New blog - Capricious Tuts

Just a really brief note from me tonight.  I started a new blog recently where I intend to post tutorials aimed at PSP users to create scrap elements.  I've not actually started or posted anything just yet, but I'm hoping I'll be able to spend some time tomorrow doing that - at least get one tutorial written and posted.  I wanted to post here to announce the new blog in case anyone would be interested in taking a look.  You can click the logo to visit the new blog.

Happy New Year to you all & stay tuned to this blog for a new post coming at midnight for January's blog train kit.

TOU - Updated 12/30/2011

I've updated my TOU effective as of today, December 30, 2011.  Basically, everything that was allowed previously is still allowed.  I've added a few new "you may" notes and tried to condense them a bit.  All the specifics are noted below.  I'll now be allowing commercial/for-profit use as well.  I've been approached a few times asking if my drawn images were allowed to be used as clipart in others' scrapkits.  I'd never been able to figure out how to allow free and licensed use, but after seeing a few different blogs where others did just that, I thought I'd give it a go myself and see how it works out.

If you have any questions or need anything clarified, please email me, and I'll get back to you as quickly as possible.

Capricious Scraps TOU
Updated 27 December 2011

My terms of use are divided into 2 basic sections. 
     •  The first is personal/non-profit use.
     •  The second is commercial/for-profit use.

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PERSONAL/NON-PROFIT USE

You may use my scraps & elements posted here on my blog for any non-profit use you'd like, whether for yourself or to share with others.  Basically, if you're making something to give away, feel free to use the items I've created & posted here to share however you'd like.

For non-profit uses when making a final item (tag, email stationery, card) for yourself or others, providing credit to me is optional (although it's always appreciated).  You may simply say "Scraps by Amy" or "Capricious Scraps," with or without the © symbol.

For non-profit uses when using one of my items to make a new scrap item you're giving away or some other sort of resource file, there is a credit requirement.  Please provide credit to me for the items used in your own TOU or credit file and provide a link back to my blog.

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COMMERCIAL/FOR-PROFIT USE

You may also use my posted scraps & elements from my blog for any for-profit use you'd like as well.  If you'd like to use them commercially to make money in some way, a license may be purchased via PayPal for $2.00 per item you'd like to use, or an unlimited use license covering all items on my blog (current & future) is available for a flat $20.00.  Again, you may use all my items commercially in any way you'd like unless otherwise noted.  If anything is off-limits for commercial uses, it will be noted in the downloaded zip file's individual TOU file.

In for-profit uses, there is a credit requirement.  Please include a credit for items used in your own TOU or credit file and provide a link back to my blog.

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So, all in all, everything is allowed.  That includes making signature tags for yourself or others, email stats, desktop wallpapers, blog layouts, new scrap items like cluster frames, using my drawn images as clipart in scrapkits of your own, etc.  That's just a short list of ideas off the top of my head.  If you have an idea of how to use my items that isn't specifically spelled out and you'd like clarification, please email me at capriciousdream [at] gmail [dot] com.

Just don't claim my files as your own.  Take them, do something with them, make them unique & different, then share them, and let folks know where you snagged the original files.

If you're interested in commercial use, please contact me by email at capriciousdream [at] gmail [dot] com.  Thanks!

New Download Links for All Files

Hello everyone :)  I've just finished updating all of my download links to use SkyDrive rather than 4Shared or Mediafire.  Based on all the responses I got on my last couple of posts, most everyone seemed to prefer SkyDrive over the other sites.

The only downside is on my end as there is nowhere to leave a comment on SkyDrive nor is there any way to count how many downloads any given file gets.  I hope you all will be able to leave a comment either on the individual posts or in the chatbox if you download or like something.  That way I'll have a better idea of what to do more of or what's most popular. 

While I was updating all those links, I have also updated my TOU file in each download zip.  I'll post a second entry later pertaining specifically to the new TOU. 

