My friend and one of My Time Made Easy's seasoned design team members, Tangii Crain, wanted to know how she could change the color of a more difficult to work with piece of digital paper we have in the store. Because of the great detail in the pattern it is a bit of a task to use traditional tools to get a nice clean color change. So I showed her a little trick which I have decided to share with all of you as well! Yet another reason why digital paper is so great to work with. If you don't like the color then, guess what, you can change it without having to hunt and/or buy another sheet! If you'd like to see the result Tangii please click this link to view it on her blog!

In this tutorial I will be using GIMP 2.8. Why? Because it's FREE!!! I know that older versions of GIMP will also have all the options I use here as well as Adobe Photoshop CSx Extended and even the cheaper Adobe Photoshop Elements. In other programs the steps may be a little different but with this knowledge you may be able to figure it out on your own. I know that GIMP and Photoshop are laid out very similarly. If you are wondering if your current graphics program will do this look to see if you have the option to add layers and if the layers have different blending modes as I discuss below. If you need help please comment here or on this blog post at the My Time Made Easy blog and I will look into it personally.

In this tutorial I will be using the Bangin' Burlap Acorn Squash and Bangin' Burlap Ganache from the Gardening Greats Acorn Ganache © digital paper set. The darker paper will give a bit of a darker result than the lighter paper, therefore I will be showing you the result of both.

This a a very QUICK 6 step procedure so get ready for the EASY! Don't let the legnth of the blog post intimidate you. It's only long as I have provided screenshots of each step. :D
Below is the color overlay on the lighter and darker colored papers to show you the difference. Also feel free to use different Modes from step 5 for different results:


I hope this comes in handy for you! If you have any question please comment here or on this My Time Made Easy blog post.

Have a wonderful day!

This is my twin sister Nancy and her newest family member Myles. They're TV stars now so I just wanted to brag! :D Isn't she beautiful and her new son is just the BEST!



He has overcome some difficult odds and I am just so proud of him and the whole family! I love you Nancy, Muncle, Carly, Carson and Myles!

I love the idea of sending loved ones serving our country a care package wrapped in this great package. It will take some time to put this one together but it's well worth it to show your special soldier how much you care!

You may remember Joanne from long ago in tweak history.  I have worked with her several times over the years on many projects.  For example an Etsy banner and a smaller, cleaner header for her blog.  Here's a fun before and after shot!


I do love that but take a look at this instead:



It's bold yet clean and I love how it turned out!  Thanks to Joanne's AWESOME inspiration we built this incredible design!  Thanks Joanne, you're such a wonderful client!  I always enjoy working with you!!!

Hop over and get a good look around!

It's been a LONG TIME but I got a chance to make some blinkies for Your Next Stamp, so I JUMPED at the chance. I LOVE doing animations!!! I MUST SAY, Karen is SUCH A PLEASURE to work with so I had to give a shout out and post these cutie animations right away. My work with Karen started with some simple blinkie requests and turned into 4 unique animations along with some minor blog tweaks. Here they are:



I'll play catch up on my MTME products real soon. Have a wonderful day!