Neon Blue Two-Tone

The person also wanted the letters in royal blue with a golden glow.  The reverse didn't look so good, so I'm only making this version available.

Alpha

Neon Blue Alpha

This is a re-coloring of last year's advent alpha #17.  Someone wanted it in royal blue.

Alpha

Country Garden

I haven't had time to design recently so I'm trying to post some SNL kits that I made last year.  This was the theme for last July, Country Garden.  I took some photos of plants in my garden and turned it into a kit.  It has a complete alpha made out of flowers.

Kit

Alpha

Art Nouveau Quick Page

This is a quick page that I made using my Art Nouveau kit.  I hope people can use it.

Quick Page

Art Nouveau

This is the Art Nouveau kit that I made for SNL 63.  I hope people can use it.

Papers

Elements

Gradient Editor

This is a note to myself on how to find the gradient editor in CS3 and up.  I keep forgetting how to access the editor and having to look it up, so this time, I took some screen shots to help me remember.

In the tool bar, click on the center of the gradient to bring up the gradient editor.

In the layer style dialog, click the center of the gradient to bring up the gradient editor.

Stars & Stripes Quick Page

Here is a quick page using my Stars & Stripes kit.  Enjoy.

Quick Page

Stars & Stripes

I had meant to post this kit sooner, but I forgot.  Hopefully people can use it next year.  It is one I made for SNL last year.

Papers

Elements

Patriotic Chipboard Alphas

I was experimenting and I couldn't decide which of these styles I liked best, so I decided to make them all available.  There are three separate zip files so if you do like one of the styles, but not the others, you do not need to download them all.

Version 1

Version 2

Version 3

Text in a Shape

This tutorial will show you how to make text in a particular shape in Photoshop.

1.  Select a Preset Shape.  I have chosen the default heart shape (Heart Card) that comes with Photoshop.  If you want to see it, then choose a color for it, but the color does not matter.

2.  On your open canvas, draw out the shape to the desired size.

3.  Select the text tool and hover in the middle of the shape.  The tool should develop a circle.

4.  Click and type your text in your chosen color.

5.  Hide the layer with the preset shape by clicking the eye for that layer in the Layer palette.

The text is now complete. You can delete the shape path in the Paths palette, if desired.