Liv Luvs Scraps

"Singles Awareness Day" kit available now

2012-01-26T03:55:00.000-08:00

Personal use only, Tagger-Size kit available now for $3 - 300 dpi

On February 14, spare a thought for those girls and ladies who do not have a Valentine this year - whether they choose to be single, have had a relationship end or there's no-one on the scene... rather than a full-on "Anti-Valentine" kit, this is a kit to celebrate the single lady (with a few anti-Valentine-type elements thrown in for good measure!)!!

This kit features shades of purple, pink, red and brown, with accents of silver.

"Singles Awareness Day" includes:

20 Papers (800x800 pixels), in jpeg format

55 Elements:

10 bows (2 different types)

5 bead frames

5 curled ribbons

5 gem scatters

5 glitter swirls

5 metal tags

5 ribbons

5 tags

4 broken heart charms

1 beaded string

1 button/badge

1 frame

1 mosaic button

1 red string

1 wordart

This kit is exclusive to TKO Scraps!

"Daphne" kit available now

2012-01-16T23:10:00.000-08:00

Personal use only, Full Size ($4) & Tagger-Size ($3) kits available now - 300 DPI

In Greek mythology, the beautiful nymph Daphne, after being chased by the god Apollo, was completely transformed into a laurel tree - and "...only her shining beauty was left" (from Ovid's Metamorphoses).

The "Daphne" kit features shades of purple and pink, representing the many colours of laurel blooms, as well as brown for the laurel branches and grey for the numbness the young nymph felt during her change from human form to plant.

"Daphne" includes:

20 Papers, in JPG format

62 Embellishments, all in PNG format:

5 bows

5 fabric flowers

5 flower frames

5 journals

5 ribbons

5 string embellishments

5 swirls

5 tassle frames

4 spiral strings

3 curled ribbons

3 flowers

2 corker bows

2 glitter hearts

2 glitter sprays

2 pins (beaded)

1 bead branch

1 bubble

1 flower bunch

1 gem scatter

This kit is exclusive to TKO Scraps!

"Brûlée" kit available now

2011-09-13T20:10:00.000-07:00

Personal use only, Tagger-Size ($3) & Full Size ($4) kit available - 300 dpi

Inspired by the colours of the scrumptious French dessert Crème Brûlée (literally meaning scorched cream), Liv Luvs Scraps' Brûlée kit is full of warm browns, yellows and oranges, with accents of gold. Perfect for anything fall/autumn themed!

"Brûlée" includes:

10 papers, all in JPG format

45 Embellishments, all in PNG format:

5 bead clusters

5 buttons (plain)

4 bows

4 gingham frames

4 square frames

4 buttons & bows

3 ribbons

3 tassles

2 curled ribbons

2 gold embellishments (border & flower)

2 'Johanna' poser tubes

2 thin bows

2 tulle flowers

1 doodle

1 sunflower

1 sunflower button

This kit is exclusive to TKO Scraps!

It's Been A While...

2011-09-13T19:51:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I'm so sorry I've been away for what seems an eternity!
I've had a bit of a break - which has included moving to the opposite side of the country! A big move that I'm still getting over 6 weeks later! :)
Anyway, I have released a new kit on TKO...info is in the post above this one.
I think that's about it... until next time..
--Liv--

OWOH - new winner picked

2011-02-28T17:04:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,
Unfortunately, one of the winners didn't get back to me in time...so I've had to announce another winner...

And commenter #37 is...

Congratulations, Heather. I will be contact you now for your details! :)

Thanks again for all the comments...hope to see you again soon!

One World One Heart 2011 - WINNERS!!!

2011-02-17T21:08:00.000-08:00

Well, ladies & gentlemen, OWOH is over for 2011...and also, unfortunately, for good. :( But there's a new exciting event coming next year, which I'm very much looking forward to! :)

Anyway...we had 97 people enter the drawing for the 4 bracelets, which is fantastic! Thank you so much for visiting my blog! I wish I had 97 gifts...unfortunately, I don't... but have a look at the end of the post for something you may like! :)

OK, onto our winners. I went to random.org and the four numbers the site came up with are:

And these people are (in order of the numbers drawn)...

Congratulations, ladies!!! I will be emailing you right now to get your details. If I don't hear from any of them by 3:59pm Sunday my time (11:59pm Saturday East Coast US time), then I will have to draw another name out of the hat (ie. random.org). Sorry, but that's the way it goes!

Also, if you missed out on one of these bracelets, but would like one, I will be selling them (as well as other jewellery and Balinese incense & bath products) on my blog Liv Luvs Variety as of Saturday (possibly earlier, who knows!)...or you can comment on this post, and I'll send you a message letting you know when photos & information are up on the blog.

Thanks so much to everyone who came to visit Liv Luvs Scraps!! :) Hopefully, I'll see you all again very soon! :)

One World One Heart 2011

2011-02-17T17:00:00.000-08:00

Giveaway now finished!

(This post will stay up the top until the event finishes on Feb 17th.)

Hi there! Welcome to Liv Luvs Scraps! My name's Liv, I'm from Sydney, Australia. I'm currently job-searching, so my time is taken up by a few things, including creating digital scrapbooking supplies (including kits and poser tubes), which is what this blog is all about, and writing about & review perfumes and all things scented, which is at my other blog Nose At The Ready.

Apart from those two things, I enjoy watching TV & movies, singing, playing & listening to music, collecting teddy bears & stuffed toys (ones with personality!), and am fascinated with fashion, make-up, jewellery, digital art and photography - all of which I'd like to learn more about!

I'm participating in the One World One Heart event, and it's my second year! I discovered this event back in 2009 and thought it was such a good idea - travelling to blogs by people from all over the world, and getting to know them and what they enjoy doing. I met quite a few people, and even won a few gifts, over the past two years. But seriously, the gifts are not what makes this event special - it's the fact that you can interact with people from anywhere on this beautiful planet of ours, and even make friends!!

As a thank you for visiting me at Liv Luvs Scraps, I'm giving you the chance to win one of four gold-tone bracelets - two of them with a gold-tone & diamante frog charm, and the other two with a gold-tone & diamante heart-shaped padlock charm.

(I have no idea why the photo makes them look rose gold-tone - they are yellow gold-tone)

No, I didn't make them. I wish I was that creative... :)

Would you like one of these bracelets? All you have to do to be in the running is:

1. Have an active blog

2. Leave a comment on this post. (You can tell me if you'd prefer the frog, padlock or a surprise if you like!) And don't forget to leave your email address or a link to your blog so I can contact you if you win!

This contest is open to EVERYONE WORLDWIDE!!! Sorry for the caps, folks - but I want to emphasize that this is open to anyone all over the world!

Oh...and please just leave one comment - multiples will be deleted, as will any spam and simple "enter me" messages . So please DO NOT do any of these :)

Entries close at 5pm on February 17th (New York time, which is 9am Feb 18th for me & others on Australia's east coast), and no comments received after this time will be entered in the drawing. I'll draw the winners sometime after 10am my time (6pm New York time). The winners will be picked at random by the random number generator.

All the best, everyone. I'm looking forward to meeting new people, visiting a whole lot of great blogs and reading all your comments!

Thanks!!

THE POSER REALM Grand Opening!!

2011-02-04T20:33:00.000-08:00

I'm selling in a new store...we just opened this week.

THE POSER REALM IS OPEN!!!

To celebrate the grand opening, a few designers are having sales...check them all out on the homepage.

AND...if you spend $10 or more, you can get our full size "Love Bites Collab" for free with a coupon code - again, check out the Poser Realm homepage!

Enjoy! :)

New products coming soon....

2011-01-29T01:52:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody! I am so sorry for being quiet lately... my creativity isn't flowing as well as it used to.

I do have a couple of products almost ready to go (poser tubes), plus a couple of kits in the works.
AND I'll be selling in a new store...

Stay tuned for new releases very soon!

Thanks!

--Liv--

"JOHANNA" CU/PU Poser Tubes - available at TKO Scraps

2010-10-15T02:51:00.000-07:00

Commercial/Personal Use - 200 dpi

This is Johanna, a tomboy who loves fast cars, sports and occasionally bringing out her feminine side - especially if there's a cute guy around!

In your zip file, you will receive 10 tubes all up - 8 full body poses, and 2 headshot portraits.

These tubes are for both personal & commercial use, are 200 dpi, and the largest side of each tube is approx. 900 pixels!

Please read the enclosed TOU file for more information about usage.

"Johanna" is now available at TKO Scraps for $3.00!

Apologies :(

2010-08-01T21:15:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

I'm so sorry I haven't done much lately. My creativity has gone out the window, unfortunately.

I've been working on a couple of things, but I just haven't been happy with the results - nor have I finished anything I've started! :(

Hopefully, I will have something up in stores soon...until then...

Talk soon,

--Liv--

Memorial Weekend Sale @ TKO Scraps

2010-05-27T02:39:00.000-07:00

Please join us at TKO Scraps for 3 days of great buys!!

All Liv Luvs Scraps products will be 50% off on all three days! :)

The LIV AND LET LIV Collection - now at TKO Scraps

2010-05-27T02:33:00.001-07:00

Now in store at TKO Scraps...

The "Liv & Let Liv" collection of poser tubes, consisting of 8 individual packs of lovely ladies and femme fatales, all associated with a handsome, world famous spy!

Also available is the complete pack (pictured above), which features all 8 girls previously released PLUS 2 not for sale individually!

These ladies are EXCLUSIVE to TKO Scraps!

New "CHILDHOOD FRIENDS" template & Sale @ TKO!

2010-04-02T05:00:00.001-07:00

This product is exclusive to TKO Scraps, where at the moment, we're having the...

Freebie: SERENITY tagger-size kit (Personal Use Only)

2010-03-21T18:16:00.000-07:00

Remember a while back, I had a tag contest? (If you don't, it's ok... you can read about it here!)

Well, Gina was my winner (see her winning tag here), and her prize was to pick colours, theme & name for a kit that I would design! So, Gina chose 'Serenity', named after a niece of hers...and she picked a palette of gorgeous colours...and I came up with this:

And...you can all download it for free!!! Just click on the preview to go directly to the download page...it's as simple as that!!

I hope you all like it... and Gina - I'm sorry this is a little late!!

OWOH - We have our winners!!!

2010-02-15T16:37:00.000-08:00

Well, OWOH has come to an end for another year... and I didn't get to all 1105 blogs :( Oh well...the downside of being away for a week! LOL

I can't believe that I got 205 entries for my giveaway!!

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by Liv Luvs Scraps and commented! I really appreciate it...

But there can only be 4 winners...and they are:

Comment #83:

Caroline has won necklace #4

Comment #125:

Jan has won necklace #3

Comment #159:

Milena has won necklace #2

Comment #7:

Eileen has won necklace #1

Congratulations, ladies!! You will be receiving an email from me very shortly!

If I don't hear from any of the winners by February 28, I will pick somebody else.

Thanks again to everybody for entering!! I will hopefully have a different kind of contest happening soon...

And hopefully, I'll be back for next year's One World, One Heart event!! :)

Tag made for me!! :)

2010-02-15T15:17:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,

Wow!!! One of our lovely & talented CT members at TKO Scraps, Babs, has made each of us designers a tag using supplies from our new TKO Collab kit, Lavender Love!

Isn't it gorgeous?!?

Thank you so much, Babs!! I really love it!! :)

One World One Heart 2010

2010-02-15T04:58:00.000-08:00

(This post will stay at the top until Feb 15th...when OWOH finishes!)

