mscraps hoppity blog-hop!

Welcome to my stop of the famous Mscraps blogtrain! I hope you are enjoying the festivities?

If you didn't come here from the blog of talented Soco, you might be missing some goodies. Go and see this thread where our bloghop starts.

Don't forget to check Mscraps games and challenges - you never know when a RAK might fall out of the sky!!  :-)

And of course, my entire store is 40% off!

free set of journaling cards

On my Facebook fan page, I am offering a set of journaling cards, coordinated with my latest release - Mint Chocolate.
(click on the For My Fans tab)

Don't forget, all my products are 30% off in celebration of my being the Featured designer at Mscraps. Watch Mscraps happenings for RAKs and other offers!

(What's The Buzz section *wink*)

very berry kit + freebie

I am a cherry lover. And blueberries and raspberries. This kit is a tribute to their beautiful, modest colors. Available at Mscraps with 20% off the regular price (till Sunday, Aug 11th).

Leave a comment here and I'll be back Friday evening (PST) with a name of one lucky winner of the kit!

You should definitely check out my FB fan page for other goodies, some available only from there.

template irresistible

Did you manage to unzip and organized the goodies you bought during the iNSDS? I have one more if you want to "squeeze" it into your stash folder!  lol

I named this template by the page I made originally, with the kit Living The Love by Heater T.
Hope you'll have fun with it.

mscraps freebie train

yes, of course I wouldn't miss the fun and I am participating in the Mscraps iNSD FB/blogtrain!!

This is the preview of the gorgeousness that you can collect on blogs and FB pages of Mscraps designers and CT members.

 Here is the preview of my part BUT you have to go to my FB page to collect it.

To collect all parts of this train you need to start here at Mscraps where all stops are listed.

Happy hunting!!

grungy leaf

I applied one of my unused presets on this picture, almost by accident - and I'm happy with the result.

preset Grungy Leaf

great if you are aiming for rich contrast and deep blacks

in the 20's

I promised a new preset, didn't I?
This one I made almost by accident when I was editing my photographs from Paris. It is great for giving photos a vintage flair and it's called In The 20's. 

Some samples:

template challenge with a freebie

A new month is here and that means new challenges at Mscraps. I am hosting the Template Challenge (link to the challenge thread). You are welcome to downloaded it HERE and share it in our gallery (providing 100% of the products used on the layout will be Mscraps products, that includes freebies downloaded from our store).


The template is for personal use only; please,  check out my TOU, thanks!
Enjoy!

You might want to check out my Facebook page where I post other goodies.

memory scraps fb train

Mscraps iDSD celebrations are always huge, filled with activities, fun, and with an enormous, free collab kit you can collect on CTs' and designers' Facebook pages and blogs. This November is no different, only that the collaborations is bigger than ever!!

Here is a preview of the whole kit:
(not all parts in in the preview)

and the is my part, available on my FB page.

preset smitten

I have a preset as a thank-you for my Facebook fans. It's great for portraits as well for landscape and urban shots. It is 2012 process version, written for LR4 but LR3 will apply it as well, although the results will have more contrast. Personal use only, please.

You can collect it on my FB page - For My Fans tab. 

Feedback welcomed!

b&w preset rome

When processing photos from my trip to Italy, I made a bunch of nice B&W Lightroom presets, one of them I'm sharing with you today.

Rich contrast and slightly pronounced grain makes it perfect for architectural or urban photos. I would advice against using it for portraits, there is too much contrast.
Don't dispair, I'm planning on making some more! :-)

As always, I'd appreciate some feedback, and respecting my TOU. Thanks bunches and enjoy!

some examples:

this right here

Heather T. has a new kit - This Right Here - at Mscraps, I made two pages with it:

Now Is When It Counts

inspiration from venice

Shame on me, really. My last post was in May! In my defense, touring beautiful cities in Europe, visiting family and friends comes first.

I invite you to have a taste of some of the places I've visited: Genova, Florence, Venice, Prague...

gondolas in Venice

choochoooo!

Mscraps is kicking off iNSD celebrations with this fantastic FB/blog train. Those are always such a huge hit - you don't want to miss it!

Just look at the preview - the collab is huge and free to pick up in pieces of Facebook pages and blog of Mscraps designers and CT members. Amazing, isn't it?

Did I mention the sales already started?

american classic

Looking for a nice retro effect for your photos? Here is my new preset American classic 1, for both Lightroom 3 and Lightroom 4.

my TOU

free template

Here is a freebie I am offering as a "thank you" to my Facebook fans. You guessed right, it's available on my FB page, under For My Fans tab. Hope you'll enjoy it!

Life In Circles 2

(PSD, TIF and PNG format)

The tiny sample is made with Year Of Hope 2 by Heather T.

by downloading you are agreeing with my TOU

February Challenge

I'm hosting the Template Challenge at Mscraps. For this, I have a template I made from one of my previous pages:

Glamorous

Glamourous by Ju Oliveira

Hollywood

I promised some presets (yes, there is more to come!), didn't I?

Here are two versions of "Hollywood". It was designed to give washed-out, vintage look of buildings of the early movie-making town, - hence the name.
It will look best on darker photos and it is not very suitable for portraits.

Hope you'll enjoy it and let me know how you used it!

original

Hollywood

Awkward Moments

Tinamarie released a new kit - Awkward Moments - at Mscraps. I made a page with the kit and I'm sharing the design as a template here. In the zip file,  you'll find PSD, TIFF and PNG formats for use in different programs. Enjoy!

Freebie time!!

I hope you came here from the Facebook page of talented PaulineM!
If not, you need to know that we are having fabulous Facebook/blog hop which you can't miss!!

The whole team created this huge free kit - For The Love Of Scrapbooking and I made a quick page for you, using elements of this kit.