Here’s a really cool one that I always forget how to do! (Maybe writing about it will help me remember!) See a color on your screen that you just love and want to use it in a layout? Use Photoshop or Elements to grab it.

Here’s how:

With Photoshop or Elements open, create a new document of any size - I usually make a small little box of 1″ x 1″.
Resize your Photoshop or Elements window by clicking on the Restore Down button on the upper right of the window:

Drag your window around until you see the color you want to grab (You can drag the edges of the window to make it smaller or bigger).

In Photoshop or Elements, hit the “I” key to select the Eyedropper tool.

Click inside your blank document and hold. Now drag the mouse around the screen - any color that is below the mouse will automatically be filled as your foreground color! Drag the mouse over the color you want - now you’ve got your color!

Please keep coming back for more tips. If you have any questions you can contact me here or leave a comment.

Stan - The DaddyKitty

If you don’t have this kit, NOW is the time to grab it.  CLICK HERE.  I forgot I had put the kit in for SOTB’s $2 Monday sale, so now you have a chance to get it even cheaper than yesterday!  And to make up for anyone who bought it yesterday at the $2.50 price at Digitalscrapn, if you email me your invoice, I’ll send you the BLING alpha FREE!  (See the previous post).

Happy Scrapping!

Drop by my store at www.digitalscrapn.com today, Sunday January 27, and get any kit in my store for $2.50!

This is a one day offer, and will not happen again for a LONG time! Check out the other designers’ stores too, I know many of them will be having super sales for just one day.

And YES, if you purchase Charli Girl, you can still get the alpha free! A whole kit and this amazing alpha for just $2.50 - hurry on over - CLICK HERE to shop - read the previous post for how to claim your free alpha!

My dear friend Twila (check out her rockin’ blog here) had a grand-niece born this week, and desperately needed a kit to scrap with (since she only has a boy, she didn’t have anything already!). So I made her THIS kit:

and I think it came out FABULOUS! I made the rose from a photo Twila had taken, and isn’t it lovely? So… since I’m SO in love with this kit, I made a little ALPHA to go with it! (CLICK HERE to see the inspiration for this kit!)

and now YOU can get the alpha FREE! Yep, just purchase the kit at either of my two stores: SOTB or Digitalscrapn and email me your invoice HERE

I’ll send you back a link to DL the alpha within 24-48 hours! BUT WAIT!! THERE’s MORE!!

For those of you who can’t wait - here’s a little goodie to tide you over…

CLICK HERE or on the image to download

Happy Scrapping!

Here’s the last installment! CLICK HERE to download!

Don’t forget to go to LISA’s BLOG and get her installment!

Happy Scrapping!

Some wonderful scrappers have made some great layouts with this kit - go leave some loves if you have a second!

Sweet by Linfes posted at SOTB - look how creative she was with the tag ties!  Brilliant!

100% Princess by @}– Ruby –{@ on her blog - look how she turned the frame sideways!  Very smart!

CellPhones by Lorirn at SOTB - how CUTE is this!  Their photos are on the phones!

Thanks to everybody who has purchased this kit, I hope you all do more wonderful things with it!  I’m looking around for your layouts - leave a link for me if you post so I can leave you loves!

Today ends my DOTW week at SOTB - so it’s your last chance to take advantage of this offer:

if you buy my CRAZY in LOVE kit, and one other thing - alpha, mini, kit - you can qualify for this addon FREE! (See previous post for details!)

and just to give you a hit of what I’m working on….

This is from my newest kit Charli Girl, not yet in stores - Enjoy!

CLICK HERE to download

Since we had some trouble with my DOTW sale yesterday, I’ve decided to make this AMAZING offer to you, my faithful blog readers!

If you purchase my CRAZY in LOVE kit at SOTB this week, I will GIVE YOU the addon kit… FREE!!

This kit will be for sale at $6.99 starting Thursday Jan 24, but through Wednesday you can get it just for purchasing CRAZY in LOVE.

SUPERSAVER ALERT SUPERSAVER ALERT SUPERSAVER ALERT! 

This week only, save 50% on all purchases over $10 in my store.  Add just one more kit or alpha to your CRAZY in LOVE purchase, and you will get it ALL at 50% off - PLUS qualify for the free addon!!  Use Coupon Code skittydotw5010 to get your discount.

To get your free kit:

1. go to SOTB and purchase the kit

2. copy your invoice (highlight the main portion, hit CTRL+C)

3. CLICK HERE to open an email window to me

4. paste your invoice into the email

5. add the email addy you’d like your kit links sent to!

I’ll respond to you in 24-48 hours with links to download your kits!

NOW’s your chance to stock up!  I will be retiring kits after this sale, so now is the time to get that kit you’ve always wanted!

Happy Scrapping!

Here’s the third installment!   CLICK HERE to download!

Don’t forget to go to LISA’s BLOG and get her installment!

Alright - here’s three tips that are really useful and easy - works in both Photoshop and Elements:

Quickly Change Brush Size: Ohhh, I use this one all the time! As you are drawing along and need a larger or smaller brush, don’t go to the menu bar and select a different size brush. Just hit your [ or ] keys to make the brush shrink or grow (The [ and ] keys are to the right of the P key). It saves so much time! This works with most of the tools.

Draw a Straight Line: Every try to carefully move your brush side to side to draw a straight line? Have Photoshop or Elements do it for you. Just hold down your Shift key and the line will automatically straighten up. Try it! You can even click where you want to start a line, hold the shift key, and click where you want to end and the software will draw a straight line between those two points.

Select all the Pixels on a Layer: Instead of trying to use the magic wand or another selection tool to select the pixels on a layer, just hold down the Ctrl key and click on the layer thumbnail and Photoshop or Elements will select everything for you. Where’s the layer thumbnail? Why it’s the little picture of what’s on the layer and it’s right here -

Hope you enjoyed your quickies! I’ll have a new one next week.

The DaddyKitty