Hi everyone! If you're new to my blog, welcome to Liv Luvs Scraps!

If you're a regular visitor...welcome to you as well!! :) And thank you for coming back... :P

Last year, I came across this awesome annual event called One World One Heart (aka OWOH)...it's basically an event where you can visit people's blogs from all over the world, and make friends with them!! And there's a bonus...they're all giving away a little something!

If you want more info on the event, click on the logo above to be taken to the main information page.

I was fortunate enough to win 5 prizes in '09...so this year, I have decided to give away some prizes of my own!

My apologies for the lack of photo skills! LOL

Anyway...I am giving away 4 necklaces, put together by me. Note: I didn't make them - they're all store-bought supplies - but I put the pendants on the chains, attached jump rings & clasps to the chains...and all that jazz. :)

So -- we have 4 pendants, made of silver-tone aged metal, and they are attached to silver chains (18 inches - or 40cm for people like me who don't do inches...) and with silver-tone jump-rings & clasps.

Here they are in a little more detail:

Again, I am so sorry for the photography!!

Anyway... if you would like to go in the drawing for one of these necklaces, all you have to do is leave a comment in this post (you can tell me which one you like best, or you can say that you'd like a random one)...but be sure to leave me either an email address or your blog link so I can contact you if you win!!

This contest is open to EVERYONE WORLDWIDE!!! Sorry for the caps, folks - but I want to emphasize that this is open to anyone all over the world! :)

Oh...and please just leave one comment - multiples will be deleted, as will any spam messages. So please DO NOT do either of these :)

Entries close midday on February 15th (New York time - that's 4am Feb 16th for me & others on Australia's east coast)...and no comments received after this time will be entered in the drawing. I will draw the winners sometime after 10am my time (6pm New York time)...hopefully, I'll have computer access!! LOL

I am looking forward to meeting new people, and reading your comments! :)

Thanks a lot, everyone! :)

Happy New Year...and Happy Birthday TKO!!

2010-01-15T16:12:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone...my apologies for not saying this earlier...but...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I hope 2010 has begun as a great year for you all, and will continue to get even better as the months pass.

Now, it's time to announce a celebration that I'm so proud to be a part of...

Come play us at TKO SCRAPS as we celebrate our 1st Birthday!

Our One Day celebration is Saturday January 16th

20+ Designers have created CU goodies just for this celebration!

What we have planned:

Sale - $1 store wide and some even below a buck!

Door Prizes - We have tons of new CU goodies to give away and 95% that aren't available in any stores anywhere!

Random Drawing - Each customer will automatically be entered into a random drawing for every $4 they spend. If your single purchase is $12 thats 4 entries.

The prize: All 20+ Designers CU grab bag goodies.

Winning order numbers will be announced on store front on the 18th.

All winners will be emailed as well.

Free Gift: As our gift to you just for joining us on the 16th team TKO is giving away their Birthday Mega Kit!

So please come join us on Saturday January 16th...we look forward to seeing you there!

BLING IN THE NEW YEAR Blog Train!!

2009-12-16T19:43:00.000-08:00

The Sophisti-Scraps Blog Train has left the station!!!

We're so close to 2010...so we're gonna... BLING IN THE NEW YEAR!!!!!

There are 27 designers involved, which is awesome...and everyone has something to give you to celebrate the upcoming new year!

Here's my contribution...

(click the preview to go directly to the download page)

Yep...it's a full size kit!!! HOORAY!!

It features supplies made from Cancer Moon Creations scripts - which are fantastic resources (and can be purchased at TKO Scraps)!

There are 8 papers and 22 elements...so enjoy!! :)

All the stations to stop at:
Train Station

Toni's Scraparoni
A Taggers Scrap
Sophisticated Scraps & Images
Digicats (& Dogs)
Gothic Inspirations
BuiltByBeth
Cora's Creations
Kirsty's Scrap
Nette's NightOwl Works
Designs by Silky
PolkaDot Scraps
Oopsie Daisy Designs
Sizzel's Designs
Saphira's World
Disyas Digital Designs
Black Widow Creationz
Crystal's Cottage Scraps
Eirene's Designs
Scrappin Wright
InToXxiKated InTenTionz
Hutch's Baby/FIC Scraps
Angel Baby Scraps
Liv Luv Scraps
Molly Cooks
Grunge & Glitter Scraps
Chili Designz
Aquarius Scrapability

"BONNIE" CU/PU Poser Tubes - available at TKO

2009-12-12T01:12:00.000-08:00

Commercial/Personal Use - 200 dpi

This is Bonnie, older sister of Blair. Bonnie loves going to the beach and spending her free time outdoors - whether it's surfing, rock-climbing, riding her bike or getting a tan!

In your zip file, you will receive 10 tubes all up - 8 full body poses, and 2 headshot portraits.

These tubes are for both personal & commercial use, are 200 dpi, and the largest side of each tube is approx. 900 pixels!

Please read the enclosed TOU file for more information about usage.

"Bonnie" is available at TKO Scraps , and is only $3.00!

"AIYANA'S CHRISTMAS" CU/PU Poser Tubes -only at Fantasy Posers

2009-12-12T01:06:00.000-08:00

Aiyana's getting dressed up for her best friend Blair's Christmas party...and she wants you to come with her!! She's wearing her Santa hat, and her fancy blouse, and she's ready to party!

In your zip file, you will receive 10 tubes all up - 8 full body poses, and 2 headshot portraits.

These tubes are for both personal & commercial use, are 200 dpi, and the largest side of each tube is approx. 900 pixels!

Please read the enclosed TOU file for more information about usage.

This product is exclusive to Fantasy Posers and is only $3.00!

NO SNOW IN SYDNEY available now @ TKO Scraps

2009-12-08T18:36:00.000-08:00

Personal Use Only, Tagger-size kit - 300 dpi

featuring supplies made from Cancer Moon Creations scripts

Here in Sydney, we dream of a White Christmas, but never get one - because it's summer down here! So, we have to make do with a green & brown one instead...but we throw in some red for good measure (and not just because that's the colour our skin turns when we go to the beach!)

This kit is tagger-sized, and features the colours of the Australian summer, including eucalypt green, ochre, tan, bark-brown and a bit of red and gold.

"No Snow In Sydney" includes:

16 Papers, in JPG format

42 Embellishments, all in PNG format:

12 bows (2 different styles)

8 buttons

5 ribbons

4 Christmas ornaments (all different styles)

3 folded flowers

3 notepapers (one plain, one with children's writing 'Dear Santa', one with 'My Christmas Wishlist')

2 stockings

1 beaded poinsettia-shaped string

1 clip

1 fancy ribbon tree

1 mosaic frame

1 wreath

This kit is exclusive to TKO Scraps.

Freebie: NO SNOW IN SYDNEY Sampler Kit (Personal use only)

2009-12-08T18:31:00.000-08:00

I've just released a new Christmas-themed tagger kit called "No Snow In Sydney", and to celebrate, I've made you all a little sampler! :)

click the preview to go directly to the download page

For more information about the full kit, please see the post above this one!

Enjoy! :)

Medi's Birthday Sale @ TKO Scraps!

2009-12-04T00:25:00.000-08:00

I'm baaaaaaaaaaack....and Christmas is coming...

2009-12-01T00:12:00.000-08:00

Sorry for my absence... internet problems... but, I'm back, and I've got an announcement on behalf of Fantasy Posers...

And, to celebrate the coming of Christmas, Blair's inviting you to her Christmas party!!! She'll be dressing up especially for it...

Each tube is 200 dpi, and the largest side is approx. 900 pixels.

"Blair's Christmas" is exclusive to Fantasy Posers...and costs $3.00 for 10 poser tubes.

Kolor Scapez Konvoy -- NOV BLOG TRAIN!!!!

2009-11-10T01:30:00.000-08:00

For the month of November, the Kolor Scapex Konvoy focusses on:

Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month

Since 1981, November has been designated as National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month. Throughout the month, efforts are renewed to educate Americans about the consequences of driving drunk or under the influence of drugs. People are encouraged to drive responsibly and to avoid putting themselves and others at risk. By getting the word out about 3D Month, communities can implement effective strategies like sobriety checkpoints and information workshops, which combat drunk and drugged driving.

Here's the 'sneak peak' for my part of the blog train...which is, of course, FREE...(always a good thing! LOL)

click on the preview to go directly to the download page

And here is the list of the other people involved this month.

Just remember, we're not all in the same time zones, so everyone will have them up at different times.

http://saphirasworld.de/scrapdesign

http://chaoticscrapper.blogspot.com

http://alexescreationz.blogspot.com/

www.faerylanedesigns.blogspot.com

http://livluvsscraps.blogspot.com/ -- You are here.. :)

http://momsworldofuniquepossiblities.blogspot.com/

and the official blog link:

http://kolorscapez.com/home/konvoy-blog-train/

TWO SALES!!! Yep, that's right - two different sales!

2009-11-06T02:46:00.001-08:00

The first is at TKO Scraps -- we're celebrating Kissed By Cari's birthday!! HOORAY!!!! :)

Then, over at Fantasy Posers, we're celebrating National Scrapbook Day!!

Enjoy the celebrations with us - heaps of savings at both stores!! :)

"AIYANA" CU/PU Poser Tubes available at both stores

2009-11-01T05:12:00.000-08:00

Commercial/Personal Use - 200 dpi

Aiyana is originally from Ethiopia, where her name means "Flower Blossom". She's quite laid-back and shy, but does love to go out shopping with her best friend, Blair!

In your zip file, you will receive 10 tubes all up - 8 full body poses, and 2 headshot portraits.

These tubes are for both personal & commercial use, are 200 dpi, and the largest side of each tube is approx. 900 pixels!

[Please read the enclosed TOU file for more information about usage.]

This product is available at TKO Scraps and NOW available at Fantasy Posers.

Trick or Treat sale at Fantasy Posers

2009-10-30T19:30:00.000-07:00

Trick or Treat $1 Sale @ TKO Scraps

2009-10-29T20:10:00.000-07:00

BONDI BEACH BABE available now

2009-10-22T05:17:00.000-07:00

Personal use only, Tagger-Size & Full size kits available - 300 dpi

featuring supplies made from Cancer Moon Creations scripts

Summer in Sydney, Australia wouldn't be complete without a visit to the iconic Bondi Beach - where girls love to get rid of their tan lines and guys love to...watch the girls getting rid of their tan lines.

Based on the colours the designer saw on a bikini, this kit is great for showcasing summer and/or feminine tags & layouts - with colours such as saffron, peach, pink, yellow, creamsicle and accents of gold.

"Bondi Beach Babe" includes:

20 papers, all in JPG format

42 Embellishments, all in PNG format:

5 curled ribbons

5 ribbons

4 bows (2 different types)

4 buttons

3 sun pendants

2 beach towels

2 'beach babe' poser tubes

2 flowers

2 heart gem scatters

2 ice cream buttons

2 shovel & pail (together)

2 strings of pearls

2 sunglasses

1 beach ball

1 beaded spiral rope

1 lace flower

1 mosaic frame

1 postage stamp

This kit is exclusive TKO Scraps.

"LOLA" CU/PU Poser Tubes available at both stores

2009-10-13T18:52:00.000-07:00

Commercial/Personal Use - 200 dpi

This is Lola...she looks sweet and innocent, doesn't she? But does she have a darker side to her? Mystery surrounds this gal...nobody knows who she is, except that her first name is 'Lola' - or at least, that's what she says it is.

