Free Digital Scrapbook Photo Frame Elements

Posted on January 25th, 2012 by wwaddell.
Categories: Digital Photography, Free Downloads, Site Information.

Hi Digital Computer Scrapbook Fans,

Had to let you know that I just uploaded 6 brand new Digi-Scrap page photo frame elements. They are a nice sea side or sea shell design set and a wonderful Floral or Flower themed photo frame set.

Get them now at: www.FreeScrapbookTraining.com

Perfect additions to the Valentines Day themed digital scrapbooking paper set downloads that we just added a few days ago.

Oh, and for the kids… we just added a wonderful collection of School Valentines Day card printables. Print them on card stock and cut them out, the guidlines are already included for you to make it really simple. Even your kids could cut them out with safety scissors.

See you there: www.FreeScrapbookTraining.com

Kathy and Wes

www.MyPrincessCrafts.com

Largest Digital Scrapbook Membership on the Internet!

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Your 2012 Scrapbok Photo Calendars are Ready to Download

Posted on August 25th, 2011 by wwaddell.
Categories: Digital Photography, Free Downloads, Scrapbook Tips, Site Information, Training.

Aug 2012

Oct 2012

It’s that time again folks, our 2012 Digital Scrapbook Photo Calendar Templates are ready for download. We even have alternate themes for April, July, September, October & December for those of you outside the US and Canada.

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Review of FREE Pho.to App for Droid and Your Computer

Posted on May 3rd, 2011 by wwaddell.
Categories: Digital Photography, Free Downloads, Scrapbook Articles, Training.

Review of FREE Pho.to App for Droid and Your Computer 

Before I get started, here’s a couple of notes that Kathy wanted me to pass on.

First, there are 12 Brand New Mother’s Day Digi Scrapbook sets in the Members Area. Just log into your Members Home page at: MyPrincessCrafts.com to get all three sizes.

We have several FREE Mother’s Day Stationery Downloads (and free training) for you at: http://www.free-stationery.com/

Mother’s day is only a few days away, don’t miss the chance to tell your mom how much she really means to you… put it in writting so she can treasure it always!

Now, on with our review.

Recently I’ve been playing with the new Pho.to app on my Droid 2 Global phone and I’ve been having so much fun with it that I just had to share.

 I got my new DROID for my Birthday in January and loved the new 5 Megapixel camera, but needed a way to edit and crop the photos on the road without a computer.

Long story short… after several apps I didn’t like, I found Pho.to.  It not only works live with the camera, but will edit any photo I have on the phone and let me save and share the results.  I fell in love with the app the minute I used it.

Here’s one of the first images I made with Pho.to of one of the photos I took last Halloween of Kathy (right) and her sister Kris. The frame is one of the hundreds that come with the app. New ones are being added all the time too.

 It’s so easy to use. Just open the app, choose a frame or effect and then choose the photo from the camera or stored on your phone. Some frames even allow multiple images such as the photo book image here of my grandson, Nick helping feed the horses.

Once you have picked the frame and photo or photos, you have the opportunity to crop the images. If the photo has multiple people in it and the affect just needs the face of one person, you can crop the image to choose which person to apply the affect to.

For example, the Jackie Chan frame image of Kathy’s sister Kris, on the left, came from a group shot of her and all her siblings. What do you think?

All in all, it’s a great app and it’s so easy to use. All the processing is done over the wireless web and that keeps the app small and keeps the abilities large. You can even turn off the Pho.to mark and add text to many of the frame effects such as I did for Kris’s image. My favorite effects are the Celebrity collages such as this next one…

 That’s my niece Jessica in this one.

I use this all the time for my grandkids now. My grandson thinks it’s cool to be Iron Man:

Since I loved this app so much, I wanted to see if they had a version for my computer. WoW! They do and it’s web based so it works with all computer operating systems, windows, mac, linux, what ever.

Just go to www.Pho.to and you can use it with no signups needed.

The web based version isn’t as easy to use as the one for the DROID, but it still is easy enough to figure out and you won’t need a manual to learn it.  Just play and have fun.

The biggest advantage to using the online version is that it also does animated Avatars and photos such as the one here of me. I just added the effect to an image Kathy took at Lake Perrigin State Park last year. Looks pretty cool here on the web, doesn’t it?

Let’s sum is all up.

Likes:

The Droid version app is easy to use, let’s you save the results as well as share them via email, Twitter, FaceBook or what ever other social site you are in to.

The Web based version also lets you animate many of the frames and effects.

The DROID version also connects to your phone’s camera so you can take images for frame effects in real time.

Hundreds of Frames and Effects to choose from in both versions.

Needed improvements:

I’d like to be able to upload my own .png frames to use with the app. That would make all our PrincessCrafts digital scrapbook pages available to use.

Would love if the DROID version also allowed me to create the animated effects and had the Avatar function.  My .jpg versions that it creates can be used as avatars, it would just be nice to have them sized to start with so I knew exactly what the final avatar would look like.

