Mystery Monday - 7th September

OK it's Mystery Monday but I'm thinking of changing the format to make it easier on me in issuing challenges. But at the moment it's Mystery Monday and today we feature the Xero filter. This is a great filter which gives you some awesome effects. The Plugin comes in 4 sets so take a look around them and have a play and see what you come up with.

Challenge:

To make a tag using at least one of the Xero filters as your ONLY plugin. *s*

Theme:

Autumn

I am also introducing an artist of the week where we will feature the work of a particular artist each week. This artist WILL be FTU with general permission.

This week's artist is....

AOTW:

Alan Ayers

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!!

Cheers

Stina

Mystery Monday - July

Ok I am going to be busy for the next couple of weeks so I won't be sending out any challenges probably till the end of July or beginning of August. In the meantime, the theme for the remainder of the month is in place. We in Australia sometimes observe it as a way of celebrating in our winter months, just as the northern hemisphere does in the actual festive season.

Theme:

Christmas in July

Challenge:

Anything Goes! Completely up to you!

We look forward to seeing your festive creations over the remainder of July.

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

(freezing down under...lol)

Tuesday Tuts - 30th June

I have tried to find some tuts that don't use scraps this week, though there are a couple...I hope you like the selection I have chosen. And as always, we look forward to seeing your results.

"Wolf Legends"

"Naughty Yellow"

"Baby It's Cold"

"Sweet and Innocent"

"Pure Love"

"Rocker Chick"

Please don't forget to post through the list so we can all enjoy them. *g*

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Mystery Monday - 29th June

I absolutely love the ocean and dreaming of the warm months sooo....

Theme:

"Sea, Sun & Surf"

Challenge:

1. To use one of the tag templates provided in the ZIP file for you by Nicole of http://jbs2designs.blogspot.com/

2. To use any of the images I provided or one of your own choice, but it must be part of the theme.

I picked a few I had in my stash I thought you may like in case some of you didn't have any.

The possibilities are endless......

Download ZIP FILE

Looking forward to your creations.

Whatever Wednesday - 16th June

The challenge this Wednesday is a picture.

Have a play and let's see what you come up with!

(click image for full version)

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Tuesday Tuts - 15th June

I know...late again. Here are the Tuesday Tuts for this week. Enjoy.

"Splish Splash"

(my newest tut)

"Falling in Love"

"Penta Flowers"

"Heartfelt"

Look forward to your results!!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Mystery Monday -14th June

Ok so we had a week off while my week was a "write-off"...lol And now we're back with this week's Mystery Monday. Today is a Grab Bag Challenge and you must use at least three pieces plus one of the two masks supplied. Think you're up for it? *g*

Down the Grab Bag here

Challenge:

Grab Bag Challenge

Theme:

Express Yourself

We look forward to seeing what you create!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Tuesday Tutorials - 2nd June

Here are your Tuesday Tuts for the week!  Those included most use Freebie scraps. One of mine is  a PTU scrap by our very own Tootypup...so we invite you take a stab at that one.  And another uses no scraps at all and is an easy tutorial for all.

I hope you find something you like and we look forward to seeing your creations!

"Excalibur"

(no scraps)

"Timeless Angel"

(scrap by our very own Tootypup!!)

"Lost in Thought"

"Innocent Dreams"

"Dreams of your Smile"

(this one states using one of her own PTU kits but since then she has released all her tagger kits as freebies on her blog available here - you will have to scroll down some as her tables are out on her blog)

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Mystery Monday - 1st June

I know I know....late again. But I had next to no sleep on Sunday night so was pretty out of Monday and ended up having an early night. Then Tuesday I slept late and we had a few things to do and went out to dinner...so here I am FINALLY with the Mystery Monday.