In your zip file, you will receive 10 tubes all up - 8 full body poses, and 2 headshot portraits.

These tubes are for both personal & commercial use, are 200 dpi, and the largest side of each tube is approx. 900 pixels!

[Please read the enclosed TOU file for more information about usage.]

This product is available at both TKO Scraps and Fantasy Posers.

Tutorial: Memories

2009-10-13T00:22:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written by Livia @ Liv Luvs Scraps on October 13, 2009 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to another tutorial is a coincidence! DO NOT take anything from this site and claim it as your own, including my ideas. Anything you create from this tutorial is yours, as long as you don’t make any money out of it. Please remember to only use images/tubes that you hold a license to, or are free for personal use. (Check an artist’s TOU before using their work!)

Supplies you’ll need:

Tube of choice – I’m using a tube from Anniebel (site currently down) for the first tag, and one from Popeye Wong for the second tag (at the bottom).
CAUTION: Popeye Wong's site contains images of an adult nature. Discretion is advised.

Scrap kit of choice – the kit I’m using is “Nan’s Memories” by Kirsty’s Scraps, which may be purchased here.

Mask of choice – I’m using ‘kelsmask180’ from Ms. Kel – unfortunately, her masks are no longer available on the net...but you can use any mask you like. If you’re using the same kit as I am or a similar kit, a vintage-looking mask will look nice! (In the second tag, I’m using a mask from Creative Desires, which is also not available anymore, unless I haven’t searched the net correctly! LOL)

Filters [OPTIONAL]: * Eye Candy 5 Impact (a pay filter, sorry!) Or you can use version 4, if you have it! You’ll be using the Glow/Gradient Glow filter.

If you’re using either of the Eye Candy’s – you can download the settings I made for this tag here. Or you can use your own! (In the zip, there are 2 files – one is for EC4 [which is the small file] and the other is for EC5 [the larger file]...feel free to use them in your other tags and projects!) Put these in the Gradient Glow folder of your Eye Candy folder, which should be with the rest of your plug-ins & filters.

REMEMBER…Save your work often!!!

I will be referring to specific elements from the kit I’ve used, so if you aren’t using the same kit, use the elements you like from your kit of choice. At the bottom of this page, I’ve included an example using one of my own kits, to see that you can make this tag with any kit of your choosing. :)

This tutorial assumes you have knowledge of Paint Shop Pro and its features.

Open up a 600x600 canvas – you can resize it later. Fill the canvas with white (for our background).

Also open up the tube you’ll be using, duplicate it and close the original – just in case! :)

From your kit of choice, open up a paper that will match your tube. I’m using Paper 10 from “Nan’s Memories”.

Duplicate & close the original.

Copy & paste this paper on your blank canvas.

Go to Layers...Load/Save Mask...Load Mask From Disk (if you have your mask of choice already in your ‘masks’ psp folder)...if you don’t, put it in there now! :)

Choose the mask you want to use. Make sure these are selected: Source Luminance, Fit to Canvas, Hide Mask. Then click ‘Load’.

Merge Group.

Next, choose a ribbon from your kit. I’m using Ribbon 3 from “Nan’s Memories”.

Copy & paste onto your tag, on the layer above your masked paper. Resize if you need to.

We’re going to make the ribbon look like it’s wrapped around the sides of the mask layer.

Firstly, lower the opacity of your ribbon so you can see the mask underneath.

Using your lasso (aka the Freehand Selection Tool), and choosing the ‘Point to Point’ option for ‘Selection Type’, click around the part of the ribbon you want to delete – the part that’s going over the edge of the mask layer.

After you’ve selected this, press ‘delete’ on your keyboard. Hopefully it should sort of look like it’s wrapped around the edge.

Do the same for the other end of the ribbon.

Next, click on your “Lighten/Darken” tool and use these settings:

Shape=circle, size=20, hardness=30, step=2, density=100, thickness=100, rotation=0, opacity=50

Right-clicking (which is the darken tool), go over the ‘wrapping’ edges of your ribbon once...this gives the effect of your ribbon wrapping around the sides! Isn’t that clever?!? LOL

Add a drop shadow of choice to the ribbon.

(For my second tag, my ribbon was thin, so I added a word art embellishment to the layer below the ribbon, and then made it look like the ribbon was wrapped around the word art!)

Choose another embellishment of choice from the scrap kit. I chose the Key from “Nan’s Memories”, and a vinyl record for the second tag.

Place it on the bottom right hand side of your tag. You can either have it on top of or below your ribbon – completely up to you!

Add a drop shadow of choice to this embellishment.

Time for your tube. Resize it, if needed (I think I resized both tubes by about 80%).

Place this toward the left hand side of the tag.

Add a drop shadow of choice to your tube.

Now – time for your text!

Using a colour & font of your choice (I used ‘Freestyle Script’ for both tags either at 90 or 110 in size), type out your text. Convert to raster layer.

Here’s the tricky part... Well, it’s not so tricky anymore, coz I’ve made it simple for ya!!

Open up whichever Eye Candy you’re using; find the ‘Black White Black’ setting (you may have to ‘import’ it into EC...which just means going to ‘Manage’, ‘Import’ then finding the setting), and click ‘OK’...see, told you I made it simple! :)

If you want to, you can add a drop shadow to this text.

All you have to do now is add the copyright/licensing info, and your watermark!

Resize your tag & trim the canvas if you need to...

Save it as a JPG...and you're done!!!

Kolor Scapez Konvoy -- BLOG TRAIN!!!! :)

2009-10-10T03:28:00.000-07:00

I'm excited to be a part of this blog train - it's my first month participating, and it looks like it's gonna be a lot of fun!! :)

Anyway...this month's Kolor Scapez Konvoy Awareness Blog Train is for Breast Cancer Awareness!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month takes place throughout the month of October each year. It began in 1985 in an effort to increase concern for breast health issues and spread the importance of early cancer detection. While a great deal of research and treatments have been achieved and improved in recent years, breast cancer is still one of the leading causes of death among women, second only to skin cancer. Therefore, the value of acknowledging and promoting healthy breast care is substantial. It is important to educate women on the risk factors and causes of breast cancer, as well as possible preventative measures and annual mammography screening for women over 40.

Here's the 'sneak peak' for my part of the blog train...which is, of course, FREE...(always a good thing! LOL)

click on the preview to go directly to the download page

And here is the list of the other people involved this month.

Just remember, we're not all in the same time zones, so everyone will have them up at different times :)

http://saphirasworld.de/scrapdesign

http://scrapbyyanna.blogspot.com/

http://craftyscraps.blogspot.com/

http://migginsplace.blogspot.com

http://www.faerylanedesigns.blogspot.com

http://alexescreationz.blogspot.com/

http://livluvsscraps.blogspot.com/ <-- YOU ARE HERE! :)

and the official blog link:

http://kolorscapez.com/home/konvoy-blog-train/

TKO Fall Sale -- selected designers @ $1!!

2009-10-08T17:46:00.000-07:00

We have a winner!!!!

2009-10-04T02:23:00.000-07:00

The winner for my Tag Contest is...

GINA!!!!

Congrats!! :) And thank you for entering :)

Here is the gorgeous winning tag!! :)

FANTASY POSERS Store Grand Opening!!

2009-10-01T20:07:00.000-07:00

Come & help us celebrate the grand opening of the new store, Fantasy Posers, dedicated to Poser Tubes & Kits featuring them!

A lot of items will be discounted to $1!! Lots of bargains, and plenty of different kinds of tubes to look at & purchase!!

Plus, with a purchase of $15 or more you receive a Poser Collab, put together by various store designers.

CMC Creative Team's Halloween Tag Contest!!!

2009-10-01T00:01:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Becca for getting this ready for us! :)

Halloween Tag Contest

"All tag entries should have a halloween theme. Participants will each recieve a Mini Collab Mystery Kit. The kit will be made by the Cancer Moon Creations Team.

Once I recieve your entry I will send you a link to the mystery kits. You can download one or all of them.

Rules for the tags:

No larger than 500 x 500

Send in two copies of your tag

one with your name and email addy on it

and one with out any identifying marks on it.

All tags must be sent in to me Becca at beccards@suddenlink .net by October 23rd

so that I can post them to my blog for the CT members to vote on.

The winner and runner ups will be notified by email and then posted on my blog.

The Grand Prize winner (1st place) will be awarded with a cu grab bag including

scripts from cmc. Runners up will receive a cmc script.

We are looking forward to seeing your tags."

Have fun with this everybody!!! :) Can't wait to see what you all come up with!! :)

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

Featured Designer of the Month + Contest!

2009-09-30T20:26:00.000-07:00

(This post will stay at the top of the blog until Sept 30)

Lou's $1 Sale @ TKO Scraps & CU Freebie

2009-09-28T01:56:00.000-07:00

I've also got a CU freebie for you all...to go with the "Blair" tube pack that I released not too long ago! :)

(click the preview to go to the download page)

Medi's Anniversary Sale @ TKO Scraps

2009-09-25T17:54:00.000-07:00

"BLAIR" CU/PU Poser Tubes available at both stores

2009-09-20T03:41:00.000-07:00

Commercial/Personal Use - 200 dpi

Everyone, this is Blair...Blair, this is everyone! :) She's loves going out, having fun & making friends wherever she is. Blair loves shopping, make-up, anything purple (except eggplants!) and flirting with cute guys!

In your zip file, you will receive 10 tubes (in PNG format) all up - 8 full body poses, and 2 headshot portraits.

These tubes are for both personal & commercial use, are 200 dpi, and the largest side of each tube is approx. 850 pixels!

10 poser tubes for only $3.00 US...but until the end of Sept, at TKO Scraps (as part of me being Designer of the Month), you can get them at 50% off!!

[Please read the enclosed TOU file for more information about usage.]

This product is available at both TKO Scraps (50% off until the end of Sept) and Fantasy Posers.

Sale @ TKO + new products from Cancer Moon Creations

2009-09-18T02:19:00.000-07:00

We're having a sale at TKO...

Plus, there are a couple of new products available at TKO from Cancer Moon Creations...both of the following scripts are available for $4...but at the moment, they're 50% off!! :)

And don't forget about the contest in the top post...it ends Sept 30!! Please join in!! :)

3 Day Birthday Sale @ TKO Scraps

2009-09-12T02:07:00.000-07:00

"SINISTER" CU/PU Poser Tubes available at both stores

2009-09-09T18:36:00.000-07:00

Commercial/Personal Use - 200 dpi

It looks like this gal's got something a little *bad* planned...something *malevolent*...*doomful*...however you want to say it, this is one sinister chick!!

In your zip file, you will receive 10 tubes (in PNG format) all up - 8 full body poses, and 2 headshot portraits.

These tubes are for both personal & commercial use, are 200 dpi, and the largest side of each tube is approx. 840 pixels!

10 poser tubes for only $3.00 US...but until the end of Sept, at TKO Scraps (as part of me being Designer of the Month), you can get them at 50% off!!

[Please read the enclosed TOU file for more information about usage.]

This product is available at both TKO Scraps (50% off until the end of Sept) and Fantasy Posers....which is the new store I'm selling at -- all about posers!! :)

Labor Day Sale @ TKO Scraps

2009-09-05T02:03:00.000-07:00

We're having a Labor Day Sale over at TKO Scraps...from now until Monday, select designers (including myself) have their products at $1.00!!!

