Comic Style Layout and tutorial link

For a weekly challenge at Scrapbookgraphics I was finally able to finish a comic style layout that I had been playing around with for a while. And I really like the way it turned out:



The really good tutorial that helped doing this page can be found at:

http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2007/09/13/give-your-photos-a-retro-comic-book-effect/

Yes I am kinda busy

I just wanted to leave a line or two here that I'm still alive and kickin' although I couldn't provide any nice freebies lately (I will again, SOON). In my OTHER life (yes, the real one) my husband and me have started looking for our first flat (or house if anything affordable comes up). As we live in a very touristy area the economy crisis didn't have any impact on the real estate market so far. Everything is awfully expensive and there's not that much around to buy anyway. So I spend most of my time going through newspapers and searching real estate homepages ... (Most of you have been there I guess ...)

I really enjoyed scrapping lately (as opposed to "designing") and I found a great page with adorable kits and weekly challenges:

http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/

For a challenge there I also tried my first "altered art" layout. Which is quite different from the type of layouts I normally do. See for yourself:



I promise to be back with some freebies soon!

Get framed!

Okay, it's a bit of a lame title. But I've got something for you and I'm so excited about it that I can't wait until tonight to give it away!

Here is one of those element sets that you'll be using over and over again: Basic bent frames!

And because I like them so much myself, I made SEVEN basic frames. And for your convenience I've added them with shadows, without shadows and in a beige paper version. Isn't that great?

(Preview only shows the white frames with shadows.)

So download them and leave some love if you like them!

http://www.4shared.com/file/111739216/7d12fa81/ILR_Bent_Frames.html

Did I mention that there is more? I also made a layout with these frames that you can download as a layered Photoshop template AND as a quick click (for those with other programms):

http://www.4shared.com/file/111739825/c2a17d2e/ILR_Bent_Frames_Layered_Template_and_QC.html

And here's a quick layout that I did with the template (just to give you an idea). The background paper is from a past SNL kit, the brushes on the paper are from 500ml brushes.

It's been a while but here we go!

May was a very busy month for me, in a very good way. My parents in law came all the way from South Africa to visit us for a bit more than two weeks. Which resulted in extreme-sightseeing here in Austria with a short trip to Italy and two daytrips to Germany. So not much time left for hanging around in front of the computer. I did start making a whole album of their visit, but it's not finished yet.

After they returned home safely I went to Vienna for a week for work (we took part in an exhibition there). It was strenuous but I also had some time to meet up with friends and stroll around the city.

Today I'll have to get out of the house as it's the most beautiful summer day you can imagine, BUT before I do that I still wanted to publish the link to my "Extraordinary Page Kit" (that you can see in the post below).

I gave it away as a freebie at the SNL birthday chat already, but it wasn't downloaded that often. I'm currently working on some more elements that go with the kit (I just love the bright and fun colors).

AND tonight I'll post another freebie, which is just about finished (I always become VERY creative when I ought to do housework :-)).

So have fun with my "Extraordinary Page Kit"!

http://www.4shared.com/file/101117751/13daf1d/Extra_Ordinary_Page_Kit.html

Posting Bonus for Sunday Scrappers Chat

Sunday Scrappers Chat at DSP is running another challenge (deadline: May 10th) and this is my latest fresh and fun kit that you will get as a posting bonus if you do a layout! Voilá my "Extra Ordinary Page Kit":

For more information have a look at the chat's forum:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?p=659456#post659456

The chat is on every Sunday at 3pm DSP time which is 8pm UK time! Lots of very nice people, so just pop in if you have a few minutes! It's one of the few chats that is scheduled conveniently for us European working class scrappers. :-)

All those yesterdays - Freebie kit

I always think it's a shame to design a kit and to stash it away in a drawer shortly afterwards. Therefore I've decided to give away a kit I made a while back for SNL at Digital Scrapbook Place. For those who've never heard of SNL: It's a group of people who started designing their own scrapbooking kits, sharing them with eachother every month, trying to improve their skills.

So here's my "All those yesterdays" kit:


And here's the link for downloading it:

http://www.4shared.com/file/98079651/bc8ffcc2/ILR_All_those_yesterdays.html

Here's a layout that I did with the kit and that I've always really liked:

Springtime and project 365

It's hard to believe that within two weeks it turned from brrr...still snow to 25 degrees in the afternoon: I love spring, always have. When you live in a country where winter might last from November until March you start craving for some sunshine and warmth and for wearing short sleeve T-Shirts. Well, I do. It's on purpose that I didn't mention the smell of cow dung wafting through my window, there has to be SOME downside ...

What's new except that I enjoyed the sun instead of making some freebies? I've got a new mobile phone. And I need to brag about it, because it's not just simply a phone but it's the latest (in Austria anyway) Cyber-shot phone. Which will allow me from now on to take photos anytime anyplace (too much trouble to carry my camera around all the time).

And therefore I've decided I'll try to take part in "Project 365" at DSP:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37829

I think other sites call it PAD - photo a day.

I felt like the first three month of this year passed so quickly. Often enough when someone asks me what I did last weekend I have to think hard before I remember. So I'll try to take one picture at least every single day from now on and then make weekly (or monthly) layouts and post them in the DSP gallery for the project.

So one day I can look at all the small, everyday things - and remember.