Daily Delicious Design - Easy Photoshop Tutorials 7

Just messing about a bit. It was inspired by this awesome tutorial and then I added some noise and made a clipping mask for the text.

Daily Delicious Design - DIY Christmas Gifts 4

Finished!! What next? (Instructions in a previous post).

Daily Delicious Design - DIY Christmas Gifts 3

May, June and July of the DIY Christmas calendar. Please refer back to this post for how it's done.

Daily Delicious Design - DIY Christmas Gifts 2

This is the next installment of my Christmas calendar. Check out yesterday's post for instructions. It went much faster and I managed three months tonight, despite losing March somewhere along the line. Damn you 'save as'!

Daily Delicious Design - DIY Christmas Gifts 1

I always get a sinking feeling around Christmas. I know I should be having a good time and buying fabulous gifts for everybody but there's never any money at the end of the year. Now with the twins it seems even tighter! To make matters worse I have a family that literally has EVERYTHING! AAAARRRGGGGHHH!!! But in an effort to survive this trying period I have decided to make as many gifts as possible. I have exactly a month and it is my mission to be frugal but still give cool gifts! Let the challenge begin!

My first idea is a DIY calendar. I used my biodiversity garden photos and added my favourite pink splash effect. I used the same red throughout for continuity, just adjusting the opacity etc. I used Dubiel Plain font and found a nice quote. Setting out the days was a bit tedious but at least it's set up for the next months. This is January so far. I'll post each month as I complete them.

Daily Delicious Design - Easy Photoshop Tutorials 8

I've done everything under the sun to this photo of me but I think this one is the best so far. I love the way my glasses stay so black while else everything is faded. Also a nice easy Photoshop tutorial.

Daily Delicious Design - Easy Photoshop Tutorials 7

This one was really unbelievably easy and super effective in getting that Instagram look. It's called the Pink Splash effect and I added a circle in a new layer with the same red colour and then adjusted the blending to finish it off. My herb garden revisited...