Texture Fun

I went on a walk in this fab park we have, it is full of flowers, fountains and a greenhouse. Last time I was there I took some wonderful pictures of flowers that I used on my cards I make. This time I really got caught up in looking for pictures of textures which I could later use in my designing.

So I thought I would share two of the textures I took and show you what I would do with it. It can been fun even if you aren't a designer to try this for yourself.

I went in and picked a color that I wanted to work with as my starting background.


Now I wanted to get a texture that I would place on top of this --

This texture started off as tree bark which I liked but wanted to try something a bit different with it. So I took the whole picture and scunched it up and then copied and pasted a few times to come up with the texture at the top. I then blended the seams a bit with the blur tool.

Now we are to go to the blending tools as see what we can come up with.

I circled the blending tool so you can see on this one I used "Hard Light". While this is an interesting texture I'm not done playing with this yet. You could lower the opacity to make the texture lighter or leave it like it is. I want to leave it at 100% but I'm going to add another texture on top of this one to show you what you can do.

I love this grungy looking stone texture that I took, so I am going to place this on the layer above the texture we had been working with. Then I am going to go to the blending tools and use the, "Linear Burn" on this texture layer.



Now the paper is getting really interesting but let's play around with the blending tools as I'm not sure I want to leave it like this.



Oh, now I really liked how that turned out and I think I will leave it just like this. I love the grunge look of this paper and ideas are popping in my head for where I could go with designing a kit using this paper.

If you would like to try having some fun with textures I have a few free ones for you. These can be used for personal or commerical use. I hope you enjoy them and have fun creating.


http://www.4shared.com/dir/8132949/1b664335/Free_Textures.html

Dare you to look differently today!

What grabs you most when you are wandering around? Color? Texture? Lines? What is it that you see first?

My eye goes to lines first--shape, pattern, outline--which is probably why I sketch as often as I do. Today I decided to zip around flickr really quickly letting color catch my eye instead. I found myself drawn to bold and bright ones layered together, which totally fits my mood today. My family is off for a day at the carnival and I will be working to capture my day in color!

I dare you to give seeing the world a new way a try today. If you are usually a color person, then swap with me and try looking at the lines in your corner of the world today. Who knows what amazing photos we will all create today!

Here is a favorite color inspiration for me today:

Hey Hey Its Saturday

Well if there is one day in the week when most folks think they have some 'me' time it's Saturday. so come on in, with your tea coffee or coke not forgetting the pepsi fiends among us, and settle down for a little gossip and chat from the scrapping world.




You know Scrapstreet is constantly evolving, the magazine is including new articles, the familiar columns are there along with several new ones and of course everyones favorite the free kit is still available once a month.












This month it is July Jeans designed by Dora Phillips and Michelle Boeckerman. It is a fab mixture of holiday colors just right to inspire layouts for your 4th July photos. Have fun with it. I know Dora and Spinks would just love to see the layouts you make, and you stand a very good chance of having your layout featured in the magazine in the coming months.




Our new designer Scrap Stew Sue has been adding a great deal of variety to the products available from SS store, take a look too at Katey Green of Handmaid Fame's new offerings too. All reasonably priced and just perfect for your next photo album page.
Below is an example of the variety of items ScrapStew Stew brings to ScrapStreet.
Sparkle Pack by ScrapStewSue



Katey Green's Le Mariage




Want to have a bit of a giggle and catch up on life in the Scrapstreet lane? You can't miss the fun and want to join in on the lively Life Lane Topic on the forum boards.




Saturday Night is always a fun night at Scrapstreet. If you enjoy scrapping and chatting online then come along and visit the boards here at Scrapstreet.
So long for now my sweeties.

Welcome to Friday!!!!!!!!

I confess. I am a sketcher. Before I write anything, I jot down a few notes in the margin--an outline of sorts. Before scrapping, I do the same thing. I put at least the basic bones of my layout into a margin. My sketches never seem to have embellishments on them, but they start me off with a shape I can translate into a finished page or two. I jotted this one down on my napkin this morning as I was setting up our neighborhood penny carnival. What inspired me? Their were three picnic tables all in a row in the corner of our park pavilion. I saw this:



And when I got home, I digi-ed it up and then grabbed a couple of pics from today and got right down to playtime. Yes, you read right--I scrapped today's pictures today! Just a couple from my VERY full camera!


1st Taste by Dora Phillips. Model is my darling niece Isabelle who became a big sister yesterday! Kit is Puckered Place my new fave of mine available in our store.


Pimped My Ride by Dora Phillips. Kit is July Jeans free this month in the ScrapStreet store.

What can you do with this sketch? I would love to see! If you make something you would like to share, email me at dora@scrapstreet.com. Happy 4th of July!

I am Thinking Thursday Thoughts.

This is the very first blog post I have ever done! Shocking isn't it? Especially as my kids confessed last week they have blogs!!

So what do I do or say? Hmmm...let me think. Thursday is my day so Thursday Thoughts seems to be as good a title as any. This may be a quote because I love quotes and often find inspiration from them to help with my scrapbooking and design.

Here is a quote for this week for you to think about.................


Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas.
by Elizabeth Murray


I may just be inspired to create something that encompasses this...............want a sneak peek? Part of something called Al Fresco........

All based on this quote! What might you create with that thought in mind? Maybe next week I shall give you a little freebie as well.......?

Wednesday Inspiration - sand in your toes

Since we're off to the beach today (or hope to be, if our weather holds up!), we're inviting you all to come play in the sand! Dig into your sand brushes, actions and textures and go create!

Here are where you can find some freebies:

• Gravel & Sand Photoshop Brushes
• Cracks Photoshop Brushes
• Nature Textures Photoshop Brushes
• Texture #106
• 25 'elements of nature' textures
• 'Beach Type' at Dafont

Need something beachy to create with?

• Eyelets Scraps Designs' Grunge Delight
• Beach SketchesPhotoshop Brushes

Click the sandcastle for a sand action blog freebie from ScrapStreet's Sue Wood!

• Above are a cute pair of sandy footprints made for your scrapbooking use by ScrapStreet's Sue Wood. Please refer to ScrapStreet's terms of use.

waiting for a gift from the sea by Lindsey Krauss. Supplies:
Digital kit: Grunge Delight by ©2008 by Emma Moore / Eyelet’s Scraps for ScrapStreet.com
Font: 2Peas Quirky
Footprints: Sue Wood for ScrapStreet.blogspot.com
Digital editing program: Adobe PhotoShop CS2
Filter: optikVerve

Please feel free to use this sketch for inspiration. Please list ScrapStreet.blogspot Sketch 1 in your supply list.

Fix the Clipboard Bug in Photoshop CS Versions

Quote from MS BlogNews Channel
"For many Photoshop users, there is a horrible bug in Adobe Photoshop that causes the program to stop importing from the clipboard. You’ll be using the software for hours or even days without a problem, and all of a sudden you won’t be able to copy and paste anything into it at all, with your only option to close and re-open Photoshop.
Thank Goodness there is a solution, because this has been driving me nuts! I upgraded to Photoshop CS3 over the weekend, and the bug is ten times worse on CS3 under Vista than ever before."
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It was driving me nuts as well and I couldn't decide if it was my PC, XP, Photoshop CS2, or CS3. After some research it became clear that my version(s) of Adobe Photoshop had this clipboard bug.
Andreas Wivestad has the easy registry fixes on his site for download to repair this bug in Photoshop versions CS, CS2, and CS3. After applying the registry fix from Andreas, my Photoshop was running smooth and trouble free. It's a relief knowing that this bug is now squashed, well at least until the next one comes along.
Contributed by;

Scrap Stew Sue