Do you know about the Custom Shape Tool in Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements? Lots of digiscrappers and hybrid scrappers do. But did you know you are not stuck with the sets that come with each program? There are hundreds of website offering custom shapes - and lots are free!

Here are a few of my favorites:

Dezignus.com - A huge, fabulous set of foliage-type shapes - delicate swirls, twirls and curls that are so hot in digiscrapping now. Available for free download at Dezignus.com

Ladyoak - a fabulous site with 8940 (as of today) free custom shapes sets to download. It tags each of the sets so you can find just the right one. The site requires you to register (for free) before downloading.

DeviantArt - yes, our good friends at DeviantArt have a whole section of their forums dedicated to Custom Shapes. Check it out at DeviantArt.com.

To use your new sets - download them and save them in a safe place. We do not recommend putting them in the default folder under Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop version\Presets\Custom Shapes. Why? It’s too hard to remember they are there. Put them in a scrapping folder labeled Custom Shapes and load them when you need them. That way you can easily back them up when you back up the rest of your scrapping files. (You are backing up your files, aren’t you?)

Remember you can always use your favorite search engine like Google to find more.

Until next time - Keep Scrappin’

Stan White, the DaddyKitty