New Release: Floral Beauty Brushes 1

Floral Beauty Brushes 1, by Gypsy Chick - Personal/Commercial Use*
11 gorgeous antique floral brushes -provided as ABR/PNG files. Click the 'Buy Now' button to pay with PayPal. Your transaction is secure. You will receive a download link for the brushes immediately upon checkout. $5.50 (USD)

* Terms of Use: These brushes are intended for use in the creation of digital scrapbooking papers and elements to be sold online in digital scrapbooking stores. Any other use is prohibited. You may not use these to create commercial-use products, derived brushes, or any products intended for the paper scrapbooking/stationary industry. Credit is not required, but appreciated.

New Release: Antique Music Brushes

Antique Music Brushes by Gypsy Chick - Personal/Commercial Use*
15 hand-drawn, scribbly musical brushes! Provided as ABR/PNG files.

Click the 'Buy Now' button to pay with PayPal. Your transaction is secure. You will receive a download link for the brushes immediately upon checkout.
$6.50 (USD)

* Terms of Use: These brushes are intended for use in the creation of digital scrapbooking papers and elements to be sold online in digital scrapbooking stores. Any other use is prohibited. You may not use these to create commercial-use products, derived brushes, or any products intended for the paper scrapbooking/stationary industry. Credit is not required, but appreciated.

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Join the Gypsy Chick Designs group on Facebook, and you will be in the draw to win a $7 gift voucher for my Gypsy Chick store at ScrapArtist.com each week! Winners are announced via email on Fridays. It's a great way to keep up-to-date with my new releases, sales and freebies.

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Gypsy Chick seen in Computer Tricks for Scrapbooking 3 Magazine!

Being somewhat of a magazine junkie, it didn't take me long to discover a fab new release from http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/ called 'Computer Tricks for Scrapbooking 3'.

Search for it on Amazon.com

This is an awesome magazine with dozens of beautifully illustrated, simple techniques for digital scrapbooking. I particularly love all the fun, unique hybrid projects they've included.

If you are a beginner, this resource will get you on your way to creating your own digital layouts in no time at all. And if you're a seasoned digital scrapper, then you're going to be surprised by how many funky new techniques you'll learn.

I was thrilled to see one of my very own products featured on page 82 - 'Vintage Boho Frames' by Gypsy Chick. You can grab these gorgeous frames in my store at ScrapArtits.com. Click the preview to go there now.

Check out what the Gypsy Chick created for BoBunny!

Fresh off the press from BoBunny comes 'Love Shack', designed by none other than 'Gypsy Chick', and the BoBunny design team!

'Love Shack' comes complete with double-sided papers, stickers, buttons, flowers, brads, and some gorgeous new rubons!

Check out some previews below.
Download the PDF file here to see the collection up close.
Retailers, order 'Love Shack' from BoBunny.
Scrappers, google 'Love Shack BoBunny' to find an online store.

New Release: Layla Brush Set

These brushes combine my love for Japanese, Art Nouveau, and Boho-chic styles! Add a fancy touch to your designs and dress up photos with these. There are 4 brushes in this zip file download, provided as an ABR Photoshop file, and PNG files. Grab them here for just $2.50.

New Release: Alicia - Quick Page Frame

Simply add your own photo and text with your graphics program, and you'll have a gorgeous scrapbook page ready for printing! The PNG file will be compatible with most graphics programs. The page is sized at 12x12 inches. Easy instructions are included. Grab it here for just $2.

New Release: Georgia - Quick Page Frame

Add your own photo and text with your graphics program to this gorgeous scrapbook page, and it's ready for printing! The PNG file will be compatible with most graphics programs. The page is sized at 12x12 inches. Easy instructions are included. Grab it here for just $2

New Release: Selina Brush Set

Add a fancy touch to your designs and dress up photos with these nine Bohemian-style floral brushes. They are provided as PNG files and a Photoshop ABR file. Grab them at here for just $2.50.