New tag for Kirsty @ Kirstys Scraps

2009-09-04T02:41:00.000-07:00

I just made this new tag...unfortunately, no tut to go with it, sorry...was semi-asleep when I did it, and I totally forgot to write down what I was doing! LOL

Anyway, the tag features elements from Kirstys Scraps' kit "Land Of Make Believe", which can be purchased here.

Cancer Moon Creations - CT member! :)

2009-09-04T02:02:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to write a quick note of thanks to Bonnie @ Cancer Moon Creations for asking me to be part of her Creative Team!!

She makes such great scripts -- lots of variety of products, like frames, summer-themed elements...heaps of great stuff!! If you make your own scrap kits, take a look at her blog to see what Bonnie makes - all scripts are at a great price, and she sells them at a few great stores on the net!! :)

Also, I wanted to thank the other lovely members of Bonnie's creative team, who welcomed me so warmly! :) I can't wait to get to know all of you, and have lots of fun as part of this group!!

Please, please, please go to the Cancer Moon Creations blog...the blinkie is below (and also on the right-hand side of this blog! LOL)

Talk to ya soon! :)

--Liv--

GENTLE BREEZE available at TKO Scraps

2009-08-22T03:28:00.000-07:00

Imagine, if you will, sitting overlooking a lake, surrounded by nature; the smells of jasmine & frangipani blossoms being blown in your direction by a gentle breeze as the sun begins to go down.

That's the image that was going through my head when I designed this kit - featuring shades of blue, pink, purple, green, and muted brown. With elements including flowers, bows, buttons and ribbons, "Gentle Breeze" is a great kit to use for any kind of project for girls, and also perfect for spring-inspired tags & scrap layouts.

It comes in two sizes - tagger size for $3.00 US, and full size for $4.00 US. BUT until Aug 23, they're both available for only 77 cents!! Yep, that's right! :)

This kit is exclusive to TKO Scraps!!

"Gentle Breeze" has been designed in 300 dpi, is personal use only, and includes:

20 papers, all in JPG format

40 embellishments, all in PNG format:

6 bows (3 different types)

5 brads

5 buttons

5 fancy frames

5 ribbons

3 painted flowers

2 curled ribbons

2 girl tubes

2 glass butterflies

1 beaded star

1 flower

1 jasmine chain

1 lei

1 tulle bow

Medi's Birthday Celebration Sale @ TKO Scraps

2009-08-19T01:35:00.001-07:00

ChaDesignz Birthday Sale - Aug 15-17

2009-08-15T00:14:00.000-07:00

Birthday Sale @ TKO Scraps - Aug 7-14

2009-08-07T19:59:00.000-07:00

A great sale at TKO!! :)

2009-07-25T01:28:00.000-07:00

THE SHOW MUST GO ON available at TKO Scraps

2009-07-20T21:52:00.000-07:00

The dramatic arts - they've been around for centuries...Sophocles, Shakespeare, Beckett...no matter who your favourite playwright is, this kit is sure to satisfy the "drama queen" in you! Featuring shades of purple, pink, brown and gold and elements such as ribbons, masks, buttons and a set of stage curtains, The Show Must Go On will be a great addition to any scrap collection.

It comes in two sizes - tagger size for $3.00 US, and full size for $4.00 US.

This kit is exclusive to TKO Scraps!!

"The Show Must Go On" has been designed in 300 dpi, is personal use only, and includes:

20 papers, all in JPG format

44 embellishments, all in PNG format:

5 bows

4 ribbons

4 scallopped ribbons

4 tassle frame

3 gem scatters

3 glitter stars

3 spotted bows

3 tags

2 buttons

2 circle ribbons

2 curled ribbons

1 button & bow

1 corset

1 set of theatre curtains

1 flower

1 glass swirl

1 key & ribbon

1 mask

1 star trail

1 stringed buttons

KC's Birthday Celebration at TKO Scraps!

2009-07-10T18:55:00.000-07:00

Break out the Rum and Cabana Boys! We are gonna party till our socks fall off!

Its Kc's Birthday and to celebrate selected designers are having another wacky sale!

16 lovely ladies have their goodies marked down to .63 Cents!!!!

But hurry, sale ends 7/14 !!!

Just click on the ad angel to take you there....

or go to http://tkoscraps.com/store/

(Special thanks to Medi for ad use)

Tutorial: My Light

2009-07-10T01:32:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written by Livia @ Liv Luvs Scraps on July 9, 2009 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to another tutorial is a coincidence! DO NOT take anything from this site and claim it as your own, including my ideas. Anything you create from this tutorial is yours, as long as you don’t make any money out of it. Please remember to only use images/tubes that you hold a license to, or are free for personal use. (Check an artist’s TOU before using their work!)

Supplies you’ll need:

Tube of choice – I’m using a tube from Irulana for the first tag, and one from Popeye Wong for the second tag (at the bottom). CAUTION: Popeye Wong's site contains images of an adult nature. Discretion is advised.

Scrap kit of choice – the kit I’m using is “I Know What You Are” by Kirsty’s Scraps, which may be purchased here.

Filters [OPTIONAL]: * Eye Candy 5 Impact (a pay filter, sorry!) OR Eye Candy 3.1 (now a free filter) – you can find it for free if you search for it on Google :) [Or you can use version 4, if you have it!] You’ll be using the Glow/Gradient Glow filter.

2 fonts of choice (I used Quigley Wiggly by Nick’s Fonts, and Ashley’s Handwriting, which can be found at dafont.com)

REMEMBER…Save your work often!!!

This tutorial assumes you have knowledge of Paint Shop Pro and its features.

Open up a 600x600 canvas – you can resize it later. Fill the canvas with white (for our background).

Now open up the tube you will be using, duplicate it (so you don’t accidently do something to the original!) and close the original. Minimise this – you won’t need it for now.

Open up a paper from your kit – I used Paper 14 from IKWYA. Copy & paste it onto your canvas.

Time to add a mask to this layer...I used a mask called ‘pgd_magical’ – unfortunately, I don’t remember where I got this from... so if you don’t have this mask, you can find one that looks similar. (Eg. Vix PSP has a mask called Vix_Mask196 which would look nice. Also, Ginas Gems Tuts n Such has a nice one – Mask28. Or even Essex Girl’s Fringe Border mask would look nice...or just use whatever mask you like! LOL) Apply the mask, making sure that it looks a little like mine (a thin-ish rectangle with the paper’s pattern showing in the centre...does that make sense? LOL)

[If you end up with a square-shaped paper from your mask, you can use the deform tool to make it more rectangular.]

Find another paper from the kit – I used Paper 8. Copy & paste this onto your canvas and move it under the masked layer. Using your selection tool, select the area on this paper that fits inside your masked layer rectangle. (In other words, you’ll have marching ants around the rectangle, but on your paper layer...) Go to Selections/Invert and hit delete. You’ll now only have the second paper showing through the ‘holes’ in the masked layer...man, I am not making any sense, am I? Gee...I hope you get the idea with this! LOL

The next thing I did was found the Glitter Circle in IKWYA, copied it and pasted it onto the canvas, and moved this layer above your ‘white’ bottom layer. If your kit doesn’t have a glitter circle element, you can make your own, or use a doodle element or another mask...completely up to you!!! Resize it if you need to, and move this element to the left of your tag. Add a drop shadow if needed.

Find a curl/doodle element in your kit – I used Doodle1 from IKWYA. Copy & paste it onto your tag and move this layer to the top. Position it a little lower than the centre of your tag. Add a drop shadow of your choice.

Now maximise your tube of choice, copy & paste it onto your tag, resize as needed (I resized it to 70%) and move it to the left of the canvas. Add a drop shadow of choice.

Add an embellishment of your choice to the top right of your tag. I used the Lantern, and resized it to 30%.

Time for your word art - “You Are My Light”. For this, I used Quigley Wiggly at size 48. You can use a colour, gradient, pattern or paper of your choice for this – I made mine plain white. Add a drop shadow to it and move it to the bottom right of your tag.

Open up another paper from your kit of choice (I used Paper 1). Duplicate it and close the original – just in case! LOL

Back to your canvas – change your background fill to the paper you’ve chosen, and have the foreground as nothing. And type in the name (or text) of your choice with whatever font you like. I used Ashley’s Handwriting at size 60. Convert this to a raster layer. Move it to the top of your tag, and place it next to your tube. Add a drop shadow.

Now all you have to do is add the copyright/licensing info, and your watermark!

Crop the canvas if you need to...

Save it as a JPG (or PNG)...and you're done!!!

4th of July Sale at TKO Scraps - all weekend!!

2009-07-02T17:18:00.000-07:00

TKO's Canada Day Sale - July 1st

2009-06-29T18:59:00.000-07:00

GEM SCATTERS (Commercial Use) available at TKO Scraps

2009-06-16T21:13:00.000-07:00

Commercial Use, Greyscale Gem Scatters - 300dpi - Largest element = 1917x1891 pixels

We all know that diamonds are a girl's best friend, so why not add some 'sparkle' to your kits or layouts with these gemstone scatters.

There are 6 different shaped gemstone scatters included - brilliant cut (round), trillion cut (triangle), square cut, marquise, heart cut and emerald cut (rectangle).

Included in this zip file:

6 x Gem scatters (one of each different shape stone)

These are available exclusively at TKO Scraps.

BLUE FOR YOU available at TKO Scraps

2009-06-16T21:08:00.000-07:00

According to a study undertaken in 17 different countries, 40 percent of people pick blue as their favourite colour! It happens to be mine too...

So, here is a kit full of different shades of blue - from sky blue to navy and others in between...plus grey and gold for a bit of variety :)

It comes in two sizes - tagger size for $3.00 US, and full size for $4.00 US. (But until June 19th they are 61% off!!)

This kit is exclusive to TKO Scraps!!

"Blue For You" has been designed in 300 dpi, is personal use only, and includes:

20 Papers, in JPG format

47 Embellishments, all in PNG format:

6 bows (2 different types)

5 glass brads

5 glitter brackets

5 journal tags

5 ribbons

5 watercolour flower frames

3 butterfly paperclips

3 buttons (all different)

2 curled ribbons (different types)

2 fabric flowers

1 button & bow

1 cardboard frame

1 daisy & bow

1 gemdrops embellishment

1 gem scatter

1 string

TKO Scraps' Overlay Overload (CU) for sale now

2009-06-10T17:17:00.000-07:00

101 STUNNING COMMERCIAL USE OVERLAYS

DONT MISS OUT ON THIS DEAL IT WONT LAST!

JUNE 10TH - $1.00 <~~TODAY ONLY

JUNE 11TH - $2.00

JUNE 12TH - $3.00

JUNE 13TH - $4.00

JUNE 14TH - $5.00

JUNE 15TH - $8.00

JUNE 16TH FORWARD $10.00

Tutorial: You'll Never Know

2009-06-09T21:51:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written by Livia @ Liv Luvs Scraps on June 8, 2009 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to another tutorial is a coincidence! DO NOT take anything from this site and claim it as your own, including my ideas. Anything you create from this tutorial is yours, as long as you don’t make any money out of it. Please remember to only use images/tubes that you hold a license to, or are free for personal use. (Check an artist’s TOU before using their work!)

Supplies you’ll need:

Tube of choice – I’m using a tube from Deedlith for the first tag, and one from Lola Palacios for the second tag (at the bottom).

Scrap kit of choice – the kit I’m using is “I Know What You Are” by Kirsty’s Scraps, which may be purchased here

Filters [OPTIONAL]: * Eye Candy 5 Impact (a pay filter, sorry!) OR Eye Candy 3.1 (now a free filter) – you can find it for free if you search for it on Google :) [Or you can use version 4, if you have it!] You’ll be using the Glow/Gradient Glow filter.

