Trick or Treat.....

Booo Hooooo.....! It's time to show some Halloween candies I made with the Club Anya Spooktacular Stamp Set from the July release. All sentiments and images are from this stamp set.

Here you see the three lollies before I decorated them.

All images are coloured with Distress Ink. This image is cut out with a vintage tag die from BossKut. The swirl stamps are from Prima.

On this lolly I used a cool black paper that was dry embossed and it looks like raindrops.I used a Spellbinder die to cut the image and a Martha Stewart punch for the bat.

This image is also cut by using a Spellbinder die(Label 1). To cover this lolly I first wrapped am old book page around it. I then inked the edges with Distress Ink Vintage Photo. To finish it, I wrapped some cellofane around it and used some red scrappers floss and linen thread.

The frame around the images is a clipping mask frame I made in Photoshop. I added a black layer behind it so it looked a litte bit more spooktacular;) You can download the frame HERE and use it on your own images. My free clipping mask frames can be viewed in this album. If you want to learn how to add a frame like this to your photos, please see my TUTORIAL. And please link back to my blog if you use my frames;)

Thanks!

Photosho Tutorial 6 - B/W photo with a hint of colour

Today I want to show you how I make my BW photos with a hint of colour. There are several ways to do this, so my way is only one of many. This is how you can do it in Photoshop 6.0 and newer versions. For Elements I don't know if it works like this.
All photos in this tutorial can be double clicked to be viewed in larger versions.
Shortcuts and menues I talk about in this tutorial will be for Photoshop 6.0 and newer versions of that.
You open your photo in Photoshop(Ctrl+O). Duplicate your layer(Ctrl+J) to make an identical layer of the photo. This is now called Layer 1.

First I want to make Layer 1 black&white. Make sure Layer 1 is highlighted on the Layers Palette and then you desaturate the photo (shortcut Ctrl+Shift+U). Layer 1 is now in BW.

I think the contrast in this BW photo don't look good so I want to adjust it. I add an Adjustment Layer to Layer 1 by clicking the black&white circle at the bottom of the Layers Palette and choose Brightness/Contrast. I adjust the contrast until I think the BW layer looks nice.

I then want the butterfly to have some brighter colours. I click off the BW Layer for a while and I make sure the Background Layer is highlighted. Then I add an Adjustment Layer to the Background Layer by clicking the black&white circle at the bottom of the Layers Palette and choose Hue/Saturation. I move the arrow at the Saturation bar to +36(depends on how bright you want it to be) and get some nice bright colours to the butterfly.

Now I've adjusted the BW and the colour layer the way I want them and it's time to make some magic happen! First make sure you've clicked on the BW layer again. The Layers Palette should now look like on the print screen above. You should now have two Layers(Background and Layer 1) and two adjustment layers(Brightness/Contrast and Hue/Saturation).


Now you make sure Layer 1 is highlighted on the Layers Palette. Then you go down to the bottom of the Layers Palette and add a Layer Mask(a square with a circle in it) to Layer 1.

Now you go to the Tools Palette on the left side and the Colour Palette. Make sure you have white selected as the foreground colour and black selected as the background colour.

You can now choose the Eraser Tool on the Tools palette.


You decide the size and softness of the brush up on the Menu line. I use a quite large brush to start with and later I will go over with a smaller brush on the small details and edges.

Press down the left mouse button and start erasing over the object you want to be in colour. You will now see the colour start to appear in your BW photo.

Don't worry if you erase outside the lines of your object. As you see on my image I have some orangecolour from the flower which is visible. I don't want it to be like that and want to add back black/white to the things outside my object(butterfly).

The cool thing I can do now is to go to the Colour Palette, use the arrow in the corner and switch to Black as Foreground colour. If you now try to erase over the object, you'll see that you reverse the erasing from earlier and add back the B/W.

I also zoom in on the image, and use a smaller brush on the Erase Tool to go over the edges of the object. This can take some time, depending on the details of the object. So by working like this, changing between black and white as foreground colour, and chaning the size of the brush, you 'll get a nice result in the end.

Here you see the finished result again. Remember to save it as a copy so you don't overwrite your original photo. If you save it as a photoshop file(.psd) you can also open it again later and continue your work.
Good luck!

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Signs of spring....

Today was such a beautiful spring day and lucky me had the day off at work. So I got to spend some time in my garden to take some photos of the signs of spring. In the afternoon I hiked in our forest together with my mum and mother in law. And there we also saw some colourful signs of the new season which is arriving!

The frame I used on these photos, I've made myself. You can download it for free and use it for your own photos. You download it HERE.
If you want to learn how to put a frame like this on your photo, see my tutorial about this HERE.

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial 5 - How to make sepia photos

Så er det tid for leksjon 5 av mine Photshop leksjoner. Jeg skal nå vise hvordan du kan lage flotte sepia bilder(bilder med bruntoner). De fleste fotoredigeringsprogrammer har en Quick-knapp som lager Sepia-toner på bildene dine. Men har du noen gang ønsket å forandre litt på bruntonen i bildet? Jeg skal nå lære deg hvordan du får akkurat den bruntonen du ønsker.