Theme:

Fairytales

Challenge:

Blinkies

Yes, we are going to learn to make Blinkies! They really are simple an fun.  There are many types of Blinkies and I've had a time of it trying to find the right tuts for what I wanted...lol  And I seriously did not have time to write one...although I could.  Well I have time, just not the patience at 2am in the morning. LOL

So below are a few Blinkie tutorials to get you started so you can learn the ropes on how it's done. The easiest Blinkie I made are the 2 Frame type that colour change using blinkie templates (or by making one with a mask or frame "blink") - not the teensy kind. lol 

I have also included a ZIP of Blinkie templates for you to utilise.

http://www.designsbytnt.com/blinkie.html

http://www.baywolfsp.com/webpage/tutorials/tut02/index.htm

http://creativehearts.net/herheart/blinkietut.html

Blinkie Templates by Lori:

http://www.4shared.com/file/98744104/1c127838/BlinkieWordArt4-15-09LM.html?

http://www.4shared.com/file/77725651/c07e9e69/HeartBlinkieTemps12-08LM.html?

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Tuesday Tutorials - 26th May

Here are your tuts for the week.  I hope you like the selection I have chosen.  I have tried to use those using FTU kits, though there is one using a PTU plus one of mine uses a PTU but you can really use any with it.  Looking forward to your results!

"It's All About Me"

"Do I Dazzle You?"

"A Girl Can Dream"

"For those Who Love to Rock"

"Seduction"

Happy creating!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Mystery Monday - 25th May

I have downloaded a few Freebie cluster frames this week from Raspberry Road Designs (and then promptly ended up buying a couple of their kits too....lol - can't take me anywhere). Also included is a Cluster made by Cora of Pimp'd Designs which she released today as a freebie to promote her latest kit - the last in her Saga collection.

These are so handy to make a quick tag,  half the work is already done for you, and they look so lovely when finished.  We look forward seeing your creations.

Challenge:

Cluster Frames

Download here

Theme:

Anything Goes (the choice is yours)

Looking forward to your creations.

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Tuesday Tutorials - 19th May

"Remembering You"

http://designedbystina.blogspot.com/2009/04/remembering-you.html

"Pawprints on my Heart"

http://designedbystina.blogspot.com/2009/05/pawprints.html

"Hungry Like the Wolf"

http://exoticpspdesigns.com/Hungrylikethewolf.html

"Daisy Whispers"

http://gill.l.cox.googlepages.com/daisywhispers

"Hibou" (Translated)

http://www.creabarbouille.fr/tutoriel_psp_hibou.htm

Translated Link

"Nostalgia"

http://www.violettegraphic.com/070traductionsmonika/01Blends/06nostalgia/nostalgia.htm

Translated Link

Mystery Monday - 18th May

Yesterday all over Australia we had the Million Paws Walk which was run by the RSPCA and where all the proceeds go towards the opertating costs of the RSPCA.  Even though a recognised charity (the world over even) the government only funds 2% of their costs, which is nowhere near the kind of funds they need to run organisation and their shelters.  They do a wonderful job and deserve much more help and backing.  So this wonderful event I participated in yesterday and had a great time - most of all our pooch had the bestest time ever...lol - reflects both our Theme and our Challenge for the week. (I know we've had this theme before but it is fitting for this week's challenge - and close to both mine and Tooty's hearts)

Theme:

For the Love of Animals

Challenge:

Your challenge this week will be to make a tag highlighting one of the campaigns or events run by your local animal shelter - or an animal welfare agency like the WSPA, RSPCA or ASPCA that may be your country's equivalent. Some of the campaigns or events are:

Million Paws Walk (for pooches)

Million Purrs (for puddies)

Happy Tails Day

Stop Animal Cruelty

Walk the Dog

Project Guardian Angel

Heat Stress (Dogs Die in Hot Cars)

Sow Stalls Campaign (Help the RSPCA get Pigs out of Cages)

Pet Desexing (Our Biggest Problem is Multiplying)

When you do...the challenge is also to make a "Welcome" or "Welcome to the Group" and "A Note" tag from it to share with the group.

We look forward to your creations!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Tuesday Tutorials - 12th May

I've thrown two tuts in this week that use no scraps, one of which is mine. My tutorial is a little different in the way that it uses Selections. I hope you enjoy them and we look forward to your creations.

