How to add texture to text

                                 How to add texture to text

I'am going to show you how I add texture to my text..I'am sure there are other ways to do it..ok so let's get started..

Go to file than new and set the width and height to 1000px and resolution to 100..

                           I usually like to fill in my background layer with a color I used #747270


Now go to the text tool and pick a big..thick font..I'am using "Rockwell Extra Bold" set to 150

Ok now take the magic wand(the 4th tool down) and hold shift key down and click inside all the letters there should be marching ants inside..

 

Ok now open the texture you would like to use inside your text..Now drag the texture to the text layer or you can just select all copy than paste into the text layer..

If you need to stretch or shorten  the texture to fit click CTRL+T and adjust.. ok Now on the texture layer right click and pick "Create Clipping Mask".. now hightlighT both text and texture layer by holding the shift button and right click merge layers..That is it!

If you want to add drop shadow or bevel it go down and click the fx button and click drop shadow and adjust to what you like..play around with all the buttons and sliders to your taste..I usually delete my background layer and save as a ps format..

 
                                                       My final result.....Hope this helps..

Christmas Labels

                                        Christmas Labels

I made a few Christmas Labels to apply to my Christmas Photos and I am sharing them with you..Just download open up in photoshop and apply the label to your photo..Enjoy..

                                        You can Download "The Christmas Labels "

Where to get coupons

 

 

Happy Friday everyone...I hope you have some amazing plans for the weekend...I am a big fan of couponing..my daughter got me addicted so I thought I would make a list of the company's you can email or write.

I have only been doing couponing for a year so I still have lots to learn..I don't think I could be an extreme couponer I only do a little here and there..If you have any questions I will try my best to help..

 Places to get coupons: 

Sunday newspaper -Walgreens is where I get mine-

COUPON CLIPPING SERVICES-I also get them through a lady she has a website Fun with Coupons(Check your local area for someone that does it)

In the stores-Many grocery stores, Walgreens, Rite Aid Video Values and even CVS (Red Coupon Machine) offer their own Store Coupons. Check your coupon policy for your grocery store because many times these store coupons can be stacked (aka “Coupon Stacking”) for additional savings. This means you would be allowed to use (1) Store Coupon AND (1) Mfg. Coupon for each item purchased (unless specified otherwise).

Facebook-Company's on facebook offer coupon you can download and print 

Online Printable coupons- Coupons.com , SmartSource and RedPlum all offer a wide variety of coupons. New coupons are added throughout the month with a big reset on coupon prints at the beginning of every month. You are usually allowed to print 2 of each coupon per month.

Join some coupon forums on facebook-facebook had alot of people offering help on shows you the breakdown of how they did it on facebook forums..very helpful..

Coupon classes- Look for a coupon class in your area that also can help you get started..

I hope some of this Information will help you get started..
 
                -  Companies to write for coupons-

Coupon Links

                          Company Coupon Links

 

Go to the company's "Contact us" and write an email expressing how much you like their product make it personal tell them about your experience with the product..
and then ask about coupons and samples..It's a great way to get high value free coupons by mail and the manufacturers love to hear the great feedback about their products. 

Also always read and print the the stores coupon policy..

’ll be adding new manufacturer’s as I find them...Good luck and Have a great day!!