REMEMBER…Save your work often!!!

This tutorial assumes you have knowledge of Paint Shop Pro and its features.

Open up a 600x600 canvas – you can resize it later. Fill the canvas with white (for our background).

Now open up the tube you will be using, duplicate it (so you don’t accidently do something to the original!) and close the original. Minimise this – you won’t need it for now.

Open up a bracket frame from your kit – if your kit of choice doesn’t contain one, you can use a regular frame, make one yourself or use a mask of choice! Totally up to you :) If your kit has a single bracket, you can make it into a ‘frame’ quite easily. Just copy it, mirror it. Then copy the two brackets and rotate by 90 degrees! :)

Copy the frame and paste it on your canvas. It should automatically be centred, but if it isn’t, centre it :) Resize if you need to.

Next, open up a paper of choice from your kit [I’m using Paper 6 from I Know What You Are, which I’ll be calling IKWYA from now on...to simplify things LOL]. Duplicate it and close the original.

On your duplicate paper, draw out a circle with a preset shape (doesn’t matter what colour it is – you’ll only be using it as a template!) Make it big enough to fit on your canvas – if it’s too big, don’t worry because you can resize it! :) Convert this circle to a raster layer.

Now select all (ctrl+a), float (ctrl+f) & defloat (ctrl+shift+f), and you should have those little marching ant things around your circle. Now go to Selections/Invert, click on your paper layer and press the delete button.

Delete the circle template that you made. You should now only have your circle made from your paper of choice. Copy it & paste it on your canvas on the layer above the bracket frame.

Now choose an embellishment of your choice (I chose IKWYA-HeartBox), copy it and paste it as a new layer on your canvas. Move it to the bottom left of your canvas. Resize if you need to.

The next thing I did was open the Chicken Wire embellishment from IKWYA and paste it on my canvas. If your kit has a similar element, you can do the same. If it doesn’t, don’t worry. You can add an overlay of glitter, or another kind of overlay, or leave it blank. Be creative! After all, it’s your tag! :)

The circular wordart is next – I chose the shadowed version in IKWYA.

If your kit doesn’t have any word art like this – don’t worry! Here’s a simple way to make your own:

Open a new canvas the same size as your tag – in this case, 600 x 600. Draw out a circle using your preset shape. Leave it as is (don’t convert it to a raster layer!). Click on the text tool, then put your mouse on the edge of the circle – if you see an ‘A’ with a rounded line underneath it, click. Pick the colour & font of your choice and type your words in. Keep typing until there’s enough to make a circle. Apply your text. Make the circle layer invisible. And merge visible. You now have your own circular word art! In the second tag, I used the script “Edwardian Script” and used a colour from my tube. I also added a gradient glow around it.

Copy & paste it to your tag canvas, and resize if you need to. Add a drop shadow of choice.

If you don’t want a word art, maybe you can make a circular glitter frame, or scatter some flowers or glitter in a circle shape! That might look nice! :)

It’s now time to add your tube to your tag. So open up your duplicate tube that you minimised earlier, copy it & paste it onto your tag. Resize it if you need to. Add a drop shadow of choice.

Pick another embellishment from your kit of choice – I chose IKWYA-Butterfly-1. Copy & paste it onto your canvas, resize it (I resized the butterfly to 40%) and add a drop shadow of choice. Move him to the bottom right of your tag, making sure this is the top layer on your canvas.

Time for your name or word of choice! If your kit has an alpha, great! Use that! I used the alpha from IKWYA, and resized the letters (50% for the upper case, 30% for the lower case).

If your kit doesn’t have an alpha – make your own!! Type the word in a font & colour of your choice and add whatever filters, settings or effects you like! You can make them metallic, glass, bevelled, textured...completely up to you!!

If you want to make your alpha stand out, using Eye Candy (whatever version you have), add a thin glow (aka gradient glow) around them. I used white, but you could use whatever colour you want!

Move your word to the right of your tube, and then add a drop shadow to your word if you like.

Now all you have to do is add the copyright/licensing info, and your watermark!

Trim the canvas if you need to...

Save it as a JPG...and you’re done!!!

A special sale at TKO Scraps

2009-06-08T15:46:00.000-07:00

SANDPAPER ALPHA (Commercial Use) available at TKO Scraps

2009-06-07T02:23:00.000-07:00

Commercial Use, Greyscale Alpha - 300dpi - Largest letter - 1219x843 pixels

This alpha has been designed to resemble the texture of sandpaper - so it is perfect for masculine kits or layouts, but can be coloured to match any project.

This zip includes:

42 Piece 'Sandpaper' Alpha set - including A-Z (Capitals only), numbers 0-9, comma (doubles as an apostrophy), fullstop (period), quotation marks, question mark, exclamation mark & the 'and' symbol.

Available exclusively at TKO Scraps - usually for $2.00 (US), but until June 9th, you can purchase it for...wait for it... 99 cents!!!

TKO Scraps' 9 Days-99 Cents

2009-06-03T02:02:00.000-07:00

All of my products are down to 99 cents!!! :)

CHOCOLATE IS MY DOWNFALL available at TKO Scraps

2009-05-24T17:07:00.000-07:00

A lot of girls, young & old, all over the world turn to one thing if they want to appease their sweet tooth -- chocolate!! Liv Luvs Scraps has designed a kit celebrating a girl's love for chocolate, whether dark, milk or white!

It comes in two sizes - tagger size for $3.00 US, and full size for $4.00 US. This kit is exclusive to TKO Scraps!!

"Chocolate Is My Downfall" has been designed in 300 dpi, is personal use only, and includes:

20 papers, in JPG format

47 Embellishments, all in PNG format:

5 bead frames

5 stitched bows

5 satin bows

5 tags

5 chocolate shapes (star, swirl, tear drop, heart, button)

5 white chocolate shapes (heart, flower, button, seahorse, leaf)

3 layered flowers

3 clips and flowers

1 chocolate bar

1 chocolate square

1 chocolate popsicle

1 curled ribbon

1 gem scatter

1 ribbon & bow

1 truffle

1 choc mud cake

1 eclair

1 "Chocolate" wordart

1 "Yum!" wordart

Freebie: CHOCOLATE IS MY DOWNFALL Sampler kit (Personal use only)

2009-05-24T17:03:00.000-07:00

My new kit is called Chocolate Is My Downfall...and I've made you all a little sampler of it...

click the preview to go directly to the download page

For more info on the full kit, please see the post above this one.

Enjoy!! :)

--Liv--

Tutorial: Misfit

2009-05-18T09:18:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written by Livia @ Liv Luvs Scraps on May 15, 2009 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to another tutorial is a coincidence! DO NOT take anything from this site and claim it as your own, including my ideas. Anything you create from this tutorial is yours, as long as you don’t make any money out of it. Please remember to only use images/tubes that you hold a license to, or are free for personal use. (Check an artist’s TOU before using their work!)

Supplies you’ll need:

Tube of choice – I’m using a tube from for the first tag Carolina Seabra, and one from Melissa Diaz (@ The Precious Miseries Manor) for the second tag (at the bottom).

Scrap kit of choice – the kit I’m using is “Misfit” by Kirsty’s Scraps, which is a free tagger kit found on her blog!

[No outside filters are needed!!]

Mask of choice – I used one from Creative Desires, which is no longer on the net (I can’t find it anyway!) – if you don’t have any mask from them, there are heaps of great ones at Vix’s PSP [put the mask in your ‘Masks’ folder]

Font of choice – I used BoyzRGross by Nick’s fonts

You will also need my LLS_TagTemp_001-PU template, which you can get from here (zip includes .psp, .pspimage & .psd formats)

REMEMBER…Save your work often!!!

This tutorial assumes you have knowledge of Paint Shop Pro and its features.

Open up my LLS_TagTemp_001 template, duplicate it (so you don’t accidently do something to the original!) and close the original.

Do the same for your tube of choice.

Open up a paper from your kit of choice (I used Paper 2 from “Misfit”). Copy & paste this, moving this layer above the ‘background’ layer of the template.

Go to Layers/ Load/Save Mask / Load mask from disk; make sure these are selected: Source Luminance, Fit to canvas, Hide all mask. Click Load.

Merge group – lower opacity to 30 (or whatever you think would look best for your tag – you can always change it later).

Open up another paper of choice (I used paper 16 from “Misfit”). Copy it.

** Click the ‘stripes’ layer, and paste your paper in a new layer above this one.

Back on your ‘stripes’ layer, go to Selections/Select All (or press Ctrl+a if you’re using a windows computer), then go to Selections/Float (or Ctrl+f), then Selections/Defloat (or Ctrl+Shift+f). Now go to Selections/Invert.

Click on your paper layer above the ‘stripes’ layer. Press Delete.

Add a drop shadow of choice. **

Repeat the above steps (in between the stars [**]) for your back circle & front circle, using different papers. (For the back circle I used glitter 4, and for the front circle I used paper 8, both from “Misfit”.)

Hide the original template layers named ‘stripes’, ‘back circle’ & ‘front circle’.

Copy & paste your tube onto your canvas and move this layer to the top. Add a drop shadow.

Optional step: If the kit you’re using has a circle glitter frame, like the one I used from “Misfit”, you can copy & paste it in a layer on top of your front circle, and add a drop shadow.

It’s time to add your name/text.

Copy & paste an embellishment of your choice from the kit – preferably one that text will look good on (I used Charm-1 from “Misfit”, and added a white background to the inside of the charm, and lowered the opacity to make it look like clouded glass). Move it to one side of your tube. I slightly changed the angle of my charm, so it looks like it’s hanging! :)

Add a drop shadow of choice.

Using a colour from your tube & your choice of font, type your text. If you’ve put your element on an angle, rotate your text the same way.

Now all you have to do is add the copyright/licensing info, and your watermark!

Save it as a JPG...and you're done!!!

My very first tag template...freebie for all you taggers :)

2009-05-18T09:07:00.000-07:00

click the preview to go directly to the download page

The zip file has the tempate in .psp, .pspimage & .psd formats

2 sales at TKO Scraps next week!!

2009-05-17T22:02:00.000-07:00

This post will be staying up the top until May 17th :)

Tutorial: Believe In Fairies

2009-05-11T18:21:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written by Livia @ Liv Luvs Scraps on May 2, 2009 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to another tutorial is a coincidence! DO NOT take anything from this site and claim it as your own, including my ideas. Anything you create from this tutorial is yours, as long as you don’t make any money out of it. Please remember to only use images/tubes that you hold a license to, or are free for personal use. (Check an artist’s TOU before using their work!)

Supplies you’ll need:

Tube of choice – I’m using a tube from Deedlith for the first tag, and one from Carolina Seabra for the second tag (at the bottom).

Scrap kit of choice – the kit I’m using is “I Do Believe In Faeries” by Kirsty’s Scraps, which may be purchased here

Filters: * Eye Candy 5 Impact (a pay filter, sorry!) OR Eye Candy 3.1 (now a free filter) – you can find it for free if you search for it on Google :)

Glass preset “SK Candy Sticks Shine” by Shawna @ Scrap Stuff With PSP

Mask of choice – I used “183MaskkelsWWA” – if you don’t have this mask, there are heaps of great ones at Vix’s PSP [put the mask in your ‘Masks’ folder]

Font of choice – I used Quigley Wiggley by Nick’s fonts

REMEMBER…Save your work often!!!

