Craft Designs
Like you I’m a Crafter and I hate wasting time and energy when I’m ready to get going on a new project.Sometimes it can take ages to find what you’re looking for.
Maybe you have a design or template you want to use, but you don’t know how to make it fit. How to get it the right size for your project or where to go to get some easy, straightforward how-to-do-it advice.
Many’s the time I’ve bought a craft book or magazine – been itching to get going and then looked at the patterns…
Have you ever been faced with this like I have…?
- Told you need to enlarge the pattern by 33% (How!)
- Want to make things bigger or smaller than the original recommended size and have to wait till you can get someone to do that for you…?
- These things are bad enough when you live near somewhere with a photo-copier, but if you’re a way from anywhere (like I was) then it holds you up even more.
Perhaps you’ve had the same thing happen to you.It’s frustrating to say the least. Well this was my experience and I was pretty fed up with either not having designs there and then "ready to go", and not knowing how to make things ‘fit’.
Yes, I had a scanner but having a machine or piece of equipment, doesn’t mean you know how to how to use it.
Yes, I had Paint on my PC but so what! No-one was going to come and show me how to use it.
And whammy of all whammies – I had got Photoshop – and been to some classes – but somehow I just hadn’t figured out how it could help me with my craft work. I hadn’t given it the time – I hadn’t got the time, and I wasn’t about to start now.
I knew there had to be a simple way of manipulating photos and designs without breaking the bank, or my mind! And there was.
I got introduced to the simplest - and cheapest of manipulation programmes and after a bit of playing I was hooked - or rather free!
I knew that other crafters would want to know how to use this great piece of FREE software so I decided to put together a collection of my project designs with a series of simple, short Camtasia Videos to show you how to use it.
If you’ve been put off "how to" PC programmes before, relax.These are walk-you-through screen shots of how I did it – now you…
It’s the same 1-2-3 step approach that I use with my craft projects. All the basic info you need – all in, nothing left out. It’s what you’ve come to expect from me if you know how I do things in teaching crafts.
As I began putting projects together I gathered a small selection of designs that will kick-start you with your activities.
Sometimes one of the best craft design resources isn’t just an image – it’s knowing how to make it fit your particular craft work.
So along with around 60 designs you’ll also have access to my series of Camtasia videos on how to adjust craft images.
You’ll learn where to find an easy photo manipulation programme for your designs – no time or talent needed – trust me!
- Basic "how to" in simple 1-2-3 steps. Follow along as I show you how to use this recommended programme in your craft work:
- Where to find your Free easy peasy download software
- How to install it and get it going on your PC
- How to open up IrfanView once it is installed
- How to find an image on your pc and ‘copy and paste it into your programme
- How to crop your images to take out or keep in only what you want
- How to fine tune your design angle
- How to save your new, manipulated design for later
This simple programme could revolutionise how you work with designs and patterns in your projects.
- It will save you time – no more relying on others to get your image the size you want.
- It will save you energy in the long run – get going when you want to. No more waiting till you can get to the Stationer’s.
- It will save you stress – you’ll know YOU are in charge of exactly what you want to get from your designs.
- It will give you confidence - now you can be in charge or what, where and how you play around with your craft images.
You’ll be able to take any online or ‘book bound’ image and use it .No more tracing. No more tape to damage your delicate pages. No more waiting around.
You can get stuck in right now. It’ll only take you a few minutes to realise what a powerful yet simple programme IrfanView is. Take my 1-2-3 Camtasia Videos and see what you can do your projects…