  A's

 Aunt Jemima

 Aquafresh

Arizona Beverage Company

Arm & Hammer

Armor All

Armour   
      
 B's 
      
 Ball Park

Banana Boat

Bausch+Lomb

Bertolli

Betty Crocker

Bic

Birds Eye

Black Magic

Blue Bunny Ice Cream

Blue Coral

BrainStrong

Bumble Bee Foods, LLC

Butterball

 C's 

Coca-Cola Company

Colavita

Colgate

College Inn

ConAgra Foods

Contadina

Cosamin

Crystal Light

Culturelle

Cutter Insect Repellen

California Olive Ranch

Campbell’s Soup

Carapelli

Cascade

Chef Boyardee

Chicken of the Sea

Chinet

Clorox

  D's

Dawn

Del Monte

Dole

Downy

Drano

Driscoll's Berries

Duncan Hines

DuPont

  E's 

Eagle One

Earthbound Farm

Egg Beaters

Energizer

Estroven 

  F's

Febreze

Filippo Berio

Folgers

Freschetta 

   G's

Garnier

Gatorade

General Mills

Glade

Gorton’s

Goya

H's

Healthy Choice

Hebrew National

Heinz

Hershey’s

Hidden Valley

Hillshire Farm

Honest Tea

Horizon Organics

Hormel

Hungry-Man

Hunt’s

I's

Idahoan

International Delight

J's


Jell-O

Jennie-O Turkey Store

Jerky Treats

Jif

Jimmy Dean

Johnson & Johnson




K's

Kashi

Kraft Foods

 Kellogg’s

Ken’s Foods, Inc.

Kibbles ‘n Bits

Kid Cuisine

Kimberly-Clark

Knorr

L's

La Choy

Land O Lakes

Lea & Perrins

Lipton

Loreal Paris

Lucini

Lysol

M's

Mambo Sprouts

Marie Callender’s

McCormick

McEvoy Ranch

Meaty Bone

Meguiar’s

Meow Mix

Milk-Bone

Milo’s Kitchen

Minwax

Mott’s

Mr & Mrs T Beverages

Mr. Clean

Mrs. Dash

Mt. Olive Pickles

Muskol

N's

Nabisco World

Nair Hair Remover

Natural Dentist, The

Nature Made Vitamins

Nature’s Bounty

Nature’s Recipe

Nescafe'

Nescafe’ Taster’s Choice

Nestea

Nestle’ Family

Neutrogena

Nexcare

Northland Juices

NOW Foods

Nu Finish

O's
  
 Ocean Spray

Off!

Olay

Oral-B

Organic Valley

Orville Redenbacher’s

Oscar Mayer

Osteo Bi-Flex

P's
  
Palmolive

PAM

Panasonic

Pantene

PepsiCo

Perdue Chicken

Peter Pan

Pfizer

P&G Brands

Pictsweet

Pillsbury

Planters

Pledge

Pompeian Olive Oil

Pounce Cat

Prestone

Prime Time Premium Popcorn

Progresso

Pup-Peroni

Q's

Quaker oats 

R's
 
 Ragu

Raid

Rain-X

Rayovac

Reddi-Wip

Reese’s

Rembrandt

Repel

Reynolds

Ronzoni

Ronzoni Healthy Harvest

Ro-Tel

S's 

 S&W Fine Foods

Sara Lee Bread

Sara Lee Desserts

Sargento Cheese

SC Johnson

Scotch-Brite

Scotts

Scrubbing Bubbles

Sensodyne

Seventh Generation

Shout

Silk

Slim Jim

Smucker’s

Snack Pack

Snapple

Snausages

Sobe

Soft Scrub

Sonicare

State Fair

Stonyfield Organic

Stride Gum

Swiffer

Swiss Miss

Sylvania

T's

 T.G. Lee

Tampax

Tazo

Tender Corporation

TicTac

Tom's of Maine

Tropicana

Turtle Wax

U's

Uncle Ben's

Utz

V's

V8

W's
  Waterpik

Welch's

Wesson

Western Beef

White House Foods

Windmill Health Products

Woolite Carpet Cleaners

World Finer Foods

World's Best Cat Litter

X's

Y's

Z's

 
  

Clipping mask

                             How to add a clipping mask

First download my animal Christmas photo card it is in Photoshop format..I got the adoreable animals from We lived happily ever after..

unzip the animal Christmas in Photoshop and open the folder..than open the 2 photos you would like to use in the card..

I wrote where the picture will go..so take the photo and put it above where it says "Put Photo above"

Now on your photo right click and click on" Create Clipping Mask" you might have to click CTRL+T to stretch your photo to fit the frame..

And that is it very simple.. My final result..My grandbabies..

Christmas Photo card

                        Merry Christmas Photo card

Christmas is only a few months away,before we know it black Friday will be upon us..I been creating photo cards to see which one I will be sending out this year..You are in luck I will be sharing them all with you guys..Have a Bless Day!! and Enjoy..