Jingle & Jangle

I wanted to do a new batch of Christmas images, and I started on the elves several days ago.  Seeing as how Christmas is just a couple of days away, I figured I'd go ahead and share what I had finished.  I hope someone will like some of the bits & be able to put them to use. :)

The last kit I shared using Skydrive, and everyone seemed to like using that site better than either 4shared or Mediafire.  So that's where I've uploaded this as well.  I'm off work next week so I'm going to try reuploading my other, older kits & bits to Skydrive and will update the links as I get them ready.  I'm going to be changing/updating my TOU as well so will try to do everything at the same time. 

Contents:

- Jingle & Jangle the elves (each 1000 px tall)

- 2 evergreen trees (over 1000 px tall)

- Wreath (500 px)

- 2 stockings (each 800 px tall)

Download from Skydrive here (There isn't a place on Skydrive to leave a comment so please leave a note here, either in the comments or the chatbox. Thanks!)

Silent Night Blog Train

The new train for this month is taking off!  The theme for this month's train was 'Silent Night' - think of sparkly snow on a winter's night.  There are some lovely kits from the other ladies so be sure to visit all the stops.  Links to all their blogs are down below in this post.  Hope you guys will like my portion & be able to put it to some use! :)

Contents:
- 12 papers (800 x 800 px)
- 3 frames (1 is a decorated cluster)
- 4 ribbons (900 px long)
- 26 elements including bows, flowers, glitter swirls, foil stickers & snowflakes
- Full alpha including upper & lowercase letters as well as numbers & punctuation (my first ever - hope it's usable!)
- 3 mouse-drawn elements including a snowman, decorated snow globe, and an empty one for you to fill & decorate

Click image below to see the preview at a larger size.

 

Download from SkyDrive here (I'm trying something new.  There shouldn't be any wait times here. Let me know if you like this method more than the other two options.)

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Capricious Scraps You're here

Craftypoly

Creative Scraps by Crys

Designs by LK

Digicats (& Dogs)

Ditz Bitz

Imaginative Designz by Lianne

Scrap Rebellion

Sweet Cravings Scraps

Harvest of Memories Blog Train

New 'Harvest of Memories' blog train for November is rolling out!  Another very pretty palette and some great kits from the other designers who've contributed to this month's train.  Be sure to visit all the stops to collect some wonderful freebies!

My kit includes:
- 20 papers (800 x 800 px)
- 8 bows
- 1 bow wrapper
- 4 brads
- 2 flairs
- 6 flowers
- 7 frames
- 2 tags
- 3 wordart
- 9 mouse-drawn elements including an acorn, crow, 3 leaves & a leaf cluster, tree, boy scarecrow & girl scarecrow

Click image below to see it at a larger size.

Download from SkyDrive here

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Always Creations

Becky's Creations

Blue's Sweet Shop

Capricious Scraps

Creative Scraps by Crys

Designs by LK

Digicats (& Dogs)

Ditz Bitz

EmJay Scraps

Just Simple Papers

Nette's NightOwl Works

Scrap Rebellion

Sweet Cravings Scraps

New tut using my Jaggedy Lanterns Kit

Jenny over at Through Our DreamZ blog has written a new tut using my Jaggedy Lanterns kit.  Just wanted to share in case anyone would like to give it a try.  Thanks so much for using my kit, Jenny!  It's a great tag! :)

Tut link is here - http://throughourdreamz.blogspot.com/2011/10/boo.html

Using my Jaggedy Lanterns kit here - http://capricious-scraps.blogspot.com/2011/10/jaggedy-lanterns-blog-train.html

Jaggedy Lanterns Blog Train

All aboard!  The Jaggedy Lanterns October blog train has left the station!  This is the first blog train I've joined in over 2 years, and I'm so glad I did.  I love the palette colors, and there are some wonderful kits from the other ladies on the train.  Be sure to visit all the stops!

Here's my part of the train.  Contents include (not everything is shown on the preview):
- 20 papers (800 x 800 px)
- 8 bows
- 2 buttons
- 4 pieces of candy
- 8 frames
- 2 journaling blocks
- 7 ribbons (900 px long)
- 4 sequins & a scattered puddle of sequins
- 4 tags
- 2 pieces of wordart
- 7 mouse-drawn images (spider, treat basket, 3 jack-o-lanterns, pumpkin line, & kitty peeking out of a pumpkin)

Click the image to see the preview at a larger size.