This tutorial assumes you have knowledge of Paint Shop Pro and its features.

Open up a 600x600 canvas – you can resize it later. Fill the canvas with white (for our background).

Now open up the tube you will be using, duplicate it (so you don’t accidently do something to the original!) and close the original. Minimise this – you won’t need it for now.

Open up a paper from your kit of choice – I’m using Paper 16 from “I Do Believe In Faeries” (which I will call IDBIF from now on!)

Go to Layers/ Load/Save Mask / Load mask from disk; make sure these are selected: Source Luminance, Fit to canvas, Invert transparency, Hide all mask. Click Load.

Merge group – lower opacity to 20.

Copy & paste your tube onto your canvas – drag this layer under the masked paper layer.

Lower the opacity to 6 (or a very low number of your choice)

Paste the tube, and drag this layer to the top, resize by 70%, and position it at the bottom left of the canvas

Open up an element from your kit of choice (I’ve used Fairy-Tate from IDBIF), resize by 30%, position at top right of the canvas

Crop your canvas to a size you like.

New raster layer, move to top. Select all, Selections/Modify/Contract by 5, invert

Open glitter of choice (I’ve used Glitter-1 from IDBIF), fill the 5 pixel border with glitter as a pattern, scaled at 40. If your kit doesn’t have glitter, you can fill it with a paper or colour of your choice.

With this border still selected, go to Effects/Inner bevel, and use:

From your kits’s alpha - open the first letter of the word/name you’ll be typing. Copy & paste, position bottom right, lower opacity to 12.

If your kit doesn’t have an alpha, you can type the first letter using a font of choice, add an inner bevel and lower the opacity to 12.

Using a mid-dark colour from your tube, type in your word/name you’re using.

Using Eye Candy 5 Impact Glass, to the Settings tab, click on Manage/Import then find the “SK Candy Sticks Shine” preset you’ve downloaded as part of the Candy Sticks supplies.

Now you’ll see that the preset has been added to your User settings. Click it, and press ok.

If you don’t have Eye Candy 5, you can use Eye Candy 3.1’s Glass with the Transparent Button preset (in the drop down menu).

Add a drop shadow of choice.

Now all you have to do is add the copyright/licensing info, and your watermark!

Save it as a JPG...and you’re done!!!

MY LITTLE SISTER LOVES RED available at TKO Scraps

2009-05-10T19:04:00.000-07:00

To celebrate Liv's little sister's 21st birthday, Liv Luvs Scraps has designed this kit full of her lil sis' favourite colours - red, gold, silver, black & white! Zebra print, hearts, butterflies, glitter and many more embellishments fill this kit.

Normally, this tagger-size kit would cost you $3.00 (US)...BUT, I'm having 2 special sales until May 17th, so get this kit for less while you still can!!

"My Little Sister..." has been designed in 300 dpi, is personal use only, and is available exclusively at TKO Scraps!

"My Little Sister Loves Red" includes:

30 Papers, all in .JPG format

60 Embellishments, all in .PNG format:

10 paperclips (5 gold, 5 silver)

5 beads

5 bows

5 buttons

5 curl frames

5 glitter curls

5 hearts

5 speech bubbles

5 ribbons

2 butterflies

2 chrome hearts

1 fan

1 heart chain

1 key

1 lipstick

1 star cluster

1 tag

Freebie: MY LITTLE SISTER LOVES RED Sampler kit (Personal Use Only)

2009-05-10T19:01:00.000-07:00

My little sister is turning 21! So I decided to design a kit made of her favourite colours...it's called "My Little Sister Loves Red"...and I've decided to give you all a little present - a sampler kit!!

click the preview to go directly to the download page

For more information about the full kit, please see the post above this one!

LAPIS LAZULI available at TKO Scraps

2009-05-10T18:50:00.000-07:00

Lapis Lazuli is a semi-precious stone with a vivid blue colour - and Liv Luvs Scraps has designed a kit based on the colours found in this stone - navy, royal blue, platinum, khaki and other stunning shades are featured in this kit.

The usual price for this kit is $3.00 for the tagger-size kit, and $4.00 for the full size kit -- BUT I'm having 2 special sales until May 17th, so take advantage of this discount while you still have a chance!! Plus all other Liv Luvs Scraps products are discounted as well!!!

Lapis Lazuli is available exclusively at TKO Scraps, which is celebrating Kissed By Pix's birthday, and selected designers have discounted their products until May 14th!

Lapis Lazuli is for personal use, created in 300 dpi and comes with:

20 Papers, in JPG format

47 Embellishments, all in PNG format:

10 pushpins

5 bow dividers

5 brooches

5 fasteners

5 glitter-edged embellishment

5 heart tags

5 ribbons

5 ribbon flowers

1 cabochon stone

1 string heart

Freebie: LAPIS LAZULI Sampler Kit (Personal Use Only)

2009-05-10T18:41:00.000-07:00

I've just released a new kit (available in both tagger & full size) called "Lapis Lazuli"....and, as always, I've made you a little sampler kit :)

click the preview to go directly to the download page

For more information about the full kit, please see the post above this one.

Enjoy!!
--Liv--

I've been tagged!! :)

2009-05-10T18:11:00.000-07:00

The lovely Michelle from Michelle's Angels has tagged me!!! :)

So...onto the important stuff...LOL...

8 Things I'm looking forward to:

1. My sister's 21st

2. My sister's & cousin's birthday drinks celebrations this weekend :)

3. My fancy photo shoot

4. Getting some work

5. My birthday (a couple of months to go)

6. Christmas (my favourite time of the year)

7. Going to NYC

8. Travelling Europe (when these last two will happen, who knows...but I'm planning on doing them both!!)

8 Things I did yesterday

1. Went to church

2. Had KFC for lunch

3. Chatted with friends over lunch & coffee

4. Drank a mocha

5. Played "Risk" (my team took over Europe...then I had to leave)

6. Had dinner at my grandparents' house

7. Surfed the internet

8. Went to bed

8 Things I wish I could do:

1. Go on a round the world trip

2. Meet some handsome celebrities (Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Michael Weatherly...shall I keep going?)

3. Record a CD

4. Do a duet with either Jon Bon Jovi or Michael Buble

5. Play in an 80s cover band

6. Play a sold out concert at Wembley Stadium (that'd be sweet!!)

7. Get an acting role in one of my favourite TV shows

8. Be able to give lots & lots of time & money to orphanages all over the world

8 shows I've watched:

1. Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2. Law & Order: SVU

3. Supernatural

4. NCIS

5. House

6. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (love that show!! wish it was still on)

7. Don't Forget the Lyrics (love it!!)

8. Long Way Round (Ewan & Charlie rock!)

8 People I am gonna tag!!

1. Kirsty from Kirstys Scraps

Spots 2-8...well...I'm gonna cheat - and give it to the ladies at Muse Inspired (all the members' blog links are on the right of my blog)...whoever wants to put it on their blog can :)

Liv Luvs Scraps' 50% National Scrapbooking Day Sale

2009-05-01T18:11:00.000-07:00

SUPER SAVER SATURDAY @ TKO Scraps

2009-04-23T16:33:00.001-07:00

SUPER SAVER SATURDAY April 25TH 2009

$ 1.00 STORE WIDE

Click HERE to Shop this awesome sale!

OUTDOOR GIRL - available at TKO Scraps

2009-04-20T18:55:00.000-07:00

Liv Luvs Scraps' new "Outdoor Girl" kit has been designed for all those who have nature-loving ladies in their family or group of friends. Featuring colours of moss, leaf green, salmon, dark umber and more, this kit is perfect for taggers capturing spring, nature or the outdoors in their designs.

Usually, you would be paying $3.00 (US) for this tagger-size kit, but until April 24, Outdoor Girl will be on sale for $1.50 (US)...that's 50% off!! Plus, all other Liv Luvs Scraps products are on sale as well!! But only until April 24!!

Outdoor Girl is available exclusively at TKO Scraps -- which is running the 50% sale, so take a look around and see what bargains you can find!!

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

Freebie: OUTDOOR GIRL Sampler Kit (Personal use only)

2009-04-20T18:50:00.000-07:00

I've just released a new tagger kit called "Outdoor Girl". So......I thought I've give you a little sampler to go with it! :)

click the preview to go directly to the download page

For more information on the full kit, please see the post above this one.

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

Tutorial: Keepsake

2009-04-19T18:09:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written by Livia @ Liv Luvs Scraps on April 19, 2009 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to another tutorial is a coincidence! DO NOT take anything from this site and claim it as your own, including my ideas. Anything you create from this tutorial is yours, as long as you don’t make any money out of it. Please remember to only use images/tubes that you hold a license to, or are free for personal use. (Check an artist’s TOU before using their work!)

Supplies you’ll need:

Tube of choice – I’m using “Green Angel” from Irulana for the first tag, and “Lil’ Punk” from Melissa Diaz for the second tag (at the bottom).

Scrap kit of choice – the kit I’m using is “Keepsake” by Kirsty’s Scraps, which is a free-to-use kit that can be found at Kirsty’s blog.

Filters: * DSB Flux, which can be downloaded from here

* Eye Candy 5 Impact (a pay filter, sorry!) OR Eye Candy 3.1 (now a free filter) – you can find it for free if you search for it on Google :)

Font of choice – I used Echelon by Larabie fonts

REMEMBER…Save your work often!!!

This tutorial assumes you have knowledge of Paint Shop Pro and its features.

Open up a 600x600 canvas – you can resize it later. Fill the canvas with white (for our background).

Open up the tube you will be using, duplicate it and close the original. Minimise it for now.

Open up, copy & paste the Keepsake-Matt on your canvas, duplicate it, hide original and work on copy.

Using DSB Flux – Bubbles – bubbles=21, density=50, frequency=50, tune=50

Now with DSB Flux – Blast - Percentage=49, Direction-Left

Repeat Blast 3 more times but change directions to right, then upwards & then downwards.

Change opacity to 50

Unhide original matt.

Maximise your tube. Copy & paste it onto your canvas, resize if needed, and move this layer to the top.

Open up Keepsake-Lace2 – paste, resize by 70%, move layer under tube, position towards the bottom of tube.

Keepsake-Bracket – Copy & paste it onto your canvas, resize by 70%, rotate to an angle you like, and move to left of lace. Drop shadow

Keepsake-Doodle1 – Copy & paste it onto your canvas, duplicate, mirror –move both layers under lace, add drop shadow

Keepsake-Flower5 – Copy & paste it onto your canvas, resize by 30%, move to right of lace, drop shadow

Keepsake-Dragonfly – Copy & paste it onto your canvas, resize by 30%, position where you like, drop shadow

Keepsake-Dragonfly - Copy & paste it onto your canvas, resize by 20%, position where you like, drop shadow

Open Keepsake-Glitter1

For your text/name- font=Echelon, size=120, foreground=dark colour from glitter, background=glitter

If you have EC5 Impact – Gradient Glow: Glow type=Outside Glow, Mask Selection=(yes), Glow Radius (pixels)=7.00, Soften Corners=35, Overall opacity=100, Distortion amount=30, Distortion lump size=100, Gradient- Smoothness=100, the colour should be a light colour from your tube

If you have Eye Candy 3.1 – Glow: Width (pixels) =7, Opacity=65 (or whatever you feel looks right), Opacity dropoff=medium, color= (a light one from your tube), draw everywhere=(no)

Add a drop shadow of choice.

Now all you have to do is add the copyright/licensing info, and your watermark!

Save it as a JPG...and you're done!!!