That’s it, I have nothing bad to say and only just two items on my future capabilities list.

I’m having a ball playing with the app and I know you will too.

Wes Waddell

www.MyPrincessCrafts.com

www.Free-Stationery.com

www.FreeScrapbookTraining.com

www.DigitalsScrapbooking.com (free samples news)

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PrincessCrafts Scrapbooks – Short History of The Teddy Bear

Posted on October 19th, 2010 by wwaddell.
Categories: Free Downloads, Scrapbook Articles, Site Information.

Short History of The Teddy Bear

Hello Scrapbook Friend,

Today I thought I would tell you the short but wonderful history of the Teddy Bear.  I personally didn’t know the details until just recently.  It’s really a story of things that were just meant to be.

Before I get there though, Kathy wants me to let you know what’s going on in our Scrapbook Members areas and what new freebies we’ve got for you this month.

First, let’s go over what’s new in your Scrapbook Members areas:

Kathy has added

1 New Halloween Alphabet Tag set
6 New Halloween Tag Card sets

6 New Autumn Scrapbook Page Template Sets
3 Black & White Scrapbook Page Template Sets (Misc. Category)

6 Grunge and 6 Halloween Scrapbook Template Sets to each of the 8.5×11, 12×12 and Landscape (Scrapbook of a Lifetime areas

Your October 2010 Freebies:

Brand New 2011 Photo Calendars are on the http://www.freescrapbooktraining.com/ site

Kathy has also added a new Autumn mini-scrap page for you to download at www.PrincessCrafts.com

OK, enough boring/exciting news (depending on your point of view), let’s get to the Teddy Bears…

Short History of The Teddy Bear

In 1902 when President Theodore Roosevelt was in Mississippi to settle a border dispute between Louisiana and Mississippi he went on a hunting trip. Members of the hunting party tied a small, black bear cub to a tree for him to shoot. Seeing how helpless the small bear was he refused.

The next day cartoonist, Clifford Berryman, drew a cartoon depicting Roosevelt refusing to shoot the bear. This prompted a shopkeeper, Morris Michtom, to ask his wife, Rose, to make a fabric stuffed toy bear to place in his shop window. Morris Michtom contacted the President (which was much easier to so back then) and asked his permission to name the stuffed bear, Teddy. Of course the president agreed and the very first Teddy Bear was born.

At the same time in Germany, a company owned by Margarete Steiff, was beginning to manufacture a stuffed bear of it’s own. This was the first time that stuffed toy bears were introduced to the world.

From there the popularity of the teddy bear grew quickly. Today almost all children have had a teddy bear at one time or another. You easily find toy manufacturers, teddy bear artists, and stores selling teddy bears of all shapes and sizes. We love them on our scrapbooks, in our journaling pages and on our stationeries.

The history of the teddy bear is quite a wonderful and heartwarming story. Just think of how many thousands of teddy bears have been loved and held by children who considered them a best friend, confidant, protector, and childhood adventure companion, it is no wonder they are still the most popular soft toy in the world today.

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That’s all we have for you for this month.  Just wait and see what we are working on for November… you are going to just love it.

So until next time, Happy Scrappin’

Kathy and Wes

www.PrincessCrafts.com
www.MyPrincessCrafts.com 
http://www.twasthenightscrapbook.com/

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I highly recommend princess crafts for all your scrapbooking

Posted on February 14th, 2010 by wwaddell.
Categories: Uncategorized.

Testimonial – no compensation of any kind.

Mrs Kathy,

Thank you for making scrapbooking a real enjoyment, I love the beautiful pages ya’ll make, they are awesome, and so easy to create beautiful scrapbooking pages for any occasion, I highly recommend princess crafts for all your scrapbooking projects. I have made four scrapbooks, one on each of my grandbabies in 3 days, totaling 100 pages, god bless ya’ll for all the hard work ya’ll do in making scrapbooking so enjoyable and fun.

Cindy Roderick,

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How To… Use the New Blend Modes in Digital Scrapbook Artist 2

Posted on January 31st, 2010 by admin.
Categories: Scrapbook Ad, Scrapbook Articles, Scrapbook Tips, Training.

How To…
Use the New Blend Modes in Digital Scrapbook Artist 2

With Valentine’s Day approaching and birthdays occurring throughout the year, we thought we’d show you how to use the new blend mode feature on your homemade greetings cards. Blend modes define how two objects or layers interact with each other and by using them you can achieve stunning results quickly and with ease.

The card below was made using Digital Scrapbook Artist 2 and we are going to complete it by applying blend modes to the two photos. We have used the same photo twice to show you how different blend modes affect the same object depending on what it is blended with.

1. Click on the top photo and then select the Luminosity blend mode (the blend modes are located in the Color tab). The picture will take on the color of the layer below; in this case, it’s pink.

2. Click on the second photo and select the Hard Light blend mode. The photo will take on the texture of the background making it look like the photo is actually printed on the material.

Blend modes are a powerful design tool and can be used in many ways to make your creations look fantastic.

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