Download from SkyDrive here

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Blue's Sweet Shop

Capricious Scraps

Creative Scraps by Crys

Designs by LK

Ditz Bitz

fairytigerlilly

Nette's NightOwl Works

Rissa's Designs

Scrap Rebellion

Sweet Cravings Scraps

New tut link using my A Bit Witchy kit

And here's a link to the second tut on Angel's blog.  It's using my A Bit Witchy kit from last year too.  Thank you again for sharing your tut.  It makes a great tag! :)

Toil & Trouble tut on Angel's blog is here - http://angeltuts1.blogspot.com/2011/09/toil-trouble.html

And a direct link to my A Bit Witchy kit is here - http://capricious-scraps.blogspot.com/2010/10/bit-witchy-kit.html

New tut link using my BBQ kit

Angel has written another couple of tuts using some of my scraps.  This is the first one using my BBQ kit from last year.  I kept seeing visits to my blog originating from hers so went & took a peek.  It was a nice surprise to find she'd written these tuts.  It's a treat for me to see that folks really do use the stuff I make & share.  Thank you! :)

If anyone ever writes a tut using my stuff here, please always drop me a note so I can take a look too.  And if anyone makes a tag using my stuff, again let me know.  I love seeing what everyone makes!

BBQ tut at Angel's blog is here - http://angeltuts1.blogspot.com/2011/09/bbq.html

And here's a direct link to my BBQ kit - http://capricious-scraps.blogspot.com/2010/09/bbq-kit.html

New tut link using School Days kit

Lyn aka Angel has posted a new tut to her blog using my School Days kit below.  Just wanted to share the link in case anyone wanted to give it a go.  Thanks for using my kit, Lyn!  It's a treat for me to see how folks are able to use the stuff I share. :)

Lyn's School Days tutorial is here - http://angeltuts1.blogspot.com/2011/09/school-days.html

Anyone who writes a tut using any of my scraps, please send me a link.  I'd love to try the tut too, and feature a link to your blog so others can try it out! 

School Days Kit

I've got a new kit to share this evening.  I had it finished yesterday, but I didn't manage to actually get it uploaded until this evening.  Hope someone will be able to use it. :)

Contents:

- 10 papers (800 x 800 px)

- 5 corrugated borders (think of bulletin boards in classrooms)

- 4 frames

- 1 cluster frame

- 22 drawn elements including an apple, calculator, chalkboard, chalk eraser, clipboard, corkboard, globe, 5 highlighter pens, combination lock, locker, 4 notebooks, pencil sharpener, protractor & compass, and a gold foil star.

(Click the preview below to see it at a larger size.)

Download from SkyDrive here

Paris Vacation Kit

Just finished this today so here it is! I've been working on this one for about a month now - I'll never be accused of being speedy with new kits, I don't suppose. lol There are lots of mouse-drawn elements in this one. I hope some of you guys will like it & be able to put it to use. As always, if you do use it to make something, I love seeing what you've made. :)

20 Papers - 70 elements

Contents:
- 20 papers (800 x 800 px)
- 7 ribbons (900 px long)
- 9 bows
- 5 buttons
- 6 flowers
- 7 frames
- 6 tags
- 2 journaling tags
- 2 stickers
- 2 flairs
- 24 mouse-drawn elements including: baguette, 3 berets, cafe facade, camera, bistro table & chair, coffee bean, croissant, empty coffee cup, full/steaming coffee cup, the Eiffel Tower, a mime, passport, jet plane, poodle, decorated suitcase & a plain one, tour ticket, red & white wine bottles, and a glass of red & white wine

Click preview to see at larger size. All elements are much larger than shown in preview.

Download from SkyDrive here

4th of July Word Art

A couple of word art bits to share this evening. No download links for this one. Just click on the preview below, and it will open at full size. Right click & save once the image is opened - it's in .png format.

