Making cards - Ideas for beginners (part 4)

rainmac

KMS, that's great news about your weight loss, well done :j

flourgirl

Dragonllew I dont want to worry you but my OH's friend had a problem of passing out and he ended up having a pacemaker fitted. After takin g it easy for a while he is now absolutely fine. They wouldn't let him drive for 6 months. At least they are trying to get to the root of his problem. Will be thining about you tomorrow. Sorry you are having trouble with your back, I hope you manage to get a good nights sleep tonight.

I have seen the signature thingies and think craftygranny has one, she will know how to use them on each photo.

flourgirl

Just set my DH the task of finding out about the watermark it will keep him busy while I'm at work!

3 days work in the cake shop for me starting tomorrow DH is preparing himseld for a trip to York to the bag shop lol

pointofnoreturn

rainmac wrote: »

PONR, great to hear your foot is feeling so much better, hope you manage to cram more bargains in your bags before you come home. I am going to imagine you with dies crammed in your bra and ribbons tied round your waist to help keep in your baggage limits ;-)

That's a great idea!!! I'll come back looking like Boy George in his Culture Club days with ribbons tied all over!!!

Sounds like you have a busy week this week!!! Happy baking!

pointofnoreturn

dragonllew - hope it all goes well for you OH.

Someone on here recently bought a watermark and I cannot remember who!! Maybe they will come on later and tell us!

chocolate.orange_2

Oooh that got me smiling thinking of PONR looking like Boy George LOL

Dragonllew Hope all goes well for OH tomorrow. Promise that once hes been you will ring GP to see if they can help with your back. Not sleeping is so awful. Knocks you out for the next day. So you need to make sure that you look after yourself too.

CT1972 AND Dragonllew Your card swap and ATC should be with you in morning if they havent got there today.
Glittermum Stash will be on its way at the weekend

Rainmac Sounds like you are going to be busy. But how lucky are they getting your cakes !

Flourgirl Remember cakes in the bags lol and think of all the new bags you can get lol

Sorry cant help with watermarks. I cant even find out how to put a signature bit under each post They look really good. But i just cant fathom them out.

dragonllew

chocolate.orange wrote: »

Dragonllew Hope all goes well for OH tomorrow. Promise that once hes been you will ring GP to see if they can help with your back. Not sleeping is so awful. Knocks you out for the next day. So you need to make sure that you look after yourself too.
CT1972 AND Dragonllew Your card swap and ATC should be with you in morning if they havent got there today.
Sorry cant help with watermarks. I cant even find out how to put a signature bit under each post They look really good. But i just cant fathom them out.

Thanks for the hugs and well wishes I will go to the docs if it doesn't sort it self out in the next couple of days.
Not had anything in the post from you today choccy mind don't think the postie could of carried much more lots of parcels for me fom my spendy spree:rotfl:
I used this site for my blog signature and followed these instructions to get it on my blog hth

craftygranny

Hi ladies i bought a watermark as i needed one for something . Hopefully you'll all find out at the weekend. lol. I bought it from a lovely lady called lynne and it was delivered to my computer very fast. i bought it here only cost 3 dollars . I don't use anything posh like photoshop so my son downloaded me a free programme this one and if i can manage it anyone can .

chocolate.orange_2

Oooh Dragonllew thankyou sooooooooooo much

and Craftygranny off to have a look at both of them

CT19720

My OH has just come in, and he more computer literate than me so I have asked what I would need to do to add a signature to the bottom of the photo. He explained it to me using Paintshop Pro, as that is what I use here, and this is how you do it. I manged it on my own so it can't be that difficult. Not sure if the same thing would work in Paint, but maybe worth a try for those that have it. Tried to make the instructions as basic as possible, so hope you can understand them, and that it helps someone else (sorry this post is a bit long):


Adding a watermark to a photo in Paintshop Pro

Click on file, new – the box that appears has a feature of Background Colour under Image Characteristics. Click OK.

A grey and white chequered board pattern appears.

Click on the ‘A’ on the lefthand side where all the other icons are like crop, eraser, fill etc.

The box that appears with be a ‘Text Entry’ Box and is where you type the text that you want to add to the bottom of a photo - I typed Handcrafted by Caroline, 2010. Make sure the text you have typed is highlighted and then choose the font you want and the size of the text you want.

I have experimented with different colours and to be honest black seems to be the one that was really clear, but if you want to change the colour of the text and fill, then just click on the left handside where you can see the 2 black boxes.

When you are happy with the style click OK, and the text you have typed appears on the screen. It is already highlighted (with handles around the box) and you may have to move it closer to the middle of the screen to see the whole text. At this point save this file, as say signature on your PC, and then you will be able to use the same layout/design for each photo.

Whilst the text is highlighted (you can see the handles around the box) click on Edit and Copy.

Open up one of your photos of your card and click Edit, Paste. A pop up box may appear and you need to choose the ‘as new layer option’. Click in the middle of the text box, and more the signature box to wherever you want it, I chose bottom righthandside.

Save your picture of your card again, with the signature, and upload it to your blog or website as usual.

For every photo you want to add a signature too, then you just need to open the ‘signature file’ copy the text and add it to each photo.

I’ve just added 2 photos to my bl*g of cards I have made, so you can see the end result of a DIY Watermark.