Try Something New May 12-18/08
This week I want to challenge you to make scrapping papers using Brushes and Dingbats. Shelleyrae has just added a spectacular new Photoshop tutorial to the reference section on making overlays. You must give this one a try. She has referenced some FREE brushes from Stephanie Shimerdla at
Obsidian Dawn: FREE Photoshop Brushes, Patterns, & Tutorials (PS 7, CS, CS2, CS3)
Zee has written a tut for PSP using clipart. You can, however, use dingbats, and the best place I know of for those is dafont.com (I find it useful to print out the page that shows the alphabet with the corresponding digbats on it. That way I can flip through my notebook and easily select the one I want!) Here are some suggestions:
Nature dingbats:
Dingbats > Nature fonts | dafont.com
Animals:
Dingbats > Animals fonts | dafont.com
You might even see some other wonderful possibilities here for your scrapping!! I absolutely love playing with brushes and SR’s tut really gives you some great info! Dingbats are another great resource for you with endless possibilities You could easily convert any dings into brushes to use in Shelleyrae’s tutorial!
Photoshop *PSE**ELEMENT: Creating Overlays
*NEW
*Photoshop**PROGRAM BASIC: Create Your Own Simple Brush
*Program Basic
*PSP** Designing Papers Using ClipArt:
*Element
*PSP** PROGRAM BASIC: Loading, Using and Creating Brushes
*Program Basic
Okay! Lots of fun to be had this week!
1. Select brush set or dingbat/clipart to use.
2. View & practice the tutorial listed above.
3. You can post either your paper or use it in a layout!
4. Post in the
TSN gallery here:
Forum Challenge: Try Something New - My Layouts
5. Come back here & link us up: I don’t want to miss a single layout or paper this week!
6. I will PM you an 8x8 Quick Page from
“A Mother’s Comfort” for all challenges this month!