Click preview below to open at full size, then right-click & save the image to use it.
Or just click here to download. Again, right-click & save the image once opened at full-size.

Festive Fireworks

So here is what I was using those gradients for that I posted yesterday. Some fireworks to share with everybody. Hope someone can use them for something!

Contents:
- 4 starburst fireworks (800 px square)
- 5 sparkle fireworks (sizes ranging from 350 px to 900 px)
- 3 bottle rockets (950 px tall)
- 3 firecrackers (each 500 px on the longest side)


Download from SkyDrive here

CU Resource Freebie - Patriotic Gradients

Something different from me today. I was working on another project, and I kept making various red, white, & blue gradients to use for what I was making. So I thought maybe someone else could use them, too.

These are okay for commercial use. I figured that way if anyone does download them and add them to their PSP program, you won't have to remember if they're okay or not if you use them to make something you wind up selling.

Contents: 6 .PspGradient files as shown in the preview below

These were made in PSP 9. They should work in version 8 and newer, but check your program for compatibility. I only have version 9 so don't have any means of converting these or making them compatible with older versions or other programs.


Download from SkyDrive here

All A'Bloom Kit

This one has actually been in the works since the rain showers kit - or around the same time at least. I was working on them both at the same time for awhile, but I wasn't making much progress on either until I made myself stick to one at a time. lol I finally finished this one off just a little bit ago & got it uploaded. I hope someone will like it & be able to put it to some use!

I also wanted to add a note of thanks for all the responses I've had for the survey. Looks like the majority prefer having everything in one zip file rather than having the papers & elements separated into two files so that's how I'll continue uploading mine. Regarding the second question on the survey, it looks like there is interest in commercial use of my stuff. I'll update in reference to that later once I've looked into it a bit further.

Contents (not everything is shown on the preview):
- 24 papers (800 x 800 px)
- 10 bows
- 6 buttons
- 6 binder clips
- 28 flowers (I finally made myself quit making more. lol)
- 1 leaf to use with any of the flowers you'd like
- 12 frames
- 5 glass buttons
- 4 journal tags
- 6 pinwheels
- 4 ribbons (890 px long)
- 3 ribbon tags
- 3 stitched flowers
- 4 glitter doodles
- 6 tags
- 2 mouse-drawn images: dandelion & watering can

Click the preview below to see it at a much larger size.

Download from SkyDrive here

Survey for visitors

Hi folks :)

Just a short post to ask that you take this 2 question survey I put together. I've been approached a few times regarding allowing my drawn images to be used like clip art in scrap kits others make and sell. I'd like to get some feedback from those of you who visit my blog to see if it would be something worth looking into. If I did go for something like that, everything would stay free for personal/non-profit use, and there would either be a small charge per item or a flat amount for unlimited use of everything from now on if used commercially/for-profit.

Second, I'd like to know if you'd prefer my kits be zipped into 2 files - one for the papers and a second for the elements. Just curious if most of you want/use the papers too or mainly download for the bits. Or even if the 2 smaller file sizes would be easier or preferable to one larger file for downloading limits and speeds.

You can take the survey here. It's just a 2 question one, so won't take long at all. I appreciate the info & help. :)

Click here to take survey

Rain Showers Kit

Sharing a new kit this morning. Been working on this one for awhile, decided to call it finished this morning though. Hope someone can use it! :)

Contents (more than shown on preview below):
- 25 papers (800 x 800 px)
- 4 rosettes
- 4 tags
- 4 journaling tags
- 4 ribbons (900 px long)
- 5 bows (No actions used this time!)
- 9 frames
- 3 flairs (I forgot to add these to the preview.)
- 1 rainbow
- 1 jewel raindrop
- Raindrop sheet
- 15 mouse-drawn images including Rain Boots, Rain Hats, Umbrellas, Clouds, and a Duck

Download from SkyDrive here

Marshmallow Chicks

And I did manage to get the chicks made this weekend too. Hope someone can find a use for these guys. :)

Six colors as shown on the preview. Each is 400 pixels wide.

