Blog Hop Day 5

Man.. i had a whole post written and it got erased. Hate it when that happens! So here it goes again. lol

I wanted to point out that our digital kits are not only for digital scrappers. Have you ever branched into Hybrid scrapping? It's so easy. And one main reason it's making a huge sweep in the industry now is because it's CHEAP. You will spend, on average, 20 cents per pattern paper versus the average 85 cents per paper on the physical market. What's nice is that you can purchase the papers in matching kits, so you KNOW you will always have papers that go well together. (pattern AND plain)

Did you know you can purchase JUST the paper from my kits on our website? Each kit has different purchase options to fit your needs.

If you know how to use a computer and have a decent printer, it's UBER cheap to print off what you need.

I have a few girls on my team who hybrid scrap and they are the PRIME examples of how to do it. Check out what they can do with the LP kits!

Chic & Shabby Kit used by Carol Monson:

Woodland Winter Kit used by Trish Harwick:

Now- start up our blog hop day at my blog and be sure to search each blog for the freebies given out today!

Blog Hop Day 4!

Isn't this fun? Had I known what was going to be said and shown- I would have done this a lot sooner!! lol
Be sure to hit all the blogs- there are a few freebies to download today! If you get lost, remember there is a Master List a couple of posts down that you can refer too.

Also stop by the LP website and grab one of our kits for yourself! We would love to see what you do with them!!
First stop is my personal blog- so head over and see what else I have to say ;)-

Blog Hop Day 3

Have you checked out the LP website yet? All the kits are on there amongst a few new things :)

Our lovely Erin has decided to join the designing ranks and design a few things for LP. She's designed beautiful cards using LP kits and a few page templates. Here's a taste of what she's created:

Aren't they so cute?! Be sure to stop by the LP website and order yours today! Now... stop by my personal blog and start day three of LP eye candy and inspiration!

Blog Hop Day 2

Hope you are enjoying all the eye candy so far! I know I've been truly inspired by my wonderful team. I have a great group of talented girls who definitely know how to scrap!

Today- you will get to see the 2 new Jan. Lines!! The first one is called Chic & Shabby and the second one is Woodland Winter. Both lines are to die for! I had so much fun creating them and hope you will hop on over to the shop and buy yours today! Your first stop is going to be my personal blog- so head over and see what I have in store! And be sure to stop by all the blogs- there will be pieces of the freebie kit posted each day and you won't know who posts it until you visit the blog!

Chic & Shabby-

Woodland Winter-

Using Actions with PSE9 to make your photos really POP

This is my first Technique with Lollipop Press and its a little scary.......

I've been Tradition and Hybrid Scrapping for a long time, although relatively new to digital scrapbooking!!

But i am a keen amateur photographer so I thought i would share with you how i make my photos really POP making them eye catching when on our layouts.

I am using Actions for Photoshop Elements 9.

Im a huge fan of Actions.

Rather than playing with lighting, contrast and colour ourselves, we can down load free Actions, or purchase them from Photographers.

Here is a photo that was taken by the Local Paper at a recent school fete. Its kinda flat and boring dont you think, and i totally don't like that background, but with the right "Action" we can change that!

Once Actions are purchased you have to save them into the Program Data File for PS9 and then they are avaiable to use.

Then its just as simple as a double click on your photo to completely change their look.

I have several free and purchased actions on my PSE9, but my favorite ones are the ones I have purchased from professional photographers.

For this finish i have used what the photographer calls Astoria. It adds brightness and contrast and really makes the subjects stand out from the photo.

This finish is called Tombstone and it gives a real cowboy feel i think. Its been layered with a brown shade, reducing the opaque and adjusting the tones.

But the finish i find i use most is converting the Black & White features. That way it doesn’t matter what colour my photos are, i can always make sure they match my papers.

It also reduces the impact of the background in the photo.

See... the photo looks much better now doesn't it!

So Chic....

In more ways that one.... hehe

Thanks so much

Hope you enjoyed my first Technique with Lollipop Press

Blog Hop Master List

We hit a little snag- When you get to Casey's blog, it stops. BUT THERE IS STILL MORE!
She's fixing the problem- so if you are looking for the rest- here's the list of the order and all the blogs you should be hitting throughout the week :)
Amber's Blog
Amanda's Blog
Carol's Blog
Trish's Blog
Bre's Blog
Joanne's Blog
Casey's Blog
Jodi's Blog
Natacha's Blog
Erin's Blog

First LP Blog Hop

Thanks for stopping by! Here's where the fun begins. Here at LP, we've tried to put together a fun blog hop for you to enjoy. So take a look at the link below and have fun browsing! Each day each girl will post a new project using the new January Lines. There will be RAKs, freebies, and give wawys along the way as well.. so check back every day!

We will be doing this for one week. If you post a comment on EVERY blog at least once during this week, become a follower of the blog, AND like our FB page, you will be entered into our GRAND PRIZE drawing! And believe me.. you don't want to miss it. It's a great mix of digi and physical scrap product :D

So.... Start at my personal blog and follow the links from there. If you get lost, Check back here for the Master List of Blogs.

Happy Blog Hopping! And to start the fun- here's a blog hopper button from us. Post proudly on your own blogs and spread the word of all the fun going on here at LP!