Thursday, November 25, 2010

Black Friday CU License Sale!

That’s right, for the second year I am bringing back the CU License Sale.  For the next 24 hours you can purchase a Lifetime CU License for just $15 which is 25% off the usual price!  You must use the button below the ad to get the special pricing today.

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Sorry, this sale has ended!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

CU OK 2011 Calendar Brushes and .pngs

Today’s freebie is a set of brushes in .abr for Photoshop/PSE and .png files.  You just choose the month and “stamp” it on your layout, etc.  You can use one of the two “grids” or leave it without the grid, it’s really your preference.  It would be fun to make a calendar from a brag book set and give as gifts (wish I had time to do this!) Here’s an example:

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And here’s the preview and DL Links:

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Download the CUOK 2011 Calendar .abr and .pngs HERE (Skydrive)

or HERE (Pogoplug)

Friday, November 19, 2010

CU OK Silvery Glittery Winter Elements

Today’s freebie is a set of dollar store finds that I photographed and extracted.  They are shiny and glittery!  And guess what, when I unpackaged them to photograph, so much glitter came off on my kitchen table and counter that it looks like a glitter wonderland in my kitchen! LOL.  Since they are silver, they are easily recolored (as in the poinsettia example in the preview). Oh, and they are BIG, because I forgot to resize them before I zipped them up and uploaded them.  The size on the preview is about 1/2 as big as they really would be on a 3600 x 3600 canvas.

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Download the CU OK Silver Winter Elements HERE (Skydrive)

or HERE (PogoPlug)

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

CU OK Snow Styles and Image Tiles

Today’s freebie is a set of snow styles that I made by photographing some glittery snow that I made some seamless patterns of.  There are 5 styles as shown and 5 with a “glitter” edge.  Also included are the seamless image tiles for those who don’t have PS/PSE.

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Download the CU OK Snow Styles and Image Tiles HERE (Skydrive)

or HERE (PogoPlug)

Sunday, November 14, 2010

CU OK Doodle Photo Corners

Today’s freebie is a set of doodle photo corners (and a couple of weird looking buttons) in .csh for Photoshop/PSE and individual .png files. 

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Download the CU OK Doodle Photo Corners HERE (Skydrive)

or HERE (Pogoplug)

Sunday, November 7, 2010

CU OK Doodle Edge Shapes .csh and pngs

Today’s freebie is a set of doodle edges that you can use as they are or you can use them to create template shapes for your layouts.  I captured a few screen shots to show you what I mean. All of the shapes are at least 3600 pix wide so you just plop one on your layout:

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Then using your magic wand select the area under or over the doodle, with your contiguous box checked.  Create a layer under the doodle layer and expand your selection by a few pixels.

Tut2 Then fill the selection on your blank layer with a color:

Tut3 While you still have your marching ants, invert your selection and create another layer above the layer you just filled in and fill it with a different color:

Tut4Deselect and you can remove or hide the doodle area if you want, or keep it depending on your taste:

Tut5You can clip a background paper to each of the shape layers or just apply a layer style, it’s really up to you!

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Anyway, you get the idea.  Here’s the preview and DL Links:

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Download the CU OK Doodle Edge Shapes HERE (Skydrive)

or HERE (PogoPlug)

I also wanted to thank all of you who voted for my Scariest Homescreen in the Android Headlines contest!  I won a brand new Samsung Fascinate phone!  It is an awesome phone but unfortunately I cannot use it with my current carrier.  Once I receive it I am going to place it on Ebay and auction it for Special Olympics. Special Olympics is an organization that is especially dear to those of us in Law Enforcement.  Every year we raise money for Special Olympics by participating in a Torch Run.  Police departments from all over the state run in different “legs” of the run and carry the torch to the Opening Ceremonies of their state’s Special Olympics.  Anyway, I appreciate your votes!  There’s no way I could have won the phone without you and thanks to you we will raise some money for a great organization!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

CU OK Transparent Bokeh Overlays

A midweek freebie for you today, which has been rare lately!  The kids are done with Football and Cheerleading practice so hopefully I will have more time to devote to the blog.  However, my 13 year old son has convinced me to train for a 1/2 marathon in May so that is obviously going to take some dedication too.  I need a “couch to 13 mile” training program!  But it should be fun training with him even though he laps me several times when we run in circles at the gym.

Anywho, today’s freebie is a set of 3 transparent bokeh overlays in .png form.   (see example in preview)

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Download the CU OK Bokeh Overlays HERE (Skydrive)

or HERE (Pogoplug)