Posted by gram210 on July 2, 2009
Explorer Camping Free Mini Kit
When my daughters were little I occassionally took them camping. They were city girls and their knowledge of hiking and exploring were limited. While camping at Palomar Mtn. in California we sat in on one of the fireside chats with the local park ranger. He told us a true story about a young boy who had gotten lost in the woods in the winter time and had frozen to death. The father went to search for him and also lost his way and froze too. We were camping in the summer and it was well over 90 degrees.
The next day we were hiking down a trail and I’m the kind of person that likes to wander off away from the path. One of my daughters looked at me tearfully and said, "we want to get back on the trail so we don’t get lost and freeze to death."
Another camping trip I was gleefully tramping through the woods and I told my daughters that I was Joe Trailblazer and the reply was, "Does that mean that we’re little travel trailers?"
Camping is always an adventure for me. Making this scrapbook kit has taken a lot longer because I had to stop and smell the wild roses, pick raspberries and get purple fingers. I got to feed the mosquitoes, listen to rain on the roof, smell burning wood, race the dog with my bike, watch hummingbirds, turkeys, raccoons, gopher and deer from different vantage points. Along the bike paths I picked up an osprey feather, photographed a blue heron, looked at a catfish that a young fellow had caught, photographed a centipede, and a snake and frog at the Nature Center.
A trip to the General Store yielded ice cream and an opportunity to photograph a dragonfly. Don’t know what kind it is and if you know then let me know.
Happy Campers when you get ready to start your new page, go ahead and add some leaves, feathers and put your memories on to a page that says, "I love camping," with a camping kit from http://www.alittledigital.com.
Not included is a woodsey alphabet that you might like.
To see the complete kit click on this link: Explorer Camping Kit
URL to Free Camping Mini Kit
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Posted by gram210 on June 21, 2009
Watermelon Picnic Digital Scrapbooking Kit
Just in time for the Fourth of July, Independence Day or extended weekend. Set your table with one of these tablecloths.
This picnic kit has been completely updated to 300 ppi. It comes with 5 tablecloths (I mean papers). 2 watermelon photo frames, 2 plate frames, 1 picnic basket and watermelon slices cut to embellish your reunion or backyard get together. Kit also come with a red and yellow alphabet. To get to the picnic kit just click on the photo above.
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Posted by gram210 on June 8, 2009
Western fans and horse lovers, here’s a digital scrapbooking kit that will have all you mustangs, pintos, thouroughbreds and paints bursting out of the corral and chomping at the bit to try out these new digital goodies right out the feed bag.
For a limited time download a free mini kit of the: Champion Horse Mini Digital Scrapbooking Kit
You must see the whole kit to appreciate all the bits and pieces.
For the complete kit go to: Champion Horse Digital Scrapbooking Kit
Champion Horse Digital Scrapbooking Kit. Gee, this kit has so many elements and papers that I had to fit it on to two pages to display it all. This kit will Trigger your love of horses. This painted variety includes tack, horse groomers, oats, horse shoes, a bit, a spur, saddles, horse feathers and more. Whoa! Hold on their little dogie.
There’s papers 12×12 at 300ppi adding up to 15. These papers are totally unique. Two are made using sisal twine, 4 are paisley bandanas, 1 is made from bales of hay, there’s a blue and white horse blanket, 5 are using a design that I pulled off a cowboy shirt and my very favorite are the two that started out as pony tail elastic hair bands. You’ll be winnying once you take a look at what’s in this corral to take out for a gallop.
Black Beauty will be ready to giddy up with a British saddle or Western saddle. Several lariats to rope your little Palomino or a nice brush to smooth those horse feathers. Huh! There’s no such thing as horse feathers.
Silver sheriff star for the Mustang rider, belt buckles, cowboy hats and boots, reins, wooden sign, bolo tie with silver saddle, silhouettes of two horses and 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place ribbons for the winning Champion.
There are several unique photo frames one made with oats, the other using a cowboy design, plus a fence to use as a photo frame and two ropes.