"An Evanescent Wonderland"

http://designedbystina.blogspot.com/2009/05/evanescent-wonderland.html

"Bee Happy"

http://ritaneon.webs.com/Bee%20Happy.html

"Simple Blue"

http://tutorialsbyj0eswife.webs.com/simpleblue.htm

"Cats Rule"

http://graphicillusions.yuku.com/topic/139/t/Cat-39-s-Rule.html

"You May My Heart Sing"

http://sites.google.com/site/tutsbynae/let-your-heart-sing

"Sun, Beach and Sea"

http://tabata-arts.blogspot.com/2009/05/tutorial-sun-beach-and-sea.html

Be creative, peoples, and above all, have fun!!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Mystery Monday - 11th May

Weekly Theme:

TV & Movies - so it's up to you! lol

Challenge:

A photobook tag.

Template here

Everything is on separate layers on the template for you to create as you like.

You may change any layer with texture, 

graphics, paper backgrounds, colour it, rotate it and add tubes & text.

Enjoy and be creative and have fun!!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Whatever Wednesday - 6th May

With Mother's Day this weekend what better way to celebrate our mothers/mum than with a creation of love and expression by us.

Here is a ZIP link of some Floral Doodles for you to use in any way you wish to create a tag that celebrates mothers, motherhood or your own mother.  Why not incorporate it with using a Mask created by you from Monday's activity??  The possibilities are endless!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zmmzy0zy02f/FloralDoodles.zip

Have fun, everyone!  We look forward to seeing what you create!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Tuesday Tutorials - 5th May

Ok friends, here are your tuts for the week!  I hope you find something you could use within this selection. 

"Touch of Sweetness"

http://sites.google.com/site/chasscrapnbitz/touch-of-sweetness

"Twilight Kisses"

http://tutorialsbyj0eswife.webs.com/twilightkisses.htm

"Cat Angel"

http://mamiart.net/tutoriais/TutosGerais/ENGLISH/Cat%20Angel_e/catangel_e.htm

"Puzzled"

http://www.lavishdreamz.com/puzzled-t424.html

Above all, be creative and have fun!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Mystery Monday - 4th May

OK we all use  masks and go looking around for  the ''perfect one'' for what we want, when it is really a simple job to make our own, but we never seem to do that. 

So this week, our challenge is for you to make your own mask and use

it to create a tag.

Challenge:

Make Your Own Mask

Theme:

Mother's Day

Be creative and have fun everyone!!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Whatever Wednesday - 29th April

It's Wednesday already and where has the week gone? Just GONE since I spent most of it in bed sick....LOL

So today our "whatever" is WORDART!! *g*

Below is a file of animal word arts for you to create with

(sorry - tis all I had on my puter and I really couldn't find the energy to hunt around my CDs for more...lol)

http://www.box.net/shared/s8j8bo50gf

OK OK...so I relented and found some freebie Word Arts in my Scrap section for you.....*g*

http://www.box.net/shared/0rx41j74ai

We look forward to seeing what you come up with.  Sorry it's not more exciting...lol  But just one of those weeks.

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Tuesday Tutorials - 28th April

Ok Ok....so I'm late this week, but as most of you know I have been sick.  But I'm feeling a touch better now which is good.

And today I bring you the Tuesday Tutorials!  We look forward to seeing what you come up with.

"Flying High"

http://www.montispixelplayground.com/Tuts/FlyingHigh.html

"Far Away"

http://www.fairymist.fr/tagfarawayanglais/tagfarawayanglais.htm

"Fading into my Heart"

http://www.grungeandglitter.fall3nangel.com/fadingintomyheart.html

"Three Pieces"

http://emdesign-crea.blogspot.com/2008/08/three-pieces-english-tutorial.html

"Vintage Beauty"

http://sites.google.com/site/kylietutorials/vintagebeauty

OK that's it everyone! I hope you find something you like and can use.  We look forward to seeing your creations...and remember, be creative and original! Your work does not have to look exactly like the tutorials. They are merely there as a guide to help you LEARN how to use these tools. *g*

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup (the assistant who seems to be here....sometimes, I think....lol)

Mystery Monday - 27th April

(Frames above use all three of the challenge plugins)

Your Mystery Monday challenge this week will be to use at least one of the filters to make your tag(s). The more the merrier!!

