The day after...

all out of love? overwhelmed with Valentines, hearts, red and pink and don't know where to begin? 
Well, I went old-school and did a little research for us. Oh, and all this love is for FREE! Have fun!


digital scrapbook kit:
http://scrapstreet.com/11gss/2febgs/digikit.htm


digital hearts:
heart border:
http://jeanmaries.blogspot.com/2010/01/free-digital-heart-border.html
heart frame digital stamp:
http://rubberstamping.about.com/od/digitalstamps/ss/heart-frame-digital-stamp.htm
digital scrapbooking kit "The Shape of Love":
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/digitalscrapbooking/ig/The-Shape-of-Love/
round heart motif free digital stamp:
http://rubberstamping.about.com/od/digitalstamps/ss/Round-Heart-Motif-Free-Digital-Stamp.htm
graphics for your sweetheart:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/b/2011/02/10/graphics-for-your-sweetheart.htm

heart-themed brushes:
grunge hearts: 
http://www.graphics-illustrations.com/grunge-heart-brushes-photoshop-download
PhotoShop heart brush set:
http://graphicssoft.about.com...photoshop-heart-brush-set.html
Valentine's Day preset collection:
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshopdownloads/ss/sksvalentine.htm
My Vintage Valentine - Free Valentines Photoshop Brush Set:
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tools/brushes.html
Valentine's Day:
http://www.obsidiandawn.com/valentines-day-photoshop-gimp-brushes
Hearts:
http://www.obsidiandawn.com/hearts-photoshop-gimp-brushes
Hearts II:
http://www.obsidiandawn.com/hearts-ii-photoshop-gimp-brushes
Heart Brush Set:
http://www.easyelements.com/free-photoshop-brushes.html#heart
PhotoShop Heart brushes collection:
http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/photoshop-heart-brushes-collection/


fonts:
Fontspace:
http://www.fontspace.com/category/heart
http://www.fontspace.com/category/heart+rate
Fonts4Free:
http://www.fonts4free.net/holiday-valentine-fonts.htm
New Evolution Designs:
http://newevolutiondesigns.com/20-free-heart-font-downloads
Desktop Pub:
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/freefonts/l/bl_ffhearts.htm
Fonts & Things:
http://www.fontsnthings.com/holiday/valentine.shtml
Fontsy:
http://www.fontsy.com/theme_55.html

Create Pantone's Spring Fashion Colors Swatch

Pantone's fashion color palette for Spring '09 would translate so well in Digital Scrapping, don't you think? Use your eye dropper tool in Photoshop to create a swatch from the colors above. Be sure to click on the image for a larger image.

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Each season, Pantone surveys designers showing at New York Fashion Week to collect feedback on prominent collection colors, color inspiration, color philosophy and each designer's signature shade. The result is the Pantone Fashion Color Report, which this season reveals a colorful, optimistic Spring 2009 filled with vibrant pops of color set against deeper, translucent neutral tones.

Blue & purple lead the top 10 hues for spring '09, rounded out by lush greens which evoke a sense of renewal and a fresh start. Sophisticated neutrals ground the overall palette, providing visual stability in an economic climate that is anything. "New York's fashion designers encourage hopeful attitudes with lively colors, while sophisticated, grounded hues address the need for stability in times of economic uncertainty," explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute.

The Top 10 Spring 2009 colors for women are:

PANTONE 18-4043 Palace Blue 

PANTONE 15-3817 Lavender

PANTONE 14-0754 Super Lemon 

PANTONE 15-1626 Salmon Rose

PANTONE 18-2328 Fuchsia Red

PANTONE 14-1307 Rose Dust

PANTONE 16-5804 Slate Gray

PANTONE 16-6339 Vibrant Green

PANTONE 16-0435 Dark Citron

PANTONE 14-5714 Lucite Green

source:

http://www.fashiontribes.typepad.com/

Wednesday Inspiration - it's apple pickin' season!

One of my favorite times (and photos) of the year, for sure! Since I'm not sure we're going to get to go this year, I'm considering taking the kids and husband to the grocery store and taking pictures of them "picking" apples out of the bins. What? I gotta have my Autumn apple pics!

Gonna have to get a little fruity... searching for specifics 'apple digital' brings up too many computers and Jennifer Apples! Even FRUIT brings up a few designers - this week harder than I thought!

Brushes:

Obsidian Dawn - School Dayz

Brushes.500ml.org - Fruit Labels #1

Brushes.500ml.org - Fruit Labels #2

Brushes.500ml.org - Fruit Labels #3
deviantART - Fruit Brushes

deviantART - Apple Brushes (link may not work)

ScrapGirls - ScrapSimple Shapes: Fruit

Other art:

LowCountryScrappers: Wooden apple or Wooden apple

Fonts:

graphicssoft.about.com: "The lower case 'i' in the dingbat 'Fazings1' is an apple."

Summer's Apples Font by SummerNytz - FONT

APPLE Font by Flop Design - FONT

Titles:

A is for Apple

An Apple A Day

Apple Of My Eye

Apple Pickin'

Apple Pie

Bobbin'

Bushels Of Fun

Freebie:

Care to try my funky glass apple? Go ahead, copy it right off the blog. :)

I'm soooo in the mood for an Appletini...

Here is my apple layout for the day:

And please enjoy my sketch! Link your page back to here in the comment section, we'd love to see what you've been up to!

digital kit: Harvest Spice from ShabbyPrincess.com, Fonts: 2Peas.

Brushes Away

Thursday already! Where do the days go to? I know some of you have been wondering about the Boys Toys Elements from the All At Sea kit that Sue Woods has done. They will be posted as soon as she is well enough. Poor Sue has been in bed with flu and a throat infection for over a week.



I am a hoarder you know. Especially of Photoshop brushes. I have several gigabytes of them on my hard drives and I cannot possibly have used a tenth of them! Yet I still collect them free or bought. Sound familiar?



So with brushes in mind, here is another little freebie for you all. Suitable for personal or commercial use - they are ideal for making textures or patterns on papers and small tag type elements.





Based on some very old French drawings, I scanned them as best I could given they are crumbling away and created some little brushes. Not big brushes, but pretty little florals that you can colour in and change the blend modes for a variety of looks. I have included them as a PNG for those who do not use Photoshop or where the brush won't work in your version. There is also a coloured version of one so you can see how they look filled in.



Find them bundled up in store in the $1 spot - never know what bargains you will find!

Thursday Birthday Thoughts

Well if you have been reading the homepage of ScrapStreet you will know that ScrapStreet is turning 3 on 15th September. A noteable date for me - it is my "ex" wedding anniversary, is the day before my son's 13th birthday, is the birthday of a dear "old" friend back in UK, is a couple of days away from my parents wedding anniversary and was the day of the Battle Of Britain. Oh and not forgetting it is our beloved Dora's birthday month as well!!

So to celebrate in style I am cooking up some sweet treats for you all. I don't tend to do Commercial Use stuff, but that is out of the window this month. Stay tuned to the blog as I will pop freebies here there and everywhere, all of them available for personal or commercial use! Just don't share the link please, come here for your goodies!


How's that for a great birthday celebration? To get us rolling along here is the first freebie, some cupcakes I did for a challenge in the ScrapStreet Anniversary party that is going on in the Town Square forum. Add colours, styles etc to these and you will have yourself a fun set of cupcakes!

I will leave these birthday goodies around for a while and then package them up to go into the digi $ spot in the ScrapStreet Store, so be sure to check back often this month if you want them for free.

Link has expired, but see them in the $1 spot in store!