Well I will tell you the story of my brilliant idea. The other night while working I was doing a walking beat (the only two stores open in my town after midnight are Wally World and Meijer) and I always have to check the craft section for inspiration and ideas. I have seen these cool beads a million times and I know that there are many digiscrap stores that sell them. I bought a set of plastic ones when I first started digiscrapping and I was not too happy with the set that I bought. Anyway, I thought the metal block beads were cool and I thought how neat it would be to make an action that would create a bead with your choice of font and letter. The idea was that I would come up with a metal layer style and try to come up with a realistic looking block. But that didn't happen yesterday. They all looked like a square, not three dimensional, and the layer styles didn't help much. So while working last night I went back to same store and paid $3 for the set that I photographed and extracted today. They are much more realistic and of course everyone can use them, not just the PS/PSE users. So I think this was the better choice, less frustration and better results. I used my twine for the preview, but you can put the beads on a chain or ribbon or your own string. They are all in individual .png form and around .8 to .9 inch each.
146 comments:
LOVE these cube alphas - thank you!
My, aren't you ambitious! I'm sad your action didn't turn out, but definitely glad to get these little goodies.. Thanks so much! :)
What a fun alpha! Thank you very much! :)
love love love these. So creative and cute. Thanks.
I'm with everyone else. LOVE THEM
Absolutley WONDERFUL!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your AMAZING extractions!! These are truly WONDERFUL and they go soo well with your twine! Thanks, again!! Have a GREAT evening! :D
adorable alphas!! thank you!
Oh my gosh, these are so CUTE! Thanks for all of your hard work doing these!
Wow..you have great patience with extracting!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Oh wow! These are so awesome! Thank you so much for sharing your time and talent with us.
These metal alpha beads are awesome thank you so very much, I can think of a million uses for them!! Can't remember if I wrote yesterday so if I did a double thank you for the Cupid Bear, if I didn't sorry been a nutty couple of weeks.
Hugs, Lisa
This is an AWESOME idea! Thanks a bunch!!!
Deb,
Can I tell you how much I love this little metal alpha! It's so versatile. I'm so GLAD that you got that lightbox! I get a present every time you use it! Thanks for your time and talent! I use your stuff all the time. You are greatly appreciated.
~Barbara
Love the alpha; thank you very much!
Thanks for sharing your time, talent and wonderful creations; I truly appreciate what you do for us!
((hugs))
Love this. Thank You so much.
These are absolutely awesome! I know what you mean, I have always loved these beads! Thankyou so much! I love everything you do.
Thank you so much for all the time and thought you put into making this great stuff for us to use! I love your site! Thank you again!
-Rachel
wow, thank you so much for this wonderful cube alphas, love it totally! HUGS
Tina
omgosh I love these! Thank you soo much for doing this!!
Thank you! Your blog post will be advertised on the DigiFree Digital Scrapbooking Freebie search engine today (look for timestamp: 21 Jan [LA 09:00pm] - 22 Jan [NY 12:00am, UK 05:00am, OZ 04:00pm] ).
These are so cute thanks so much. I cant wait to use these.
wow! these are absoloutely amazing.. thankyou.
Oh! My! Goodness! Deb, you're a genius. These beads are way too cool! Thank you so much for making my day! :)
Hugs from Germany,
Anne
these are fantastic thank you
What a great idea! Thanks!
thank you Deb, they're fabulous. I find craft stores a great place to walk a sleep-resistnt baby around.
Thanks for all your hard work.
LOVE these, Deb! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing..
Greetings from Holland
Katootje
Great alphas, don't understand though how you can find the time to do all that you do. You must be a miracle lady or do you have 48 hours in every one of your days?
Deb, you are absolutely brilliant! These beads are fabulous, I am in awe of your talent! Thanks so much.
Hugs,
Vicki in Texas
Everything you do is awesome...keep it up!! You rock!
These are awesome! You are so creative and talented! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for doing these bead for us. Your are great.
you do a great job on extracting items from photos. i always have a problem with that.
that for the great alpha.
Thank you so much! These are fabulous!
WOW you totally rock my world - that must have taken you hours! Thank you sooo much!
These are awesome. Thanks so much for all your hard work and generosity!
These are fabulous and just what I needed Thank you.
These are cool! Thank you so much!
Awesome! TFS!
Wow! Thanks so much!
thank you so much for sharing! Hate to say but I wish your action had worked, would have been really cool!
Thanks so much--these are really unique!
BettyC
Fabulous work!! I have given you an award. It's on my blog :)
WoW!!! I'll say what my kids are saying now... "These are WICKED kewl"... Thank you soooo much for sharing your hard work. I LOVE THESE - THANK YOU!
These are outstanding! I have a set here, but I never thought to do the extraction! DUH! Thanks so much for your time, talent and effort! I can use these BIG time.
You have the patience of a saint, I'm sure! LOL !! Thanks so much for these.
These are HOLY COW AWESOME!!!
THANK YOU!!!!
Sweet! TYVM! (And I totally LOLed when I read about Wally World and Meijer: I'm from the "home state" of Meijer, and I can't imagine living somewhere that you can't shop at 3am for donuts, toys, engine oil, and yoga mats. ;)
Like the little guy says on the movie The Incredibles..."TOTALLY AWESOME!!!"
Thank you!!! Love them!
Thank you so much luv these
Thnx much for once again providing such creative & USEFUL digi scrap elements! Y'know, I do wish it would work that I could go to St Louis in March just to meet you & say THANK YOU in person!!