Download from SkyDrive here

Marshmallow Bunnies

Here's a digital version of my favorite Easter candy - zero calories in these! lol Hope someone can find a use for these guys. :) I'm still working on the chicks. I hope I'll get those made and uploaded this weekend, too.

Six colors as shown on the preview. Each one is approximately 400 pixels tall.

Download from SkyDrive here

Flower Pack

Something new from me tonight. I keep thinking spring is just around the corner, but then all of a sudden earlier this evening it started snowing. The ground's covered again. lol Looks like spring is going to be awhile getting here still, but maybe these will help brighten things up. Hope someone can use them for something.

Pack contains 24 different flowers. Each is 450 x 450 pixels or 1.5" x 1.5" square in size. So hopefully big enough to use for larger projects. :)

Download from SkyDrive here

Created a Facebook Fan Page

Good afternoon to everybody :) I recently created a Facebook fan page for my blog as an option for those who like getting updated when new things are added on my blog. I thought some might prefer that to either subscribing by email through FeedBlitz or "Following" through Blogger's dashboard.

So, if you would like to "Like" my page, I hope you'll do so. I haven't really done anything with the page yet beyond set it up, but I'd like to, at some point, possibly provide a photo album to showcase the things you guys create with my scraps and bits. Maybe I'll even manage to come up with a few ideas to do some special Facebook-only things. :)

Capricious Scraps on Facebook

Tut using my BBQ Kit

Tori's Tidbits Tutorials has written a tutorial using my BBQ Kit. Thought I'd share a link to it here so anyone who might be interested could give it a try, too.

It's always a treat for me to see how folks use my kits and bits. :) Thank you, Tori!

Tori's Tidbits Tutorials Blog is here - http://toristidbitstutorials.blogspot.com/

And the "Picnic Anyone" tag tut using my BBQ Kit is here - http://toristidbitstutorials.blogspot.com/2011/01/picnic-anyone.html

Cuppycake Kit

Well, I'm only a couple of weeks later than I meant to be. I've actually had it finished for awhile, but I kept messing with it - adding a few bits, redoing a few other bits. I decided to call it done this afternoon though. Hope someone will like it & be able to use it for something. :)

Contents:
- 20 papers (800 x 800 px)
- 11 bows
- 9 buttons
- 4 flowers
- 11 frames
- 10 ribbons (900 px long)
- 1 ribbon wrapper
- 5 ricrac (900 px long)
- 2 tags
- 3 tickets
- 1 journaling tag
- 2 flairs
- 4 cupcakes (mouse-drawn by me)

(Click preview below to see it larger)

Download from SkyDrive here

Hoo Loves Ya

Got to thinking about doing something for Valentine's Day today, and I remembered those little Valentine cards we probably all used to give out in grade school. The ones with animals or fruit or foods with a little saying or a play on words relating to the subject of the card. I wanted to make a whole bunch of these, but they probably won't show up before the holiday tomorrow. So, here's one and maybe the first of several others that'll eventually pop up here. Hope someone can use this. :)

I'm actually working on a kit right now too. I hope I'll get that uploaded by next weekend.

Contents:
- Mouse-drawn owl image - approx. 500 x 600 pixels
- 2 bits of word art

Download from SkyDrive here

Year Of The Rabbit

Two new posts within a single week - no telling how long it will be before I get something else new made & uploaded. lol It's another new freebie image though, sort of a continuation from last year's Year of the Tiger image. The download link for the tiger is still working as of a few minutes ago when I checked it. I'm planning to eventually get one made for each of the Chinese zodiac animals. Hope someone might like it & be able to use it for something. :)

Much larger than shown below. Actual dimensions are 657 x 900 px tall.

Download from SkyDrive here

Groundhog Day

Here's a new freebie image. Hope someone can find a use for him. :)

He's bigger than shown on the preview below. Actual dimensions are 503 x 489 pixels.

Download from SkyDrive here