My whole weekend was spent discovering photoshop. It is definitely my new favorite thing. Finally, I can make my own headers, I can try digital scrapbooking, and I can make my own designs rather than searching the web for them.
In the beginning of the weekend I spent time learning about digital scrapbooking. The Shabby Princess site is all you really need to get started. She has a tutorial that not only tells you how to do your first layout in photoshop, but also has a video where she steps you through each part and you can see what she is doing on the screen. It was amazingly helpful for someone who is brand new to photoshop. On top of that, she has the best digital kits by far.
There were several other places that I found free downloadable digital scrapbooking kits. Many sites offer one or two things for free each week, so it was nice to find several in one spot.
After the tutorials helped me to figure out the basics, I made some beginning layouts and some headers. I really got into the headers, so expect the header to be changing pretty often.
Another new love of mine is the brushes in photoshop. Nothing makes you feel artistic like essentially stamping someone else’s creation all over your layout. My absolute favorite brushes are the Seishido brushes. They are amazing. They remind me of many of the holiday stamps you would see for scrapbooking. Other places I found brushes that I liked are:
Here are the layouts I did this weekend. Love those polka-dots!
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An adoring fan // January 21, 2008 at 11:14 pm
I am often amazed by your many talents. Someday I hope to achieve your level of sheer brilliance.