Below are these filters in a Winzip file

AAA Frames, MaRu's Miester Clouds and the Sandflower plugins.

http://www.box.net/shared/hp1xr5vs0e

You may download the latest version of Filters Unlimited here:

http://www.box.net/shared/8992fbm1s1

( Import the Sandflower plugins into Filters Unlimited and it will show as: Sandflower Special)

I have supplied a zip of photos for you to use in any way in your tag(s) if you so wish.

http://www.box.net/shared/36utexi54m

How to Make the Frame 

1. Open a new workspace and add a new rastor layer.

2. Flood fill the new layer with a color of your choice or.....

3. Open a new workspace with a paper or textured background of your choice.

4. If you use a plain color on your new rastor layer...select it and go to MaRu's Meister - Clouds. 

Change the colors in Clouds to the colors that you wish the frame / background to be and leave the settings at default.

5. Next...if you want to apply other special effects (such as one of the Sandflower plugins), apply them now.

6. With either your new paper or textured background or MaRu's Meister - Clouds....

Resize this layer to desired size for your tag. Select resized tag and apply "selection / invert". Now apply 

AAA Frames - Foto on default settings or play with the settings until you get something you like. Deselect

when you are finished.

Have a great time playing...it is much easier than it looks!!

And because I am so ill with a sinus headcold this week and can't think straight, I have decided to keep last weeks' theme as this weeks' too. Seems fitting to me since it features the weather, and its the weather that's done this to me. LOL  I'm also sending out early in case I forget tomorrow, since I'm not so well.

Enjoy your play everyone!  And looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup (the silent one returning from her AWOL wanderings...lol)

Tube Thursday - 23rd April

OK snaggers....come on down!

Come share with us your tubes!!  Anything relating to our weekly theme "Rain, Hail or Shine".

This is YOUR day to play....

Don't forget previews. Always helpful to others. *g*

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Whatever Wednesday - 22nd April

Today's Whatever Wednesday is somewhat of a different challenge.  It is what we call a "Grab Bag"....because everything in it is a surprise! *g*

Now the instructions are simple:

1. Download the file and unzup it;

http://www.mediafire.com/file/hdltmtnmztx/WhateverWedChallenge220409.zip

2. There are four types of supplies included (ie. masks, fonts, tubes, templates)

3. You are to select at least ONE of each type of file AS WELL as something from the scrap mini supplied (could be one thing - could be several - but at least something)

You up for the challenge?  Hey I don't even know how these will turn out. LOL  I just grabbed a few different kinds of things and threw them in! *g*

**NOTE**

For the tubes, I have included both mists and regular tubes. You only have to use one or the other, though feel free to incorporate both if you like.

OK, can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Happy creating!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Tuesday Tutorials - 21st April

OK so I'm a tad late again....had my niece's 18th yesterday then my Avon sales meeting today. And boy was I hit with some surprising news! I'm in the top ten in our district AND I'm in the running for the Bronze Mrs Albee award which is a most prestigious award!!  It means the rep who has had the highest percentage in improvement in sales since last Presidents Club year! WOW! Didn't think I'd done that good. lol So I'm pretty stoked.

Anyway, here are your late Tuesday Tuts.... I'm not levelling them anymore because that takes too much time for me to sort out which is easy to advanced.  I just try and pick a variety from Beg to Advanced.  Just try your best and do what you like with them!!  And most of all - enjoy!

"Velvet Heart"

http://www.nemesistutorials.com/velvet.htm

"Bells with Lilies"

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.gerriedesign.nl/Bells/BellsWithLilies.html

"Violet Spring"

http://tutorialsbyvaybs.blogspot.com/2009/02/violet-spring.html

"Twisted Desire"

http://twistedeuphoria.com/tutorials/desire/desire.html

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Mystery Monday - 20th April

As we all live in various parts of the world we all experience a variety in our weather.

