Monday's Musings

Im lovin' the color mustard or anything that is bright and shiny. Its very uplifting, fresh and just plain happy. Here is what I found around the world wide web that caught my eye.

I love this site. When I opened it, its very welcoming. I love their tag "special things for nice people", too cute and I love the bunting! You have to love buntings, you know? :)
~room 6~

Giving and receiving gifts that is just beautifully wrapped is so nice.
~Lora Jean's Magazine~

Bunting again! Love Love Love the sewn cards!
~moonmum~

Sugary sweet honeycomb art print to brighten one's room.
~the spotted sparrow~

This vintage phone reminds me of the old days when we didn't have telephones yet in our place. I think I was already 16 yrs. old when we got phone lines. I have to walk 15 minutes to go to a payphone then sometimes wait because there is a long line. Wow, I don't know how I survived those days.
~anthropolgie~

Walking at the beach with this bag...
~digiacomo~

Going to the mall with this dress...
~anthropologie~

I don't know where to wear this but it looks romantic on a lunch date!
~Miss Betty Lou~

What are your musings for today?

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This makes me HAPPY

This Makes me Happy...

-when I have 8 hours of sleep

-when I have time to design

-when I get nice pictures of Fei and Nico

-a long bath

-when I get home early

-healthy kids

-sales!

-a nice complete family picture!

AND when I get to scrap :)

at the moment page 1&2

credits:

Time Capsule by One Little Bird at Oscraps

this makes me happy page 1&2

credits:

The Open Road Kit and Apothecary Frames by Paislee Press at Oscraps

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a birthday and a haircut

Last week was hubby's birthday. Im supposed to bake a cake but after the disastrous NO BAKE Blueberry Cheesecake... I know. How could I mess it up? Its no bake already! Well, its because I'm very talented. Period. So, I decided to just just buy one and it was a good decision made. We celebrated it at home. Its just us, the TV, Fei's ramblings and Nico's babbling. It was a lazy, sleepy Friday afternoon. I LOVE it! After a short nap we went to the park and took some pictures...

...and then went to the mall and had Nico's first haircut. The moment I sat him on the chair he cried his heart out. Even Barney can't make him stop. The lady who cut his hair was very nice and very quick. She was used to it she said. Within five minutes it was done and Im a happy mama because no more crying from my little Coco and it's another milestone! So, goodbye to the Bieberish hair (I will miss you) and see you after a few months :) Of course I took some of Nico's hair and kept it with Fei's first hair cut too.

 Then my promise for Fei, a carousel ride!

Have a great day, everyone!

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Happy Birthday Oscraps!

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im looking for

Hi Michels! I don't know if you have emailed me before about your prize (Guilty Pleasures kit) As far as I know I didn't receive your email although I remembered deleting one email with a subject "hello," and I was scared that it was a virus email. If you can send me your email (again) so I can send you your prize. :)

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Photoshop Tutorial

A Quick Photoshop Tutorial about Blending Modes

Level: Beginners

I have discovered about blending modes more than a year after I started designing. It was mind blowing for me because I didn't know that it existed. Even my scrapping style has changed. Before, what I will do is change the opacity of my object to have a little transparency. It was okay but it looked flat. I was looking for more. So, today, I will show you the blending modes that are frequently used when scrapping. These are Multiply, Screen, Overlay and Soft Light.

You can download the things that we will need here. It consists of a paper and an element.

Are you ready? Let's start!

 

The Blending Modes is located at the upper left corner of your Layer tabs. It is in its default mode "Normal"

1. Open a new document.

2. Open also the paper and element freebie for this tutorial.

3. Drag the paper first on to your new document and then your element. Your paper will be automatically named as Layer 1 and on top of it is the element as Layer 2.

4. Just for easy reference I renamed Layer 1 to 'Paper' and Layer 2 to 'Element'. If you want to do this too, just right click on the layer that you want to rename and click 'Layer Properties'. A new window will open and you can now specify a new name for your layer.

5. You have to be on your 'Element' layer so you need to click on the layer 'Element'. Then click on the little arrow right beside the text 'Normal'. You will now see a drop down menu listing all the different Blending Modes. Just click on Overlay and....

Tadaaaa!!! You just blended your element to your paper. Its pretty easy and very quick huh? Now, you can experiment on the other blending modes. You can also play with the opacity and even duplicate or resize your element and move it around for different effects.

Basically we are finish with the quick tutorial. But if you want to learn what is the difference of Multiply, Screen, Overlay and Soft Light, please read further...

As you can see, when you click on the little arrow beside 'Normal' you will see all the list of the Blending Modes and they are grouped into six:

For this tutorial we will only tackle the ones that are most widely used in scrapping.

Darkening Modes

The Darkening Modes makes your object appear darker. In this group, I use Multiply the most. What it does is it multiplies the dark areas twice producing a darker image and the light areas unchanged.

Lightening Modes

The Lightening Modes makes your object appear lighter. In this group, I use Screen the most. Basically it is the opposite of Multiply. It brightens the base layer with the blend layer.

Contrast Modes

The Contrast Modes makes your object appear lighter and darker at the same time. In this group, I use Overlay and Soft Light the most. Overlay intensifies the dark areas and highlights more the light while Soft Light is very much like Overlay but it is more subtle.

Here is a glimpse of the blending modes together.

Remember, you can always mix and match, you can blend a picture on paper, paper on paper, a wordart on a photo, an overlay on a wordart, the possibilities are endless! Have fun with experimenting all the blending modes and you'll be amazed with the effects that it can give to your layout.

Did you find this tutorial helpful? Send your comments and suggestions to feifeistuff {at} gmail {dot} com. If you have some layouts done regarding this tutorial or any additional tips, you can send it through my email or you can post it on fei-fei's stuff facebook fan page.

Enjoy Scrapping!

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Something New

I have something new at my shop today! This is a spin-off of the overlay I did for Guilty Pleasures kit which is by the way still available at Catscrap. If you are fond of experimenting with blending modes, then this is the element pack just for you!

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