MORE STRING THINGS Commercial Use elements - available at TKO Scraps

2009-04-15T18:27:00.000-07:00

I've just released part two in the String Things set...this one is called "More String Things"!

Basically, they are pieces of string (a bit thicker than the first set) that you can use to add an extra je ne se qua to your tag or scrap layout - and if you're a scrap kit designer, you can include them in your kits!! Brilliant!! :)

There are 10 "string things" included - they are all greyscale, and have been created in 300 dpi.

More String Things is available exclusively at TKO Scraps. The usual price for this set is $1.50...BUT TKO Scraps is having a 50% sale until April 24th... which means you can get this product for $0.75!! Yep, that' right - 75 cents!!! Cheap as Chips!! :)

Have a look around TKO Scraps and see what other bargains you can find!! Lots of designers are participating in the sale, so there's lots to look at! :)

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

Freebie: FREE STRING THINGS CU freebie

2009-04-15T18:22:00.000-07:00

To celebrate the release of my 2 new commercial use products, "String Things" and "More String Things", I've decided to give you all 2 "Free String Things" as a little present...

click the preview to go directly to the download page

For information about either "String Things" or "More String Things" please see the posts on either side of this one :)

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

STRING THINGS Commercial Use elements - available at TKO Scraps

2009-04-13T19:11:00.000-07:00

I've just released a new commercial use product -- String Things! Basically, they are pieces of string that you can use to add an extra decorative touch to your tag or scrap layout - and if you're a scrap kit designer, you can include them in your kits!! Brilliant!! :)

There are 10 "string things" included - they are all greyscale, and have been created in 300 dpi.

String Things is available exclusively at TKO Scraps. The usual price is $1.50...BUT TKO Scraps is having a 50% sale until April 24th... which means you can get this product for $0.75!! Yes, you heard that right - 75 cents!!! Bargain!! :)

Have a look around TKO Scraps and see what other bargains you can find!! Lots of designers are participating in the sale, so there's lots to look at! :)

Enjoy! :)

--Liv--

TKO Scraps are having HUGE Sales!!!

2009-04-10T19:23:00.000-07:00

TKO Scraps has Crazy Sales all over the store.

Butterfly33 Designs has her items for .35 cents!
Marianne's Creations has .50 Cents
We are still celebrating Designz by Lou's birthday with $1 sales all over the store until Tuesday....

Then.......50% through the 24th!!!! Whooohooo!

Come Play the TKO way

TKO SCRAPS SPRING TAGGER SIZED GRAB BAG - available now

2009-04-04T00:20:00.000-07:00

Team TKO has done it again!

Team TKO Mystery Mega CU Taggers grab bag.

100 commercial use items stuffed in this grab bag!!

What does that mean for all you taggers?
8 cents per item...You can't beat that anywhere!!!

It's a Mystery Bag...but I'll give you a bit of info

9 awesome designers & 65% of this bag is elements!

It's available exclusively at TKO Scraps for $8.00 (US).

CHILDHOOD FRIENDS: FREDDIE available at TKO Scraps

2009-04-01T18:01:00.000-07:00

Introducing Freddie the frog. He was made in the same factory as Ted and Tubby, and is good friends with both of them. (All the little ones made in the factory are friends!) Freddie loves swimming and dancing, so he's a very active frog!

Freddie is the third toy to join the Childhood Friends collection of commercial use templates.

He was created in 300 dpi, is greyscale, comes in 3 formats and is available exclusively at TKO Scraps for $1.50 (US).

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

Freebie Kit: ROCKIN' THE SUBURBS (Personal Use Only)

2009-04-01T17:30:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I've given you all a free kit...not one of those sampler ones...I mean a proper kit! Well...here's one that I made for y'all! :)

It's called "Rockin' The Suburbs" - yes, named after that catchy song by Ben Folds! :)

click the preview to go directly to the download page

Hope you like it!! :)

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

Michelle's Angels' Easter Egg Hunt Blog Train!!!!!

2009-04-01T00:05:00.000-07:00

It's here, ladies & gentlemen!!! The Michelle's Angels Easter Egg Hunt Blog Train has officially arrived...
Here's my portion:

click the preview to go directly to the download page

There are 51 blogs participating...

1. Michelles-Angels Store blog
2. Michelles-Angels
3. MoveFearlessly Designs
4. JIC Creations
5. Digiscrapations
6. Baby Cakes Scraps
7. Lady Snowflake's Designs
8. Scraps and More by Ginavere
9. Mystical Designz
10. Lady Saphira
11. Throwing Some Scraps Around
12. RomanceChick Designs
13. Kathy Count
14. Zee's Designs
15. Eclipse's Creations
16. Digi Cyber Scraps
17. Eye Opening Designs
18. Nip's Creations
19. AngLaRue Creations
20. Desert Bloom Designs
21. Elegant WordArt by Bethany
22. Foxylady Creations
23. CandysTreasures
24. Tootlebugz
25. Tiffany's Treasures
26. DebsDesign
27. Katzscrapz
29. Panda Bear Designs
29. Designs by Teri
30. PSP Scrapper
31. JTsDesigns
32. Liv Luvs Scraps **YOU ARE HERE!**
33. MJH Designs
34. jbs2designs
35. Lindas Dream Designs
36. A-Design by Lena
37. Lorri's Scraps
38. All Things Digi
39. Becky's Scrap Freebies
40. Scrappin with Lil Ole Me
41. Muriel's Scrapbits
42. Digital Scrap Fun
43. Our This - N - That
44. DazzlingScraps
45. Candie's Creations
46. Munchkyn Scraps
47. Maggies Scrap
48.TaggingAngelsNScraps
49.Crafty Scraps

50. Mariandale Designs
51. FairyDustPrincess~MagicMaker

Make sure you stop by every single stop to grab your fantastic free Easter goodies!! :) Please note that due to differing time zones, not all portions may be posted at the same time!!

A big thank you goes out to Michelle from Michelles-Angels from putting this together! I had so much fun working on this...now to check out everyone else's contributions!! :) YAY!!!

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

It's almost here...

2009-03-31T19:19:00.000-07:00

Not long until the Michelle's Angels Easter Egg Hunt Blog Train leaves the station...How exciting!!! :)

Before the blog train begins, here's what Michelle writes about the rules :

"1. Visit each participate to receive their portion of the the Easter Blog Train.

2.Make sure you leave some luv when download *LOL*

3.Unzip all your new goodies and look for the Magic Egg.

The Magic egg has been randomly placed in 2 of the zips. One egg will contain a coupon for $2 off a $10 purcase at Michelles-angels store. The other Magic Egg will contain a coupon for 20% off your entire purchase at the store. *Only one coupon redeemable at a time* Coupon had no limit on how many times you may use it until June 1st.

4.Make a purchase using one of the found coupons!

*BONUS*

Make a LO or Tag using items from the Blog Train and post your creation in our Gallery, in the folder called Easter Egg hunt Contest, between May 1st and May 20th. Be sure to credit the designer who created the items you use.

Beginning May 21st we will be voting for the top 3 Layouts/Tags. Register in the Forum to vote for your favorites!

*PRIZES*

1st Place - $10 Store Gift Certificate

2nd Place - $5 Store Gift Certificate

3rd Place - $2 Store Gift Certificate

Blog Train and Contest will run April 1st thru May 31th. Winners will be announced on the Store Blog on June 1st. Good luck to everyone and can't wait to see all the entries!

*Note to Participants*

Please leave your portion of the Blog train available until after the contest has ended on June 1st. Thanks so much!

Visit www.michelles-angels.com/blog/egghunt.html

Credits:

$10 G.C. donated by Michelle (michelles-angels.blogspot.com) and Roxanna (movefearlessly.com/blog)

$5 G.C. donated by Jody (jiccreations.blogspot.com)

$2 G.C. donated by Lisa (mysticalsscrapdesignz.blogspot.com)

Deb http://shilohshepherdbreed.blogspot.com Thanks for the use of her Bunnykins to make the

blog train blinkie...you can purchase this cute little bunny with all his Easter Eggs in the store."

So that's the rules...but did you read them?!? There are magic eggs in a couple of the files AND there's a contest where you can win gift certificates to the Michelle's Angels store!!

There are 51 stops to make on this blog train...and it all starts tomorrow (April 1st)!

Enjoy!! :)
--Liv--

CHILDHOOD FRIENDS: TUBBY available at TKO Scraps

2009-03-27T17:28:00.000-07:00

This is Tubby! He & Ted have been best friends since they left the factory together! Tubby may be a little on the chubby side, but he doesn't mind - he says it makes him cuddlier! Tubby loves to cook...and sample his own dishes!
Tubby is the second toy to join the Childhood Friends collection of commercial use templates.

He was created in 300 dpi, is greyscale, comes in 3 formats, and is available exclusively at TKO Scraps for $1.50 (US).

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

Sale: Super Saver Saturdays at TKO Scraps!!!

2009-03-26T23:10:00.000-07:00

3 New Tuts by Scraps by CWD...+ an award!!

2009-03-26T15:41:00.000-07:00

Sarah from Scraps by CWD has spoilt me...again!!! :) She has written 3 new tutorials using my kits!!!

Click the tags to go to the tutorials :)

First, is "Just A Girl", which was done using my For The Girls kit:

Then there's "Groovy", which uses my Carnaby Street kit:

And last, but certainly not least, is "Dreaming of You..." - using my new kit, Cascade:

Of course, all three kits used in these tutorials can be purchased exclusively from TKO Scraps!!

Also, back at the start of March (sorry for the lateness!), my friend Danielle from DMK Designs gave me an award! It's the Determined Woman award! What a priviledge...thank you, Danielle!! :)

The rules for the award are:

1. Post this award on your blog.

2. Link back to the person who gave you the award.

3. Select 10 women who you think deserve this award.

So, without any further ado...

* Sarah @ Scraps by CWD
* Leigh @ Heartfelt Perfections
* Michelle @ Michelle's Angels
* Gina @ Shades of Gina
* Paola @ Mundo Grafico
* Tracey @ Soxsational Scraps
* Kathy @ Designed by K
* Helly @ Designs By Helly
* Laura @ Laura's Designz
* Judy @ Scrap Pocket

Well...I think that's about it from me!! I'm exhausted!! I saw Madness in concert last night - it was fantastic! I didn't stop dancing the whole time they were on!! It was an awesome night! :)

Hope you've all had a great week! :)
Until next time...
--Liv--

Tutorial: Girls Night

2009-03-26T15:11:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written by Livia @ Liv Luvs Scraps on March 26, 2009 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to another tutorial is a coincidence! DO NOT take anything from this site and claim it as your own, including my ideas. Anything you create from this tutorial is yours, as long as you don’t make any money out of it. Please remember to only use images/tubes that you hold a license to, or are free for personal use. (Check an artist’s TOU before using their work!)

Supplies you’ll need:

2 Tubes of choice – I’m using 2 tubes from the scrap kit I used for the first tag, and two from Carolina Seabra (aka Queen Uriel) for my second tag.

Scrap kit of choice – I’m using I ♥ Sleepovers by Scraps by CWD, which may be purchased from TKO Scraps

Filters: * Filters Unlimited 2.0 (a pay filter, sorry!) If you don’t have it, I will give you an option that will give you a similar effect.

* Eye Candy 3.1 (now a free filter) – you can find it for free if you search for it on Google :)

Font of choice – I used Angelina, which can be found at dafont

REMEMBER…Save your work often!!!

This tutorial assumes you have knowledge of Paint Shop Pro and its features.

