Simply Kelly Designs

digital designs, scrapbooking and crafts

Lighted Glass Block Christmas Present

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Day 5 of the Holiday Craft Party brings home decor projects. For last year's Holiday Craft Party, I created a We Wish You A Merry Christmas glass block with free cut file. This year I made a lighted glass block Christmas present to put under my tree. Be sure to enter the giveaway for Michaels and Minted.com gift cards at the end of this post. Supplies 8x8 glass block … [Read more...]

How To Choose The Perfect Font

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Are you a little overwhelmed when you are working on a project and need to choose a font? Font choices can definitely make or break a graphic. As a designer and scrapbooker, I am always making font decisions. Want to know my secret for how to choose the perfect font? I use the http://wordmark.it website to help me choose the perfect font. Bring up the website in a … [Read more...]

Spring Break In Tampa Florida

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My kids had Spring Break last week and my family and I headed to Tampa, Florida for a few days. Tampa is under three hours away by car so it was nice to get away without the hassle of flying. My husband did an awesome job planning our trip because we got to do some amazing things with our kids who are 6 and 8. HorsePower For Kids My 8 year old daughter loves horses but … [Read more...]

Creating and Manipulating Grids in Photoshop CS5

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I use a lot of squares and rectangles in my templates. I have many "insta" templates that I created that can be used with popular Instagram or square shaped photos. Some of these templates are among my most popular. I liked my spacing to be uniform and all my photos to be aligned and I easily accomplish this by using Photoshop's grid feature. This video tutorial will … [Read more...]

Pixelate Part of a Photo

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There are times when you might want to obscure part of a photo. One quick and easy way to do this is to use the Pixelate filter in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Here are two videos (one using Photoshop CS5 and one using Photoshop Elements 10) that will show you how to do this in about a minute. Photoshop CS5 If you can't see the embedded video, go here to see it on … [Read more...]