CU Tips and Tricks - Hidding Shadows

Hi again

Last time we talked about making border/edge clusters, and saving them with outer shadows, this time I wanted to show you how to remove those outer shadows, really easy!

Here is the cluster I made last time, with all the layers shadowed, using PSE's build in drop shadows (this is important!)

Now in my Layers pallet I am gonna select all the layers at once - Click on the top layer and hold shift down and then click on the bottom layer.

While all your layers are selected duplicate them (right click on the layers menu -> Drop menu -> Duplicate -> OK)

With all the duplicated layers still selected -> Right Click on the layers menu and -> Clear Layer styles
Right Click again -> Merge layers

Now you have all the duplicated layers merged into one single layer with no styles on it at the top - Move it to the bottom layer

The last step is to group (Ctrl+G) each of the upper layers to the Duplicated and merged layers, that will remove all the outer shadows and you can now save a shadowed and an unshadowed version for your costumers.

When you have done this tutorial twice it takes about 30-60 seconds to make an element with no outer shadows.

I hope you have enjoyed these tips and tricks - please let me know what you think :)

I have added the cluster I made as a PERSONAL USE ONLY freebie, so you can have a closer look at it

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Oldies but Goodies - Grown 2 A Man

Hi Scrappers

It is time to revisit and oldie but goody - and in honor of Father's day this next week you can save 15% on Grown 2 a man using the coupon code: OLDIES15

  

 

Here is some inspiration from the CT

If you are looking for something else for scrapping those Father's day photos, you can still save 70% on June's PU grab bag - There are $12.00 of goodies in it and it can be yours for just $3.50 - but only in June

Lastly a coordinating freebie to Grown 2 a man

Little Swimmer *Winner*

'Morning everyone

I have a winner of the Little Swimmers Bundle, here is a great big congrats to Brenda, you can claim your prize by sending me a mail at Susdesigns@gmail.com

Little Swimmers *News*

Today I have 2 reasons why swimming is good for you.

Goggles, swimsuit, fins and towel - check. One little swimmer (girl or boy) - check. Photos of your little one at the pool - check. Now all you need is a kit to scrap your photos with. Check that too, because you'll find just what you'll need in the Little Swimmers collection! In aqua for boys and coral for girls, Little Swimmers includes swim trunks and a swimsuit, a paddle board, champion swimmer, ribbons, flags, tags, and more to help you decorate your pages. This weekend you can minimum save 20% on each of the releases.

The Little Swimmers Bundle includes: 20 12x12 papers in JPG format, 60 elements in PNG format (47 unique), 25 wordstrips in PNG format, and 1 alpha set.

Here are some more CT pages to inspire you

Lastly you can find a wordart freebie by CTM Theresa

Sneak Peek

Hi Scrappers

It is time for a Sneak Peek contest more, check out the rules at the end

You can enter by sharing the sneak peek preview. You can…
1. share it on your blog
2. share it on Facebook (You can share button via the link)
3. share it via twitter
4. Share it on Pintrest (You can PinIt via the link) 
5. Share it on ........ 
Remember, you have to make a comment in this post, for each place you share with a link, to be eligible to win
Deadline: 11:59 PM GMT Thursday

*Title Tips* - Choosing a font

Hello Scrappers

It is time for another *Title Tips* - Today I am gonna share a fun site with you, that will show all the fonts you have downloaded in one place, and let you choose the one that will go best with your layout or text.

The site is called Wordmark.it and all you have to do is

 Then the site will show all your fonts with your chose text

Now the hard part is choosing what font then to use. I have made a layout using my Bright happy day kit, but couldn't decide on what font to use for the title, so I wrote FRIENDS in Wordmark.it - and chose 3 that I liked, and tried them on my page

First up I used Calibri, but I felt it was to boring

My next choice was Pea C-Squared - this seemed to busy

Lastly I tried Wee Bairn - this seemed to have the perfect mix of size, and wimpsy that I was looking for

I hope this also can be of help to you when you are gonna make titles using fonts.

Aim for the Sky *WINNER*

Hello

First up thank you to all of you that have entered the Aim for the sky sneak peek contest.....a little late but I have picked a winner, that will get the entire Aim for the sky bundle

So a great big congrats to Schnoodlemom you can claim your winnings by sending me a mail at SusDesigns@gmail.com