little blue riding hood

xara xtreme trick: arrange -> combine shapes -> slice shapes for cropping the picture. i did some "manual expansion" of the background picture to make it look like a panoramic shot. changed its color to make it b&w.

digital kit used: Leafy Turquoise Paper from Anne Langpap's May 2006 collection for the background. i just dragged xara's fill color to create the leafy purple matting. used the blue tag, circled ribbon and wavy ribbon accents from the same collection.

font: cheri and akafrivolity from font for kids.

bag of blips

i was looking at some digital kits and when i saw this shabby princess festival kit, i immediately knew which photo goes with this paper. it took me a long time to find words for the title though. good thing "blips" (our group's name) rhymes with "nips," (round chocolate candies, which the background paper reminded me of).

title: "When I want fun I get a bag of blips and make a rainbow."
journalling text: girls on their way to a wedding. picture-taking. make-ups. giggles. "Are we there yet?" laughter. picture-taking. chocolates. food. picture-taking. giggles. color-coordinated gowns. stories. picture-taking.

xara xtreme tricks: shadows, combine shapes -> slice shapes.

digital kit used: Shabby Princess Festival theme. festival paper4 for the background and paper3 for the peach matting. festival elements alpha 52 and 60 for the embellishments.

fonts: porcelain and akafrivolity from fonts for kids

i know what you did last summer

about the photo: Taken on May 2006 at the University Avenue, UP Diliman.
xara xtreme tricks:

• cropping a picture using combine shapes --> subract shapes
  
• matting a picture using combine shapes -> subtract shapes
  
• transparency then filling with a color (faded sunflowers on the bottom)
  
• combining this with a text a.k.a. masking ("i know what you did..." on top)
  

p.s. woohoow! i finally have a watermark! i learned how to create it using this helpful photo watermark tutorial.

kuyer

i created this digiscrap using xara xtreme for linux. such a cool software! i tinkered with these tools: transparency, bevel (for the 3D shapes and fonts) and shadows. i'm beginning to like xara xtreme more than inkscape. hehehe.