For those of us in the southern hemisphere we are now in Autumn where our days are becoming shorter and nights are getting colder.  While those in the northern hemisphere are enjoying the new life of spring as summer draws closer.

It is this that inspired our theme for this week as I looked out my window at the dull sky and the onset of rain, while I am contemplating turning on the heater. LOL

Now for our challenge!

I did this in another group.  And the challenge is to create a "sitting tag" if that's what you call it. lol  You write your name or short text and a sitting or laying down tube sits on top of it.  I have provided a couple to give you an idea. These were rushed so I could get them up to show you.  But remember, you can do them on anything you like - use your name or a short catch phrase.

So this week we have.....

Weekly Theme:

Rain, Hail or Shine

Challenge:

Sitting Tag

Have fun everyone and we look forward to seeing your creations!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup (who's gone AWOL......)

Whatever Wedneday - 15th April

A couple of animal pics for you to play with this week - in keeping with our animal theme.

Just click on the thumbnails for the larger version.

Happy creating!!

cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Tuesday Tutorials - 14th April

The first two tuts are my own, the second being within the "Animals" theme for the week - and a dedication to my baby girl who crossed Rainbow Bridge almost 7 months ago now. We look forward to seeing your creations!

Beginner:

Easy Scallop Tag

http://designedbystina.blogspot.com/2009/04/easy-scallop-tag.html

Beginner/Int:

Remembering You

http://designedbystina.blogspot.com/2009/04/remembering-you.html

Intermediate:

Love Hurts

http://sites.google.com/site/babestutorials/love-hurts

Advanced:

Delirium (by my friend Hele)

http://www.mitierra.it/tutorial_Delirium_en.htm

Translated:

Sunny Day

http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=n&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcrtutoriais.zip.net%3A80%2FPaginas%2Ftutosunnyday.html&sl=pt&tl=en

That's it everyone! Enjoy!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Mystery Monday - 13th April

I hope you all had a lovely Easter break and didn't pig out on too much chokky, eh? hehehe  Me? I still have chokky in the fridge...yum! *g*

OK, Mystery Monday is a day late, but that's OK.  We can still play.....

Weekly Theme:

For the Love of Animals

Challenge:

Create a tag of an animal beginning with the first letter of your name

For those who use online nicknames , you can use either - nickname or real name. Or be daring and do both! LOL

And as always....have fun!!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Happy Easter

A special message from Stina and Ciara...

Whatever Wednesday - 8th April

Today's "whatever" challenge are a couple of images to do create with as you will. *g*

And still....within this week's delicious theme....lol

Can imagine finding yourself in such a delicious predicament??  Mmmmm....

Happy creating everyone!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Tuesday Tutorials - 7th April

We have some delicious chocolate tutorials for you this week...mmmmm.  And we look forward to seeing what you come up with.  Just look at them makes me want to raid the fridge! lol

Beginner: "Chocolate"

http://www.thewayyoulive.net/freebies/Chocolate/chocolate.htm

Beginner: "Chocolate Bar"

http://www.jumbo-psp.com/Tutorials/Lesjes/Tags/Chocobar/English/Choco-bar-uk.htm

Intermediate: "Gimme Chocolate"

http://designedbystina.blogspot.com/2009/03/gimme-chocolate.html

Advanced: "Chocolate Bar in Wrapper"

http://www.pspug.org/tutorial/html/tut8eff/chocolate_v8.htm

(there is two pages to this tut, so don't forget the second page)

Translated: "Chocolate"

http://www.marimd.com/TUTORIAL/CHOCOLATE/chocolate.htm

Here are a couple of interesting Chocolate Text tuts.

Chocolate Text Effect #1

http://www.entheosweb.com/fireworks/chocolate_text_effect.asp

Chocolate Text Effect #2

http://www.tutorial9.net/photoshop/text-effect-quickie-delicious-chocolate-text/

Hope you find something you like!!  And please....don't forget to send back through the list for us all to enjoy!  If you could attach your creations that would be great so I can save them and add them to the slideshow. *g*

Cheers

Stina and Tooypup

Mystery Monday - 6th April

Ok since it is Easter this week what better theme to have than the obvious, eh? LOL

And the challenge is an easy one to coincide with it.

