Snappin’ Sunday: Dark Circles be Gone
I love Photoshop. With a few quick brush strokes, I can be skinny, have perfect skin, the brightest eyes and the whitest teeth. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could brush our flaws away as easily in real life? Today…
Tutorials & Tips
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Snappin’ Sunday: A New Perspective
Snapping pictures of my children is a huge passion in my life, but let’s be honest – sometimes they get tired of it and sometimes I get tired of the same old poses/pictures. One way to add variety to your…
Tips & Tricks: Rounded Corners
Rounded corners. They are a classic look, aren’t they? I don’t think they will ever go out of style. I did it when I paper scrapped to soften up a page, and I continue to use them every now and…
Photography Fun with My Four Hens
Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. I thought I would pop in here this morning to tell you about my favorite photo actions! The amazingly talented and kind Sarah Cornish of My Four Hens Photography…
Tips & Tricks: Font Fun
So tell me, who is LOVIN’ the new fonts in the store by Heather???!!! I love it that The-Lilypad now has our own resident font designer!!! So today’s tip has to do with fonts and a few of the things you…
Have you been hit by Cupids arrow?
With Valentines right around the corner I couldn’t help but think about cupid and his arrows! If you have Photoshop CS or Elements then you can make your own arrows to play with! To find the tool you want you…
Aligning
Today’s tip is all about using your align options in Photoshop. As far as I know all versions of Photoshop (Elements and CS’s) have the align options. Whether you are dragging in elements, alphas seperately, or pictures there are going…
Photographing Food
As I was thinking about what kind of photography related trick I wanted to show to you today, I thought about the countless hours I put in last year photographing food. See, I had this great idea of making a…
Tips and Tricks – Weaving
Claire here and no we are not sewing today. However, this technique will really leave people guessing if it is digital or real. So lets dig in: 1. place your items one on top of the other keeping in mind…
Tips & Tricks – A few Photoshop Shortcuts
I’m all about scrapping efficiently, and I am guessing you are too! Here is a little list of a few of the one key shortcuts that I use all of the time when scrapping. Try them out! Instead of using…
Quickly Brightening an Underexposed Photo
Do you ever find that when you look thru your photos you always have one or two that are underexposed or too dark. Often it is because I didn’t have my camera on the right setting when I took the picture, I adjust and…
Tips and Tricks – Creating PDF
So yesterday I was all set to upload my calendar design onto a site to print (and take advantage of 50%off!) But lo and behold, they did not support .jpegs. (Okay that seems totally crazy to me, but whatcha gonna…