Open up a 600x600 canvas – you can resize it later. Fill the canvas with white (for our background).

Open up the tubes you will be using, duplicate them and close the originals. Minimise them for now.

From your kit of choice, open up a frame you like – I chose the pink frame. If your kit doesn’t have a frame included, you can either make one yourself using a paper, or choose a frame that comes with PSP! :)

Now open up a paper of choice from your kit, duplicate it and close the original.

Go back to your tag canvas. With your magic wand, click inside the frame (where it’s empty), go to Selections/Modify/Expand, and make it either 2 or 3.

Add a new raster layer, and drag this below the frame layer. Go to your paper of choice, copy it, go back to the canvas, and paste into selection.

Now you can add a drop shadow of your choice to the frame.

Pick one of your tubes to go inside the frame. Copy it and paste it on top of the paper layer. Resize the tube so that it fits inside the frame. Lower the opacity of the tube to 40.

Open up another paper of choice from your scrap kit, preferably a mid-dark coloured paper, but you can do whatever you want! :) Duplicate it, and close the original.

With your selection tool, select a rectangle as big as your frame. Copy it.

Back to your canvas - click on your very bottom layer (which should be the white background). Paste your new paper as a new layer.

If you have Filters Unlimited 2.0: Go to Distortion Filters/Twister, and drag the arrow to 94.

If you don’t have Filters Unlimited 2.0: Go to Effects/Distortion Effects/Ripple, and have your settings at Horizontal=100, Vertical=76, Amplitude=63, Wavelength=21, Edge Mode=Wrap.

Now, go to Effects/Distortion Effects/Twirl, and put the setting to 720.

Change the opacity of your ‘twisted’ paper to 4.

It’s time to add your other tube! Copy it, and paste it on your canvas, making sure this layer is on top of all the others. Resize your tube as needed.

Now for your text – using your font of choice, at a size of your choosing (mine is at 90), type your text. Convert to Raster Layer. [I also italicised the font, and stretched it out a bit.]

Go to Eye Candy 3.1/Drop Shadow, and in the dropdown menu, click on Faint. Change the colour to a lighter colour of the text, or leave it as black...up to you!! And accept it! :)

Crop your canvas to a size you like. Add a new raster layer at the top, and fill it with the same colour as your text. (Don’t worry, it won’t stay like this for long! LOL)

Go to Selections/Modify/Contract, and set the number to 5. Delete the selection, then go to Selections/Invert. You will now have your border highlighted. Add a bevel of your choice.

Now all you have to do is add the copyright/licensing info, and your watermark!

Save it as a JPG...and you’re done!!!

CHILDHOOD FRIENDS - TED available at TKO Scraps

2009-03-23T16:58:00.000-07:00

Say hello to Ted!! He is, of course, a teddy bear - cute & cuddly (and he loves to dance!)...

Ted is the first to join the "Childhood Friends" collection of commercial use templates.

He was created in 300 dpi, is greyscale, comes in 3 formats, and is available exclusively at TKO Scraps for $1.50 (US).

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

CASCADE - available at TKO Scraps

2009-03-22T21:21:00.000-07:00

I've just released my brand new kit, Cascade - and it's available exclusively at TKO Scraps!

This kit comes in two sizes - tagger size for $3.00 (US), and full size for $4.00 (US).

Cascade is for personal use only, was created in 300 dpi, and comes with:

30 Papers, all in JPG format

50 Embellishments, all in PNG format:

10 Bows (5 Satin, 5 Stitched Cotton)

5 Glittered Ric Racs

5 Buttons

5 Pearl Drops

5 Tags

5 Pebbles

5 Flowers

5 Brackets

4 Beads/Glass Brads

1 Beaded String

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

Freebie: CASCADE Sampler Kit (Personal Use Only)

2009-03-22T21:17:00.000-07:00

Hello!
I have just released a new PTU kit at TKO Scraps, and it's called "Cascade".

Like always, I've made a mini sampler kit for you to try out! :)

click the preview to go directly to the download page

For all the info about the full kit, please see the post above this one.

Enjoy! :)
--Liv--

Tutorial: IN THE CITY

2009-03-18T15:39:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written by Livia @ Liv Luvs Scraps on March 18, 2009 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to another tutorial is a coincidence! DO NOT take anything from this site and claim it as your own, including my ideas. Anything you create from this tutorial is yours, as long as you don’t make any money out of it. Please remember to only use images/tubes that you hold a license to, or are free for personal use. (Check an artist’s TOU before using their work!)

Supplies you’ll need:

Tube of choice – I’m using a tube from Carolina Seabra.

Scrap kit of choice – I’m using Sex in the City by Soxsational Scraps, which is unfortunately no longer available for purchase :*(

Filter: Eye Candy 5: Impact (or 4000) – Gradient Glow (optional) – this was only for the copyright info, so it’s not necessary, unless you really need it!! :)

Font of choice – I used Segoe Script

REMEMBER…Save your work often!!!

I will be refering to specific elements from the kit I’ve used, so if you aren’t using the same kit, use the elements you like from your kit of choice. At the bottom of this page, I’ve included an example using one of my own kits, to see that you can make this tag with any kit of your choosing. J

This tutorial assumes you have knowledge of Paint Shop Pro and its features.

Open a 700x700 blank canvas - you can resize it later.

Now open up the tube you will be using, duplicate it (so you don’t accidently do something to the original!) and close the original. Minimise this – you won’t need it for now.

Open up a dark paper from your scrap kit. I used Paper 10 from the SITC kit. Go back to your blank canvas –choose the rectangle preset shape, with your paper as your foreground pattern (and nothing for your background colour), and a line width of 5 pixels, draw a rectangle on your canvas. Once you’re happy with the size and shape, convert to a raster layer.

With your magic wand tool, click inside the rectangle – you should now have marching ants around the inside of the shape. Add a new raster layer. Go to Selections/Modify/Expand and expand by 1 pixel. Copy your dark paper from the previous step, and paste it in the selection. Do not deselect.

Add a new raster layer. Move this to the bottom of your layer list (on the right of your screen). Fill this layer (with the marching ants still around the inside of the rectangle) with white. Deselect.

Go back to your layer filled with the dark paper (not the rectangle frame!) and lower the opacity to about 60.

Maximise your tube, copy it and paste it as a new layer on your tag canvas. I’ve kept mine at 100% size for this one. Lower the opacity to 14.

Go back to your filled layer (the one from two steps before this one!), and with your magic wand tool, select the area outside the rectangle, then go to your tube layer, and hit delete. You should now only have your tube inside the frame.

Now open up a paper from your kit of choice that is the same or a similar colour to the paper already used, but with a pattern on it (in a lighter colour, preferably). (I used Paper 11 from the SITC kit.) Copy it.

Back in your tag canvas - again, with your magic wand tool, select the area outside the rectangle layer. Go to Selections/Invert. Add a new layer to your tag canvas. Paste your new paper in this selection. Deselect. Lower the opacity of this paper to 24.

Find a long embellishment in the kit you’re using, eg. Ribbon (in the Sex In The City kit, there are a couple of Skyline embellishments, so that’s what I used.) Copy it, and add it as a new layer on your canvas. Make sure this is your top layer. Resize it if you need to. Add a drop shadow of choice (I used H&V=0, Opacity=50, Blur=5, Colour=Black).

Now, add an embellishment from your kit of choice to the bottom right-hand corner – it can be a button, flower, bow...completely up to you!! (I used the disco ball from the Sex In the City kit!) Add a drop shadow to it, and then add a drop shadow to your tube.

At this point, I added some bling to the top right of the tag. This is optional!! :)

It’s now time to add your text/name! Open up your font of choice, with the colour white (or a light colour from your tube), type out your word. Convert to a raster layer, and position it to wherever you want it. I put it at the bottom, almost centred, and positioned it so part of it was ‘hanging’ off the edge of the tag. Add a drop shadow of choice.

All you have to do now is add the copyright/licensing info, and your watermark.

Save as a JPG...and that's it!!

Tutorial: HARD ROCK

2009-03-16T17:46:00.000-07:00

This tutorial was written by Livia @ Liv Luvs Scraps on March 14, 2009 and is my own creation. Any resemblance to another tutorial is a coincidence! DO NOT take anything from this site and claim it as your own, including my ideas. Anything you create from this tutorial is yours, as long as you don’t make any money out of it. Please remember to only use images/tubes that you hold a license to, or are free for personal use. (Check an artist’s TOU before using their work!)

Supplies you’ll need:

Tube of choice – I’m using a tube from Annies Tubes – (for reference, the image is PPT 018).

Scrap kit of choice – I’m using Designs By Helly’s Hard Rock Mama kit, which may be purchased here

Filter: Eye Candy 5: Impact (or 4000) – Gradient Glow (optional)

Font of choice – I used Biometric Joe (free font, found at dafont)

REMEMBER…Save your work often!!!

I will be refering to specific elements from the kit I’ve used, so if you aren’t using the same kit, use the elements you like from your kit of choice. At the bottom of this page, I’ve included an example using one of my own kits, to see that you can make this tag with any kit of your choosing. :)

This tutorial assumes you have knowledge of Paint Shop Pro and its features.

Open up a 600x600 blank canvas – you can resize it later.

Open up the tube you will be using, duplicate it, and close the original (so you don’t lose it!)...paste it as a new layer on your canvas and resize as you see fit.

Open up a paper of choice. I have used paper 10 from Hard Rock Mama. Paste this as a new layer under your tube. This will be your ‘frame’ for the tube.

Leaving plenty of room around the tube, select a rectangle, invert and delete.

On this same layer, go to selections/select all/float and selections/defloat, so you now have the little marching ants around your paper. Now, Selections/Modify/Contract by 10.

Open up another paper of choice. This time, I’ve used paper 12 from Hard Rock Mama. Copy it, and go back to your canvas.

As a New Raster Layer, paste into selection. So, the order of your elements should be first paper (frame), second paper (fill) and tube on top.

**If you’re using Eye Candy’s Gradient Glow** Click on your tube layer. Go to your plugins and find Gradient Glow in your Eye Candy folder.
If you have EC 5: Impact, you can use the ‘Subtle White Glow with Distortion’ setting, and change the Glow Radius to 12.78.
If you don’t have EC 5, you can use a thin white glow – radius approx. 13, soft corners 35, opacity 100.

Time to add embellishments!!

Firstly, something for the bottom-left & top-right corners. I used Star1 from Hard Rock Mama, and resized it to 30%. Add a drop shadow of your choice. (I did V&H 0, Opacity 50, Blur 50, colour black.) Repeat for opposite corner.

Next, add an embellishment to the top left of your tag (doesn’t have to be in the corner!). I used the Silver Charm from H.R.M. and kept it at 100%. Add a drop shadow.

If your embellishment looks like it’s sort-of hanging off nothing, you can add a brad or fixture of some sort. (I used the Fabric Flower from H.R.M.) Again, add a drop shadow.

It’s now time to add your name. Open your font of choice and minimise it (if you haven’t got it in your font folder – if you do, don’t worry about it! LOL)

With a dark colour from your tube as your foreground and a lighter colour from your tube as your background colour, and with a stoke width of 4, type your name and change the size as desired.

Rotate your text 90 degrees to the right, and place it on the right hand side of your tag. I’ve aligned it so that the bottom of most of the letters touches the frame.

Next, add the picture’s copyright & licence info. And, if you want, you can add your ‘made by...’ mark.

Save as a JPG...and that’s it!!