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Posted by gram210 on May 26, 2009
Wedding Digital Kit Freebie.
I finally finished making this Wedding Kit. First I had to make a trip to Fernwood Botanical Garden to visualize an outdoor wedding. I anticipated flowers of every genre and was pleasantly surprised with what blooms in May. The wildflowers panorama was breathtaking and the trees with balls of white flowers captivating. And the cafe served mouth watering sandwiches and strawberry torte. The gift shop had real handmade gifts and not the "made in China" stuff. I definitely recommend visiting the gardens if you’re in Southwest Michigan. I was able to use one of the photos as a background for my kit (not shown here). The weather was perfect and I’m the kind of person that likes to pick up seeds and hope that I am rewarded with a beautiful tree.
This Wedding Kit could be called "I Love You, Lover’s Lane, Happy Anniversary, or Honeymoon." This lovely romantic kit is perfect to express the beauty of a new relationship, an anniversary or just to say "I Love You" to your sweetie. All art saved JPG, PNG, 300 ppi. Complete kit comes with 12 papers, 4 lace garter photo frames, 3 romantic scenes, 1 red rose, word art Wedding Memories, Happy Anniversary, 1 heart, a set of love birds (cockatiels). Comes with instructions on how to turn your art to gray and match the color of your choice. Also comes with 1 alphabet.
For the complete kit and samples, click on the photo above.
For a limited time download a free mini sample: DOWNLOAD
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Posted by gram210 on May 16, 2009
Eco Friendly Free Digital Scrapbooking Kit
There were no trees chopped down, no toxic emissions produced and no fossil fuels being depleted.
This theme park inspired digital scrapbooking kit was created after I visited Binder Park Zoo in Michigan and I had so much fun taking photos and making the African Digital Scrapbooking Kit that I convinced my husband to take a trip to Florida to visit Busch Gardens. I recreated the signs to make photo frames or places to add titles, the papers are more subtle on the preview. We also went to Hillsborough River State Park where I got photos of palmetto fronds and the branches. The other places I visited were Caladesi Island that was gorgeous but cold for October, later we went to Homosassa Springs. The Wildlife Park is a definite go see for pelicans, alligators, manatee, bulls, flamingos and much more. Definitely take the boat over from the main office, you’ll see alligators, herons, mossed covered trees and more.
For a limited time just click on the photo above and it will take you to the kit. You will have to log in and then check out as a free shopper and download your kit.
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Posted by gram210 on May 3, 2009
Baseball Digital Scrapbooking Kit and Alphabet Freebie
Sports Digital Scrapbooking Kit Baseball. This kit steps up to the plate with things that remind you of being out on the field with the team or to remember a visit to the Big League. From the bleacher seats, the chain link fence and mesh one might have a field day with this one. Comes with 10 papers and 3 overlays. Four photo frames with matching strips, 2 baseball bats, a glove, baseball, 2 alphabets (one in blue the other black), a black silhouette pitcher, baseball all star design. Art saved 300 ppi.
To purchase the whole kit click on the photo above.
To download the FREEBIE click on this link.
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Posted by gram210 on April 20, 2009
Baby Digital Scrapbooking Freebie
I’ve been updating old scrapbook kits and throwing some out. I recently updated the Baby Digital Scrapbooking Kit and added more colors, more elements and more papers. Below is a sample of a few of the papers and elements that you may download for free. If you would like to see samples of the papers used with newborn babies visit my home page and take a peek at the handsome little newborn baby with the revised colors. For a second peek another handsome little newborn baby using blues and yellows.
To see the whole kit click on the photo above.
To download the FREEBIE click on this link.
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MPG4 How to Match Colors Using the Curve Palette in Photoshop
My latest effort was making a tutorial using Windows Media Encoder and capturing the screen. The free program from Microsoft makes a nifty WMV file. I would like to place the video into the blog at A Little Digital but the best I could do at this time was offer it as a link using Quick Time. I downloaded program after program totalling five trying to find one that would give the best results. The last download was from the UK. It was sweet and did everything and more but left a watermark on the page if you didn’t pay for it. If I decide to make more videos I will probably invest in the software AVSVideoConverter from AVS4you.com because it gave me the best results and the best quality. I got the video linked on The Little Digital Blog and if you’d like to see "How to Match Colors in Photoshop Using the Curve Palette" please click on this hyperlink.
