I just finished this new frame set for the shop, and just a reminder that today is the LAST day to get EVERYTHING in my shop for $.99! Click on the image below to download the set.
How to Add Text to a Blank Header
June 30, 2011 1 Comment
In this tutorial, I am going to use, Sumo Paint a FREE Online Photo Editor (no download or registration required). You could also use Pixlr (a very similar editor), I chose to use Sumo for this particular Tutorial, because I was having troubles rotating the font in Pixlr.
The next thing you need is a blank Header. You can get the header below FREE over at my shop :) Click here to get it! **No need to “Add to Cart” and sign up, just click on the “Free Download” link.
1. After you have gone to Sumo Paint, you need to open your blank header.
2. Next, Create a New Layer on the bottom left of your Layers window.
3. Now you need to use your text tool, and type what you want. *I am only typing my first line, I like to type each line in different layers so that I can have more control about where each line is placed.
4. Make sure that you change your font, size and color before you finish editing your text (for some reason, Sumo Paint doesn’t let you re-edit your text later, it is kind of annoying really…. Pixlr will let you, but they also have some really funny glitches with their text tool too.) Here are the settings that I went with:
5. Next I used the Selection tool to leave the text editing, and I went to Edit > Free Transform.
6. Then use the corners to rotate the text to your liking.
7. Then I simply repeated steps 2 – 6 for the second line of text.
8. Lastly, I saved the file as a PNG.
And there you have it!
Make Cute Vintage Frames for Pictures on your Sidebar, using Photoshop!
January 18, 2011 4 Comments
I love this technique, because it is so cute, and sooo easy :) First off, I picked up a FREE vintage frame Clip Art from The Graphics Fairy. Her site is FABULOUS!
Next, I opened it up in Photoshop and re-sized it to fit in my sidebar.
I did it at 300px wide, but you may want to do it at a different size depending on how large your sidebar is.
Now, double-click on your “Background” layer, and click OK.
Then, grab your Magic Wand Tool.
With your Magic Wand Tool, simply click on the center of your frame, to select the white inside the frame. Then hit the delete key on your keyboard to delete the center of the frame (now it should be transparent inside your frame).
Then, open the image of your choice.
Drag it onto your frame file, and size it down so that it completely covers the transparent area on your frame.
Now Drag your image layer so that it is below your frame layer, like so…
Now it should look something like this, feel free to add text like I have, or not :)
Then, do a File > Save for Web.
I saved mine as a PNG, but you could also save it as a JPEG if you like.
That’s it!
FREEBIE: Swirly Frames – Free for Commercial Use
September 15, 2010 13 Comments
I really wanted to kick off this new blog with a Super Cute Freebie! This pack includes 2 Swirly frames that are perfect for Headers, buttons, photo frames, digital scrapbooking, and more!! The zipped file includes PNG files, and an editable EPS Vector file. They are free for commercial and personal use. Files are NOT to be sold as is. They MAY be used to create items to be sold, but may NOT be sold by itself in it’s original form. I do very much appreciate a link back and/or credit, but it is not required. I hope you enjoy, please leave a comment if you like the download, THANKS!!