Theme:

Chocolate

Challenge:

Bel Vidotti's "Lovely Chocolate" freebie

http://lafleurstuffs.blogspot.com/2009/03/freebie-lovely-chocolate.html

Looking forward to your creations!!

Don't forget to send them back through the list so we can all enjoy them.

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Fun Friday - 3rd April

OK gang....go for it!

FUN FRIDAY

Share, snag, create.....anything you wish!  Just have a ball!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Thursday Tubes - 2nd April

OK Snaggers.....this one's for you!

Because it's.....

Tube Thursday!!!

Just send in any tubes relating to Easter (this weeks' theme)!

Easy peasy!

Come on everyone...let's have some fun.

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Whatever Wednesday - 1st April

Happy April Fools everyone! hehe

Your Whatever Wednesday Challenge is to make your own Easter Egg.

I have provided a tutorial below on how to do so - should be fun!  Decorate it however you wish with whatever you wish!  Remember to make it your own!

Easter Eggs

http://www.itazura.org/tut/easter_egg1.html

For the Beginners, you can decorate a premade one if you like.

Design Your Easter Egg Kit

http://designsbyadeviant.blogspot.com/2009/02/design-your-easter-egg-kit.html

Don't forget to be creative and make each creation YOUR OWN. Try not to copy them exactly as they appear. That is the fun part! hehe

And as always....send back through the list!

Cheers

Stina and Tootypup

Tuesday Tutorials - 31st March

Here are your Tuesday Tutorials!

I have a few for you today falling under the Easter theme - two of which I wrote tonight that I thought I would share with you.  I hope you enjoy them.

Remember, you do NOT have to use everything supplied or stick to the tutorial in any way. They are provided merely as a guide to help you learn. Do with them what you will!!

Be creative and make them your own! *s*

Beginner:

"Primus Cartoon Easter Egg"

http://www.jumbo-psp.com/Tutorials/Lesjes/Pasen/Paasei/English/Primus-egg.htm

"Bunnywunny"

http://www.jumbo-psp.com/Tutorials/Lesjes/Pasen/Easter-bunny/English/Easterbunny-uk.htm

Intermediate:

"Sweet Easter"

http://designedbystina.blogspot.com/2009/04/sweet-easter.html

"Easter Eggs"

http://designedbystina.blogspot.com/2009/04/easter-eggs.html

Advanced:

"Balls and Bubble Egg"

http://www.jumbo-psp.com/Tutorials/Lesjes/Pasen/Balls&Bubbles-Egg/English/Balls&bubbles-Egg-uk.htm

"Easter Blessings"

http://myrtlestutorials.blogspot.com/2009/02/easter-blessings.html

Looking forward to your results!!

Cheers

Stina & Tootypup

Mystery Monday - 30th March

Welcome friends!

Let the week begin!! LOL

As the year swiftly progresses yet again (where does the time go?) we find Easter is upon us. Which brings us to this week's theme... 

Weekly Theme:

Easter

Be it bunnies, eggs, chocolate, religious - anything at all to do with this most special time.

Challenge:

Easter Templates

I have uploaded three Easter Templates - 2 of them made by me (not great....but a start...lol)   I hope they help inspire you.

Easter Templates

Here is a tutorial on using templates:

http://mommyscraps.com/2008/09/06/using-a-template-in-paint-shop-pro/

When you're done, just post back through the list!  Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Cheers

Stina

Fun Friday - 27th March

Calling all Taggers and Snaggers!!

Today is.....

FUN FRIDAY!

A day where anything goes.

Snaggers, just send in shares of tubes, fonts or something you think the Taggers could use.

Taggers, you can create from anything you like - even the shares the snaggers send in if you like. Or you can even share yourselves!  Anything that takes your fancy.

Fun Friday is all about having fun - a free-for-all kind of fun.