Open up in Photoshop and use the clipping mask (tutorial coming for clipping mask) and put your family name or whatever you like..it is a 5x7 300 resolution 

                                Download Christmas Card

Printable Witch

                              Halloween Printable Witch

I made another Halloween printable today I will share wiyh you all... It is 8x10 and  300 resolution in a pdf format..Enjoy!!

You can Download Witch  HERE

How to create words in a circle

                              Words in a circle

Good Monday morning everyone..I hope everyone had a great weekend..It sure got cold here over night down in the 30's at night brrr..
Ok so now unto the tutorial..

First Go to File: click new and create a 1800 x1800 with the resolution 300 and the background transparent..

Ok now go to your text tool and pick a font and a font size..I used "Great Vibes" with the size set at 30 and typed all the way across so I typed my blog name twice just make sure it fits all the way across,,

Now go to image than rotate ans select 180..ok we need to adjust the height so click CTRL+T to get the free transform tool and look up top at menu and uncheck the box next to "Constrain Proportions " and enter a value of 250% in the height click enter.

.Now go over to the layer pallet and right click and select rasterize layer..Go to filter ..Distort and select "Polar Coordinates" and click ok..and that's it!!

 My finish product..Hoped you enjoyed!

How to create a Watermark

                      How to create a Watermark

Open a 350 x350 transparent layer in Photoshop..Go to your typing tool and find a font you like and type your water mark..

Than Go to File: Define Pattern ..name it whatever you wish..Now you made your watermark..Now to use..

Open a photo you wish to add a watermark to. Add a new layer...Now over on the side click on the "Pattern stamp tool" than go to the top scroll through and find the watermark you just made..

Once you apply the watermark to your image you can reduce the opacity to make it lighter..

The finish product..Thanks for visiting...

diy Kitchen Island

                               DIY Kitchen Island

A new Kitchen Island to go with the farm house table my husband and I built..I am so excited I have been wanting to do one of these for awhile now..yay.. We follow plans that are over on Ana White.
 We just tweeked it the way we would like it. Here is the PLANS we kinda went by ...

We made it a little smaller than hers and stained it dark walnut and than I put a few coverings of polyurethane..

Here is the before staining photo:

And this is the kitchen island after staining:

I can't wait to take it in and start using it.. If you like to know the materials we used I will post it in a new post..I LOVE my new kitchen island..Go build you one you will love it too..

You been BOO'ed

                             You Been BOO'ed

You been BOO'ed! A fun tradition that you can begin with your neighbor..family..friends..co-workers.You wrap up a goodie plate or some candy in a nice container and the boo poem and leave it on your neighbor doorstep..Ring the bell and sneak away..

The instructions are in the poem..
Once you been BOO'ed you hang the little "We've been BOO'ed" sign on your door so others will know you already been BOO'ed..

Just print and go BOOing..  there is 2 8x10 one with the poem and the other just you been boo'ed lus a 5x7 "We've been BOO'ed" to hang on your door..Enjoy..

                                                                 Download All 3 HERE

Autumn wreath

                                  Autumn Wreath

My hubby brought me some burlap he had gotten from work..I wanted to make a autumn wreath from it..I had to cut it into strips and I found this tutorial on my facebook and I wanted to try it..Here is my result..

                                            

I know some people don't like the fray (the strings) but I kinda like it..I may go through and cut a few off later but not to bad for only using a clothe hanger..burlap...hot glue.. I made the bow from some other burlap I had left from a different project..

If you want to do here VERY easy wreath go give it a try.. Go  Just call me Homegirl
She has a few other tutorials I would like to try..Enjoy

Pixel Bender for Photoshop cs5

                         Pixel Bender for Photoshop cs5

I found a plugin for my Photoshop cs5 called pixel bender and I love it...Here is my results with 2 of my photos..This effect is the oil painting..

If you have Photoshop cs5 go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u26xV0cnLw and watch the video of how to install pixel bender in Photoshop cs5..It help me alot saved me lots of time..

I would love to see your creations..Have a great day..

                               Thank you Printables

Head over to the "Thank you" download page and download & print on card stock..Enjoy!!

                              Christmas Printable

                                       Gift Tags

 

Download the Christmas Gift Tags Printable, print in color on white card stock.  Cut them out. and Enjoy..

                                                         Rustic Christmas tree Tags