Make ur own fancy labels..

Okay, I finally learned how to do this.. All by myself, lol .. I'm just giddy about all the designs I can make.. First of all you will need some designer resources.. I purchased these lovely label masks from Delicious Scraps.. Soo, open up ur Gimp, make a new file at 300px by 225px, and make ur background transparent.. Open up the paper you want to use, I like to use the Rectangle Select Tool to cut out a small part of the paper, copy and paste it into the file. Now copy and paste the label mask into the file.. resize it.. Now click on the mask layer in your layers window, it should be highlighted, now right click on it, and choose 'alfa to selection'.. You will see 'marching ants' around the black mask.. Now click on the paper layer in your layers window..Come over and click on the paper layer in your new file window (working window), click on edit, click copy, click edit again, now click paste. Anchor your floating layer in the layers window, you should see the outlines of the mask in your paper.. Now in the layers window, click on the eye beside your paper layer.. Wowser, do you see your new label?? Now all you have to do is Save it.. I like to 'Save as' and give it a name.. This one is 'Old Rose layered label'.. I hope this opens up a whole new world for your scrapping pleasure..

Enjoy your day..

Make ur own sidebar labels...

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Would you like to dress up ur blog with sidebar labels? Well, I hope I have just made it a bit easier for ya'll to do just that.. To use these labels, just right click on the one you like and save it to ur computer..Then take it to photoshopexpress.com and add ur text to it..Or if ya'll would like to make ur very own sidebar labels, here are a few tips I learned along the way...Start off with a new file at 220 pixels wide by 150 pixels high..and give it a transparent background..Now find the digi kit on ur computer with the label you want to use..Copy and paste it in the new file..Scale it to size.. enhance it 51 %..add a shadow to it..Now click on each layer in ur layers window, one at a time and the layer turns blue, now right click, click on layer, transparency, add to selection..Do this step with each and every layer to get full transparency ( or you will have a white background, not pretty..) Now you are ready to save it as a .png  ..(this is a must...Save as .png) To use it, upload to ur favorite photo sharing site to get the html code.. I like tinypic.com...You can also use photoshopepress.com or photobucket.com ... Enjoy ur labels...

Frame template for blog pictures...

Have ya seen ppl post their pics with a frame and wondered 'How did they do that'? Well I just learned how to do that and I want to share it with ya'll.. Ready? Fire up ur Gimp.. Open up a new file with transparent background..Cowgirl's pic is 350 x 350 pixels.  Make ur file the size you want ur pic to be..Now open the frame you want to use , copy and paste it into the new file.. Make sure the frame fills the edges of the file..I like to sharpen it up a bit. Now make this layer transparent by clicking on Layer, Transparency, Add to Selection..Rename it...Now save it as a .png on ur computer..(I named mine blog frame.png )  You have just made a template..Now when you want to use it, go to Gimp, open it up, copy and paste it, add ur picture behind the frame, then you can add some text or not..Save it, rename it as a .png, to ur computer...Now you have it all ready to post on ur blog...Easy, yes? Hope so.. Let me know if this worked for you too..I'm excited to see ur frames..and ur new blog posts..hehe... Happy Gimp Scrappin'...

Blog Tabs

Hey y'all...I learned how to make these cute tabs to use as labels on your blogs... I made these at 300 pixels by 200 pixels with a transparent background. Copy and paste your elements just the way you want them, now add Text in the color you like ... Save as .png ...Upload to photobucket to get the codes you need to add to your blog... Wooo Hooo !!! Tabs for everybody....

Happy Gimp Scrappin'.....

UPDATE; I found that I missed a step and that is why I have a white background on the tab...
Here is what I did...When I added new layers to this tab, I made them a transparent layer...Go to layer ~ Transparency ~ Add to Selection...you will see 'marching ants' around the element you just added.. Remember that every layer must be transparent..Then save as .png...
Hope this helps...
Cat..

Artist Trading Cards

Make these at 750 pixels by 1050 pixels. ( the atc in the center was made at 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches, and look at the different size it came out as ) Fill them up with stuff all about you or the person you are making one for...Save it as .jpg on your computer...Print them up (cardstock..hmmm..) and trade them with your friends and family...This is not a new idea...People (artists) have been making these cards for a century or longer and some are now collector items...So, wanna trade?

Happy Gimp scrappin'....

Blinkies...

I learned how to make blinkies...woo hoo...Blinkies for everybody !!! For this one I used 4 pictures.. Open up Gimp and make a new file.(for this pic blinkie, I made it 3inchs by 3 inches) The ones we see on blog pages are 300 pixels by 100 pixels..Open up what you want to use in your blinkie. Once you have it just the way you want it, in your layers window click on one layer at a time and duplicate it 6 times ( the more duplicates you have, the longer it 'blinks' ) Now in your layers window you will have pasted layers and the one on the very bottom is a background layer.Right Click on the pasted layer above the background layer, a new window will open, click on merge down, the 2 layers will become one layer. (if you miss this step, your blinkie will have a blank white layer in it. not pretty..ask me how i know this.lol.) Now in your blinkie window, click on filter, then move your curser on animation, click on Optimize for GIF...a new window pops up with your blinkie in it, click on filter, go to animation, click on playback..A new window opens up, click on play.. This is what your blinkie looks like..close this window, you now have 2 windows with blinkies in them, notice one has all the dup layers in it ( top of window says 14 layers) the other window has 3 layers in it, in this window click on file, save as, give your blinkie a name that ends with .gif..,a new window will pop up, Export File, click on save as animation, click export. then save to your computer.. I then uploaded my blinkie to photobucket and got a html code to post it on my blog... Hope this helps with making your own blinkies..I can hardly wait to see what y'all make.. So get busy and send me your blinkies.....

Happy Gimp scrappin'...

Cat

Picture with a mask

Isn't this cool? This is a picture I took of hydrangea blooms. I took it over to Gimp and used a mask with it. Click here for the tutorial ....'How to use photo masks in Gimp'...by Mo...

Happy Gimp Scrappin'...

Look what I did with this picture...

This is a picture of the house our son and his little family just moved into..The idea here was to make a card to send out to family and friends to inform them of the new address.. Now I have the front of the card made, I have to decide if I want to have a card that folds, with this picture on the front and white on the back, or just have this front be all there is to it, and write on the back of it , then into the envelope...hmmm...I think I like having the inside back of the card to write on..

This was alot of fun to play around with using the Gimp and a tutorial I found on youtube. ( Look for it posted at the top of this page.)..This one really got my creative juices flowing and thinking about making all kinds of cards, birthdays and oh yeah, Christmas...I should get started on that right away to have them ready to sent out...lol...must scheldule some photo shoots with the granbabies.. And learn more about the Gimp...

Happy scrappin...