Friends, this is YOUR day to do what you would like to.

So have fun!

Cheers

Stina

Thursday Tubes - 26th March

OK snaggers, this is where you can join in the fun...

...because today is THURSDAY TUBES!!

That's right, all you have to do is to share a tube with the rest of us, relating in some way to the Weekly Theme. Which is...

"Somewhere over the Rainbow"

Now that isn't to say it has to be a "rainbow" tube as such - just a tube that relates to the theme. For example, something bright, cheery and colourful is Rainbow-related; a pot of gold is Rainbow-related; wealth and treasures or even a touch of fantasy.

Things that you would associate being found OVER a rainbow. Does that help?

Now here are my contributions as an example. Snag if you wish; tag if you like.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/yoloixzyzyw/CarissaKraftColorbyVooDooFairy3.psp

http://www.mediafire.com/file/nhgdtckzjij/LisaFrank_Angel.pspimage

So happy snagging and tagging!

Cheers

Stina

Whatever Wednesday - 25th March

Sorry I'm late. Hubbyitis. LOL

Anyway, here is your Whatever Wednesday challenge.

I have uploaded a zippled file of FOUR preset shapes.  When you download them save them to your PSP's Preset Shapes folder.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mo4m1fuqjwz/PresetShapes.zip

And your challenge is....to make a tag using any one of the shapes!

And remember - any questions...just ask myself or my silent partner here Tootypup (tehehehe).

Enjoy...and we look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Cheers

Stina

Tuesday Tutorials - 24th March

Hello Friends!

Here are your Tuesday tutorials! I hope you enjoy them. The Beginner one is another way of doing Text on a Path, but a different kind rather than the one I showed you...and actually this is different to how I do text on a path too so hey, even I learnt something. lol  The Intermediate is one of my own that I have written. I look forward to seeing what you come up with. And don't forget you can incorporate the Rainbow Theme into any of these - you do not have to use the supplies in the tutorials.  Be creative - make them your own!

 

Beginner - "Glowing Text on a Path"

http://graphicsbysue.net/updates1/fiftyeight/glowingtex.htm

 

Intermediate - "Beautiful Springtime"

http://designedbystina.blogspot.com/2009/03/beautiful-springtime.html

 

Advanced - "Tattoo"

http://www.lu-malu.com/tutoriais/tatoo-ing.html

Cheers

Stina

Mystery Monday - 23rd March

Welcome friends! 

For new members - so glad you could join us here at Back to the Drawing Board.  For the older ones - good to see you all again. It's about time we get this show on the road, isn't it? We took a break back in August last year that was supposed to last till October, but then I had to send my beloved dog to Rainbow Bridge at the end of September, and the year was just a bit of a blur after that.

BUT....in any event, we are back! And we are back with a vengeance! *g*  As you know with WOSIB closing we have gained many of the SOD and Creators members from there, and in the last few days our membership has sky-rocketted!  Which is wonderful to see.  I did another sweep last night with invitations and found my Inbox full of applications this morning.

OK, so what's on the agenda, you might ask?  Today I bring you the Weekly theme and the first challenge of the week and for the newly revived "Back to the Drawing Board" - which we just called "Drawing Board" for short.

The theme this week is "Somewhere over the Rainbow" which you will see posted at the top of the page.  This will remain there for the entire week, afterwhich it will be replaced next Monday with a new theme.  The idea of the theme is to create anything this week using that theme, and on Thursday, to send in any tubes relating to the theme.  Think you can do it? *g*

Now for our challenge....

Something a little simple to begin with....some of you have asked me in the past how do I get my text in a curve around my tags.  So I thought for this challenge:

Text on a Curve

http://www.tagyourartout.com/curvedtext.html

This is the website tutorial I used when I first learnt how to write text on a curve. It is very simple and easy to follow.

So what do we have to start with?

This Week's Theme:

"Somewhere over the Rainbow"

Challenge:

To make a tag (or stat for those who make stats) using "Text on a Curve"

When you're done, just post back through the list!  Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Cheers

Stina