And if someone would like to help me out here and tell me what plugin I should use to put videos in the blog document I would greatly appreciate it. Everything I have seen so far, the videos are being linked to YouTube and if that is the way to go, please let me know.
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Posted by gram210 on April 11, 2009
Tulip Flower Photos Free for April
These beautiful tulip photos were taken at the 2008 Tulip Time Festival in Holland, Michigan.
They are being offered for FREE at the below link or click on the photo above.
Coming Soon Dutch Digital Scrapbooking Kit.
I am working on a Dutch Digital Scrapbooking Kit, below is a sample of one of the papers that I have completed using a 17th Century Dutch Tile design.
Thanks for stopping by.
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Posted by gram210 on March 29, 2009
Camouflage Alphabet with Dog Tags
How to create a dashed stroke to an alphabet using Illustrator and fill the letters with Photoshop.
Dashes don’t come out right using Photoshop. You will need to set this up on a page that will accommodate 2.5 to 3 inch letters like 18×18 inches. Using a font like Stencil you type the alphabet out. Then you convert the font to outline. Save the font in a neutral color like yellow. Save the file alpha fill. Next select your type choose nothing for the fill and add a black stroke to your letters, 2 or 3 points using dashes. Set the dashes at 8 and 2 or 3 gap. Set the endpoints to round. Choose the endpoints in the middle of the three choices. Save the file as alpha stroke.
Open a background in Photoshop, then open your alpha fill in Photoshop. Move your alpha fill over your background. Change the background to layer if you haven’t already and place above the alpha. Select the background and then under layer select create clipping mask. Merge visible. Then open your strokes and place over the top of your letters.
Above is the preview of the camouflage alphabet. The letters are a little larger than 2.5 inches. It comes with a layered PSD dog tag that you can just type your name on or a separated PNG file. Also comes with the camouflage background.
Available FREE for a limited time: Download
After expiration you can get this file at: Camouflage Alphabet
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Posted by gram210 on March 23, 2009
If you’re the kind of person that likes to know how things are done below is how I created the Cross Stitch Sampler. If you would like for me to add more How To’s to my blog or if you have a question about how something is done let me know.
HOW TO: To make this cross stitch sampler I used Illustrator. I created a vertical line (1/10") .1 inch with a rounded end and rotated 45 degrees and then -45 degrees to make a cross.
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To make the grid what I did is called a Step and Repeat. In Illustrator you select your object (the X) and then the Enter key and a menu will come up, type in .10 horizontally and then copy. Once you have made the first copy then all you have to do is type Control D on the PC or Command D on the Mac and it will duplicate. You can do step and repeats in Quark, Pagemaker and InDesign also. I repeated the crosses horizontally and then vertically until I had an area bigger than the size of each letter. You will have to scan a pattern to use as a template. Once you have your grid of X’s created then you’ll place it over the pattern and enlarge or reduce the pattern so that it lines up. Select a dominant color and make all the X’s the same color. Then start changing the colors and deleting the X’s until your letter or pattern is done.
Adding texture to the alphabet using Photoshop. The free download includes an effect.jpg that shows the settings used in layers to give the letters an embroidered look. I have also included the style you can use with Photoshop (CS1 and above).
The Cross Stitch Sampler Alphabet is made up of big 3 inch solid colored letters that you can select the color with the eyedropper and change them to suit your project.
I hope you find this Digital Embroidery adds a homespun look to your project and tell everyone you found it at alittledigital.com
For a limited time download a FREE mini sample:
The Cross Stitch Alpha Sampler is a free download for a limited time after the download expires you can get this at:
Cross Stitch Alpha Sampler
Type or copy and paste into your browser:
http://alittledigital.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19&products_id=114
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