Thank you!!!!
This is super, thankyou!
I love these alphas!!! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for sharing !
Thank you for all your hard work!
you rock girl !
Thank you so much! I have been looking for metal bead alpha quite a long time! Thanx!!!
Wonderful! Thank you so much! I also want to thank you for the cute cupid bear!
Thank you !!!
tyvm for these! Deb you have outdone yourself again!!!!
Thank you, these are cool!!
This alpha is AWESOME!! Thanks so much.
Danke für deine wunderbaren Kreationen.
I'm seriously wondering what you'll come up with next. Every time I head towards your part of Scrapping World, I'm always amazed at what I find.
You're the best!
AND AND AND the best part is that they're great for girly AND boyish layouts!
Thanks a million!
~LSM
WOW, these are the coolest beads I've ever seen - and I have more than one digital set *lol*
Thank you so much, I LOVE them *hugs*
Super fabby alpha! I love it. TFS
Thank you so much. These are fantastic and will work with so many layouts:-)
thanks for the freebies!
THANK YOU so very much, this is absolutely BRILLIANT!
so cool - thank you
As always, your stuff is amazing ! One of the best on the web next to Gunhild Storeide's blog. Thanks so much for all your shares.
yay!!!!! Thanks so much. This alpha looks super! Patty
So nice, thanks so much
Fantastic! Thanks so much.
Thank you so much - I love these!
These are awesome. Your extraction is superb and a great idea.
Thank you so much, these bead alphas are terrific!
these are just wonderful - you do such amazing extractions!!!
thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent and goodies with us!!
wow! these are AWESOME! thank you so much!
26 THANKS!!!! I LOVE THESE!!!!
I love how these are turned and give a very realistic look. Thanks so much
How cool looking is that?! Thank you so much!
I LOVE how realistic these look. Thank you for what must have been a LOT of effort on your part...way to stick with it to get what you wanted!
Thank you so much for all your work. They are a great inspiration.
Brilliant alpha you must have alot of patience to extract all those beads, thank you so much for sharing them with us
You have TOTALLY, TOTALLY rocked it on this one girlfriend!!! I'd say you've OUTDONE yourself, but then I am sure I will be saying that MANY more times!!!
THANKS SWEETIE!
XOXO,
Linda :)
merci beaucoup
wonderful alpha and thanks for the tut
Very cool! Thanks bunches!
Wow. It`s super!! Thank you very much.
Birgit
Oooo thank you so much for sharing this great alpha!!!! I love it!
Thanks for the great bead alpha!
COOLEST EVER!
Wow - these are so awesome! Thanks so much for sharing!
Ty so much for these awesome alphas!!
LOVE these. Thank you so much!
This alpha is beautiful! Thank you :)
Thanks so much, these are adorable!
These look AWESOME! Thank you so much for your efforts with these: I would have given up long ago!
These are superb. Thank you for purchasing them and taking all the trouble to share them.
Wow! This alpha is wonderful!! Thank you so much for sharing such a fantastic treat :)
Great alpha, thank you!
Thanks so much. I love this metal bead alpha!
These are great - thank you! I never noticed you were from the Midwest but knew you had to be when I read "Meijer", lol. I am a native Mid Westerner too.
These metal bead alphas are sooooooooooo coool! Thank you very much!!!! :) -k
Love it! Thanks sooo much!
I agree..these are sooooo cool!! Thank you so much for sharing them with me.:)
These are so fun! Thank you!
So cute! Thank you!!! :D
These are too cool, thanks so much for sharing them with us!
Hugs,
Jennifer
These are fabulous - thank you so much for sharing!! :)
This is great! Thank you!
My Goosh This Is Way Cool!
Thank You!!
Thank-you!
WOW! Just WOW! Thank you so much!
Such a wonderful idea! Can't wait to idgi scrap these! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Stunning job Deb and thank you for purchasing them to share with us :)
Superb! Thank you!
thanks
Awesome, stunning, gorgeous, fantastic, wonderful... I just can't explain how happy I am with these! LOVE them! Thank you SO much for all the work in them!!
these are awesome!! thank you so much!!
WHAT A HIT! These are just fantastic. Thanks so much!
These look great! Thank you!
You must have one great camera. Thanks for sharing the alpha with us. :)
This will be your 128th comment - WOW! This was obviously a very popular download, and it's easy to see why... it's great! Thank you for sharing.
Karen from Moscow
Thanks so much, these are great!!!
Thanks bunches!
Oh no you didn't! these are amazing!!!
The first word that came to mind was AMAZING! And they are. TYSM!
Love this alpha!! TY!
Thanks (again) MY EHD crashed over the weekend, so I'm slowly working on re-stocking.. You'll be seeing me quite a bit for a while.. ;)
How wonderful of you to go through all the trouble but gosh was it worth it! This is just awesome! Thank you SO much for sharing all your hard work :)
Again, thank you !
I know this is an old freebie, but I am new to digital scrapping. This is a very cool alpha set. Thank you for sharing. I am finding some wonderful things on your site!
Soooooooooooooo cute!!! Thank you very much!!
wonderful beads, thanks a bunch
These are fantastic. You are so generous to share your time and talent with us!
Thanks so much!
Hello and Thank you for this metal alpha...
Thank you!!!
Wow! Great instructions. I had fun reading your feed that really sound pretty impressive and interesting. I just love your work and collection. they're all cool and fantastic. Thanks for this great blog!
LUV THESE ;~} THANK YOU ;~}
Oh, these are beautiful!! Thank you SO very much!!
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