• This giveaway is open to anyone who has a blogger blog (or intends to start one)!
• Giveaway begins today, Thursday, April 19th and ends Thursday, April 26th at 5:00PM Central Time.  The winner will be announced once the giveaway has closed.
• One winner will be selected using random.org.
• Please be sure to leave your email or blog address so that you can be contacted if you win!

(Each entry requires a separate comment.)

• Become of follower of Kreated by Kelsey.  Leave a comment on HER post letting her know that you’re following!
• For a second entry, like Kreated by Kelsey on Facebook and leave a comment stating that you did.
• For a third entry, follow Kreated by Kelsey on Twitter and leave a comment stating that you did.

Check out some of Kelsey’s previous work!

Make sure that if you want to enter the giveaway, to leave your comments on Kelsey’s Blog :)

100 Layer Cake

August Empress | Design by The Darling Tree

The Glossarie | Design by Tabitha Emma

Hue & Hum | Design by Twenty Twenty

Design Lotus | Design by The Darling Tree

Lovely

re:frame | Header Design by Oana Befort

Flower Child

The Aquarian Twins | Design by The Darling Tree

Check out some of Kate’s Beautiful portfolio below:

To Enter…

To enter the giveaway, you must do at least one of the following:

1. Follow JSims Design on Twitter
2. Become a fan on Facebook
3. Blog about this giveaway

To enter, fill out her form here. In the textbox put ‘blog makeover’, indicate which platform you are using (Blogger or WordPress) and include which one of the above you did. (If you blogged about it, please include the link). The winners will be chosen by a random draw. Jessica will contact you to let you know if you’ve won, and you will be featured on the home page of her site. The giveaway ends March 7, so hurry and submit your form now!

Once you have been selected, you can fill out the design form, and then she can begin work on your design!

Good luck!

Check out a few of her super cute designs!

We are going to use a FREE online software (no download or registration required, you just use it on the internet). The program is Pixlr.com.

If you want to add vintage effects to your photo, then start here, but if you like the photo the way it is, skip to Step #2.

Step #1: Add Vintage Effects to your photo using Pixlr-O-Matic.
Go to pixlr.com and click on “Retro Vintage Effects” to get into Pixlr-O-Matic.

I had my daughter do the Webcam image, but you can upload any pic from your computer too.

This is what our pic looked like before we made any changes…

I picked the following options as the program took me through each of three steps…

Then I saved it to my computer.

This is the final outcome of my image…

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Step #2: Add your tape strips using the Pixlr Editor, Go back to pixlr.com and click on “Open photo editor”.

Then open the picture that you just edited, or whatever picture that you want to add the tape strips too.

This is the final outcome of my image…

On the top menu bar, click on “Image” and “Canvas Size”.

Then you need to click on the CENTER box, and add an additional 100px to both the height and width of the image.

Now you will need to open your tape strips, (which can be downloaded here)

When your strips are open, you need to select the “Crop Tool”…

…and drag it around the tape strip that you want to use, then hit “Enter” or “Return” on your keyboard to crop it.

Then you are going to need to change to your “Selection” tool (the black arrow)…

…and click and drag the “Layer 0” onto your picture behind it (you may need to move your windows so that you can see the picture behind it).

The tape strip will probably look really huge, just depending on the size of your picture.

So you will need to go to the menu bar, and click on “Edit” and “Free Transform”.

Now you can click on on of the Blue Corner dots, and HOLD DOWN THE SHIFT KEY on your keyboard while you drag it smaller. Make sure to hold down the shift key, so that the tape doesn’t get scrunched funny.

Once you have it the size that you like, you can use the rotate tool by the blue corner dots to rotate the tape.

You can now use the “Selection” tool, to move it and place it where you want it.

Next, if you want more than one strip of tape, you can click on the tape layer, and drag it to the
new layer icon. This will make another tape strip, which you can then move to the spot you
want and you can do an “Edit”, “Free Transform” to rotate it too.

If you want your tape strips to be slightly transparent, like some tapes. You can click on the
layer and then click on the bottom left icon. There you can change the opacity to something
semi-transparent, but you may not even want to do this step :)

You can see the difference here between the 2 strips.

After you change the transparency of the next strip, all there is left is to save it!

There you have it :)

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial!  Below I have posted links to more free tape strips!!

1.  Free Washi Tape Download from Bonjour! Blog

2.  Free Tape Strips by the Pugly Pixel.

3.  Free Clip Art: Tape Strips from the Pugly Pixel.

4.  Free Clip Art: Tape Strips (Solid Sequel) by the Pugly Pixel.

5.  Mint and Mocha + Free Washi Tape Download by Creature Comforts.

6.  Old Sticky Tape Textures + Photoshop Brushes by Fuzzimo.

7.  Free Tape Strips by A is for Ampersand.

8.  Free Tape Strips Part 2 by A is for Ampersand.

9.  All Lace Tape Strips by Sweetly Scrapped.

2.  I am working on a WordPress Blog Design Course, and new WordPress tutorials.  So if you have any suggestions on what you want to know, please share.

3.  Lastly, VERY SOON I will be announcing my brand new site!  So just get excited for that :)

Mega Ribbon Set. Includes: 96 ribbons in Vector (EPS & SVG), and PNG files.

2 Vintage Button Sets + Freebie (Click on the images for pricing and to purchase)

… and the freebie!

To celebrate 2012 Lady Jane Designs has decided to throw an ugliest blog contest.  If you want to start the year off right with a custom design that is as unique as you and your blog then the giveaway is perfect. Your blog does not have to be ugly for you to enter your blog just needs to be in need of a makeover.  How this giveaway works, below you will see Rafflecopter entry form. In order for you to be entered into the giveaway you need to sign up for Lady Jane Designs Newsletter.  There are also additional ways that you can earn entries.  The Giveaway will end on February 1st 2012. At which time five finalists will be randomly chosen.  I will then feature the five finalist and and allow for readers to vote on who they believe deserves the custom blog makeover the most. Voting will end February 12th and a winner will be chosen by the number of votes they receive.

#2:  I have a NEW shop!  Not everything is uploaded yet, and the design is not finished yet, but it works a lot better than the old place.  So check that out here.

Lastly:  With the release of the new shop, I made one of my Seamless Pattern/ Paper packs into a freebie!  So now you can get all 4 “Grid Paper” Seamless Patterns and Papers for free!  Click here to get it!  BTW, it is Free for Personal & Commercial Use too!!!