It's time for my Photoshop Tutorial #5. I will now show you how to make great sepia photos. Most photo editing softwares has a quick button to turn your photos to sepia. But have you ever wanted to change the color tone of the photo. Today I'll show you how to make exactly the brown colour you want on your photo.

Alle bilder i denne leksjonen kan dobbelklikkes på for å sees i større versjon.
Snarveier og menyer jeg forklarer gjelder for Photoshop 6.0 og nyere versjoner. Dette virker også i Photoshop Elements.

All photos in this tutorial can be double clicked to be viewed in larger versions. Shortcuts and menues Italk about in this tutorial willbe for Photoshop 6.0 and newer versions of that. This tutorial wil also work in Photoshop Elements.

Åpne bildet ditt i Photoshop. Open your image in Photoshop.Du skal nå legge et nytt lag over originalbildet. Det gjør du ved å gå til Layer-menyen øverst i bildet. Gå så til New og Layer, eller du kan bruke snarvei Shift+Ctrl+N. Da får du opp et vindu. Der skal du bare trykke OK. Du vil nå se på Layers-vinduet til høyre at det ligger et blankt Layer(Layer 1) over originalbildet ditt.

You need to put a new Layer on top of your image. Go to the Layer Menu on top, choose New and Layer. Then a window will open. Press OK. You will now see in the Layers window to the right that the new Layer(Layer 1) will be on top of your image.

Så skal du velge den brunfargen du ønsker. Det gjør du ved å trykke på fargepaletten(en svart og hvit firkant som ligger oppå hverandre) som ligger i Tools-menyen til venstre i bildet. Trykk på den og fargevelger-bildet kommer opp. Som du ser på bildet, så velger jeg å stille fargepilen til oransje farger. Og plasserer jeg prikken nede til venstre, finner jeg brunfarger som jeg liker. Flytt den rundt til du finner den fargen du ønsker. Du ser oppe til høyre i vinduet, hvordan fargen din ser ut(Du kan senere gå tilbake og endre fargen, hvis du ikke syns den passet bildet. Dette forklarer jeg lenger nede). Trykk OK når du har den fargen du ønsker.

Then you need to choose the brown colour for your image. You do that by choosing the Colour Palette(black and white square) on the Tools Palette. The colour option window will open. Move the arrow until you find the colour of your choice. Press OK when you got the one you want.

Nå skal vi legge den valgte brunfargen på bildet. Gå da til Tools-paletten til høyre og velg Paint Bucket Tool. Eller velg snarvei G.

Then you paint Layer 1 with your brown colour. Go to the Tools Palette and choose the Paint Bucket Tool, or use shortcut G.

Hold den et sted over bildet og trykk en gang med venstre museknapp. Da får du et brunt lag over bildet ditt. I Layers-menyen vil du se at det brune laget nå logger over originalbildet ditt.

Hold the arrow over the image and press the left mouse button once. In the Layer Menu you will now see the brown layer on top of your image.

I Layers-menyen skal du nå endre Blend Mode på Layer 1. Det gjør du ved å trykke på rullemenyen. Endre Blend Mode fra Normal til Color.

In the Layers Menu you know need to change the Blend Mode of Layer 1. Go to the Blend Mode Menu and change Blend Mode from Normal to Color.

Da har bildet fått sin ønskete farge. Vil du må endre litt på fargen, kan du bare gå tilbake til fargepaletten og velge en ny farge. Velg så Paint Bucket Tool og trykk oppå Layer 1. Da ser du det endrer seg med en gang. Dette kan du selvfølgelig gjøre med alle andre farger også. Så hvis du ønsker bilder i rødtoner, blåtoner etc, følger du denne leksjonen, men velger en annen farge.

Now your image has the brown colour you chose. If you want to change it, just go back to the colour palette and choose a new colour, and use Paint Bucket Tool on Layer 1 to change to the new colour. You can change it into any colour you like, so this tutorial is not only for sepia coloured photos. Make it red, blue or any colour you like.

For å endre litt på kontrasten i bildet, merker du originalbildet i Layers-menyen(Background). Gå så til Image, Adjustments, Brightness/Contrast og endre det til slik du ønsker!

To change the contrast of the image, make sure you highlight the Background photo on the Layers Menu. Go to the top menu and choose Image, Adjustments, Brightness/Contrast and change it like you want it.

LYKKE TIL!!! GOOD LUCK!!!

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Thanks to Kjersti Vevatne for showing me how to do this!

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Floral Frame Mask for Photoshop

I går laget jeg en ny ramme i Photoshop. Vil du laste den ned gratis og bruke den til dine bilder, går du HER. For å lære hvordan å bruke masks i Photoshop, se min LEKSJON.

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Yesterday I made a floral frame for Photoshop. You can downolad it for free and use it on your images. You download it here. To learn how to use frame masks in Photoshop, see my TUTORIAL.

