color printer will do. For images where I color (like clip-arts), I just use my regular laser (old) b&w printer. Enjoy!!

If you want some free image editors though, you can try out:

Installed:

Online:

Some hybrid samples:

Tut: Scor-It + Bunny Ears Ribbon Tieing

Posted on | April 6, 2009 | 16 Comments

Here’s this week’s project for 2S4Y based on Laura’s sketch #23. This week’s sponsor is Scor-It! Love my It!!! To see how I created the above, check out the video below.

NOTE: There’s no music in this tut. Been fighting with my video editor and got tired. One day I’ll add music to it but not today. Also, I blame it on preggo brain, I have no idea what I was saying in the video… when I did talk… I think I called this thing a card or a box or something… just ignore me and watch the video only {::SMILES}.

Enjoy!!!