Flower Frenzy

If, like me, you have a floral motif obsession, then you'll know there really is no cure for it. The best remedy is to completely indulge in it, no matter what form it takes (yes, everything in my wardrobe is floral).

When it comes to designing, my obsession has resulted in a rather large possession of Dover royalty-free floral design books. The CD ones are awesome, because then you don't have to drag out the dreaded scanner.

Amazon is a GREAT place to feed your addiction, and I've included a few of my personal favorites below. It's always a good idea when you see a Dover design book you like to grab it, because they tend to disappear fast.

If you'd like to see more Dover Design books, and other digital design resources, check out my new store http://www.digitaldesignbooks.com/ where I have partnered with Amazon to bring you some of the hippest digital design and photography books around!

Designer Tip: Here's how to craft your business.

Take a look at some of these amazing resources below! These books cover everything from how to start up your own crafting business, to how to license your artwork on all kinds of products.

Gypsy Chick Designs for Bo Bunny!

It's official! I have two new paper lines that will be coming out in January with Bo Bunny, one of my favorite paper companies!

While I can't tell any of the exciting details just yet ... I will give you a heads up when Bo Bunny release the details on their Bo Bunny Blog in just a few weeks!

If you happen to be at the Craft and Hobby Convention in Anaheim January 25-28, drop by the Bo Bunny booth and say hi and see the new products. The stall number is 1973.

New Release: French Garden Papers

Here I am indulging in my love for florals once again in this brand new paper set! I have my Grandmother and Mother to thank for that. Growing up, these two women were constantly making clothes and pillows for everyone in the family, and so I was surrounded by lots of beautiful floral fabrics. To this day when I open my wardrobe - it's all florals! I'm sure 'What Not to Wear' would have something to say about that ... but that's me ... a product of the hippie generation ... I am always so inspired by anything flowery! You can get this gorgeous paper set here at ScrapArtist for just $3

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Published in 'Life Images' Magazine

I'm so excited to announce that one of my photographic portraits is to be published in 'Life Images' magazine. This magazine, put out by the incredible 'Stampington Company' features original photographs, accompanied by the photographers' journaling. You can learn more about the magazine here. The photo will be printed in the Winter Edition, due for release in January 2009. The magazine can be purchased from Barnes and Noble.

I shot this photo of my friend Kristen at her wedding last year, and texturised it with some of my digital scrapbook elements to create a dreamy, fantasy effect.

Using digital scrapbook papers to create texture in your photos.

I love the effect you can achieve by combining a soft textured digital scrapbook paper with a favorite photo! Check out this portrait above of my dear daughter that took me all of 5 minutes to create!

Here's how to create your own fantasy portrait

Choose a soft, dreamy scrapbook paper. I have some in my store at scrapartist.com, but I found a beautiful pack just perfect for texturising a photo here. Thanks Jenna Desai!

I placed the photo over the top of the paper, set the blend mode to 'soft light' and erased parts of the paper with a big soft edge brush set at a low opacity. I added one of my floral transparent overlays (get it here) and set the blend mode to 'screen'. I then added a name in a fancy text at the bottom.

You might need to experiment with the layer blend modes to see which one best suits your photo, but that's where the fun lies! You never quite know what you'll come up with, but if you play around you can achieve some amazing effects.

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So in Love with ScrapBlog!

Look how easy it is to create gorgeous layouts in ScrapBlog.com! I create this one in mere minutes. You can pick from thousands of backgrounds and elements and combine them in unique ways! I've used other people's backgrounds and elements here from ScrapBlog, however watch out for Gypsy Chick products launching at ScrapBlog.com very soon!

New Paper Pack: Summer Flowers

These pretty papers were a lot of fun to make! They combine watercolor paintings that I sat down and did with the kids, along with a few vintage floral elements. The results are quite pretty, as you can see and the colors are so fresh and dainty. I just printed them out onto watercolor paper and they look gorgeous! I think I'll frame them and hang them in my daughter's room. There you go ... scrap papers turned into home decor!

Get them here and here at my Scrap Artist store.