And please remember to link to my blog if you use my tutorials or free downloads;)

One more Grunge Frame for free download

I have made a new grunge frame to use on your images. You can find it HERE.


Download this to your computer and make sure you save it as a .png file! Go to this TUTORIAL to learn how to use it.

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Adobe Photoshop Tutorial 4 - How to create a blurry border around your image

Velkommen til min fjerde Photoshop leksjon. Nå skal jeg vise hvordan du kan lage en uskarp ramme rundt bildene dine. Welcome to my 4th Photoshop tutorial. Now it is time for me to show you how to make a blurry border around your image.
Det første du skal gjøre er å åpne bildet ditt i Photoshop / First you open your image in Photoshop:

Så går du til Tools paletten og velger Rectangular Marquee Tool. Bruk den til å tegne et rektangel der du ønsker rammen skal være.
Go to Tools and choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool. Use it to draw a rectangle where you want your border to be.

Så går du til menyen som heter Select og velger Feather, snarvei er Ctrl+Alt+D. Jeg velger 75 for å få en dus effekt. Trykk OK. Velger du et tall som er høyere enn 75 blir det enda dusere kant på rammen. Velger du tall under 75, blir det skarpere kant. Go to the Menu on top, choose Select and Feather. The shortcut is Ctrl+Alt +D. I choose 75 to get a soft effect on the frame. Press OK. If you choose a number higher than 75, the frame will get more blurry on the edges. A number lower than 75 gives a sharper edge on the frame.

Så går du opp til menyen igjen og velger Select og Inverse(snarvei Ctrl+Shift+I). Go to top menu and choose Select and Inverse(shortcut Ctrl+Shift+I):

I Filter-menyen oppe på linjen går du til Blur og Gaussian Blur. Dra i pilen til du syns rammen din er uskarp nok. Trykk OK. Trykk Ctrl+D for å fjerne markeringen og bildet ditt er ferdig. Husk å lagre bildet som en kopi av originalen!
Then you should go to the Filter menu. Choose Blur and Gaussian Blur. Drag the arrow until you think the frame is as blurry as you want it. Press OK. Use Ctrl+D to remove your markings and your image is ready. Save the image as a copy so you still have the original picture!

Det ferdige resultatet / The image with the frame!

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Adobe Photoshop Tutorial 3 - How to create a soft white border around your image

Velkommen til min tredje Photoshop leksjon. Nå skal jeg vise hvordan du kan lage en uskarp hvit ramme rundt bildene dine. Eller uttoning som det også heter. Welcome to my 3rd Photoshop tutorial. Now it is time for me to show you how to make a soft white border around your image.

Det første du skal gjøre er å åpne bildet ditt i Photoshop / First you open your image in Photoshop:

Så går du til Tools paletten og velger Rectangular Marquee Tool. Bruk den til å tegne et rektangel så nært kanten av bildet som du ønsker.

Go to Tools and choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool. Use it to draw a rectangle as near the image's border as you want.

Så går du til menyen som heter Select og velger Feather, snarvei er Ctrl+Alt+D. Jeg velger 40 for å få en dus effekt. Trykk OK. Velger du et tall som er høyere enn 40 blir det enda dusere kant på rammen. Velger du tall under 40, blir det skarpere kant. Go to the Menu on top, choose Select and Feather. The shortcut is Ctrl+Alt +D. I choose 40 to get a soft effect on the frame. Press OK. If you choose a number higher than 40, the frame will get more blurry on the edges. A number lower than 40 gives a sharper edge on the frame.

Så går du på Tools paletten og ser at du har valgt svart som forgrunnsfarge og hvit som bakgrunnsfarge. Dette for at rammen du lager skal bli hvit. Go to the Tools palette to check that your Foreground colour is set to black and Background colour to white. This to make a white border.

Det skal se slik ut / It should look like this:

Så går du opp til menyen igjen og velger Select og Inverse(snarvei Ctrl+Shift+I). Go to top menu and choose Select and Inverse(shortcut Ctrl+Shift+I):

Så trykker du Delete-knappen på tastaturet ditt og så har du rammen der. Trykk Ctrl+D for å fjerne markeringen. Husk å lagre bildet som en kopi av originalen!

Then you press the Delete button on your keyboard and the white frame is made. Use Ctrl+D to remove your markings. Save the image as a copy so you still have the original picture!

Jeg lovet tidligere i dag at jeg skulle vise hvordan du skulle lage en uskarp ramme rundt et bilde. Det har jeg ikke tid til i dag, så det får komme en annen dag. Husk å følge bloggen min eller abonnér på nyhetsbrevet mitt for å få med deg neste leksjon!

I promised earlier today that I also would show you how to make an image blurry around the edges. I don't have time to do it today, so that will be my next tutorial. Make sure you follow my blog or subscribe to my newsletter so you don't miss the next tutorial!

And please remember to link to my blog if you use my tutorials or free downloads;)